Best Old Time Radio Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bob Bro
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Your host, Bob Bro, has been publicly playing classic radio programs for more than ten years. Programs like Gunsmoke, Dragnet, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee & Molly, Our Miss Brooks -- and many, many more.
Bob's show uniquely combines an assortment of the greatest comedies, dramas, westerns and mysteries from the golden age of radio.
Along the way he throws in a few nostalgic songs and some wonderful stories and memories. It's great fun!
So come along and give a listen. But watch out! You will quickly be hooked on the Best Old Time Radio Podcast!
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #356 November 26, 2023 -- Archive Show from 7/15/2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Escape!...07/28/47..."Typhoon" 2. Bergen & McCarthy...12/06/47...Guest: Roy Rogers3. Gunsmoke...02/14/53..."Round Up"To listen to more of the very best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #355 -- November 19, 2023 Archive Show from 7/1/2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Defense Attorney...08-28-52..."George Bauman" 2. Father Knows Best...09-11-52..."Watching the Dog"3. Gunsmoke...01-10-53..."Word of Honor" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #354, November 12, 2023 -- Archive show from 05/20/2019)Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. The Lineup...02-22-51..."The Silver Swan Case"2. The Whistler...01-06-46..."Dear Roger"3. Jack Benny...12-13-47..."Jack Has A Sprained Ankle"4. Gunsmoke...10-21-56..."Til Death Do Us Part" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #53 - November 5, 2023 -- Archive Show from 5/6/2019.Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Suspense....01-10-48....Kandy Tooth2. Bergen & McCarthy....03-28-54....Rosemary Clooney 3. Gunsmoke....10-14-56...."Gunshot Wound"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #352 - October 29, 2023 -- Archive Show from 04-22-2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Night Beat....06-12-50...."Football Player & The Syndicate"2. Jack Benny....11-23-47...."Jack & Mary Shop for a Turkey"3. Six Shooter....04-08-54...."General Guilford's Widow"4. Gunsmoke....10-23-55...."Brush At Elkader"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #351 October 15, 2023 -- Archive Show from 4/8/2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar...11/21/55..."Amy Bradshaw Matter"2. Great Gildersleeve...11/06/46..."Pajama Party"3. Gunsmoke...05/30/53..."Fall Semester"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #350 - October 8, 2023; Archive Show from 3-25-2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. The Whistler...02-04-49..."Panic"2. Lives of Harry Lime...11-23-51..."Horse Play"3. Life of Riley...01-21-45..."Wedding Anniversary" 4. Gunsmoke...05-23-53..."Print Asper" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #349 October 1, 2023 -- Archive Show from 3-11-2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Night Beat...3-7-50..."Marty"2. Jack Carson Show...1-1-47..."Jack Prepares for a Film Role"3. Fibber McGee & Molly...2-20-56..."McGee Reads A Story"4. Gunsmoke...4-15-56..."The Executioner" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Boomer Boulevard Old Time Radio Show with Bob BroSeptember 24, 2023 -- Archive Show from 02/11/2019Welcome to the Boomer Boulevard Old Time Radio Show where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe...4-18-50..."The Angry Eagle"2. Jack Benny Show...01-05-47...Guests: Bogart & Bacall3. Fibber McGee & Molly...02-08-56..."Chinese Restaurant"4. Gunsmoke...01-29-55..."Young Love" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #348 - Archive Show from 02/11/2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe...4-18-50..."The Angry Eagle"2. Jack Benny Show...01-05-47...Guests: Bogart & Bacall3. Fibber McGee & Molly...02-08-56..."Chinese Restaurant"4. Gunsmoke...01-29-55..."Young Love" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #347 September 17, 2023 -- Archive Show from 01-28-2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Dragnet...11-23-54..."The Big Present"2. Have Gun, Will Travel...09-11-60..."Dead Line"3. Father Knows Best...10-18-51..."Gossip"4. Gunsmoke...10-08-55..."Good Girl, Bad Company" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #346: September 10, 2023 -- Archive show from 01-10-2019Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Mutual Radio Theater...05-07-80..."Vicious Circle"2. Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet...03-27-49..."Compliment"3. Gunsmoke...12-04-55..."Sunny Afternoon"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #345: September 3, 2023 -- Archive Show from 12/31/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Night Beat....08-07-50...."Old Blind Pop"
- Abbott & Costello....11-18-43....Guest: Lucille Ball
- Gunsmoke....12-30-56...."Hound Dog"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show No. 344 - August 27, 2023; Archive show from 12/17/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe 5/30/50 "Bedside Manners
- Jimmy Durante Show 10-29-47 Guest: Lucille Ball
- Have Gun, Will Travel 11-13-60 "The Map"
- Gunsmoke 12-9-56 "Braggart's Boy"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #343 - August 20, 2023 -- Archive Show from 12/3/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- The Line Up....10-11-51...."The Frivolous Forger Fracas"
- Father Knows Best....09-25-52...."Should Women Work?"
- Escape!....02-15-53...."Wild Jack Rett"
- Gunsmoke....07-01-56...."Gun For Chester"
To listen to many more of the very best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #342 : July 30, 2023 --- Archive Show from 1/5/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Dragnet...11-23-54..."The Big Present"
- Have Gun, Will Travel...09-11-60..."Dead Line"
- Father Knows Best...10-18-51..."Gossip"
- Gunsmoke...10-8-55..."Good Girl, Bad Company"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #341 -- July 23, 2023; Archive show from 11/19/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Dragnet...06-28-53..."The Big Ham"
- Jack Benny Show...12-28-47..."Goodbye 1947; Hello 1948!"
- Inner Sanctum...01-22-46..."The Confession"
- Gunsmoke...04-29-56..."Doc's Reward"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show No. 340 July 16, 2023 -- Archive Show from 11/5/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective 2-5-50 "Timothy the Seal"
- My Little Margie 3-13-55 "Miss Guided Missle"
- Gunsmoke 11-10-56 "Crowbait Bob"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show No. 339: July 9, 2023 -- Archive Show from 10-22-2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Suspense 10-4-45 "Death on Highway 99"
- The Mutual Radio Theater 4-28-80 "Vinnie Ream"
- Gunsmoke 3-25-56 "Hanging Man"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show No. 138 July 2, 2023 -- Archive Show from 10-08-2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Night Beat...05-8-50..."The Elevator Caper"
- The Bickersons...11-15-47..."Second Honeymoon"
- Our Miss Brooks...02-4-51..."Puppy Love"
- Gunsmoke...03-18-56..."The Man Who Would Be Marshall"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #337 June 25, 2023 -- Archive show from 9/18/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- The Whistler...01/28/46..."The Strange Sisters"
- Dragnet... 05/01/52..."The Big Safe"
- Father Knows Best...10-1-53..."A Date Mix-Up"
- Gunsmoke...11-06-55..."Second Choice"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #336 June 18, 2023 -- Archive Show from 8/27/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- The Six Shooter 1-3-54 "A Friend In Need"
- The Great Gildersleeve 6-2-46 "Meet Eve"
- Gunsmoke 10-30-55 "The Choice"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #335: June 11, 2023 -- Archive Show from 08/13/2018
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Dragnet...09-13-51..."The Big Waiter"
- Jack Benny Show...04-25-48..."Charley's Aunt"
- Rogers of the Gazette...07-29-53..."Surprise Engagement"
- Gunsmoke...03-11-56..."Bringing Down Father"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #334, June 4, 2023 -- Archive Show from 7/2/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Escape....08/21/54...."Two and Two Make Four"2. Phil Harris & Alice Faye.....11/6/53..."From Here to Eternity"3. Gunsmoke....05/07/55...."Potato Road" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #333 May 28, 2023 -- Archive show from 06-18-18Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe...03-23-50..."The Fox's Tail"2. Jack Benny Show...09-20-46...."Dennis & Phil Have Two Shows"3. Gunsmoke...11-6-54..."Smoking Out the Beedles"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 332, May 21, 2023 -- Archive show from 06-04-2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week: 1. Dragnet...1/25/51..."The Big Tomato"2. Jack Benny Show...10/09/49..."Jack's Memory is Lost"3. Gunsmoke...08/30/52..."The Juniper Tree"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 331 May 14, 2023 -- Archive Show from 5-21-18Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Night Beat....10/26/51...."Mr and Mrs. Carothers" 2. The Life of Riley....11/30/46...."Free Medical Advice"3. Gunsmoke....08/09/52...."The Kentucky Tolmans"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #330 - May 7, 2023 -- Archive Show from 5/7/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Lux Radio Theater...12/2/51..."Strangers on a Train"2. Our Miss Brooks...01/16/49..."Student Government Day"3. Gunsmoke...04/25/53..."Soldier"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 329 April 30, 2023 -- Archive Show from 04/23/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....06-21-58...."Virtuous Mobster Matter 2. Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy....01-17-54....Guest: Liberace3. Gunsmoke....05-02-53...."Tacetta"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #328 April 23, 2023 -- Archive Show from 04/19/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Escape!....08/30/51...."The Man Who Stole the Bible" 2. Halls of Ivy....03/10/50...."Victoria's New Review"3. Gunsmoke....06/20/53...."Wind"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #328 April 23, 2023 -- Archive Show from 04/19/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Escape!...08/30/51...."The Man Who Stole the Bible" 2. Halls of Ivy....03/10/50...."Victoria's New Review"3. Gunsmoke....06/20/53...."Wind"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 327 - April 16, 2022 -- Archive Show from 3/26/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Tales of the Texas Rangers....10/08/50...."Living Death" 2. Jack Benny Show....11/21/48...."Jack Tries to Call His Ad Agency"3. Gunsmoke....07/18/53...."Wild West" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 326, April 9, 2023 -- Archive Show from 3/12/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Dragnet...10/19/52...."The Big Pill" 2. Have Gun, Will Travel....02/28/59...."Killer's Widow"3. Halls of Ivy....02/24/50...."Student Thief"4. Gunsmoke....05/16/53...."Big Con" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 325: April 2, 2023 -- Archive Show from 2.26.2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Tales of the Texas Rangers....09/30/50...."Clean Up"2. The Bickersons....07/10/51...."The Goosby Vacation" 3. Gunsmoke....02/21/53...."Meshougah"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast #324 03-26-23 Archive Show from 2/12/2018 Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Lux Radio Theater....09-23-40...."The Westerner"2. Jack Benny....11-21-54...."Jack is in Bed With a Cold"3. Gunsmoke....07-02-55...."General Parsley Smith"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #323: March 19, 2022 -- Archive Show from 1-29-2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe....06-06-50...."Uneasy Head"2. Our Miss Brooks....01-09-49...."The Heating System" 3. Gunsmoke....10-10-52...."Hinka-Do" To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 322 - March 12, 2023; Archive Show from 1/15/2018Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. The Six Shooter 1/17/54 "The Silver Buckle"2. Burns & Allen 3/20/47 "Getting a Dog for Protection" 3. The Bickersons 3-30-47 "John's New Fishing Pole"4. Gunsmoke 4/8/56 "Widow's Mite"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #321 February 26, 2023 -- Archive Show from 1-15-18Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyoneis welcome! . Here is our line-up of great shows for this week:1. Dragnet....10-27-53...."The Big Fraud"2. Jack Benny....02-19-50....Returns to LA & Plays Cards"3. Gunsmoke....05-13-56...."Cows & Cribs"To listen to more of the best old time radio shows, visit ourwebsite: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #320: February 19, 2022 -- Archive Show from 12-18-2017Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is our line-up of great old time radio shows for this week:1. Phillip Marlowe....07-19-50...."Last Wish"2. Father Knows Best....03-25-54....Rainy Day Activity"3. Gunsmoke....09-27-54...."Helping Hand"To listen to more of the best old time radio shows, visitour website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #319 February 12, 2023 -- Archive Show from 01-19-2015Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Here is our line-up of shows for this week: 1. Phillip Marlowe....03/07/50...."The Monkey's Uncle"2. Jack Benny....01/01/50...."Jack Gets Stood Up on New Years Eve"3. Gunsmoke,,,,10/01/55,,,,"The Barton Boy"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow No. 318 - February 5, 2023 -- Archive Show from 11/20/2017 Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where we share memories, experiences, music and old time radio shows! Here is our line-up of outstanding programs this week:1. Night Beat....02/13/50...."Night is a Weapon"2. Six Shooter....11/15/53...."Escape From Smoke Falls"3. Gunsmoke....01/1/55...."Bottle Man"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #317, January 29, 2023 -- Archive Show from 10/23/2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Lux Radio Theatre....11/21/51...."Winchester 73"2. Life of Riley....12/3/48...."Impressing the Boss"3. Gunsmoke....01/30/54...."Gun Smuggler"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #316 -- January 22, 2023 -- Archive Show from 10/09/2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Dragnet....04-06-54...."The Big Saw"2. The Halls of Ivy....06-07-50...."D-Day"3. Gunsmoke....07-19-54...."The Queue"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #315 January 15, 2023 -- Archive Show from 9/25/2017Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share great memories about the golden age of radio. We feature the very best old time radio programs along with nostalgic music and stories from a bygone era. Here is our line-up for this week: 1. Night Beat....04-30-50...."Am I My Brother's Keeper?"2. Jack Benny....12/14/17...."Jack Has a Sprained Ankle"3. Gunsmoke....08-17-58...."The Piano"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit ourwebsite: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time RadioPodcast with Bob BroShow #314: January 8, 2023 -- Archive Show from 9/11/2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line of shows this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe.... 09-08-50.... "The Fifth Mask"2. My Favorite Husband.... 03-12-50...."Women's Rights, Part 2"3. Gunsmoke....04-04-53...."Jayhawkers"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visitour website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #313 -- Archive Show from August 14, 2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is ourline-up of great programs this week:1. Johnny Dollar....09/21/58...."The Johnson Payroll Matter"2. My Favorite Husband....03/3/50...."Women's Rights - Part 1"3. Gunsmoke....10/28/56...."Dirty Bill's Girl"To listen to more of the very best old time radio programs, visitour website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #312 December 18, 2022 -- Archive Show from 7/31/2017 Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where we playthe very best OTR programs week-in and week-out. Here is our line-up for this week:1. Dragnet....11-2-54...."The Big Locker"2. Lux Radio Theater....02-19-51...."Dear Wife" with William Holden3. Gunsmoke....07-5-54...."Hack Prine"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob BroShow #December 11, 2022 -- Archive Show first heard on 07/17/2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast -- where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of great programs this week:1. Richard Diamond....02/16/51...."The Grey Man"2. Granby's Green Acres....03/30/50...."Granby Quits His Job"3. Gunsmoke....11/18/56...."Brother Whelp"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #310, December 4, 2022 -- Archive Show from 7/3/2017Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:1. Adventures of Philip Marlowe....01/22/49...."The Orange Dog"2. Our Miss Brooks....09/11/55...."Helping Hands"3. Gunsmoke....12/15/56...."Cherry Red"To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website:https://bestoldtimeradio.comContact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
The Best Old Time Radio Show with Bob Bro - Show #309: November 27, 2022 -- Archive Show from 6/19/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where every is welcome. Here is our line up of shows this week:
- Dragnet....03/23/53...."The Big Informant"
- Jack Benny Show....04/27/47...."Leaving For Chicago"
- Gunsmoke....01/31/53...."Cavalcade"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
est Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #308 November 20, 2022 -- Archive Show from 6/15/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....11-11-56...."The Big Scoop Matter"
- Halls of Ivy....03-17-50...."Dirty Politics"
- Gunsmoke....01-22-55...."Sins of Our Fathers"
To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #307: November 13, 2022 -- Archive Show from 5-22-2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of programs this week:
