Search the history of over 797 billion Frank Nelson plays a horse in a dream sequence. December 25, 2020 Radio held a special place in the lives of many service men and women during and after World War II. on the Internet. Others were taped fully at the time and rerecorded to edit out commercials and such later. Perry's secretary, Della Street, was played by Gertrude Warner (later, Jan Miner and Joan Alexander). The master detective first ventured into radio on April 11, 1943 on the Mutual Broadcasting System as The Return of Nick Carter , a nod to his pulp fiction history. Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagination. The show clicked at once, and went into a regular fall lineup on CBS September 29, 1946. Each episode was dramatization of a true crime story, how each crime was solved and justice served. THE WHISTLER You're walking alone on the street at night, but then you hear another set of footsteps and a haunting tune being whistled by an unseen stranger. Don Wilson, 81, Announcer Who Was Jack Benny'S Foil Jack Benny radio show - May 2, 1954 - Jack Loses $4.75 at the Race Track 10 June 2019, 12:00 am A trip by the gang to the track is recounted. The year was 1937, and the first role offered Eddie Anderson on The Jack Benny Program on radio was that of a Pullman porter.It was to be a one-time part, but there was something about the gravely-voiced African-American actor that led the producers to use him again -- first as a waiter, and another time as a fellow who has an altercation with the star, Jack Benny. His popularity lasted over 100 years until the last Nick Carter-Killmaster book was published in 1990. Among the films to get the Benny treatment were I AM A FUGITIVE FROM THE CHAIN GANG, Mae West's SHE DONE HIM WRONG, which Benny turned into "She Done Him Right," LITTLE WOMEN recast as "Miniature Women," and even the . Please tell your friends about us. NOTE: This site may not work well with older web browsers. The DIMENSION X Dimension X was first heard on NBC April 8, 1950, and ran until September 29, 1951. Be the first one to, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Jack Benny - Single Episodes - As A Guest Star #1, Jack Benny - Single Episodes - As A Guest Star #2, Old Time Radio Researchers Website (www.otrr.org), Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). These files have been edited for audio, file names, and ID3 tags. Fan page at: http://www.megaloradio.com/jackbennyprogramradio.htmlThis is a rare insight into the production of radio shows back in the days before televisio. KEEN,TRACEROFLOSTPERSONS When Mr. The Bob Hope Show, The Eddie Cantor Show, The Fred Allen Show, The Jack Benny Show, The Kate Smith Show, and 5 boxes of loose working scripts from Texaco Star Theatre. 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He died at age 88 on Saturday, October 17, 2020. The series premiered July 10, 1948, over the CBS network. He was a talented comedian in his own right, but Benny's greatness rested on the fact that he was not afraid to surround himself with a top notch cast that got plenty of laughs at his expense. These are out of my collection of Radio Dramas with Mark Hamill from 1981. Hilarious!!! Craig's office was on Madison Avenue and his adventures were fairly standard PI fare. Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! It was this show that opened my ears to Old Time Radio, and it was through walking through radio and following his cast to different shows that I began to appreciate Old Time Radio. DANGEROUSLY YOURS Dangerously Yours was a half hour show sponsored by Vicks. There were Black characters on the air . CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running radio series that began on Detroit's station WXYZ (as had The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet ), and an example of a Northern genre story. Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962. THE PHIL HARRIS - ALICE FAYE SHOW Phil Harris was on the The Jack Benny Program since 1934, playing the jive-talking hipster bandleader of questionable repute. This lasted only until December 15, 1946 and starred Francis X. Bushman and Elliot Lewis as Archie. ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE Elements of mystery have always been represented in literature, but the detective story didn't arrive on the scene until the mid 1800's. The name of the episode, from October 28, 1945, is 'JB 1945-10-28 Jack gets held up - the $85,000 bet'. Please move this to Old Time Radio -- two rare Gunsmoke, Cut-off date for 'old-time radio' inclusion, Proposed cut-off date for 'old-time radio', Re: Proposed cut-off date for 'old-time radio', Proposed revised catagories for Old-Time Radio. This brings us to Jack Benny. Sunday, 6 June 2021 Jack Benny of the Radio, 1929 The claim has been debunked that Jack Benny made his radio debut on Ed Sullivan's radio show on March 29, 1932, though we'll concede this was the broadcast which led to Canada Dry signing him for the show that began his radio career (George Olsen disputed that, but that's another story). Classic Mel Blanc sketch on "The Jack Benny Show" Sy Si Sue Sew. Cranston learned the secret of clouding men's minds to make him invisible, allowing him to become The Shadow and work on the side of law enforcement to prove to young and old alike that crime does not pay! The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. The early 1940s programs opened with Raymond Edward Johnson introducing himself as, "Your host, Raymond," in a mocking sardonic voice. The show still strikes me as upbeat and very funny. THIS IS YOUR FBI This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired in the United States on ABC from April 6, 1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. All About Frank Nelson: The Frank Nelson Archive - Frank Nelson was a The Announcer was Charlie Lyon and the director was Paul Pierce. Your host is the man with no identity who introduces each show with a pun thats so bad its scary. Actor: Silver Skates. The Jack Benny Radio shows February 4, 11, 18, and 25 1940 presented the trip