Thanks for stopping by A Mind Forever Wandering Old Time Radio (or AMFWOTR for short), a blog devoted to the enjoyment of the wonderful but sometimes forgotten magic of radio entertainment. You’ll find some of the best classic shows right here, with new posts each and every day!
After three weeks away, the show returns. Hooray!!!
This time around an eclectic mix of gems from the days when radio was king!
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
Space Patrol: February 21, 1953 – The Moon Beetles Bela Kovacs, Dick Tufeld (announcer), Ed Kemmer, Ken Mayer, Larry Robertson (producer, director), Lou Houston (writer), Lyn Osborn, Mike Mosser (creator).
My Friend Irma: March 23rd, 1948 – Election Connection Marie Wilson, Cathy Lewis, John Brown, Cy Howard (creator, producer, director, writer), Parke Levy, Hans Conried, Frank Bingman (announcer), Leif Erickson.
The March of Time: January 1st, 1942 Westbrook Van Voorhis (narrator).
The Black Museum: June 3rd, 1952 – The Leather Bag Orson Welles (narrator), Ira Marion (writer), Harry Alan Towers (producer), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor).
Cavalcade of America: April 13th, 1938 – Thomas Jefferson and American Education Donald Voorhees (composer, conductor), Edward Longstreth, Kenneth Webb (writer, director), Arthur Pryor (producer), Frank Singiser (announcer).
Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209: April 4th, 1948 – The Donna Dunham Case Bill Brownell (sound effects), Dudley Manlove (announcer), Eloise Rowan (organist), Helen Kleeb, Henry Leff, Jack Thomas, Jay Rendon (sound effects), John Grover (announcer), Lou Tobin, Monte Masters (writer, producer), Natalie Masters.
Duffy’s Tavern: March 16th, 1949 – Spike Mcguirk Bully Ed Gardner, Eddie Green, Charlie Cantor, Sheldon Leonard.
This week we’re going to give a listen to some mainly forgotten shows from radio’s past. Some of these featured famous characters or popular performers but for whatever reason haven’t stuck in our collective memories. Maybe the program wasn’t a big hit at the time or, even though the lead performer was well known back in the day, their star has since faded.
So this time around we’ll focus on lesser known gems from the days when radio was king!
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
The Henry Morgan Show: May 7th, 1947 Arnold Stang, Bernard Green and His Orchestra, Charles Irving, Henry Morgan, The Golden Gate Quartet.
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: December 15th,1950 – The Case Of The Girl Who Cried Wolfe Sydney Greenstreet, Charles O’Neill (writer), J. Donald Wilson (producer, director), Lamont Johnson, Herb Butterfield, Don Stanley (announcer), Rex Stout (creator), Edwin Fadiman (producer), Lawrence Dobkin, Charlotte Lawrence, Monica Nealy, Howard McNear.
Beyond Midnight: 1968 or 1969 – The Happy Return
Words at War: February 13th, 1945 – What To Do With Germany Julian Noa, Peter Fernandez, Jack Costello (host), William Meeder (organ), Anton M. Leader (director), Edward Jurist (adaptor), Louis Nizer (author), Craig McDonnell.
Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch: May 5th, 1940 – Cattle Drive to Carsonville Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, The Cass County Boys, Alvino Rey.
The Mel Blanc Show: November 5th, 1946 Mel Blanc, Mary Jane Croft, Joseph Kearns, Hans Conried, The Sportsmen, Victor Miller and His Orchestra, Earle Ross, Bud Hiestand (announcer), Joe Rines (producer, director).
The Man Called X: June 19th, 1947 – Silver Scarab Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco, J. Richard Kennedy (originator), Wendell Niles (announcer), Jack Johnstone (director), Sidney Marshall (writer), Johnny Green (composer, conductor).
Program number eight is devoted to tales calculated to put a tingle in your spine!
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
The Shadow: June 19, 1938 – The Tomb of Terror Orson Welles, Margot Stevenson, Ken Roberts (announcer), Edwin Jerome (doubles), Arthur Vinton, Alan Devitt (triples), Paul Stewart (doubles), Kenny Delmar (doubles), Rosa Rio (organist).
Inner Sanctum Mysteries: March 7, 1943 – The Black Sea Gull Peter Lorre, Raymond Edward Johnson (host), Sigmund Miller (writer), Himan Brown (director), Santos Ortega, Ed Herlihy (announcer).