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: 11-11-56 "The Big Scoop Matter"
- Halls of Ivy: 03-17-50 "Dirty Politics"
- Gunsmoke: 01-22-55 "Sins of Our Fathers"
To to listen to our large library of the very best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #306; November 6, 2022 --- Archive Show from 4/24/17
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share great memories about the golden age of radio. We feature the very best old time radio shows along with nostalgic music and stories from a bygone era.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....09-21-52...."The Big Shot"
- Jack Benny....02-01-48...."Going to Ronald Colman's New Movie"
- Gunsmoke....04-18-53...."Bum's Rush"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #305 October 30, 2022 -- Archive Show from 4/10/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of shows for this week:
- Philip Marlowe....09-15-50...."The Final Payment"
- Jack Benny....11-17-46....Leo Durocher, Ronald & Benita Colman
- Gunsmoke....10-30-54...."The Patsy"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #304 October 23, 2022 -- Archive Show from 3/27/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast whereeveryone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Philip Marlowe....08/25/51...."Heir For A G String"
- Tales of the Texas Rangers....07/15/50...."White Elephant"
- Fibber McGee & Molly....05/27/47...."Shrimps McGee"
- Gunsmoke....03/14/53...."Cyclone"
To listen to more of the best old time radio shows, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro -
Show #303 -- October 16, 2022 -- Repeat of our show from March 13, 2017
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where we share memories and everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up of shows for this week:
- Have Gun, Will Travel....07-17-60...."Little Guns"
- Dragnet....04-26-53...."The Big Scrapbook"
- Jack Benny....01-14-46...."Ronald Colman's Rehersal"
- Gunsmoke....01-17-53...."Paid Killer"
To listen to more of the best old time radio shows ever produced, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - October 9, 2022 -- Show #302 -- Archive show from 2/27/17
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Here is our line-up of great shows for this week:
- Richard Diamond....10-10-49....The Gibson Murder Case
- Jack Benny Show....02-03-46....Contest Winner Named
- Gunsmoke....01-02-54....Stage Hold-Up
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #301 - October 2, 2022 --- Archive Show from 01/30/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....08-04-51...."Long Way Home"
- Jack Benny Show....11-9-47...."Corner Drug Store"
- Gunsmoke....11-14-53...."Professor Lute Bone"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
The Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #300 September 25, 2022 -- Archive show from 11/10/2013
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Halls of Ivy....6/21/50....The Bentenheimers and the Cross
- Jack Benny Show....7/11/54....Guest: Gisele Mackenzie
- Gunsmoke....12/11/54....Bone Hunter
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
The Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - September 18, 2022 --Show #289 Archive Show from 01/30/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Lux Radio Theater 11/7/49 "High Wall" Van Heflin, Janet Leigh
- Our Miss Brooks 11/21/48 "Model School Teacher"
- Gunsmoke 1-3-53 "Westbound"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro September 11, 2022 -- Show #298 Archive Show from 1/16/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....01-19-54...."Big Bill"
- Jack Benny Show....05-07-50...."Jack Buys a New Suit"
- Gunsmoke....10-31-52...."Overland Express"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - Show #297 September 4, 2022 -- Archive Show from 01/02/2017
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....07/07/51 "Seaside Sabbatical"
- Jack Benny Show....03/18/51...."Jack's Illness"
- Gunsmoke....08/23/52...."Shakespeare"
To listen to more of the best old time radio shows, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro August 28, 2022 Show #296 (Archive show from 12/19/2016)
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....08-28-52...."The Big Ray"
- Lux Radio Theatre....12-19-49...."The Bishop's Wife"
- Gunsmoke....12-29-53...."The Guitar"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
Show #295 August 21, 2022 -- Archive Show from: 12/05/2016
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and the very best old time radio programs.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....07-14-51...."Dear Dead Days"
- Jack Benny Show....10-26-47...."The 7th Hole at Hillcrest"
- Gunsmoke....04-02-55...."Bloody Hands"
To listen to more of our collection of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro August 14, 2022 -- Show #294 (Archive Show from 9-26-16)
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and especially some of the best old time radio programs ever produced!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- The Line Up....11-05-52...."Be-Bop Bandidts Bungling Bang Bang"
- Our Miss Brooks....08-21-55...."Who's Going Where?"
- Gunsmoke.... 11-27-54...."Cooter"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #293 -- August 6, 2022 Archive Show from 8-15-2016
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! We share music, nostalgia and especially the very best old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Philip Marlowe...08-18-51...."Young Man's Fancy"
- Jack Benny Show....12-15-57...."At The Dentist & In Las Vegas"
- Inner Sanctum....02-05-46...."Skeleton Bay"
- Gunsmoke....08-10-58...."A House Ain't A Home"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro July 31, 2022 - Program #292 -- Archive Show from 08/01/16
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Join us in sharing music, nostalgia and the very best old time radio programs!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....12/28/52...."The Big Mask Parts 1 & 2"
- Jack Benny Show....12/02/56...."Jack & Don Go to the Health Club"
- Gunsmoke....03/13/54...."Confederate Money"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #291, July 24, 2022 -- Archive Show from July 4, 2016
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is our line-up of great OTR programs for this week:
- Dragnet....02-23-54...."The Big Pipe"
- Our Miss Brooks....04-01-51...."Another Day"
- Gunsmoke....03-07-53...."Absalom"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #290: July 10, 2022 -- Archive Show from 6/20/2016
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, memories, and the best old time radio programs.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....09-08-51...."The Medium Was Rare"
- The Jack Benny Show....01-16-49...."Jack's Scrapbook"
- Gunsmoke....05-27-56...."Man Hunter"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #289 July 2, 2022 -- Archive Show from 06-06-2016
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! We share nostalgic music, stories and old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- The Saint....08-06-50...."The Corpse Said Ouch!"
- Blondie....02-09-49...."Alexander's Valentine Dilemma"
- Gunsmoke....04-30-55...."Reward for Matt"
If you would like to heave more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #288: June 19, 2022 -- Archive Show from 5-26-16
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! We share memories, music and the very best old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Night Beat....09-25-52...."Bug Killings"
- Have Gun, Will Travel....06-19-60...."Too, Too Solid Town"
- Jack Benny Show....05-01-55....."Jack Buys a Baseball Team"
- Gunsmoke....01-24-53...."Old Lady"
To listen to more of the best old time radio, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
Show #287 -- June 12, 2022 (Archive Show from 6-5/19/2016
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! This week we have three great shows, along with some memories, nostalgia and music. Here is the line-up:
- Lux Radio Theater....10-10-49...."Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House"
- Tales of the Texas Rangers....03-30-52...."Nighthawk"
- Gunsmoke....03-03-53...."Pussycats"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #286 June 5, 2022 -- Archive Show from 4/25/16
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Have Gun, Will Travel....07-08-60...."Father O'Toole's Organ"
- Dragnet....08-11-49...."The Maniac Murderer"
- Jack Benny Show....02-27-55...."Jack Watches Wrestling on TV"
- Gunsmoke....01-13-57...."Ozymandias"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
May 29, 2022, Program #285 -- Archive Show from April 11, 2016
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....03-14-50...."The Vital Statistic"
- Our Miss Brooks....10-15-50...."The Bookie"
- Gunsmoke....07-06-58...."Chester's Choice"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our podcast: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast #284 May 22, 2022 Presenting an Archive Show first heard 3/28/2016
Welcome to Boomer Boulevard - Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Here is where se share music, nostalgia, and the best old time radio programs!
Here is the line-up for this week:
- Escape!...08-18-49...."Snake Doctor"
- Fibber McGee & Molly....10-07-47...."Football Game Anniversary"
- Gunsmoke....06-07-59...."Doc's Indians"
- Bob and Ray....Clips from their shows
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #283 - May 15, 2022 -- Archive show from 3/14/2016.
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and the very best old time radio programs!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....01-09-56...."The Todd Matter"
- The Bickersons....03-06-48...."Second Honeymoon
- Gunsmoke....01-24-53...."Old Lady"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro May 8, 2022 - Show #282 Archive show from 2/29/2016
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Join us for: Music, Nostalgia and the best in Old Time Radio Programs.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....03/20/54...."The Big Confession"
- Our Miss Brooks....03/06/49...."The Faculty Dance"
- Gunsmoke....06/04/55...."Jealousy"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Boomer Boulevard Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro May 1, 2022 -- Archive Show first heard 2/1/2016
Welcome to the Boomer Boulevard Old Time Radio Podcast whereeveryone is welcome! We feature memories: Music, Nostalgia and the Best Old Time Radio Programs! Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....09-04-52...."The Big Test"
- The Bickersons....12-13-47...."The Pink Slip"
- Gunsmoke....06-15-58...."Old Flame"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit out website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Archive Show with Bob Bro Show #280 - April 24, 2022; Archive show from 1-18-2016.
Welcome to our Podcast, where you will hear the very best old-time radio programs in crystal clear sound.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Escape!...02-22-48...."How Love Came to Professor Guildea"
- Our Miss Brooks....05-21-50...."The Rare Black Orchid"
- Gunsmoke....12-13-52...."Post Marten"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro 4-17-22 - Show #279 -- Rebroadcast of our show from 1/6/2016.
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where you will always hear great music, nostalgia, and the best old time radio programs:
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Escape....05-31-53...."A Good Thing"
- Jack Benny Show....11-16-53...."Wings of the Hawk"
- Frontier Gentleman....06-15-58...."The Well"
- Gunsmoke....05-27-58...."Man Hunter"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #278 April 10, 2022 -- Repeat of our show from 12/07/2015/
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is our line-up of show for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....01-29-49...."The Easy Mark"
- The Jack Benny Show....05-27-51...."Guest: Speed Riggs"
- Gunsmoke....08-23-52...."Shakespeare"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro April 3, 2022 -- Show #277 -- Repeat of show from 11-23-2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and the best old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Suspense....11-14-48...."A Little Piece of Rope"
- Burns & Allen Show....05-19-49...."Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney"
- Gunsmoke....09-13-52...."Home Surgery"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #276: March 27, 2022 -- Archive Show from 11/9/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast, where we feature music, nostalgia and especially old time radio programs! Here is our line-up for this week;
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....11/14/55.... "The Broderick Matter"
- The Halls of Ivy....06-28-50...."The Faculty Raffle"
- Gunsmoke....08-03-55...."Johnny Reb"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast #275 March 20, 2022 -- Archive Show from 9/14/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Program where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and the very best old time radio programs.
Here is the line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....03/19/49...."The Dancing Hands"
- Jack Benny Show....03/16/54...."A Return Visit by the IRS"
- Gunsmoke....01/24/53...."Old Lady"
To listen to more of the best in old time radio, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #274: March 13, 2022 -- Archive Show from 8/31/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Join us as we share the best in oldies music, nostalgia and great old time radio programs!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....04-20-50...."The Big Trial"
- Our Miss Brooks....04-01-51...."Another Day"
- Gunsmoke....07-30-55...."Tap Day for Kitty"
To listen to more of the very best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #273 -- March 6, 2022: Archive Show first aired 8-17-2015.
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Join us for a nostalgic trip down Memory Lane. Share the music, stories and share the best old time radio programs!
Here is this week's line-up:
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....12-20-59...."The Red Mystery Matter"
- Fibber McGee & Molly....05-09-44...."Alice Darling's New Boyfriend"
- Gunsmoke....05-12-57...."Sheep Dog"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
Show #272 - February 27, 2022 -- Archive show from 4/27/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Here we share music, nostalgia and the best old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Lux Radio Theater....03-7-49...."Red River"
- Jack Benny Show 9-18-49 "Edward My Son"
- Gunsmoke 11-20-55 "Dutch George"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro: February 20, 2022 -- Archive Show from April 13, 2015 Show #271: February 20, 2022 -- Archive Show from April 13, 2015
Welcome to Boomer Boulevard --- Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Music, Nostalgia, Old Time Radio Programs
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Fort Laramie....02/16/56...."Boredom"
- Jack Benny....03-23-52...."Jack Goes to the Academy Awards"
- Frontier Gentleman....09-28-58...."The Gold Digger"
- Gunsmoke....05-28-55...."Cow Doctor"
Listen to more great old time radio shows on our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #270
February 13, 2022 -- Archive Show from March 30, 2015
Welcome to Boomer Boulevard --- Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Come along for the ride and listen to the music, nostalgia and old time radio programs!
Here is our line up for this week:
- Lux Radio Theater....03-29-54...."A Blueprint for Murder"
- Jack Benny Show....01-17-54...."Jack Gets a Traffic Ticket"
- Gunsmoke....09-24-55...."Indian White"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast Show with Bob Bro February 6, 2022 -- Archive Show from 3/16/2015.
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Here we play music, discuss nostalgia, and play the very best old time radio programs.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Tales of the Texas Rangers....08-26-50...."Open Range"
- Our Miss Brooks.... Date and Title Unknown
- Gunsmoke,,,,09-03-55...."Change of Heart"
- Jean Shepherd....12-30-65...."Two Matches"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit out website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
January 30, 2022 -- Show #268. Archive Show from 3/2/2015.
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast, where everyone is welcome! Come and share in the music, nostalgia, and old time radio programs from the past.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Frontier Gentleman 6-1-58 "School Days"
- Jack Benny Show 5-15-55 "Jack Goes To Union Station"
- Gunsmoke 8-26-56 "No Sale"
- Jean Shepherd 12-30-65 "Bushel of Apples"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro January 23, 2022 - Show #267 -- Archive Show from 1/19/2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where we share music, nostalgia, and old time radio programs. Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....03/07/50...."The Monkey's Uncle"
- Jack Benny...01/01/50...."Jack Gets Stood Up on New Years Eve"
- Gunsmoke....10/01/55...."The Barton Boy"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
January 16, 2022 -- Show #266 (Archive show from 1/5/2015)
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast --- where everyone is welcome! Come and share with us memories, music, nostalgia and the best in OTR programs!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....01/28/50...."The Hairpin Turn"
- Jack Benny Show.... 01/15/50...."How Jack Met Fred Allen"
- Gunsmoke....06/25/55...."The Army Trial"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #265 -- Archive Show from 10/27-2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here we share memories, nostalgia, music and old time radio programs!
