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The Good Old Days of Radio Show
Legendary radio collector John Tefteller presents the best of mystery, comedy, horror, and adventure stories, produced by the greatest writers, directors, composers, and stars.
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Episode #299: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: Beyond Infinity
Its summer, and we are back this week to continue with some of the best science fiction to come from the golden age of radio and sci-fi. Today's imaginative…
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Episode #298: The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
Another great Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show. Phil is worried about getting his tonsils removed and is getting no sympathy from anyone. A lot of sitcoms from…
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Episode #297: Independence Day: The Longest Hour
Happy Independence Day! It's difficult finding great radio specials for July 4th, because all the big shows were on summer break. However, patriotic and…
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Episode #296: The Ring of Thoth
For the third and final week of our mini-tribute to the early work of Jack Webb, who was most famous for "Dragnet," we are going back to one of his first radio…
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Episode #295: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: First Contact
This week's great science fiction story is by Murray Leinster. He is most famous for his story on artificial intelligence "A Logic Named Joe," where he…
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Episode #294: Pete Kelly's Blues
Moving along from last week's grimy waterfront detective Pat Novak, we look at TV and radio actor Jack Webb in a similar role, Pete Kelly, a musician who…
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Episode #293: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: Star, Bright
Today's unusual science fiction story is by Hugo-Award winning writer Mark Clifton, and deals with children who are a step beyond the genius IQ. They are…
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Episode #292: Pat Novak For Hire
We did a Pat Novak last year, and the dialogue writing was so outrageous, we had to go back to hear more. Jack Webb did this series briefly before becoming…
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Episode #291: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: A Pail of Air
This is a compelling story of a family that survived a cataclysmic event, when a passing meteorite pulls the earth out of Axis and away from the sun. It is a…
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Episode #290: Stan Freberg
It's episode 11 of 15 for the Stan Freberg Show today, the last network comedy show. In this episode, the star sportscaster "Cliff Les Hutley" from the…
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Episode #289: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: To The Future
Another great science fiction story today from one of our favorite writers of the Golden Age and beyond, Ray Bradbury. This is may be his best time travel…
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Episode #288: Jack Benny
Broadcasting from San Francisco, Jack and the gang are back. This is one of the few episodes we've played so far in our journey through this series where Jack…
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Episode #287: 10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories: Hostess
We begin a new series this week, with science fiction stories that are still as imaginative, mind-blowing, and entertaining as they were originally written…
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Episode #286: You Bet Your Life
Groucho Marx is back with George Fenneman in the hugely popular radio/TV show about men and women betting and guessing. But mostly about getting a chance to…
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Episode #285: Memorial Day: Four Went Home
After WWII, and before "The Great Escape," radio gave us "Four Went Home," a great little condensed story about some POWs who decide to break out of a Nazi…
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Episode #284: Superman!
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Bob Hope playing Superman? Yes, Command Performance ventures into its second comic hero spoof. This one…
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Episode #283: Cornell Woolrich: The Lie
Today Mickey Rooney stars as an expelled student who discovers the brutal murder of his stepmother and, assuming it was committed by his father, frames himself…
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Episode #282: Nightbeat
Nightbeat was a noir-style suspenseful melodrama from the early 1950s, and a vehicle for the actor Frank Lovejoy. We featured Frank Lovejoy in last Thursday's…
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Episode #281: Cornell Woolrich: Papa Benjamin
Today's story is a grim departure from Cornell Woolrich's usual man-on-the-run suspenseful mystery, as we plunge into the gloomy world of New Orleans, voodoo…
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Episode #280: Fred Allen
Another East Coast vintage comedy program this week. Fred Allen was far, far more mainstream than the programs we featured for the preceding two weeks, and he…
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Episode #279: Cornell Woolrich: They Call Me Patrice
It begins with a train wreck, and an unhappy woman who assumes the identity of a burn victim. But how long can she continue this charade? That's the premise of…
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Episode #278: It Pays To Be Ignorant
Like last week's Henry Morgan Show, we are again featuring zany East Coast comedians. This week, a "lost" episode of It Pays To Be Ignorant from February 16…
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Episode #277: Cornell Woolrich: Post Mortem
Today on the podcast, a woman learns that her husband won a lottery. The only problem is, the ticket is in the pocket of his coat... buried with his body. So…
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Episode #276: Henry Morgan
Today, the second episode of the fully produced half-hour Henry Morgan Show. This episode is a non-stop barrage of wise-cracks, crazy voices, and weird musical…
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Episode #275: Cornell Woolrich: The Night Reveals
What would you do if you knew your spouse was a wanted criminal? To make matters worse, she was a fire starter and you were an insurance investigator? That's…
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Episode #274: The Coffin Cure
Today we are venturing into the world of 1957 sci-fi. The story is called "The Coffin Cure," by physician turned science fiction writer Alan E. Nourse. A cure…
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Episode #273: Cornell Woolrich: You Take Ballistics
Actor Jack Webb was best known for his persuasive portrayal of police Sergeant Joe Friday. Today we get to hear Jack Webb as a criminal. The story is another…
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Episode #272: Dragnet
The following story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. We bring you "Dragnet," the granddaddy of all true crime police…
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Episode #271: Cornell Woolrich: I Won't Take A Minute
Today we have another story of a person seemingly vanishing off the face of the earth. But this time her finance is having none of it! We continue with our 10…
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Episode #270: George Orwell's 1984
