The Good Old Days of Radio Show

In December we brought you an entertaining and well-written show from Stan Freberg and Company. Today Stan is back with another clever program from this short-running 1957 series, which includes a visit to the Abominable Snowman, a statue carved out of oleomargarine, and "Rock Around Stephen Foster."

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Today the third in our top 10 adventure series. We delve deeply into the deadly and fast-paced world of hidden identities and international espionage, as Richard Hannay, played by Orson Welles, is pursued by the police for a murder he did not commit, and a spy ring for secrets he does not understand, in John Buchan's entertaining thriller, The 39 Steps.

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This week we are once again showcasing the incredible, super-charged comedic talents of Red Skelton. In the 1940s, the big sensation sweeping the country were department stores. In this episode from 1946, J. Newton Numbskull, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and the Mean Widdle Mean Kid are back to tell us what department stores were like in the 1940s.

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Today's story is one of the most popular amongst radio fans, and one of the best man vs nature stories ever written. If you've never heard this story of a man who refuses to flee his South American plantation in the wake of a devouring army of ants ten miles long and two miles wide, you are in for a true nail-biting treat.

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Today we have vintage comedy again, introducing The Bickersons. If you've ever overheard petty bickering between a husband and wife, you may not have thought this could be turned into a 10 minute comedy sketch. But John and Blanche Bickerson did exactly that, and it was one of the funniest comedies from this era.

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Today we're beginning a new series of 10 of the greatest adventure stories produced for radio. We start with the ultimate terrifying game of pursuit on a jungle island with a twisted genius, in Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, starring Orson Welles at his wicked best.

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Today we have a double bill of radio's Sam Spade, starring Howard Duff, the private detective made famous in the movies by The Maltese Falcon. First, Spade is witness at a deathbed confession in a thriller from The Adventures of Sam Spade, and then Gracie Allen recruits Sam Spade to stop a miscarriage of justice in a fun 1949 episode of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.

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This week, John Tefteller takes a brief respite between series and is joined by co-creator Daniel Chase to chat about the people's choice for the top scariest horror shows, what makes classic horror special, and some general banter about vintage radio.

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This week we introduce to this show a forgotten comic of the '40s and '50s, Judy Canova. Judy Canova was a talented novelty singer and hayseed comedian. This show from early post-War America features a well-written "Ma and Pa" skit with the amazing voice of a hundred cartoons, Mel Blanc.

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In 1956, while most of America was obsessed with the newest novelty, television, one of the great masterpieces of radio was produced, the grim social commentary, Brave New World. Perhaps very few people actually heard it. This radio adaption, done in two parts, pushes all the limits of the day, and is narrated by the author, Aldous Huxley.

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