Here is our line-up of OTR programs for this week:
- Night Beat....09-25-52...."Bug Killings"
- Our Miss Brooks....09-04-55...."Summer Vacation"
- Gunsmoke....06-26-54...."Claustrophobia"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro January 2, 2022 -- Archive Show from 10-13-14
Welcome to the Best OTR Podcast! Come and join us for some nostalgia, stories, music and old time radio programs!
Here is our line up for this week:
- Dragnet....06-26-52...."The Big Roll"
- Halls of Ivy....04-14-50...."Mrs. Foster's Lost Dog"
- Gunsmoke....02-26-55...."Crack Up"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #263 --December 26, 2021 (Archive Show from 9/29/2014)
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Come cruise with us Down Memory Lane while we share music, nostalgia, and the best old time radio programs!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....10-17-53...."The Big Revolt"
- Jack Benny Show....03-04-51...."Jack Goes to the Dentist"
- Gunsmoke....12-04-54...."Cholera"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro December 19, 2021 -- Show #25 -- Originally heard on 09-01-14
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is the line-up of programs for this week:
- Frontier Gentleman....05-18-58...."Advice to the Lovelorn"
- The Halls of Ivy....10-11-50...."Phone Problems"
- Gunsmoke....09-17-55...."Thoroughbreds"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.om
Best Old Time Radio Podcast #261 December 12, 2021 -- Archive Show from 9/1/2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Here is our line-up of shows in crystal clear sound for this week:
- Dragnet....04-05-55...."The Big No Tooth"
- Our Miss Brooks....08-05-55...."Cat Burglar"
- Gunsmoke....08-20-55...."Indian Scout"
To listen to more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro December 5, 2021 -- Archive Show from August 18, 2014
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Come along with us as we take a trip down Memory Lane and share in the nostalgia, music, and old time radio programs.
Here is this week's line-up:
- Tales of the Texas Rangers....11-21-51...."Blow Off"
- Ozzie & Harriet....04-25-52...."Too Much Change"
- Gunsmoke....12-11-54...."Bone Hunters"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Archive Show - Originally broadcast August 4, 2014
Welcome to the Best OTR Podcast! Come on along as we cruise down Memory Lane and share some great music, nostalgia, Old Time Radio shows!
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....06-14-55...."The Big Fall Guy"
- Halls of Ivy....02-03-50...."Dr. Bromley, Shakespeare Expert"
- Gunsmoke....01-09-54...."The Joke's On Us"
Listen to more great old time radio programs) by visiting our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro - 11/21/21 Show #258 -- Archive Show first heard July 21, 2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where we listen to the very best OTR show and also share stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up of shows for this week:
- Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....07-30-49...."Mexican Boat Ride"
- Jack Benny Show....04-06-50...."Jack Has His House Painted"
- Gunsmoke....07-23-55...."Ben Tolliver's Stud"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #257 -- November 14, 2021 This is an Archive Show Originally broadcast July 7, 2014
Come and Cruise Down Memory Lane where we feature music, nostalgia and Old Time Radio Programs
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....06-20-50...."The Gold Cobra"
- Jack Benny Show....10-29-50...."How Jack Met the Colmans"
- Gunsmoke....07-30-55...."Tap Day For Kitty"
To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro November 7, 2021 - Boomer Boulevard Archive Show from June 23, 2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Come and cruise down Memory Lane and listen to some great music, nostalgia and old time radio programs!
Here is this week's line up:
- Dragnet....02-22-55...."The Big Slug"
- Jack Benny Show....05-06-47....Guest: Hoagy Carmichael
- Gunsmoke....07-09-55...."Uncle Oliver"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #255 -- Archive Show from May 26, 2014
Here is our line-up of shows for this week:
- Night Beat....04-16-50...."World of His Own"
- Jack Benny Show....10-24-54...."Going to the Drive-In Movie"
- Gunsmoke....06-25-55...."Army Trial"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #254 -- Archive Show from May 12, 2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast -- Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe....06-14-50...."The Face to Forget"
- Our Miss Brooks....01-30-49...."Custodian of Student Funds"
- Gunsmoke....06-11-55...."Trust"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro October 17, 2021 - Archive Show, first broadcast April 28, 2014
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast. We like to think of it as Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome!
Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears. Here is out line-up for this week:
- Fort Laramie....04-15-56...."The Stagecoach Stop"
- Jack Benny Show....02-06-49...."Guest Star: Claudette Colbert"
- Gunsmoke....09-13-54...."Dooley Surrenders"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro October 10, 2021 - Show #252: Archive Show from 04/14/2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast --- it's like Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe 2-12-49 "The Lonesome Reunion"
- My Friend Irma 1-26-48 "The Lonely Hearts Club"
- Gunsmoke 6-18-55 "The Reed Survies"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro October 3, 2021 - Show #251: Archive Show from 3/31/2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast --- it's like Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar....05-10-59...."Fatal Filet Matter"
- Jack Benny Show....05-22-55...."Trouble With the Sound Man"
- Ozzie and Harriet....04-18-52...."Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
- Gunsmoke....04-01-56...."How to Sell A Ranch"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro September 26, 2021 -- Archive Show from March 17, 2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. We think of it as Memory Lane for Baby Boomers, but everyone is welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Adventures of Philip Marlowe 7-28-51 "Good Neighbor Policy"
- Jack Benny Show 12-9-49 "Dinner at the Colman's"
- Gunsmoke 5-14-55 "Robber Bridegroom"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Archive Show from February 3, 2014
Welcome to Our Podcat which is like Memory Lane for Baby Boomers -- but everyone is welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears.
Here is our line-up of this week's shows:
- The Jack Benny Show....06-14-54....Detective Skit
- Have Gun Will Travel....04-24-60....Irish Luck
- Gunsmoke....09/10/55....Alarm at Pleasant Valley
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #248 - September 12, 2021; Archive Show from 1/20/2014
Welcome! Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and tears. Here is the line-up of this week's shows:
- Dragnet....09-06-55....The Big Ruling
- Our Miss Brooks....08-28-55....The Couch Potato
- Gunsmoke....07-16-55....20-20
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro September 5, 2021 -- Archive Show from January 6, 2014
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Come and share some stories, memories, laughs and old time radio programs.
Here is this week's line-up:
- Dragnet....08-16-55.... "The Big Beer"
- Burns and Allen....03-01-50...."Preparing Income Taxes"
- Gunsmoke....05-07-55...."Potato Road"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, August 29, 2021 - Archive Show from 12/23/13
Come on and travel with us down Boomer Boulevard --- it's Memory Lane for the Baby Boom Generation, but everyone is welcome!
Here are this week's shows:
- Frontier Gentleman....10-19-58...."The Preacher"
- Our Miss Brooks....12-17-50...."A Suit for Charity"
- Gunsmoke....12-10-53...."Big Girl Lost"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro
Sunday, August 22, 2021 - Archive Show Original Air Date: from December 9, 2013
Welcome to The Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! Come along and share the memories, the music and the radio shows of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Here is this week's line-up:
- Dragnet....08-09-55...."The Big Missus"
- Fibber McGee & Molly....01-15-52...."The Rummage Sale"
- Gunsmoke....05-09-53...."Buffalo Hunter"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 17, 2021 - OTR Comedies
NOTE: THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BROADCAST OF THE BEST OLD TIME RADIO PODCAST.
The Jack Benny Show.... 03/09/49...."At the Races"
Jack and Mary go to the racetrack where they unexpectedly meet Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume. Very funny episode.
This will the the final daily broadcast of the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Thanks so much for listening!
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 12, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "The Juniper Tree"
Jim Stanley is a quiet and honest man who owns a ranch just outside of Dodge City. One night, while he is playing roulette at the Cherokee Palace, trouble breaks out.
As the story opens, Matt arrives to arrest Stanley and we learn he had been drinking, became upset over losing, grabbed some poker chips off a table and threw a whiskey bottle at Mingo, the saloon owner.
As the Matt investigates, however, it becomes unclear if Jim Stanley is the real culprit. Do the accusations made by Mingo truly hold up? There appear to be many conflicting motives -- and it is up to the marshal to sort them out.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett, Paul Dubov, Vivi Janiss, Bill Lally
Original Air Date: August 30, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - OTR Mystery
The Line Up - "Hit and Run Driver"
A woman is brutally run down by a hit and run driver. The car then backs up and intentionally runs her over a second time.
There are two eyewitnesses: Mrs Atwater and Mr. Brooks. Mrs. Atwater says the driver was Melvin Parnell, who she picked out of the line up. Parnell is tall, lean and bald.
Mr. Brooks says the driver was not Parnell, that the driver was fat and had lots of blonde hair.
Lt Guthrie decides neither witness actually got a good look at the driver. The case will have to be solved the old fashioned way -- with good, sold detective work.
Featuring: William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Peggy Webber, Ann Stone, Lillian Buyeff, Howard McNear, Lou Krugman, Sheldon Leonard, Larry Dobkin
Original Air Date: August 3, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat: "Number Thirteen"
Randy is robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by a very nervous old man. Later the same evening his wallet is returned by the thief's wife. The old woman, Mrs. Benson, explains that her husband is a retired mathematics professor who robbed Randy to get gambling money; he claims to have developed a system that will guaranty he wins at roulette.
Realizing the danger the professor may be in, Randy tracks him to an illegal gambling club where they find the old man who has already been gambling at the roulette wheel for some time.
It then becomes Randy's job to convince him he is literally playing a game of life and death.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Jane Morgan, Stan Waxman, Wilms Herbert, William Tracy, Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: March 6, 1950 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 9, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Burns & Allen Show - Friar Club's Speech for Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan is scheduled to be toasted at the Friar's Club and George is scheduled to give one of the speeches. Gracie decides he needs some help with the background information.
Despite George's instructions, Gracie and Blanche secretly go to the actor's home to interview him about his early life and career in a very funny sequence.
Later, when Reagan stops in at the Burns household, he and Bill Goodwin get into a contest over which of them has the best line to meet women -- and they test them out on Gracie!
Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ronald Reagan, Bea Benaderet, Hal March, Marvin Miller, Bill Goodwin, Harry Lubin
Original Air Date: January 25, 1950
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, August 8, 2021 - Old Time Radio Archives
Original Broadcast Date: November 11, 2013
Here is the line-up for this week"
- The Halls of Ivy....06-21-50...."The Bentenheimers and the Cross"
- The Jack Benny Program....07-11-54....Guest: Gisele McKenzie
- Gunsmoke....12-11-54...."Bone Hunter"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 5, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
Before Kendall leaves Cheyenne he decides to take one last tour around town. Upon entering Dan's Bloody Bucket Saloon, he meets one Chain Carrigan -- a small Irishman wearing a derby hat who is known as the "cat man."
It is Chain's intention to travel to Deadwood and sell his collection of 62 cats in order to rid the town of rats.
Kendall decides to ride along with Carrigan and along the way discovers the Irishman is a bit of a con man -- resulting in a series of adventures as they travel to Deadwood on a wagon loaded down with crates of cats.
Featuring: John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, Marsha Wentworth, Harry Bartell, Barney Phillips, Charlotte Lawrence
Original Air Date: August 10, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Talk"
A watch salesman from Seattle attending a jewelry convention in Los Angeles shows up at police headquarters to report a robbery. He detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith that his collection of expensive sample watches was stolen at gunpoint by two men posing as buyers.
When Friday and Smith start working the case, however, they find the salesman's story doesn't hold up. Did he steal the watches himself? Was he working an insurance fraud with his employer?
Or was he actually the victim of a pretty girl he met in a bar the night before?
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander
Original Air Date: March 22, 1955 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - Self Defense
Barbara Newell is a woman who marries for money, but when she meets Alex Maynard at a party, she decides almost instantly that it is love that she wants most.
As the episode opens, Barbara runs into Fred Dexter, an old boyfriend that she hasn't seen in six years. That was when Barbara dumped him in order to marry someone with money. Now Fred wants to rekindle their relationship, but Barbara still has no feelings for him.
When Alex expresses his love for Barbara, she knows that she must take matters into her own hands. Her husband must die, and she knows just who to frame for his murder: Fred Dexter.
Featuring: Marsha Hunt, Gerald Mohr, Wally Maher, Joseph Kearns
Original Air Date: October 16, 1947 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro August 2, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Life of Riley - "Riley the Gambler"
When Riley catches Junior gambling on a slot machine in the back of Mike's Cigar Store, he decides that Junior must be taught that gamblers never truly win.
To teach his son a lesson, he decides to gamble the money he is saving to buy Junior a bike; when the money is lost Junior will learn the heartbreak all gamblers eventually come to know.
Problems begin, however, when Riley wins on the slot machine and parlays the winnings on a horserace - where he wins again! His original nickel has turned into over $700 and it is Riley who gets the gambling fever.
Featuring: William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Scotty Beckett, Ann Todd, Jerry Hausner
Original Air Date: April 27, 1946 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, August 1, 2021 - Archive Show
Repeat of Show originally broadcast on October 28, 2013
Here is the line-up for this week:
- Dragnet....04/24/52...."The Big Elevator"
- Our Miss Brooks....10/30/50...."The Halloween Party"
- Gunsmoke....10/01/55...."The Barton Boy"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, July 11, 2021 - OTR Grab-Bag
Here is the line-up for this week's grab-bag:
- The Whisperer....09-09-51...."Woman On Ice"
- Rudy Vallee Show....09-24-46....Guest: Eve Arden
- You Bet Your Life....05-12-58....Groucho Marx, Candace Bergen
- Sears Radio Theater....04-23-79...."Abilene"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 29, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - The Sins of the Father
Big Dan Daggitt is a mountain man. When he comes into Dodge and checks into the Dodge House he is accompanied by his wife.
Everything is fine until Mr. Dobie, owner of the Dodge House, discovers that Mrs. Daggitt is an Indian -- and not just any Indian. She is the daughter of Yellow Horse -- an Indian renegade who was responsible for the deaths of many settlers.
Dobie unites the townspeople against the Daggitts while Matt makes every effort to maintain law and order. Sadly, he is not successful.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Clayton Post, Joe Duval
Original Air Date: January 22, 1955 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "A Seaside Sabbatical"
When Phil receives a telegram from one Dale Higgins asking him to meet in a restaurant in Long Beach, Marlowe is puzzled; he knows no Dale Higgins. But since money is low and he needs a case, he heads down to Ocean Blvd.
When he gets to the restaurant, a man answering to Higgins meets him and advises him the emergency is over, pays the detective for his time, and Marlowe heads for home.
That's when a frantic woman approaches him, calls him by name, and repeats that she is in trouble and desperately needs his help.
Her name? Dale Higgins.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Jean Bates, John Dehner, Irene Tedrow, Lee Millar, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear.