to and the adventures at Yosemite starring the Jack Benny Gang. To combat the problem, NBC spent lots of money to produce The Big Show , a 90 minute radio program which would feature famous guests performing skits, songs, and comedic routines. An OTR podcast. Features a large archive of the most popular old time radio mp3 downloads from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and more. Strange that so little good science fiction came out of radio; they seem ideally compatible, both relying heavily on imagination. Jack Benny Program | Comedy | Old Time Radio Downloads Instructions: Click on an episode and select "open" if prompted. Take this quote from The Benson Murder Case , 1924, as Vance pontificates in his inimitable way: "That's your fundamental error, don't y' know. had a name, Paul Garrett, and the radio version picked up FORT LARAMIE Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. director of photography (as Laszlo Kovacs) Film Editing by Verna Fields Casting By Gary Chason Production Design by Polly Platt Set Decoration by John P. Austin . Jack loved his work so much that Mel would be referred to be name in a number of the shows and he pretty much appeared every week for the last several years. Also, WILD BILL HICKOK Wild Bill Hickok aired from 1 April 1951 until 31 December 1954 over the Mutual Broadcasting System on radio and then made the move to television from 1955 to 1958. The Canada Dry Program was on the air from May 2, 1932 until October 26, 1932. All shows reviewed for date accuracy and titles. People call them both The Six Shooter." Search the history of over 797 billion This upload contains 71 episodes of the old time radio show, Night Beat, starring Frank Lovejoy. But during one of his San Francisco stops in 1938, they did a third showone that never got on the air. 1942 Blog Archive 2023 (51) February . Although presented episodically because of Jack's half hour time slot, these four shows are a single radio play running approximately 80 minutes. Improved audio, removed commercials. parents or mother-daughter duo vs. Transcript: Round One Name one of Santa's reindeer Round 2 Name one piece in a Nativity set Christmas Family Feud The Rules Round . This upload contains all 1399 episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Subscribe now! One collector used a timer set-up and a direct connection to his tape machine. The second series was during 1945 on the Mutual network in The Amazing Nero Wolfe . ), JB 1944-12-24 Trimming The Christmas Tree, JB 1945-01-21 Ice Skating In Central Park, JB 1946-04-07 Acme Plaza (Guest Van Johnson), JB 1946-10-06 Listening To The World Series, JB 1946-11-10 #238 Comm. The Jack Benny Program, which starred no less than Jack Benny himself, was a comedy series than went on-air for more than 30 years in both radio and television. In this installment: In honor of Black History Month, we're spotlighting five episodes of The Jack Benny Show that featured Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. The dates, episode numbers and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. One of them was something like "the restaurant was out of hot chocolate, so they gave me a Hershey bar and a match!" The show was modeled after the very successful Dragnet program of the time. Harry Wilson The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private The shows presented here are digitized from the home recorded tapes of dedicated Bob and Ray fans. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938. This series didn't last long and starred Santos Ortega as Wolfe and Luis Van Rooten as Archie. If it doesn't or if you receive an error message, download the free RealPlayer software and then come back here and try again. Mr. Wilson was found unconscious at his. Doesn't this belong in Pulp Fiction, not Old-Time Radio? I have been listening to them every day since 2005, either at work or before I go to bed to wind down. Radio - Bob Hope and American Variety - Library of Congress She had guested in various radio programs in the past but had never done anything on an Episodes from the OTRR Maintained set of Jeff Regan, Investigator: JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR Jeff Regan, Investigator, was one of countless private detective series that proliferated in the years following WWII. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. Bob & Ray-A Night of Two Stars DISC 1 (47:58) Welcome to Carnegie Hall; Chocolate Rabbits; Reminisence; Mr.-I-Know-Where-They-Are; Reuniting the Whirleys; Important Announcement: Move Your Car; Biff Burns in the Sports Room; Face in the News: Pizza Flipper; Salesman of the Year; Commercial: Bob & Ray House of Toast; Employee Dinner Lucy Luscious Nut Fudge Spotless Kitchens; Wally Ballou at Episodes of the old-time radio detective series "A Man Named Jordan" and "Rocky Jordan", which were based in some part on the film "Casablanca". Old Time Radio : Free Audio - Internet Archive 1941 The Jack Benny Show AKA The Jello Program AKA The Lucky Strike Program aired from the 1930s right through to the 1950s. THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM The Jack Benny Program aired from May 2, 1932 until June 22, 1958. Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue , published in 1841, was the first. Jack Benny and Fred Allen, 1936. Occasionally, there might be a change in the schedule, but on the whole a consistent time-slot was something that helped build a large audience and so was something the big networks aimed to achieve. He was 81 years old. A guide listing the titles AND air dates for episodes of the TV series The Jack Benny Program. But thanks to MP3s, classic shows from the old time period are now Jack Benny radio shows from throughout the legend's career. In 1955 after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its best-known incarnation with Bob Bailey starring in "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense Radio Shows based on books, or using books as jumping-off points for dramatic versions. 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