When Radio Ruled

There was no happy ending for 1939. The whole decade was spent clawing our way out of financial disaster, now we got a humanitarian disaster beyond imagining as slaughter continues world wide.

But Life doesn’t hold still! This episode features the cultural, technological, and social changes that occurred over the noise of the war in 1939!

FEATURING

Dick Powell

The Teddy Powell Orchestra

Orson Welles

Fibber McGee and Molly

Cecil B. DeMille

Mrs. Sara Roosevelt

Jack Benny

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Tony Galento

Mary Livingston

Lou Gehrig

Fred Allen

Harry Von Zell

Don Ameche

Connee Boswell

Bert Lahr

Judy Garland

Fran Morgan

Dorothy Lamour

Dinah Shore

Bing Crosby

Jane Withers

The Yacht Club Boys

And More!!

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We’ve got both reassuring fantasy and unsettling reality in this episode. On one hand we’ll hear old friends Donald Duck and the Seven Dwarfs in a fairy tale setting, and we’ll hear our soon to be enemy, Nazi Germany take over the real world Austria.

Starring:

Orson Welles

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Kenny Baker

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Mickey Mouse

Minnie Mouse

Goofy

Walt Disney

Snow White

The Wicked Queen

Donald Duck

The Seven Dwarfs

In this episode:

Orson Welles is Ebenezer Scrooge!

Jack Benny, Movie Star!

Jack is Building a new Beverly Hills Home!

God Bless You Mr. Chamberlain!

Donald Duck is Making Trouble!

Don’t Buy an Apple from the Wicked Queen!

The Disney Gang meets the Seven Dwarfs!

CBS News Reports on the European Crisis!

Why Doesn’t Britain do Something?!

And More!!

This Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 25 through December 29, 1938.

Starring:

Don Wilson

Mary Livingstone

Jack Benny

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Kenny Baker

Andy Devine

Phil Harris

Joan Bennett

Cecil B. DeMille

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walt Disney

Robert Young

Bill Stern

Frank Morgan

Featured Songs Include:

Whistle While You Work –Snow White

The Digging Song – The Seven Dwarfs

In this episode:

Jack Benny throws a Christmas Party!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!

Walt Disney talks with Cecil B. DeMille!

Bill Stern talks about announcing Football Games!

And More!!

This Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live December 11 through December 22, 1938.

Starring:

The Cast of Family Doctor

Fred Allen

Santa Claus

Robert Young

Lionel Barrymore

Reginald Owen

Jack Benny

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Don Wilson

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Kenny Baker

Andy Devine

Hanley Stafford

Fanny Brice

In this episode:

Fred Allen interviews Santa Claus!

Lionel Barrymore Narrates “A Christmas Carol”!

Jack and the Gang take the Train Cross Country!

Baby Snooks goes to the department store!

It’s Christmas in 1938!

And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of show biz from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

Soundscape 1938, part 31, from When Radio Ruled, offered without further commentary for your entertainment and education. But mostly for your entertainment.

My personal OTR collection contains thousands of hours of old time radio I use  in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen to each episode I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits to create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the scripts. And that’s what you are about to hear, part of that best of reel, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 25 through December 11, 1938.

Starring:

Orson Welles

Agnes Moorehead

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Phil Harris

Kenny Baker

Mary Livingstone

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Cast of Family Doctor

Featured Songs Include

They Say – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra

My Reverie – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra

Who Blew Out The Flame – Helen Forrest with the Artie Shaw Orchestra

Pocketful of Dreams – Phil Harris and His Orchestra

In this episode:

Some Smoking Jazz From Artie Shaw!

Jack Benny has a bad cold!

Flash Benny Football Hero!

The Benny Gang Visits New York!

Jack’s Annual Christmas Shopping Trip!

And More!!

My personal OTR collection contains thousands of hours of old time radio I use  in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen to each episode I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits to create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the scripts. And that’s what you are about to hear, part of that best of reel, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 17 through November 24, 1938.

Starring:

Louis B. Mayer

Father Flanagan

Don Wilson

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Jack Benny

Kenny Baker

Cast of The Family Doctor

Robert Young

Fanny Brice

Hanley Stafford

Mickey Rooney

Louis Stone

Faye Holden

Cecelia Parker

Ann Rutherford

In this episode:

Louis B Mayer talks about the Movie BoysTown!

Kenny Baker Plays a Cannibal!

Baby Snooks Gets a New Car and Daddy gets a ticket!

The Hardy family show us the true meaning of Thanksgiving!

And More!!

My personal OTR collection contains thousands of hours of old time radio I use  in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen to each episode I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits to create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the scripts. And that’s what you are about to hear, part of that best of reel, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 10 through November 17, 1938.

Starring:

Cast of Columbia Workshop

Lionel Barrymore

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Mary Livingstone

Phil Harris

Kenny Baker

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Peter Van Steeden

Fred Allen

Portland Hoffa

Harry Von Zell

Rudy Vallee

Joe DiMaggio

In this episode:

Lionel Barrymore prays for peace!

Jack Benny Steals Phil Harris’ Girlfriend!

Fred Allen talks Taxes on False Teeth!

Song of the Vice Presidents!

Rudy Vallee interviews Joe DiMaggio

And More!!

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live November 2 through November 6, 1938.

Starring:

Fred Allen

Harry Von Zell

Portland Hoffa

Orson Welles

Don Wilson

Jack Benny

Phil Harris

Mary Livingstone

Kenny Baker

Bill Goodwin

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Ray Noble

Jean Arthur

And

The Merry Macs

In this episode:

Fred Allen’s Tribute to November!

Sound Poems from Columbia Workshop!

Jean Arthur Tells Charlie McCarthy about Goldilocks

And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of show biz from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

The Episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live October 23  through October 31, 1938.

Starring:

Orson Welles

Lionel Barrymore

Clark Gable

Robert Young

Frank Morgan

Don Ameche

Judy Canova

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Dorothy Lamour

Madeleine Carroll

Don Wilson

Eddie “Rochester” Anderson

Jack Benny

Mary Livingstone

Kenny Baker

Phil Harris

Andy Devine

and

Seabiscuit

FEATURED SONGS INCLUDE

Two Sleepy People – Dorothy Lamour

Hounds on My Tracks – Judy, Annie, and Zeke

What Have You Got That Gets Me? – Phil Harris and the Jello Gang

In this episode:

The Martians Invade America!

Edgar Bergen tries to Tell a Ghost Story!

Jack Benny throws a Halloween Party!

Seabiscuit races War Admiral!

And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of show biz from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

Soundscape 1938, part 26, from When Radio Ruled, offered without further commentary for your entertainment and education. But mostly for your entertainment.