Original Air Date: September 15, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Hollywood Star Playhouse - "Exhibit A"
When a woman exits a bus in a deserted part of town late one night she is attacked and brutally murdered. The crime gets wide notoriety and comes to be known as the "blonde torso murder."
Steve Harkin is a troubled man. His wife has left him and he feels isolated and insignificant. If only he could do something to make people notice him he is sure his wife, Helen, would return to him.
Steve goes to the police and Lt. Dunham to confess to the murder. At first Dunham thinks Steve a kook, just like a line-up of other would-be confessors he has interviewed.
But then Steve presents presents exhibit A and his false confession backfires. He is arrested and tried for murder.
Featuring: Mel Ferrer, William Conrad, Harry Bartell, Herb Rawlinson
Original Air Date: November 11, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 26, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - Childhood Sled
When Molly cleans the attic of a lot of junk that has gathered over the years, she sets it out on the back porch for the junkman to pick up. When McGee learns that his childhood sled is included in that stack of "junk" he quickly retrieves it.
That sled, which was a gift when he was in the third grade, becomes the subject of Fibber's childhood memories.
It also becomes a launching pad for observations from each of the visitors that happen to drop in the McGee's home at 79 Wistful Vista Lane that day.
Fun childhood memories. Featuring: Jim & Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox, The Kingsmen, Billy Mills Orchestra
Original Air Date: February 10, 1948 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, July 25, 2021 - Best OTR Archives
Boomer Boulevard Show from October 14, 2013
Here is the line-up:
- Mr. & Mrs. North....03/04/52...."The Heavenly Body"
- Jack Benny Show....07/18/54...."Mean Old Man Radio Show"
- Gunsmoke....05/21/55...."Liar from Blackhawk"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 22, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "Lost Child"
Major Barlow has been sent from Washington to survey all posts in the frontier territories. From the outset it is obvious that his ideas on dealing with the Indians on the reservations with harsh discipline, as prisoners of war, varies widely from that of both Major Daggett and Captain Quince.
When a local man reports that his son has been kidnapped by the Cheyenne, Major Barlow wants an immediate and merciless response. Captain Quince, on the other hand, wants a cool-headed response in order to first obtain all the facts.
How will he balance his reaction with the orders he is given?
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Clayton Post, Ralph Moody, Jack Moyles, Dick Biehl
Original Air Date: April 1, 1956 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Gang Busters - "The Tennessee Valley Killer"
In a courthouse square of a small town in a tobacco growing region of North Carolina, Mr. Clark, a local farmer meets a stranger, Troy Blankenship, on a park bench. Both men have something in common -- they raise fighting roosters.
After a spirited discussion, they arrange for a showdown between their prized game cocks for later in the evening. Blankenship, however, has two accomplices who will not be at the cock fight. While the whole town turns out to watch the inhumane blood sport, they will be robbing a safe.
It ends up Blankenship is an escaped felon who has been committing an assortment of crimes in several states throughout the Tennessee Valley -- even murder.
Featuring: Arthur Vinton, Wil Geer, Don Gardner
Original Air Date: December 20, 1947 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - A Diamond as Big as the Ritz
John Unger is a student at an exclusive boarding school. He is invited to spend his summer vacation at the home of Percy Washington, a school-mate. On the way Percy tells John his father is the richest man in the world and owns "a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."
When he arrives at the mountain home John appreciates everything Percy has told him is true. He soon learns, however, the wealthy family will do anything, no matter how ruthless, to keep both their home and their diamond a secret from the outside world.
Les Crutchfield adapted the script from a story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Featuring: Jack Edwards Jr, Denny Merrill, Linda Mason
Original Air Date: July 21, 1947 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 19, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Jack Benny Show - How Jack Met the Colmans
Very funny episode that opens with Jack preparing for his very first television show. Watch for some laugh-out-loud bits including Mel Blanc as a talking dog doing a Lucky Strike commercial and Jack's crew navigating his basement room in the very inexpensive Acme Plaza Hotel in New York -- where he has to go down the hall to take a bath.
The second part of the show finds a reporter interviewing Jack about his very first TV show. When he asks Jack how he met Ronald Colman and Benita Hume, Jack's reluctance results in Mary telling the very funny story (which borrows from a previous Benny Program script).
Featuring: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Herb Vigran, Ronald and Benita Colman.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, July 18, 2021 - Archive Show
This archive show is a replay of our Boomer Boulevard OTR Show from April 27, 2015
Welcome to our Old Time Radio Show where se share memories, music, nostalgia and old time radio programs. Here is our line-up this week.
- Lux Radio Theater 3-7-49 "Red River"
- Jack Benny Show 9-18-49 "Edward My Son"
- Gunsmoke 11-20-55 "Dutch George"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 15, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Cavalcade"
Calvin Moore is wanted for murder. When a deputy sheriff from Richmond, Virginia arrives in Dodge City it is because he has tracked Moore, who allegedly murdered a man in Virginia, all the way to Kansas.
When solicits Matt's help, the name Calvin Moore does not ring any bells. But when the deputy presents the marshall with a photo of Moore taken seventeen years earlier, it is impossible not to notice a resemblance to one of Matt's closest friends -- Doctor Charles Adams.
Featuring: William Conrad, Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Paul DuBov, Vivi Janiss
Original Air Date: January 31, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Fools Gold"
It was the day after Labor Day in 1946 when two ex-cons decided to hold up a bank in Live Oak, West Texas. Tragically, the robbery went bad when a shooting broke out.
As the assailants were fleeing in a car, they collided with another vehicle. When the smoke cleared, three people had died and one of the crooks escaped.
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers is brought in to track him down but has only two clues: The man has a bad gash on his forehead and a few gold teeth.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett, Hy Averback, Paul Frees, Herb Butterfield, Dave Ellis, Lillian Buyeff
Original Air Date: August 9, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 13, 2021 - OTR Dramas
X Minus One - "Mr. Perigi's Wonderful Dolls"
The doll shop stood on a quiet Washington side street, not too far from the Pentagon. A woman and child waited outside, the little girl peering eagerly through the window at the dolls inside; the woman glancing impatiently at her wristwatch.
"There was nothing about the doll shop to warn them that they were waiting to keep an appointment with doom."
Fun 1950s thriller about magical dolls and a secret Pentagon investigation into mysterious unidentified flying objects.
Featuring: Janet Alexander, Ann Pitoniak, Nelson Olmsted, Joe Desantis, Michael O'Day, Ken Lynch
Original Air Date: June 6, 1955 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 12, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Father Knows Best - "A Date Mix-Up"
When Jim returns home from work one evening, he is in a delightful mood. One of the vice presidents from the home office, someone he admires and respects, is visiting Springfieldfor a few days.
Since the VP has his teen-age son along, Jim offers to have Betty go on a date with him to show him around -- much to Betty's mortification! Not only is she afraid of what kind of date she'll be stuck with, she also wonders what she will tell her boyfriend.
Featuring: Robert Young, Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Helen Strohm, Mary Lee Rob
Original Air Date: October 1, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, July 11, 2021 -- Archive Show
Archive Show: Boomer Boulevard Show first played April 13, 2015
Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast where everyone is welcome! We feature: Music, Nostalgia and Old Time Radio Programs.
Here is our line up for this week:
- Fort Laramie 2/16/56 "Boredom"
- Jack Benny Show 3-23-52 "Jack Goes to the Academy Awards"
- Frontier Gentleman 9-28-58 "The Gold Digger"
- Gunsmoke 5-28-55 "Cow Doctor"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Date: Saturday, July 10, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag
Best Old Time Radio Grab-Bag #12
Here is our line-up for this week:
- Challenge of the Yukon....05-26-50....Wand Diamond
- You Are There....10-30-49....The Trial of Burr
- Can You Top This?...11-07-49....Game Show
- Dr. Christian....07-06-46....Two Loves Had Marian
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 8, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone - "The Homesteaders"
When Colonel Everett and his business associate Mr. Granby show up in Tombstone, it is both suspicious and problematic. Everett claims to hold a land grant issued by Mexico's president Santa Ana the year before Mexico sold the land to the United States. The U.S. government promised to honor all prior land grants.
Luke's hackles get up when he is sure he recognizes Granby from a previous time -- and questions the legitimacy of the documents.
How well do you know your Mexico / U.S. History? Get a lesson in what is a pretty good story.
Featuring: Sam Buffington, Junius Matthews, John McIntire, Jim McCallion, Bill Quinn, Ed Jerome
Original Air Date: March 23, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Alvin Summers Matter
Fred Wilkins of Northeast Fidelity has a problem. Alvin Summers embezzled $75,000 from a client company and Northeast had to pay up on a surety bond. Before they could find him, Summers disappeared.
Now Fred has received an anonymous phone call from Santa Tomas, Mexico with information about the case. The problem: The call went dead before he could get the man's name or exact location.
Enter Johnny Dollar -- sent off to Mexico on a possible wild-goose chase where he will meet an odd assortment of ex-pat slackers -- several of whom will end up dead.
Featuring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Marvin Miller, Don Diamond, Tony Barrett, Parley Baer
Original Air Date: Week of October 24, 1955 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 6, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "The Twist"
Gus Green remembered twelve years earlier when he drove a taxi for a living -- and spent his days dreaming of something better. When he met Van Hauser, a comedy writer for radio, he saw his ticket out of the cab.
Even though they instantly disliked one another, Gus convinced Van to offer him a chance as a writer. Ironically, on their own they were both terrible writers. As a team, however, they were a smash hit.
When his Van announced he was getting married to Julie, Gus figured his partner would break up the team. The solution was simple: He had to get rid of Julie.
Featuring: Michael O'Shea, Sidney Miller
Original Air Date: September 11, 1947 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 5, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Adventures of Maisie - Killer Diller
After her latest employment fiasco Maisie is hopping a freight train back to the City. On a boxcar she meets a hobo who introduces himself as a gentleman and a poet -- one Henry Glendennon Dillon.
Maisie recognizes Henry as a one-time carnival sideshow wrestler who used to to do an act challenging members of the crowd. Maisie sees an opportunity: Become his agent and introduce him (and herself) to the world of professional wrestling.
Fun script, albeit far-fetched, filled with characters who could easily be right out of a Damon Runyon story.
Featuring: Ann Sothern, Sheldon Leonard, Marvin Miller, Peter Leeds, Hans Conreid, Ted de Corsia
Original Air Date: October 4, 1951 on Mutual
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, July 4, 2021 - Archive Show from March 30, 2015
Here is our line-up for this week-end repeat of a Boomer Boulevard Show we did back in 2015:
- Lux Radio Theater....03-29-54...."A Blueprint for Murder"
- Jack Benny Show....01-17-54...."Jack Gets a Traffic Ticket"
- Gunsmoke....09-24-55...."Indian White"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 1, 2021 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - The Stampede
Britt has signed on with the McAdams Brothers to take a herd of 400 white faced cattle to Abilene. There are only three cowboys on the drive: Britt, Rife and Norm McAdams.
Rife is the much older brother who has been in charge since their parents died many years before when Norm was just a youngster. Rife fears he may not have taught young Norm, who is on his first cattle drive, a strong work ethic. This becomes evident the first time the cattle stampede.
The real problem, however, surrounds a suspected love triangle that involves the two brothers and Norm's wife, Carrie. This makes for a compelling episode about family tragedy with a Shakesperean feel.
​Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Lou Merrill, James McCallion
Original Air Date: October 4, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Want"
Friday and Smith are working day watch on the fugitive/bunco detail searching for a man wanted in Modesto for burglary. Modesto police report their suspect has recently moved to Los Angeles.
Before the search is over the detectives will be introduced to a second suspect who is an ex-felon, and become involved in two gun battles -- one of which will result in a dead detective.
Gripping no-nonsense story detailing the danger police officers face every day.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Joyce McCluskey, Paul Richards
Original Air Date: March 1, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Bold Venture - "Deadly Merchandise"
Slate and Sailor have sailed to Key West to pick up a load of unknown cargo. When they arrive, however, no one is there to meet them.
Upon arriving back in Havana, Slate is confronted by an exotic hotel guest who inquires about the mysterious shipment. When Slate and Sailor go to her room to find out more, they find her murdered.
Before the all is said and done the duo learn that the mysterious missing cargo was actually a load of weapons intended for Cuban revolutionaries.
Featuring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Original Air Date: April 1, 1951; Syndicated
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 28, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Great Gildersleeve - "Gildy Plays Cyrano"
In a flashback episode, Gildersleeve is doing volunteer work for the Summerfield Community Theater. When the company decides to do a production of Cyrano de Bergerac, Throckmorton is asked to perform the title role.
Gildy is excited about the prospect of playing the lead -- but has second thoughts when he learns Cyrano is about a soldier who feels unrequited love. Because Cyrano believes his huge nose makes him unattractive, he is afraid to express his feelings to the one woman he truly loves, the lovely Roxanne.
Add backstage and opening night jitters and it makes for a fun story.
Featuring: Harold Peary, Louise Erickson, Bea Benaderet, Walter Tetley, Richard Legrand, Floyd Munson, Earle Ross
Original Broadcast Date: June 2, 1946 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, June 26, 2021 - Old Time Radio Grab Bag #11
Here are the selections for this week's OTR Grab Bag:
- X Minus One....11/30/55...."The Vital Factor"
- Information Please....3/13/44....Guest: Quentin Reynolds
- Kraft Music Hall....01/11/45....Host Bing Crosby & Guest Spike Jones
- The Lone Ranger....05/31/46...."The Silk Neckerchief"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 24, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Overland Express"
A stranger named Joe Beaudry killed a man in Dodge and then got on his horse and rode 90 miles to the Northwest. He made it across the Smokey Hill River before his horse played out and fell behind a small knoll. Beaudry put a knife in him and then settled down to wait.
Half an hour later he shot Matt's horse out from under him and crippled Chester's. Then he threw his gun down, put his hands in the air and gave up. Now they were three men, 90 miles from Dodge City, with no horses.
Before they make it back to Dodge, however, they will learn much more about the character of their prisoner.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, Vic Perrin, Junius Matthews, James Nusser, Ralph Moody
Original Air Date: October 31, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro June 23, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "The Malevolent Medic"
When Hal Horton, rich industrialist, calls on Nero Wolfe it is because he believes Dr. Benjamin Sloane murdered his wife. Since her death Horton has learned that his wife and the doctor had one time been a couple.
When Wolfe sends Archie to investigate, the evidence points to three people with a possible motive to want Mrs. Banks dead: Doctor Sloane, his nurse and fiancee Grace Banks, and Mister Horton himself.
Pretty good story. Note how many politically incorrect things (some that are even illegal) that Archie gets away with as he gathers the evidence.