Suspense: November 1, 1945 – The Dunwich Horror William Spier (adaptor, producer, editor, director), Ronald Colman, H. P. Lovecraft (author), William Johnstone, Elliott Lewis, Joseph Kearns (announcer), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor).
Lights Out: May 11, 1938 – It Happened Arch Oboler (writer), Mercedes McCambridge.
Quiet Please: May 1st, 1949 – Dark Gray Magic Ernest Chappell, Jean White, Mark Forbus, Albert Buhrman (organ).
The Witch’s Tale: March 29, 1938 – The Wedding Gift Alonzo Deen Cole (writer, producer, performer), Marie O’Flynn, Miriam Wolfe (as “Old Nancy”).
This week we celebrate not only Valentine’s Day but radio legend Jack Benny’s birthday as well!
As of this week, WWBR is now available through the iTunes store!
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
Fibber McGee and Molly: February 12th, 1942 Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Billy Mills and His Orchestra, The King’s Men, Don Quinn (writer), Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph, Bill Thompson.
The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny: February 14th, 1937 Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Andy Devine, Ben Bernie (guest), Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer, performer).
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: February 13th, 1949 Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard, Tommy Bernard, Henry Blair.
The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny: February 12th, 1939 Cliff Nazarro, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Bill Morrow (writer), Cliff Nazarro, Blanche Stewart (doubles).
Lum and Abner: February 14th, 1945 Chester Lauck, Norris Goff.
The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny: February 16th, 1947 Benita Hume, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Isaac Stern (violin, transcribed), Jack Benny, John Brown, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Ronald Colman, George Balzer (writer), John Tackaberry (writer), Milt Josefsberg (writer), Sam Perrin (writer), Mahlon Merrick (conductor).
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show: February 13th, 1949 Alice Faye, Anne Whitfield, Bill Forman (announcer), Dick Chevillat (writer), Elliott Lewis, Hal March, Jack Mather, Jeanine Roos, Paul Phillips (producer, director), Phil Harris, Ray Singer (writer), Walter Scharf and His Orchestra, Walter Tetley.
The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny: February 13th, 1955 Al Gordon (writer), Dennis Day, Don Wilson, George Balzer (writer), Hal Goldman (writer), Hilliard Marks (producer, transcriber), Jack Benny, John Tackaberry (writer), Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, Milt Josefsberg (writer), Eddie Anderson, Sam Perrin (writer), The Sportsmen, Verna Felton.
It has been a couple of weeks since a new show but here’s a remedy to that. Personally I think this is our best podcast yet and I hope you enjoy the show as much as Elliott and I had in putting it together!
I also discuss the new schedule as far as show postings here at AMFWOTR.
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
I Was A Communist For The FBI: June 11, 1952 Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer).
The Campbell Playhouse: February 11, 1940 – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann (composer, conductor), Edgar Barrier, Ernest Chappell (announcer), Everett Sloane, Frank Readick, Gertrude Lawrence, Howard Teichmann (editor), Jane Huston, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles (host), Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson.
It Pays To Be Ignorant: September 29, 1944 Tom Howard (m. c.), George Shelton, Lulu McConnell, Harry McNaughton, Ken Roberts (announcer), Nat Novick and His Orchestra, Leo Durocher (guest).
Bulldog Drummond: October 14, 1946 – The Case Of The Fatal Right Ned Weaver.
Have Gun, Will Travel: March 22, 1959 – The Five Books Of Owen Deaver John Dehner, Ben Wright, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), Al Pearce (Rambler commercial), Sam Rolfe (creator, writer), Frank Michael (adaptor), Paul Dubov, Helen Kleeb, Ken Lynch, Jess Kirkpatrick, Sam Edwards, Hugh Douglas (announcer), Georgia Ellis, Herb Meadow (creator), Bill James (sound effects), Tom Hanley (sound effects).
Duffy’s Tavern: December 7, 1943 – Bing Crosby Guests Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby, Harry Von Zell (announcer), Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Eddie Green, Charlie Cantor, Florence Halop.
Dimension X: July 21, 1950 – Beyond Infinity Leon Janney, Albert Buhrman (music), Gregory Morton, Norman Rose (host), Villiers Gerson (author), Les Damon, Lotte Stavisky, E. A. Krumschmidt, Joe DeSantis, Van Woodward (producer), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer), William Keene.
