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Elderly Man River by Stan Freberg and Daws Butler. At the time this routine was done on Stan's 1957 radio show, the song was barely 30 years old at the time, 1938... from Broadway's Show Boat by Jerome Kern. Brilliant parody sending up many years in advance what is now called political correctness The risky parts are gradually cleansed thanks to a prudish censor (Butler) who appears in the recording. Music is by Capitol Records band leader Billy May.

The Stan Freberg Show was an oasis in a medium quickly sinking into a morass of wall-to-wall pop music, but the economics of 1957 radio prevented it continuing beyond a short season, originally airing July-August 1957. 

The Lone Ranger helps to foil a plan to cheat a young orphan out of his inheritance. This episode appeared in syndication May 24, 1954.

Episode 7 was aired on CBS Radio January 4, 1959. Paladin is hired to defend an Armenian maiden's honor, but it soon appears that she may not be the one in need of looking after. Script written by Gene Roddenberry (PHOTO). As a freelance writer, Roddenberry wrote scripts for Highway Patrol, Have Gun  Will Travel, and other series, before creating and producing his own television series, The Lieutenant. In 1964, Roddenberry created Star Trek. Roddenberry's episode of the series Have Gun Will Travel, "Helen of Abajinian", won the Writer's Guild of America award for Best Teleplay in 1958 which was adapted for the radio series the following year.

Episode 8 aired October 1, 1947 on CBS Radio. Starring Hans Conried (PHOTO) and Paul Frees. The story features a big game hunter from New York City who falls off a yacht and swims to what seems to be an abandoned and isolated island in the Caribbean, where he is hunted by a Russian aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s.

Episode 22 aired September 20, 1952 on CBS Radio. Selfish Mr. Howard refuses to allow Jack Jackson to water his cattle during a Kansas drought. Matt Dillon, US Marshall, doesn’t like it when things get too quiet in Dodge City as it usually means there’s a blow up coming. And that’s exactly what he gets from a thirsty herd and a mean rancher who has fenced off his water source.

Lieutenant Seiberts has disobeyed orders for what he thought was a good reason. A battle of wits with Squaw Dog follows. Seiberts was on an assignment to collect 60 horses. When he returns he tells Captain Quince that Indians have ambushed them and has only 35 horses and one man is dead. Captain Quince dresses him down for not following orders and for fighting to try to save the horses. However Quince accepts full responsibility for his actions to his superiors and then takes Seiberts as his second in command on his mission to recover the stolen horses, punish the Indians responsible for stealing them and killing Sergeant Limley and to prevent a blood feud.

This was episode 7, aired on CBS Radio August 18, 1947 as last in summer series. Escape presented several episodes based on short stories by John Russell, and among these, "The Fourth Man" was the most popular. "The Fourth Man", with Paul Frees (photo), is the story of three French convicts who have just escaped from a prison in Noumea, New Caledonia. The leader of the group, Dr. Dubosc, has made all of the arrangements. First they will be ferried out to sea in a raft and then, when they are safely away from the coast, they will be met by a ship. 

Episode 15 aired on NBC Radio September 10, 1949. Featuring Raymond Burr as Chief Ed Baxter. Friday and Romero try and catch a kidnapper after a 21-year-old girl has disappeared and a letter has been received demanding $30,000 for the girl's return. The letter is signed "The Wolf."

The first episode in the series aired on CBS Radio January 6, 1974. Starring Agnes Moorehead. An old lady rents a room to a sick boarder. She runs into problems with his strange deathbed confession. Moorehead passed away a few weeks later April 30, 1974 at the age of 74.