Featuring: Sydney Greenstreet, Harry Bartell, Jean Bates, Vic Perrin, Bruce Payne, Bill Johnstone, Mary Lansing
Original Air Date: February 3, 1951
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "Custom Built Blonde"
Jerry Coonan is a small time hustler. His latest plan is to pick up a wealthy woman in a lounge, drive with her to an isolated area and have his two pals, Red Stafford and Shorty Burton, pull the car over and rob the woman of her fur coat, diamond pendant and other jewelry.
Jerry chuckled to himself; his blond companion was both rich and dumb. The diamond necklace around her neck should fetch $10,000, the emerald on her hand another $5,000 -- and then there was that mink coat.
The swindlers, however, were not aware that their mark always carried a gun. What a surprise when she pulled it out and started shooting.
Featuring: William Conrad, Jack Moyles
Original Air Date: July 15, 1946 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 21, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show - Guest: W.C. Fields
One of the great all-time comedy pairings during the golden days of radio was that of Charlie McCarthy and W.C. Fields. Appearing in dozens of radio skits for a decade, and even starring together in a motion picture, the barbs they would throw back and forth constituted priceless comedic lore.
In this episode W.C. Fields has moved to a sanitarium and Edgar and Charlie come for a visit. The rest is just sheer comedy genius as the two exchange insults at a mile-a-minute. Enjoy!
Featuring: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, W.C. Fields, Verna Felton, Ken Carpenter
Original Air Date: March 24, 1946 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 17, 2021
Gunsmoke - "Hinka Do"
Matt becomes curious when everyone keeps asking him if he has heard the news about the Longhorn. Upon investigation he learns that the saloon was sold, apparently overnight, and the new owner is a different sort of innkeeper.
Matt's problem is this: Herman Bleeker, the previous owner, never told anyone he was selling out -- and now he is nowhere to be found. Matt is determined to find Herman and sort it out before he gives in to his suspicion that the new owner may be trying to hide a crime -- perhaps even murder.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Jeanette Nolan, John Dehner, Ralph Moody, Byron Cain
Original Air Date: October 10, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday June 16, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Dead of Live"
In April, 1947 a French freighter carrying a cargo of ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbor at Texas City. The blast set off a chain of explosions at refineries, chemical plants and tin smelters. The entire harbor disappeared in billowing black smoke and flames.
Knowing that his girlfriend's brother worked in the refinery, and was likely killed in the blast, a wanted criminal being pursued by the law comes up with a plan to halt his manhunt. He convinces his girlfriend to switch his identity with that of her brother.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Gerald Mohr, Hal Gibney
Original Air Date: September 9, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "Will You Make A Bet With Death?"
While visiting Coney Island Betty Andrews unsuspectingly purchases a ticket for the Haunted Mill Ride. In her boat a stranger suddenly appears -- a man who tells her he is being hunted by a killer.
The two climb out of the boat onto one of the displays and the mystery man explains he has made a bet with his uncle: His life against $25,000. If he can escape being murdered his uncle will pay him; if he cannot, he dies.
There are now only five hours left before he wins the bet.
Featuring: Michael Fitzmaurice, Leslie Woods, Nicholas Joy, Ted de Corsia, Charles Slattery
Original Air Date: November 10, 1942
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 14, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Fibber Controls His Temper"
Did you ever have a day when nothing seemed to go right? When each new catastrophe would just infuriate you? That's the kind of day McGee is having.
When Fibber believes his bad temper has caused Molly to cry, he vows to bring it under control. With this oath newly made, one unfortunate event after another provides us with hilarious scenes of him slowly steaming while trying oh so hard to prevent another outbreak.
Funny episode. Pay close attention at the beginning of the show when he enumerates all the things that had gone wrong for him just that morning.
Featuring: Jim & Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Arthur Q. Bryan, Marlin Hurt, Shirley Mitchell
Original Air Date: December 26, 1944 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, June 12, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag #10
Here is the line-up from this week's grab-bag:
- Stars of the Air.... 4-3-52 .... Hail the Conquering Hero
- Doris Day Show ....5-2-52 .... Guests: Donald O'Connor & Liberace
- The Sad Sack .... 8/15/46 .... Sad Sack Runs For Mayor
- X Minus One .... 1-11-56 .... Time & Time Again
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 10, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "The Cannibal"
Kendall is in Wyoming Territory on the stage to Deadwood -- a destination suggested by the editor of the Cheyenne Daily Press. He wants to interview Hyenna Bob, the manager of the Chugwater Stage Station, a man described as full of stories of the territory.
When the stage is delayed due to a snow storm, one of the passengers becomes extremely volatile and challenging. We soon learn he is hiding a deep, dark secret.
Featuring: John Dehner, Joseph Kerns, Stacy Harris, Vivi Janiss, Lawrence Dobkin, William Lally
Original Air Date: May 11, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Sam Spade - "The Dry Martini Caper"
Gordon Martini, a rich San Francisco businessman, has been accosted in his office one evening. The next morning he calls Spade and requests Sam immediately come to the Martini home. Shortly after Sam arrives Martini is gunned down by an unknown assailant hiding in his limousine. Spade is the only witness.
Mrs. Martini, widow of the deceased, has her own ideas about her husband's death. Her theory involves her husband's out of control drinking and Mary Calahan, a female attorney who had attended a meeting with the businessman the night before.
Featuring: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Kearns
Original Air Date: August 1, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Escape! -- "Two and Two Make Four"
David Parker, an American merchant marine, is in Calais, France, where he is beaten and robbed. He wakes up all alone with no memory of the last several hours.
He meets young woman on the road, an American tourist, who tells him he is in England. David finds it hard to believe her -- how could he have crossed the English Channel without remembering?
Parker next meets an eccentric local who explains that he perhaps came through the secret tunnel -- a tunnel under the channel that no one knows about. (Exciting story told 40 years before its time.)
Featuring: Shep Menken, Joyce McClusky, Tudor Owen, Richard Peel
Original Air Date: August 21, 1954 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 7, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - "Victoria's New Review"
Victoria is on campus working with the students on a stage production when Artie Pinero, her old comedy partner from the British theatre, stops unannounced at the Hall's home. Artie has just come from Australia where his latest stage production is a smash hit -- just as it is in England.
Now Artie is about to launch the New York production and he wants Victoria to star in it. Will the allure of the stage pull her back? Is it fair for professor Hall not to understand if it does?
Wonderful script that will have you laughing, crying and feeling warm all over.
Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Joseph Kearns, Janet Waldo, Gloria Gordon
Original Air Date: March 10, 1950 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, June 5, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag #9
Here is the line-up of OTR Shows from this week's Grab-Bag:
- Rogers of the Gazette...11-5-53...Gretchen March: Toast of Vienna"
- You Bet Your Life....12-7-49....Secret Word: Dust
- Quiz Kids....11-12-50....Special Sports Show
- Inner Sanctum....3-23-49...."Only the Dead Die Twice"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, June 3, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke -- "Lochinvar"
Artis Nash is planning to marry Ben Martin, a rich and somewhat ruthless rancher, but not if Frank Craig has anything to say about it. Artis was Frank's girl before he left town a year earlier and he plans to have her back. Frank claims to have left his wildness behind and is ready to settle down.
Frank explains to Matt he has no interest in causing trouble -- but he will kill any man who tries to come between he and Artis. With just three days left before the wedding, Matt decides he must intercede before the two men have a serious showdown and attempt to kill one another.
Featuring: William Conrad, Herb Ellis, Vivi Janus, Tom Tully, Barney Phillips, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear
Original Air Date: October 17, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
The Line Up -- The Molly About Seven Case
A notorious mobster making a move to take over the syndicate has contracts put out on anyone who stands in his way. When one witness to a gang murder identifies a contract killer in a line up, Guthrie and Grebbs go to work.
When the witness is killed and two police officers are shot down trying to protect him, the detectives know the rules they play by must change.
Very taut and highly entertaining written by Blake Edwards.
Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, Ed Begley, Jay Novello, Lou Krugman, William Conrad, Sam Edwards, Stacy Harris, Jean Bates, Jeffrey Silver, Hy Averback
Original Air Date: February 27, 1951 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - OTr Dramas
Suspense -- "Smiley"
A friendly but somewhat dim-witted guy is wrongly accused and sent to prison. When he is released, he finds himself a woman hater.
Smiley makes up his mind that his way to receive justice is to commit the very crime for which he has already spent time in prison.
“For 22 years I get along with people and, they like me. They even started calling me Smiley. I was always laughing and smiling inside. Then I met this woman and the smiles left me. I learned a a few things about women. Like some of them don't deserve to live."
Featuring: Donald O'Connor, Lurene Tuttle, Sidney Miller
Original Air Date: August 14, 1947 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro May 31, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Burns & Allen Show - "Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney"
When Gracie reads about Mickey Rooney in a movie magazine she is shocked at all of the things the young boy is allowed to do -- like drive a car. Convinced he needs parental guidance, she explains to George why they should adopt Mickey -- even though George tries to explain Rooney is a full-grown man.
Meanwhile, the studio wants Rooney to do yet another juvenile picture. Fed up with playing teens, Mickey wants a serious role so decides to hide out someplace the studio can't find him.
When Gracie comes calling with her offer to adopt him, he sees a perfect opportunity to remain undercover.
Hilarious episode!
Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mickey Rooney, Wally Maher, Toby Reed, Harry Lubin, Bill Baldwin
Original Air Date: May 19, 1949 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 27, 2021 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter -- "Aunt Emma"
Britt Ponset is a man who lives alone and likes it that way. He enjoys wandering about the west from job to job -- it suits him just fine.
When Britt wanders into Powder Creek after several weeks of working a round-up at the Bar Y Ranch, he stops into Ethan Greenriver's General Store where he discovers he has mail waiting for him -- a letter from his Aunt Emma in Topeka, Kansas.
Emma explains she is relocating to Powder Creek and is going to get a house where she and Britt can live together. She says he needs someone to be his housekeeper and take care of him.
As it turns out, that really means she wants to completely change his life.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Eleanor Audley, Bill Johnstone
Original Broadcast Date: April 1, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 26, 2021 -- OTR Mysteries
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - The Fox's Tail
When Orin Metcalf requests a private meeting with Marlowe it is to ask for his help.
Metcalf is representing a chemist who is suing his former employer because he stole the scientist's secret formula for a revolutionary nail polish. According to Metcalf, the product will be worth millions.
The problem is, Metcalf's scheme involves Phil assuming the identity of a dead man.
Howard McNear shines as Metcalf. Pretty good story.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Howard McNear, Lou Krugman, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Hugh Thomas
Original Air Date: May 23, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, May 25, 2021 -- OTR Dramas
Night Beat -- "Old Home Week"
Randy is on vacation and as he is driving to the lake he meets a young woman in distress. When he stops to help her he finds himself involved in the middle of a dilemma. Was she the victim of an attempted murder? And was she actually the victim or the suspect?
Frank Lovejoy is always good as the night beat reporter for the Chicago Star. In this episode he heads an otherwise all female cast.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Barbara Fuller, Rose Hobart, Shirley Mitchell, Martha Wentworth
Original Air Date: September 4, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, May 24, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Jack is ticketed for an expired meter. Rather than pay the $2 fine, he decides to go to the Beverly Hills Traffic Court and declare the parking meter was broken.
Funny episode that starts off in a coffee shop with Jack, Dennis and Bob Crosby and ends up at the courthouse with lots of typical Benny gags along the way that are laugh out-loud funny.
Listen for Mel Blanc and Frank Nelson -- both bits are really good. Also the waitress in the drug store coffee shop (Sara Berner?) is very funny.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc.
Original Air Date: January 17, 1954 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, May 22, 2021
Old Time Radio Grab-Bag #8
Here is the line-up of shows from this week's grab-bag:
- Dimension X....4-22-50...."The Barnhouse Effect"
- The Abbott & Costello Show....5-5-48...."The New Sheriff"
- Information Please....4-24-44....Guest: Irene Dunne
- Mysterious Traveler....7-27-47....The Man the Insects Hated"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 20, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Post Martin"
When Kathryn Blair gets off the train in Dodge City, she immediately looks out of place. She is beautiful, refined and obviously from a wealthy family. She has just arrived from Boston on a quest to find her brother, Martin Blair, who left Boston two years earlier.
Matt acknowledges he knows Martin, but tells her he does not know his present whereabouts -- it seems Martin travels a great deal.
Little wonder this is confusing to Chester, because he knows Martin is back in a jail cell and next week he will be tried for cattle rustling, horse stealing -- and murder.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Jeanne Bates, Sam Edwards, Ralph Moody
Original Air Date: December 13, 1952 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Layout"
When an old friend of Joe Friday tells Joe he needs to talk to him, Friday knows it's an indication he is in some kind of trouble. He is -- he has just discovered his eighteen-year old son is using heroin.
Joe and Frank try to work with the teen but are met by a brick wall pf resistance. That's when they decide the young man needs some tough love.
Realistic story line. Interesting to see how things have changed and yet how they also remain the same. Eddie Firestone is tremendous as the young man.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg, Eddie Firestone
Original Air Date: January 25, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, May 17, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Lux Radio Theatre: "High Wall"
A man (Van Heflin) suffering from a brain injury appears to have strangled his wife. When he is committed to a mental hospital, the doctor assigned his case (Janet Leigh) is skeptical about his claim of innocence and his reluctance to undergo treatment.
As she works with him, however, she begins to doubt his guilt and puts her career on the line to try to save him.
Featuring: Van Heflin, Janet Leigh, Donald Randolph, Raymond Largay, Gerald Mohr, Herb Ellis, Leo Cleary, Joan Banks, Bill Johnstone, Jay Novello, Shepherd Menken, Cliff Clark, Gwen Delano, Bob Griffin, Lou Krugman, Alan Reed Jr, Eddie Marr
Original Air Date: November 7, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday May 17, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - "Dennis Impersonates Stars on the Phone"
Dennis decides to get even with Jack for his paltry salary by phoning him and impersonating movie stars that comment on his recent TV show.
Wonderful bits by Verna Felton as Dennis Day's mother and Mel Blanc who plays Benny's gardener. Also, watch for an appearance by Jack Warner, then the head of Warner Brothers Studios, who has yet more to say about "The Horn Blows at Midnight."
Featuring: Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Rochester, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Bob Crosby, Mel Blanc, Verna Felton
11 - 22 - 53
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, May 15, 2021 - OTR Grab Bag
The Old Time Radio Grab Bag #7
Here is the list of shows in this week's grab-bag:
- Hopalong Cassidy...01-08-30...."Rainmaker of Eagle Nest Mountain"
- Red Skelton Show....10-09-49...."The Barbecue"
- Twenty Questions....06-22-46....Guest - Francis Lederer
- Wanted....07-28-50...."Angel"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 13, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "Sergeant's Baby"
Life at Fort Laramie on the Western frontier was rough on soldiers. For the wives living on the post it was even harder.