Welcome once again as I share with you over four hours of some of the best classics from the Golden Age of Radio.
This week I’m joined by the new WWBR announcer, Elliott Miller.
There seems to be a bit of an underlaying theme, that I wasn’t really aware of when I was putting the show together, running through the podcast; that of our freedom of speech.
I’ve also included a download link, since the program IS fairly lengthy – that way you can download the show to listen at home or upload to your iPod, Zune, or what have you.
This week:
Musical Opening – Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman
The Chase and Sanborn Hour: December 12, 1937 Edgar Bergen, Don Ameche, Nelson Eddy, Dorothy Lamour, The Stroud Twins, Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra, Wendell Niles (announcer), Mae West, Arch Oboler (writer), Ted Osborne.
Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts. April 18, 1949 Archie Bleyer and His Orchestra, Arthur Godfrey.
My thoughts on whether to purchase old time radio shows.
Dimension X: January 14, 1951 – The Martian Death March David Pfeffer, Ernest Kinoy (writer), Lawrence Kerr, Ralph Bell, Ralph Camargo, Richard Hamilton, Roger De Koven, William Welch (producer), Norman Rose (host), Edward King (director), Bob Warren (announcer), Ralph Bell, Roger De Koven, Lawson Zerbe, Nelson Olmsted, Fred Collins (announcer).
Tales Of The Texas Rangers: July 29, 1950 – The Broken Spur Joel McCrea, Stacy Keach (producer, director), Tony Barrett, Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), Hal Gibney (announcer).
We Hold These Truths: December 15, 1941 Lionel Barrymore, Orson Welles (narrator), Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Bob Burns, Walter Huston, Marjorie Main, Edward G. Robinson, Rudy Vallee, Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra, Franklin Roosevelt (from Washington, D. C.), Norman Corwin (writer, producer, director), Jimmy Stewart (narrator), Bernard Herrmann (composer), Elliott Lewis, Dane Clark.
You can also download the podcast HERE so you can listen at your leisure.
I’m here to help ring in the New Year with over four hours of some of the best holiday classics from the Golden Age of Radio.
I’ve also included a download link, since the program IS fairly lengthy – that way you can download the show to listen at home or upload to your iPod, Zune, or what have you.
This week:
The Jello Show Starring Jack Benny: December 29th, 1940 Ed Beloin (writer), Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Walter Tetley, Harry Baldwin, Leo Cleary, Bill Morrow (producer, transcriber), Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mary Kelly, Bill Morrow (writer), Mahlon Merrick (conductor).
Big Town: December 28th, 1948 – The Dangerous Resolution Edward Pawley, Fran Carlon, Jerry McGill (producer, writer), Hugh James (announcer).
The Life of Riley: December 30th, 1949 William Bendix, Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Irving Brecher (producer), Paula Winslowe, Bobby Ellis, Barbara Eiler, John Brown, Reuben Ship (writer), Mitch Lindeman (director).
Fibber McGee and Molly: December 30th, 1935 Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Rico Marcelli and His Orchestra, Emory Darcy (tenor), Audrey Call (violin).
The Whistler: December 31st, 1947 – The First Year Gerald Mohr, Marvin Miller (announcer), George W. Allen (producer), Betty Lou Gerson, Harold Swanton (writer), Joel Malone (writer), Wilbur Hatch (music).
The Red Skelton Show: December 31st, 1948 Red Skelton, Rod O’Connor, Pat McGeehan, Verna Felton, David Rose and His Orchestra, The Four Knights, Lurene Tuttle.
Quiet Please: December 27th, 1947 – Rain on New Year’s Eve Albert Buhrman (music), Ernest Chappell, Muriel Kirkland, Pat O’Malley, Wyllis Cooper (writer, director).
You can also download the podcast HERE so you can listen at your leisure.
I was trying my best to bring you a Christmas Eve edition of Way, Way Back Radio but things were just way too hectic today! But I still want to make your holiday as cherry as possible, so I’ll post the programs I was planning on sharing with all of you.
Of course if you missed the first two podcasts, devoted to Christmas shows, you can enjoy them right here!
Thanks for understanding and I hope you’re enjoying a wonderful holiday!
I’ll be back on Saturday with some great shows for you to ring in the New Year.
After three weeks away, the show returns. Hooray!!! 
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