Today we present the classic of dystopian fiction, George Orwell's hopeless tale of the future, "1984." There are a few curious things about this adaptation…
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Episode #269: Easter: Listen for the Sound of Wings
It's our annual Easter program, and those of you who have been with us from the start know we have presented some unusual selections for this episode. This…
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Episode #268: Buck Privates
The movie "Buck Privates," which launched Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into meteoric box office superstars, is one of the best fun flicks of the early 1940s…
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Episode #267: Cornell Woolrich: The Black Curtain
Cary Grant gives a powerful performance in the story of a man who wakes up in the street after an accident, not remembering the last few years of his life. The…
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Episode #266: Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen and his wooden dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, though predominantly radio stars, briefly appeared in the Walt Disney film "Fun and…
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Episode #265: Cornell Woolrich: The Singing Walls
If you prefer your murderous plots to be confined to the comfort of your podcast listening, you have come to the right place. Today a man is convinced he has…
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Episode #264: Stan Freberg
It’s the 10th show of the Stan Freberg Show. This clever variety/comedy is a real slice of 1957, with its early Rock 'n' Roll, big band music, and Heartbreak…
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Episode #263: Cornell Woolrich: The White Rose Murders
If you like Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film "Rear Window," you may know it was based off a story by one of the kings of the pulp mystery, Cornell Woolrich. Today…
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Episode #262: Baby Snooks and Daddy
In the 1930s, comedian Fanny Brice created the character Baby Snooks, which she performed with character actor Hanley Stafford on MGM’s big budget series “Good…
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Episode #261: Top 10 Escape: Two and Two Make Four
We have one last visit with researcher Keith Scott today as he packs up his bag of magic tricks. But he has one last tale to amaze, a good example of "Escape"…
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Episode #260: Gunsmoke
While tracking down a criminal on the open range, United States Marshal Matt Dillion loses his horse and must bring his convict in on the rustic stagecoach…
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Episode #259: Top 10 Escape: Conquest
As our "Top 10 Escape" series nears a close, Keith Scott has returned with an interesting adventure yarn from late in the run all about explorers competing to…
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Episode #258: Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa
Husband and wife comedy teams on radio continues, and we are looking at the East Coast counterpart of Jack Benny and his wife Mary Livingstone today. Fred…
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Episode #257: Top 10 Escape: Journey Into Fear
During its significant run, the radio series "Escape," much more than its big brother series "Suspense," often put an emphasis on great English adventure…
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Episode #255: The Jack Benny Show
Well, it's Jack Benny's birthday again, which is, if you are at all familiar with popular vintage comedy entertainment, on Valentine's Day. As such we are…
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Episode #255: Top 10 Escape: Poison
Today's episode is one of the all-time great stories of drawn out tension, and is an excellent example of the power of the spoken word and the great unsung…
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Episode #254: Ozzie and Harriet
We are paying a visit to Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard today, one of the most famous married in real life husband and wife comedy teams on 1950s…
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Episode #253: Top 10 Escape: The Man Who Stole the Bible
Our series of Top 10 episodes from the "Escape" radio series continues today with a wild adventure in the chaos and madness of Mardis Gras in 1950s New…
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Episode #252: Jim and Marion Jordan
Jim and Marion Jordan, also known as Fibber McGee and Molly, is the next husband and wife comedy team that we are looking at today. Although they made some…
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Episode #251: Top 10 Escape: The Vanishing Lady
A few weeks ago in Keith Scott's series of "Top 10 Escape" we presented the mystery of a vanishing train. Today we have another baffling vanishing mystery. The…
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Episode #250: Phil Harris and Alice Faye
Another popular husband and wife comedy team that were married in real life was Phil Harris and Alice Faye. Regular listeners to the podcast will be familiar…
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Episode #249: Top 10 Escape: Three Skeleton Key
This week we are revisiting a classic radio story, "Three Skeleton Key." We did this one early in our podcast, which starred Vincent Price. Today as part of…
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Episode #248: George Burns and Gracie Allen
In the days of vintage entertainment from the vaudeville era all the way into the 1950s, some of the highest ranking entertainers were comedy husband and wife…
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Episode #247: Top 10 Escape: Orient Express
Keeping with the theme of trains from last week, radio researcher Keith Scott has brought a fast-moving, two-fisted thriller, written by Graham Greene and…
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Episode #246: The Henry Morgan Show
If you like stupid jokes and bizarre off-the-wall parodies of long forgotten radio shows and personalities, Henry Morgan was a unique gem from the Golden Age…
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Episode #245: Top 10 Escape: The Lost Special
It's the late 1800s, and a special ordered train has vanished without a trace somewhere between Liverpool and London. So begins the strange mystery yarn by Sir…
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Episode #244: Request Performance
Happy 2024! Well, we all seem to be here with everything still intact, so to usher in this New Year, we are once again bringing you a great variety show from…
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Episode #243: Top 10 Escape: Drums of the Fore and Aft
This week we invited back our friend, radio researcher Keith Scott. Keith graciously agreed to be with us for a new series of 10 episodes about one of his…
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Episode #242: Grouch Marx-The Thorndykes
This week for fans of the Marx Brothers we produced two offerings. For the podcast, it's a variety show episode of Command Performance, with Spencer Tracy as…
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Episode #241: Christmas 1945: Command Performance
It's the last stop on our Christmas list, and for our big winter spectacular, what better than a grand, whopping, two-hour Christmas blockbuster, packed with…
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Episode #240: Christmas 1941: Burns and Allen
This is the last episode before our big Christmas extravaganza, and it's a fun one. First, Bing and Jimmy are back for one final trip to the store, and then…