A young trooper is assigned to Company B and is about to leave on a mission that may very likely result in a major battle with the Cheyenne. At the same time his young wife is due to deliver their first baby. To complicate matters, the post surgeon will be accompanying the men on their mission.
Outstanding story told from a woman's point of view. Helen Kleeb is tremendous as the bitter older woman in the story.
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Jack Moyles, Harry Bartell, Virginia Gregg, Helen Kleeb, Ann Morrison, Richard Crenna
Original Air Date: May 27, 1956 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Tales of the Texas Rangers - Nighthawk
When two teenagers go to lovers' lane to park after a school dance, they are approached by a stranger with a gun who robs them and attempts to kidnap the girl.
Jace Pearson is called in from the Texas Rangers to investigate with the local sheriff. When another robbery attempt the next night results in a murder, Jace has his hands full trying to find the killer.
Outstanding acting and sound effects. Notice how realistic the initial attack sounds in the opening sequences. As always, great police procedural.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Parley Baer, Tony Barrett, Bert Holland, Betty Moran, Lou Krugman, Michael Ann Barrett
Original Air Date: March 30, 1952
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Escape! - "A Good Thing"
Two brothers travel into the Philippine jungle for the purpose of studying an ancient native tribe. Only one returns.
Dan lives in a run down hotel in Manila where he spends all of his time drinking. When Matthew, his brother, arrives he tries to get Dan to stop drinking.
He tells Dan of his plan to go into the jungle so he can do research for a book he is writing about a native tribe of headhunters. He thinks it will help Dan to go with him.
Dan reluctantly agrees to go with his brother -- but for reasons of his own that have nothing to do with Matthew's book.
Featuring: Tony Barrett, John Dehner, Herb Butterfield, Jack Kruschen. Written by Kathleen Hite; Directed by Antony Ellis
Original Air Date: May 31, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, May 10, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Money For Rare Books"
When Fibber receives a circular in the mail announcing there is big money in selling old and rare books, he gets excited. He knows exactly where he can put his hands on fifty Horatio Alger books, and they are among the most sought after.
Molly is not a big fan of his plan, but, supportive wife that she is, goes along with Fibber to make the purchase. When McGee goes to sell his books to a collector, however, he is in for a big surprise.
Watch for the wonderful tongue twister that is included in this episode.
Featuring: Jim and Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox, Arthur Q Bryan, Billy Mills Orchestra and The Kingsmen.
Original Air Date: February 17, 1948 on NBC.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, May 8, 2021 - Old Time Radio Grab-Bag #6
Here is the line-up for the grab-bag this week:
- X Minus One....7-21-55...."Nightmare"
- Silver Theater....3-30-41...."One Step Ahead" Orson Welles
- Quiz Kids....4-16-41....Guest Star - Jack Benny
- Ford Theater....3-4-49...."The Horn Blows at Midnight" Jack Benny
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, May 6, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Moo Moo Raid"
Onie Hager has a unique cow: Ida Belle is a swimmer who each year leads herds of cattle across the Arkansas River leading into Dodge.
When Onie and his cow turn up missing, Burt Collins and Tush Lee, two trail bosses who have brought herds up from Texas, accuse one another of foul play.
This is a delightful episode that epitomizes all the great features of Gunsmoke: Drama, humor, suspense, and a feel for the real old west.
John Dehner shines as Onie Hager.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, John Dehner
Original Air Date: January 19, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "Birds on the Wing"
"They dressed in red, white and blue, and jumped from an ancient bi-plane at 3500 feet -- twice a day, every day, and nobody worried. Until five million bucks went along just for the laughs. And death went along for the ride..."
Marlowe is hired by Hattie Pembrooke to protect her nephew, a young man Phil describes as a "millionaire, thrill-seeking screwball." Hattie explains that she has received an anonymous letter stating Page's life is in danger.
Marlowe traces the young man to a carnival in Oxnard where he discovers Page has joined an airplane daredevil act.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Lois Corbett, Rita Lynn, Don Randolph, Junius Matthews, Jack Moyles, Jimmy Eagles
Original Air Date: November 26, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro May 4, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Defense Attorney - The Joshua Masters Case
Joshua Masters is a rich and successful businessman with three unappreciative, unsupportive and unproductive sons. When Masters comes to Martha Ellis Bryant, it is because he wants her to investigate his sons, one of whom he believes is trying to kill him.
Bryant turns down the case, but becomes interested when one of the sons is murdered - and the police suspect Joshua Masters.
When a second death occurs, Marsha is bound and determined to clear the name of the old man.
Featuring: Mercedes McCambridge, Howard Culver, Tony Barrett, Dallas McKinnon, Harry Bartell
Original Air Date: April 10, 1952 on ABC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, May 3, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Great Gildersleeve - "The Commissioner Turns Off the Water"
When Throckmorton reads in the newspaper that the water commissioner in Springfield was arrested because his his books came up short, Gildy begins to contemplate his own situation.
To complicate matters, Judge Hooker explains to Gildy that the water commissioner is responsible for controlling the department's accounts receivable. If too many past due accounts are ignored, he could be held liable.
When Gildy decides to turn off the water of all customers with balances going back more than three months, the result is romantic problems with Leila.
Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph, Shirley Mitchell, Earle Ross, Dick LeGrand
Original Air Date: September 16, 1948 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, May 1, 2021 - Old Time Radio Grab Bag #5
Here is the line up for this Grab-Bag:
- Lights Out....7/16/47....Boris Karloff
- The Big Show....12/3/50....Fred Allen & Phil Silvers
- The Green Hornet....9/14/16...."Underwater Adventure"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 29, 2021 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "Helen Bricker"
When Britt visits the town of Yellow Crest after months of being on the range, he runs into a woman he has not seen for years. It is Helen Bricker, now Helen Stark, and Brit is surprised to learn that the entire town is snubbing her.
It seems Helen left Yellow Crest ten years earlier to marry Billy Stark, a young man Helen's father strenuously objected to. When Billy became a notorious outlaw, Helen stuck with him.
Now Billy has been found guilty of murder and is to hang, Helen has returned home and Britt has become involved in trying to repair the broken family.
Featuring: James Stewart, Lillian Buyeff, Ken Christy, Herb Vigran, Parley Baer, Will Wright
Original Air Date: January 24, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Elevator
It was Wednesday, November 9; it was foggy in Los Angeles. Sargent Joe Friday and his partner, Bill Lockwood, were working the nightwatch of Homicide detail. It was 11:28 PM when they got to the third floor at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Doctor Terrell's office.
A dead woman's body has been left in the hospital elevator and there is no lead to the identity of the corpse and no apparent cause of death. It’s Friday and Lockwood's job to investigate.
All clues point to the husband, who is arrested. But did they get the right man?
Featuring: Jack Webb, Martin Milner, Vic Perrin, Hal Gibney
Original Air Date: April 24, 1952 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro April 27, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Hollywood Star Playhouse - "Calculated Risk"
Crime paid -- and paid well for Bart Willard. He was no ordinary crook. He was a virtuoso. He planned to make a heist worth $1,000,000 on his wedding day. No plan was left to chance.
As Bart works out all the details of how he plans to rob the Hypernion Payroll Service, we are along for the ride: Set off the alarm, intercept the alarm repairmen, change appearance, make the heist.
But even with the best of plans the most brilliant criminal minds still must appreciate that they are taking a calculated risk.
Featuring: Vincent Price, Betty Lou Gerson, Ed Max, Byron Kane, Gerry Hausman, Herb Rawlinson
Original Air Date: February 5, 1951 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, April 25, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Bickersons - "The Pink Slip"
On the same day that Blanche's sister arrives from Chicago with her husband and two boys, John learns he has been fired from his job as a bowling ball salesman.
How is he going to break the news to Blanche? With Christmas coming and her relatives in town, he knows she has big plans.
In the meantime, Blanche has a big surprise for John -- and it has to do a baby being added to their household.
There is a truly laugh out loud encounter when John meets a very obnoxious child on the train during his ride home from work.
Featuring: Don Ameche, Frances Langford
Original Air Date: December 13, 1947 (unconfirmed)
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 22, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "The Kentucky Tolmans"
The Tolmans are from from Kentucky. Hannah, the daughter is both pretty, intelligent and stubborn. Jed, the father, is a brooding drunk with a secret that is driving him to drink more than ever.
When Hannah comes to Matt it's because she's afraid her father is about to get himself killed. She asks Matt to lock her pappy up in jail in order to protect him.
When Matt confronts Jed, the old man refuses to confide in him. Soon Matt figures out the secret might have something to do with Vic, a son who is both a killer and robber -- and who has just been released from prison.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Kearns, Junius Matthews, Harry Bartell, Lou Krugman, Peter Leeds
Original Air Date: August 9, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - "The Cronin Matter"
Joe Parker of Surety Mutual calls Johnny to ask him to attend a party to be given by Dolly McLean. Dolly, Johnny knows, was known during the roaring twenties as the Champagne Dream Girl and the Dancing Darling.
When Dolly married Barnaby Cronin he purchased a rare and valuable piece of jewelry, the "Circle of Fire" necklace, and presented it to her as a wedding gift.
Now Barnaby has been dead ten years and the precious necklace has been tucked away in a bank lock box. When Dolly decides to throw a party for old times sake, and plans on wearing necklace, Joe fears the necklace will be a target of theft and wants Johnny to protect it.
Excellent script by Les Crutchfield.
Featuring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell, Vivi Janiss, Barbara Fuller, Betty Rubin, John Dehner, Parley Baer
Original Air Date: December 5 - 9, 1955 (5 episodes)
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, Apriol 20, 2021 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "The Cheat"
James had dreamed that life in Mexico City would be exciting and romantic. But instead he found it was just as boring and unfulfilling as it had been back in San Francisco.
The same way it had been for too many years since marrying Rose, a dull uninteresting woman with lots of money.
James Matthews needs $35,000 if he is ever to have his independence. Now he must figure out how he can talk the money out of Rose, his very wealthy, very boring wife.
Featuring: John Hoyt, Sarah Selby, Marvin Miller
Original Air Date: February 6, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, April 19, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly: Cleaning the Hall Closet
The very favorite (and perhaps most remembered) of the all the running gags on the Fibber McGee & Molly program is opening the hall closet door. That beloved closet, and the hilarious results of opening it, first appeared in this episode.
The plot: Fibber needs his dictionary from the hall closet. When Molly goes to retrieve it for him she opens the closet door and suddenly finds herself buried in a mountain of tumbling rubble -- all the junk Fibber has salvaged and squirrelled away over the years.
The closet routine was repeated over and over again throughout the run of the show -- much to the anticipation and delight of audiences and listeners everywhere.
Featuring: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Harold Peavy, Isabel Randolph, Gracie Allen, Bill Thompson, Billy Mills Orchestra, The Kingsmen
Original Air Date: March 5, 1940 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 15, 2021 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - Gabriel Starbuck
One of the town fathers, while having his hair cut, discusses a town meeting of the previous night. The general consensus is that Gabe Starbuck, the city's sheriff, has grown too old for the job.
The trouble is, no one wants to break the news to the man who cleaned up the town 40 years earlier. Breezy, the barber, thinks Britt is the perfect man to break the news to Gabe.
About that time the bank is robbed.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Herb Vigran, John Stephenson, Lamont Johnson, Dal McKinnon, Bill Johnstone
Original Air Date: November 23, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, April 13, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
The Saint - "A Real Gone Guy"
Shirley Gray, a famous singer, calls Simon Templar to ask for help finding out who killed Terry Richards, the head of the band where Shirley is the featured singer.
Under suspicion is Sammy, Terry's previous partner; Dick Carter, the band's drummer; and Shirley Gray herself -- who used to be a headliner until Terry coerced her into joining the band.
Fun story that all takes place in a theater.
Featuring: Vincent Price, Vivi Janiss, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Merrill, Jack Edwards, William Johnstone
Original Air Date: July 2, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Defense Attorney - "The Thomas Richards Case"
Velma Richards has sought out Martha Bryant because her husband, Richard, has was sentenced to prison for one to five years. And now, despite glowing recommendations from former employers and clergymen, he is having a problem with his probation officer.
His crime? Bouncing a $72.00 check.
Defense Attorney Bryant's righteous indignation goes into high gear as she pursues first the judge, then the probation officer, and finaly the governor -- all in an effort to get justice for the young Thomas.
Good acting and production qualities.
Featuring: Mercedes McCambridge, Howard Culver, Eddie Firestone, Jeanne Bates, Parley Baer, Lawrence Dobkin
Original Air Date: March 13, 1952 on ABC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, April 12, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - The Student Actress
William Todhunter Hall, president of Ivy College, knows that his wife Victoria, a former British musical comedy star, still at times feels the tug of stage calling her.
Clarence Wellman, chairman of the board of Ivy, complains to Professor Hall about Vicki's negative influence on the students, Toddy learns it is Wellman's sister who is stirring the pot.
When Clarence and his sister are invited to dinner at the Hall's home, things get very interesting -- and memorable. This is an outstanding script that will have you laughing, crying -- and thinking.
Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Lucille Norman, Willard Waterman, Bea Benaderet, Herb Butterfield, Lois Corbett
Original Air Date: May 5, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, April 10, 2021
Old Time Radio Grab Bag #4
Here is our line-up out of the grab-bag this week:
- CBS Radio Workshop....2-10-57...."Words"
- 20 Questions....11-23-46....Guest: Emily Post
- Confession....7-5-53...."Doris Kane Case"
- Favorite Story....9-10-46...."Merridian 7-1212"
Very special thanks to Jerry Haendiges for making available these selections.
You can visit Jerry's old time radio site, "The Vintage Radio Place" at: http://www.otrsite.com
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 8, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "The Stallion"
Oath Harker has his eye on Dan Stokes' prize stud stallion. The problem is, Harker is well known for the poor way he handles his horses. When Dan refuses to sell him the horse, Oath legally takes the steed in settlement of a debt.
Dan reluctantly agrees to the arrangement, but vows revenge if he ever learns Harker is mistreating the animal.
When the runaway stallion later shows up in Dodge City, beaten half to death with a bullwhip, Matt and Chester are determined to find out where the horse came from and who would treat an animal so cruelly.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Ralph Moody, James Nusser
Original Air Date: May 18, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, April 6, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Informant"
Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith have been assigned to the Burglary Unit. For over two months a gang of burglars have been operating as safe crackers in Los Angeles.
The public is clamoring for an arrest -- so far the thieves have successfully robbed over a dozen locations and still the LAPD has no leads as to their identities.
When Joe and Frank get a call from Ernie, one of their informants, it makes them hope for the big break they desperately need.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris
Original Air Date: March 2, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat - "Mentallo, The Mental Marvel"
Randy Stone is on the night beat for the Chicago Star when he decides to visit the carnival at Riverview Park. There he wanders into the sideshow and discovers an act billed as "Mentallo The Man Who Knows Everything." Mentallo, he learns, boasts a perfect photographic memory.
When someone in the crowd asks Mentallo what happened to him on the 15th of last month -- the man who knows everything goes into a panic and the show is called off.
When Randy tracks down the man who asked the question, he is met with threats. Now, really intrigued, the intrepid reporter is determined to find the answer.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Ben Wright
Original Air Date: May 1, 1950 on NBC.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, April 5, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Loses His Memory
When Jack gets accidentally hit on the head, he loses his memory and has an epiphany which leads him to and becoming the town's most generous man and someone who enjoys spending money.
As evidence, he offers Mel Blanc a raise and spends $50,000 to purchase a yacht!
It is noteworthy that Jack is still able to come across as someone everyone likes despite being miserly, vain, and argumentative.
This episode is hilarious and you will still find it timely even after some seventy-one years.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc
Original Air Date: October 9, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Old Time Radio Grab Bag #3 - April 2, 2021
On the grab-bag shows we play shows that would not normally be played on our daily podcast. These shows are played without comment or review. All of them are shows I have recently listened to and enjoyed. And all have great sound quality!
Here is the line-up for the Old Time Radio Grab-Bag #3:
- X Minus One....4-24-55...."No Contact"
- Amos 'n' Andy....11-25-47...."Rejuvenation Beauty Salon of Paris"
- Information Please....12-10-50....with Fred Allen & Doc Rockwell
- Radio City Playhouse....8-8-49...."Level Crossing"
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, April 1, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke: "Last Fling"
John Peavy has an eye for Kitty. The thing is, he is a miserable old drunkard and Kitty is not one to tolerate fools.
Problems begin for Kitty, however, when she is accused of taking a shot at the old drunk -- it seems he had been regularly harassing her.
When someone then takes a shot at Kitty, Matt is quick to get involved in order to sort the whole mess out.
Good character study.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Ralph Moody, Helen Kleeb
Original Air Date: February 20, 1954 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Trigger Men"
Joe and Tiny Gordon are brothers and ruthless murderers. They are running from the police and on their way to Mexico when they stop for gas in Ada, Oklahoma. There they steal the gas, rob the station and beat the gas station owner to death with a tire iron.
The Texas Rangers, believing the pair will be driving through Texas, join in the chase. Assigned as lead investigator is Ranger Jace Pearson.
Good detective work leads the law men to the mountains of Big Bend National Park on the Texas-Mexico border --- and to an inevitable confrontation.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett, Tom McKee, Tom Holland, Jack Kruschen, Byron Kane, Jay Novello
Original Air Date: May 27, 1947 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Suspense - "The Whole Town's Sleeping"
This is an episode that will put chills down your spine. In a small midwestern town, a serial killer is stalking women who pass through a ravine.
The majority of the play unfolds in real-time as we follow our heroine as she walks home one evening in the dark. Imagination running wild, her fear intensifies with each step she takes.
The story is by Ray Bradbury and the radio adaptation is by Antony Ellis. This story may frighten us deeply because it comes close to real life situations we hope never to be in.
Agnes Moorehead stars as the heroine and, as always, is outstanding as a woman gripped in fear.
Featuring: Agnes Moorhead, Lurene Tuttle, William Conrad, Paula Winslowe, Barney Phillips, Charlie Lung
Original Air Date: August 31, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, March 29, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - Buried Treasure Map
When Fibber returns from the library with three murder mysteries, he discovers a map folded between the pages of one of the books. Upon examining it more closely, he discovers it is a treasure map!
Getting ready to dig for treasure, Molly reminds him that the spot where McGee is planning to dig is located on Mrs. Carstairs property.
Featuring: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Bea Bendaret, Arthur Q Bryan, Gale Gordan, Bill Thompson, Billy Mills Orchestra and the Kingsmen
Original Air Date: January 15, 1945 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, March 27, 2021
Old Time Radio Grab Bag - Surprise Show
Here is a new feature! A surprise grab-bag of four old time radio programs we would not normally feature on our podcast. All have been cleaned up to the best possible sound and they are here for your enjoyment -- without comment from the host!
Here is this week's line up:
- Superman - Ep #1....2-12-40....Baby from Krypton
- Superman - Ep #2.... 2-14-40....Clark Kent, Mild Mannered Reporter
- Superman - Ep #3....2-16-40.... Keno's Landslide
- The Cisco Kid....circa 1959.... Vendetta of Vengence
- Space Patrol....3-5-55....The Monster From the Past
- Hopalong Cassidy....1-1-50....Dead Man's Hand
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, March 25, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - Alarm at Pleasant Valley
While on their way back to Dodge, Matt and Chester run across a homestead recently attacked by Indians just before a cavalry regiment arrives. Matt learns that a small band of renegade Kiowas have left the reservation and are on a rampage.
As they continue their journey back to Dodge, they run across a new family of homesteaders from Ohio who have just put down stakes in an area they have named Pleasant Valley.
When the renegades show up in Pleasant Valley, Matt and Chester must help the family make a stand -- and learn a valuable life lesson.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Vic Perrin, Helen Kleeb, Eleanore Tanin, Sam Edwards,
Original Air Date: September 10, 1955 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Vital Statistic"
"This time a car hop knocked me down a flight of stairs and an honest woman was strangled by a green silk sash while a simpering dandy was shot to death. All because of a run-of-the-mill accident 500 miles away. "
When Marlowe pulls over to buy a paper, a woman jumps into his car and instructs him to take off because she is being chased. She was: "Streamlined with close-cropped hair the color of a smoky sunset and had on low heeled slippers brocaded in bronze and a dress that conformed as close and smooth as lacquer on a Chinese vase."
When Marlowe reveals he is a private detective the damsel in distress asks him for his help.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Charlotte Lawrence, Lawrence Dobkin, Elliott Reid, Doris Singleton, Georgia Ellis, Bill Lally, Hugh Thomas
Original Air Date: March 14, 1950 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Rim of Terror"
Elizabeth Whitehill is a prim young woman who is driving from her home state of Vermont all the way across country to Seattle in order be with her fiancee. As she is passing through Nevada, she very unwisely picks up a hitchhiker, a man she learns is named Alex Peck.
Even though she knows it is unwise, she becomes involved with Peck and is soon helping him escape from a group of spies that are chasing him.
Suspenseful adaptation of a 1949 novel of the same name by Hildegarde Tolman Teilhet.
Featuring: Nancy Kelly, Hans Conreid
Original Air Date: May 12, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, March 22, 2021 - Old Time Radio Comedies
Duffy's Tavern - Duffy Wants to Sell the Tavern (Guest: Boris Karloff)
When Duffy advises Archie that he is putting the tavern up for sale, Archie panics.
After some lengthy discussions, Archie decides to enlist the aid of his old friend Boris Karloff. The plan is to have Karloff chase off any prospective buyers by convincing them that the tavern is haunted.
Fun episode with the always spooky guest star.
Featuring: Ed Gardner, Boris Karloff
Original Air Date: October 5, 1951 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, March 20, 2021 - Best OTR Grab Bag #1
Here is a new feature! A surprise grab-bag of four old time radio programs we would not normally feature on our podcast. All have been cleaned up to the best possible sound and they are here for your enjoyment -- without comment from the host!
Here is the line up:
- X Minus One 5-22-55 Knock
- Steve Allen Show 11-2-49 Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Opie Cates Show 12-15-47 Traffic Accident
- Information Please 12-26-39 Sir Cedric Hardwick
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, March 18, 2021 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "Trail to Sunset"
Brit is on the trail when he runs across a fugitive who has been wounded. He learns the man, Ace Tressler, has just robbed the Stage Depot in Sunset and killed Sam Fletcher, the Station Manager.
Brit promises the man a fair trial in Sunset, but as he is transporting him back to town they meet up with a posse out searching for the cold-blooded killer of Sam Fletcher.
As both Brit and the posse relate their respective stories, both parties are in for a big surprise.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Harry Bartell, Robert Griffin, Lamont Johnson, Howard McNear, Forrest Lewis
Original Broadcast Date: January 31, 1954 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, March 16, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
The Line Up - "Be-Bop Bandits Bungling Bang-Bang"
Ben is sent to investigate a very violent bank robbery where several victims have been killed and those who survived are all in a state of shock.
As he pieces together the story he learns that three men dressed in identical business suits and wearing real looking identical masks entered the bank with sub-machine guns. The men almost immediately started shooting.
The guard explains he shot back but didn't think he hit any of them. When a blood trail is spotted outside, however, the police follow it into a city underground tunnel where they find one of the thieves dead.
His death, the detectives deduce, was not caused by bullets from the guard, but rather came from a machine gun.
One or both of his partners had finished him off.
Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Jack Moyles, Hy Averback, Peter Leeds, Tony Barrett, Howard McNear, Sydney Miller, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1952 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, March 15, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Lux Radio Theatre - "The Third Man"
Holly Martins is an out of work pulp fiction novelist. He is in post war Vienna, a city he finds facing critical shortages of goods -- resulting in a flourishing black market. Holly has traveled to Austria at the invitation of an old school friend named Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. But he soon finds out that he is too late -- Harry Lime has recently been killed in a traffic accident.
After spending some time speaking with Lime's friends and associates, Martins takes note of inconsistencies in their stories. He then makes up his mind to find out what really happened to the mysterious Mr. Lime.
Featuring: Joseph Cotton, Evelyn Keyes, Ben Wright, Edgar Barrier, Ted Decorsia, Bill Johnstone, Fritz Feld, Harold Dyrenforth, Herb Butterfield, Jack Kruschen, Robert Boone, Norman Field, Jeffrey Silver, Gladys Holland, Eddie Marr
Original Air Date: April 9, 1951 on CBS
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Lux Radio Theatre - "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"
Jim and Muriel Blandings live in a four bedroom, one bathroom apartment with their two teenage daughters. When Jim sees an ad for a house for sale in the country, he and Muriel drive up to see it and decide to buy it.
When they later hire an engineer to inspect their house, his advice is to tear it down and build a new one.
The Blandings, however, are not to be deterred -- and soon discover their dream house has turned into a money pit!
Featuring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Donald Randolph, Steven Dunn, Ann Carter, Ann Whitfield, Herb Butterfield, Charlotte Lawrence, Tim Graham, Lillian Randolph, Jack Petruzzi, Howard McNear, Earl Lee, Eddie Marz
Original Air Date: October 10, 1949 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, March 11, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Sins of the Fathers"
When Big Dan Daggitt, a kind but rather uncouth mountain man, checks into the Dodge House, Mr. Dobie thinks little of it. However, when he discovers Dan's wife, Rose, is the daughter of Yellow Horse, a Pawnee warrior responsible for the deaths of many local settlers, he wants them out of the hotel.
When Matt refuses to evict them, Dobie sets out on a campaign to rally the townspeople against the couple despite Matt's warnings of dire consequences.
When the end results is violence, there are lessons to be learned.
Good morality play by John Meston.
Featuring: William Conrad, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Lillian Buyiff, Clayton Post, Joe Duval, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear
Original Air Date: January 22, 1955 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Missus"
While working in the Robbery Detail, Joe Friday receives a call from a woman who says she must see him because she believes her husband is in trouble.
When the detectives meet with the woman, she nervously explains that she believes her husband is about to be involved in a hold up. As the detectives investigate, however, it appears the man is a model citizen.
Good police procedural with the ever present snappy dialogue.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Stacy Harris, Herb Ellis, Vivi Janiss
Original Air Date: August 9, 1955 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro March 8, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Lives of Harry Lime - "Double Double-Cross"
Harry is in Monte Carlo and has had a wonderful season fleecing the various marks he has set his sights on. With his pockets full of cash and his luck on an unbelievable winning streak, the world is his oyster.
Then, one evening, in the casino he meets a most attractive woman and is instantly smitten. When Lime returns with her to her hotel room he is confronted by a jealous husband.
But to Harry, not all is as it seems. It's hard to con a con-man.
Featuring: Orson Welles. Orson Welles also directed, but no other acting or writing credits were provided for these programs.
Original Air Date: Approximately January 15, 1952 - First heard on the BBC and then syndicated in the United States.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, March 7, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Life of Riley - Bab's New Boyfriend, Simon
Riley can be tight with a dollar. Each month he holds his check to the electric company until the last minute. This month, however, they claim not to have received his payment and are threatening to turn out the lights.
In the meantime, Babs has a new boyfriend who, in Riley's opinion, shows no initiative. When Riley talks him into getting up, going out and finding a job, he follows the advice.
The problem is, his new job is as bill collector for the electric company!
Featuring: William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, Louise Erickson, Jimmy Lydon, John Brown.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro March 4, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "Justice of the Peace"
Kendall is in Wyoming Territory where the editor of the Cheyenne newspaper tells him about a recent judicial appointment in the town of Dry Gulch, located some 300 miles west.
It seems this small mining town has a new Justice of the Peace -- one Mrs. Amy Robinson. The appointment, he is told, may make Mrs. Robinson the first woman anywhere in the United States to hold such an office.
When Kendall arrives in town he quickly realizes Mrs. Robinson is the only barrier between a doomed Indian miner and an out of control lynch mob.
Featuring: John Dehner, Paula Winslowe, Jack Moyles, Lou Krugman, Jack Kruschen, Tom Holland
Original Air Date: July 13, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Gang Busters - "The Bandit Brothers"
Two brothers, Randel and O.B. Throneberry, commit a murder in Colorado and take off on the run to Wyoming. There they are identified by a local storekeeper and arrested.
While in the local jail the brothers manage to escape and begin a murderous trip South. Headed for Texas to see O.B.'s girlfriend, the two siblings begin to quarrel -- which leads to an attempted murder and an exciting conclusion.
True life crime drama about actual historical brothers.
Featuring: Ralph Bell, Art Carney
Original Broadcast Date: June 18, 1949 on CBS.
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A bored salesman spending the night in a lonely hotel room decides to take a few moments to read some passages from the Gideon Bible in his nightstand.
This small decision results in major complications including robbery, murder, pursuit and even death -- all taking place in and around New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Sam Pierce is very good as Mr Cumming, the average man caught in an extraordinary circumstance. Who are the people trying to kill him. And why?
Mark this episode as a top-notch thriller, much in the style of a classic Hitchcock film. Well worth a listen!
Featuring: Sam Pierce, Nannette Boardman, Ben Wright, Joseph Kearns, Jeff Corey, Mary Shipp, Wally Maher, Lou Krugman
Original Air Date: August 30, 1951 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, March 1, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Burns & Allen Show - "Gypsy Disguise" with Jack Benny
Jack dreams of being the world's greatest concert violinist. George dreams of being the world's greatest singer.
The problem is, neither of the two show business giants are taken seriously when they are pursuing their true passions.
Gracie comes up with the idea that if the two disguise themselves, get booked into the Hollywood Bowl, and perform their music, people will take them seriously since they won't recognize them as Jack Benny and George Burns.
Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Wilson, Mel Blanc
Original Air Date: January 8, 1948 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, February 25, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "Stagecoach Stop"
A stagecoach loses a wheel and is forced to spend the night in the Fort. Aboard is a very stuffy Mrs. Fleinhexel and her daughter Ophie, who is very excited to meet soldiers.
Meanwhile, a dangerous renegade Sioux Indian is being held in the brig awaiting transport to Fort Leavenworth.
An officer's ball scheduled that same evening becomes the perfect setting to bring all the elements together for a very dramatic climax.
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Jeanette Nolan, Sam Edwards, Eleanor Tanin, Harry Bartell, Jack Moyles, Shirley Mitchell, Howard McNear, Frank Cady, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: April 15, 1956 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Quick Silver"
On May 22, 1947, an intruder entered the ranch home of Jim and Flo Stockholm and murdered them both along with their ten year old son. Jace Pearson is called in to assist in the investigation.
Jace quickly pieces together the approximate time of death by analyzing some hog feed. He later tracks the killer to a specific ranch in Texas by analyzing some mud found in the house.
Exciting story with a tense showdown at the end.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Russell Simpson, Byron Kane, B.J. Thompson
Original Air Date: August 5, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, February 23, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "Death on Highway 99"
Morton Blake's marriage to Pauline is not a happy one. He is still pining for Julie, a girl he knew in high school. He wants to admit to Julie that he was a coward because he never told her how he felt.
Now look at what a mess he has made of his life. He has asked Pauline for a divorce but she is too spiteful to let him go.
When Morton is involved in a fatal road accident and Pauline is the only eyewitness, she quickly realizes she can use this knowledge to control her husband and end this talk of divorce.
Morton, however, doesn't see it that way...
Featuring: George Murphy, Cathy Lewis, Joseph Kearns, William Johnstone
Original Air Date: October 4, 1945 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro February 22, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Jack Benny Show - "Driving to Palm Springs"
Jack and the gang are taking the Maxwell to Palm Springs for a winter break. Hilarity ensues.
Particularly funny are the bits with Mel Blanc potraying Polly, Jack's eavesdropping pet parrot.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson
Original Air Date: December 6, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, February 18, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Dooley Surrenders"
Poor, pathetic Emmett Dooley is a mouse of a human being. And now he is absolutely convinced that he has killed a man. What is he to do?
Of course -- he should turn himself into the law and accept his punishment. And so he approaches Marshall Dillon to make his confession.
After questioning Dooley, however, Matt is convinced something isn't quite right. Dooley's story just doesn't make sense.
So Matt ventures out to find out the real story...
Pretty good character study about survival of the fittest in the old west.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, James Nusser, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell.
Original Air Date: September 13, 1954 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Mysteries with Bob Bro Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Dancing Hands"
Even though they were born only minutes apart, even though they had the same parents, and even though they were both identically beautiful and talented -- only one of them was deadly.
It was up to Marlowe to determine which one.
His clues included a corpse, a green purse and a pair of dancing hands.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Vivi Janiss, Lou Krugman, Ed Begley, Paul Frees, Bert Holland.
Original Air Date: March 19, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Lux Radio Theatre: "Double Indemnity"
Walter Neff is an insurance salesman who becomes involved with Phyllis Dietrichson, the seductive wife of one of his clients.
Phyllis talks Walter into a scheme to murder her husband and collect the insurance.
When the death claim attracts the attention of the company's insurance investigator, Barton Keyes -- Walter's friend and fellow employee -- Neff must scramble hard to cover his tracks.
Great cat-and-mouse melodrama and fine radio adaptation of the classic film.
Featuring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, William Conrad, Rhoda Williams, Bill Johnstone, Howard McNear, Norman Field, Eddie Marr.
Original broadcast date: October 30, 1950 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, February 15, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - "The Leslie Hoff Painting"
When a reporter comes to interview Professor Hall for a story about an Ivy student who has won a prestigious art award, Toddy is caught off guard. He knows nothing about the student or the award.
Simultaneously, a wealthy benefactor wants to establish a large scholarship to Ivy College. He is again surprised to learn the gift is conditional and connected to the mysterious painting.
Why is the painting so special? Who is the artist? And why were stipulations made on the donation?
Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, James Edwards, Herb Butterfield, Lois Corbett, Jerry Hausner
Original Air Date: September 27, 1950 on NBC
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When Ed Shelby and Bob Gringle come across Charlie Drain camping on the prairie, they accuse him of being a horse thief and hang him.
Back in Dodge City, Matt Dillon is confronted by a rancher named Charlie Drain who enraged by the crime. He promises Dillon he will take matters into his own hands if the marshall doesn't catch the murderers.
When Drain accuses Gil Mather, a local rancher, the situation spirals out of control.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, John Dehner, Jack Moyles, James Nusser
Original Air Date: July 22, 1956 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, February 9, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Sam Spade - The Bail Bond Caper"
When Sam's old flame Vivian walks into his office he knows it is going to spell trouble. Vivian wants Sam to run interference for her husband, Leo Scarlotti, a bail bondsman with a criminal past.
Leo, it is believed, set up recently paroled hoodlum Charlie Rosenfoy for a crime that led to Charlie serving a stretch in prison. Now Charlie is out and is trying to involve Leo in a major caper involving a million dollars worth of bearer bonds.
Featuring: Howard Duff, Sandra Gould, William Conrad
Original Air Date: June 27, 1948 on CBS
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In a ranch in Nevada complex family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter.
An enormous panther that possesses almost mythical qualities is killing cattle. A pitiless son and a rigid mother take sides against the eldest son and his alcoholic father. The youngest son all the while tries to lay low -- he has brought the girl he hopes to marry for a visit.
Family squabbles intensify until the two oldest brothers set out in the midst of a violent snowstorm on a dangerous mission to kill the deadly panther.
Featuring: John Dehner, Rona Williams, Noreen Gammill, Lynn Millan, Don Randolph, Lynn Whitney, Stephen Chase, Lee Millar, Ralph Moody
Original Air Date: February 5, 1950 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, February 8, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Father Knows Best - An Evening Out
Have you ever had an evening where nothing works out? Every restaurant is full, every movie theater sold out and your friends are all booked up?
Jim Anderson has had an epiphany - he and Margaret need to allow themselves more time together. When each of the children make demands on his time, he explains their mother and he deserve some time alone.
The problem is, all of his ideas about how to spend the evening seem to come crashing down around them.
Featuring: Robert Young, Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Edith Simmons.
Original Air Date: January 31, 1952 on NBC
Featuring: Robert Young, Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Edith Simmons.
Original Air Date: January 31, 1952 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, February 4, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone - Page's Progress
Page Webster, an old friend of Luke and Wichita's, is excited. He has just popped the question to Selena Cordell and she has agreed to be his wife.
The jubilance ends abruptly, however, when Burley Webster, Page's cousin from Texas suddenly shows up in Tombstone. Burley is a gambler and Page knows at once that his presence spells trouble. It seems Burley once threw suspicion on Page for a serious crime that was never solved, forcing Page to leave Texas.
Page has never forgotten what Burley did to him -- and now Burley has come to Tombstone.
Featuring: Sam Buffington, Junius Matthews, Sydna Scott, Joseph Kearns, Chet Stratton
Original Air Date: March 16, 1958 on CBS
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Dragnet - "The Big Dive"
Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are assigned to the Homicide Detail. When they get a call that the body of a dead woman has been found in a closet, they go to investigate.
On the scene they find there are no leads to her identification and the killer is also unknown. Two clues are made available to them:
- The woman was murdered with a poker.
- The apartment was rented to a man named Ray Bartley.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, June Whitley, Peter Leeds
Original Air Date: November 9, 1952 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - Old Time Radio Dramas
Studio One - "39 Steps"
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. While attending a show at a local music hall he meets Annabella "Smith", who, he learns, is being hunted by secret agents who want to kill her.
Hannay agrees to help her and begins by hiding her in his flat When she is murdered during the night, he knows he will be accused of the murder.
Hannay realizes he must go on the run to save himself and uncover the spy ring trying to steal top secret British military information.
Featuring: Glenn Ford, Cathleen Cordell, Mercedes McCambridge, Miriam Wolfe, Everett Sloane, John Stanley
Original Air Date: March 23, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, February 1, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Catching Teeny's Cat"
Teeny has a new cat she has named Raymond. When Fibber accidentally lets the cat loose, it runs under the front porch of the McGee house. Before it's over, Fibber, Doc Gamble and Harlow Wilcox are all crawling around under the porch trying to catch it.
As always, there is a very funny parade of friends and neighbors all contributing their two cents as to how McGee can best fetch the cat.
The Kingsmen sing "Tallahassee" and Billy Mills Orchestra plays "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now."
Featuring: Jim & Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox, Arthur Q. Bryan, Billy Mills Orchestra, The Kingsmen
Original Air Date: October 14, 1947 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, January 28, 2020 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "Hiram's Gold Strike"
Old Hiram has been a prospector for over 40 years. When Brit meets him on the road to Clay City, Hiram exclaims he has finally struck it rich and shows Brit bags of rocks he plans to take into Enoch Wilson, the local assayer. Hiram doesn't trust Enoch, so asks Brit to accompany him.
When a robbery in town occurs, however, everything changes. And it appears it may end up costing old Hiram not only his gold -- but his life.
Howard McNear shines as Hiram and Herb Vigran is a very good as Enoch.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Howard McNear, Herb Vigran, Bill Johnstone, Barney Phillips, Tony Barrett
Original Air Date: January 10, 1954 on NBC.
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A series of robberies in the downtown area of L.A. resulted in serious injuries to an older proprietor. Joe and Frank follow several different leads with zero results.
Then they have a hunch. The robber came through the rain, but was not drenched. They know he had no car and couldn't have walked any distance without getting soaked. How has he been getting around?
Perhaps he takes a cab.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Ralph Moody, Lillian Buyeff, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: September 15, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "Witness at the Fountain"
A syndicated newspaper columnist reached his fame by working hard and marrying the publisher's daughter. The only problem, to accomplish this he had to murder his first wife.
Now a blackmailer is threatening to expose his crime unless he pays him regular payments.
So now he must plan a second murder - but this one has a twist.
Featuring: Howard Duff, William Conrad, Margaret Brayton
Original Air Date: September 9, 1946 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, January 25, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Jack Benny Program - "Jack Fires the Sportsmen Quartet"
The Show starts with Jack and Rochester in the Maxwell picking up Dennis and Mary for the show. When problems ensue, however, the show has to start without them -- much to the delight of Phil Harris.
Meanwhile, Jack decides he has had it with all of the humiliation heaped on him due to the Sportsmen Quartet and so fires them -- much to the dismay of the president of the tobacco company that sponsors the show. Some very funny bits.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Rochester, Phil Harris, Mel Blanc.
Original Air Date: February 23, 2021
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, January 21, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Guitar"
When a strange, unassuming little man named Weeb Pendle rides into Dodge City atop an old mule, few of the folks in town take time to notice.
When a group of local bullies start picking on Pendle, however, things begin to get intense. When Weeb reveals a particular talent he possesses they turn murderous.
Early John Meston script that incorporated jealousy, prejudice, empathy and compassion in the old west setting - and established a precedent for future Gunsmoke episodes that followed.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell
Original Air Date: December 26, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Death Shaft"
On November 18, 1941, in the Big Bend land of West Texas, a representative from the bureau of mines is accompanying Fred Blazon into Black Hawk Canyon. There they are intending to inspect Blazon’s abandoned mine. When they enter the mine, however, they discover a human skeleton with a bashed in skull.
Jace Pearson of the Texas Rangers gets the assignment. When Pearson arrives on the scene it becomes obvious he has a murder investigation on his hands.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett, Bill Johnstone, Lamont Johnson, Betty Lou Gerson
Original Air Date: September 30, 1951 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro January 19, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Evening Primrose"
A poet becomes disgruntled with the world and decides to start a new life by secretly hiding out in a department store where he feels all of his needs will be met.
Soon, however, he discovers a secret society of people who apparently have followed the same path. Each night his new neighbors all wake up to live their lives without the intrusion of the outside world.
Soon, however, the young man falls in love with the yount maid of their leader -- which leads to trouble. Fun story that has been done many times in different mediums.
Featuring: William Conrad, Constance Cavendish, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Jeff Corey, Kay Miller, Irene Tedrow
Original Air Date: September 12, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro January 19, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Evening Primrose"
A poet becomes disgruntled with the world and decides to start a new life by secretly hiding out in a department store where he feels all of his needs will be met.
Soon, however, he discovers a secret society of people who apparently have followed the same path. Each night his new neighbors all wake up to live their lives without the intrusion of the outside world.
Soon, however, the young man falls in love with the yount maid of their leader -- which leads to trouble. Fun story that has been done many times in different mediums.
Featuring: William Conrad, Constance Cavendish, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Jeff Corey, Kay Miller, Irene Tedrow
Original Air Date: September 12, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, January 18, 2021 - OTR Comedies
Old Gold Comedy Theater - "A Slight Case of Murder"
Prohibition has ended and bootlegger Remy Marco has made up his mind it is time to call it quits and become a law-abiding citizen.
Years pass and while both his legitimate brewery and his marriage are failing, four dead mobsters are discovered in his home in upstate New York.
Sadly, that is the least of his problems -- he is also dealing with a banker who is about to foreclose on his business and a daughter who has just announced that her very serious boyfriend is a state trooper!
Featuring: Edward G. Robinson, Allen Jenkins, Harold Lloyd
Original Air Date: April 22, 1945 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, January 14, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "The Gold Digger"
While traveling around Deadwood, in Dakota Territory, Kendall happens along two gold miners who have just struck it rich.
Kendall agrees to go into town with the older of the two, a somewhat eccentric old guy, in order to file a claim. While there he introduces Kendall to a saloon lady the old miner is very determined to marry.
She, on the other hand, is very eager to take away his gold.
Featuring: John Dehner, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Joseph Kearns, Jack Moyles, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: September 28, 1958
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
The Line Up - "The Grocery Store Matter"
A new gang is robbing gas stations and all-night markets. Eight robberies have taken place during the early morning hours, but none of the perpetrators have been identified in police mug books or line ups.
Detectives Grebb and Guthrie decide the only viable thing to do is stake out as many markets and gas stations as possible.
During the first night's watch, all hell breaks loose on the radio. A robbery is taking place and two people have been shot. Arriving on the scene, the two detectives finally have the break they need to solve the case and catch the killers.
Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, Hy Averback, Gil Stratton, Vic Perrin, Sam Edwards, Jack Moyles, Jean Bates, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg
Original Air Date: February 1, 1951 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "Dime A Dance"
Ginger Allen (Lucille Ball)works at the Joyland Palace in Manhattan where she dances with patrons for ten cents a dance. As the show opens, we learn her friend Julie was supposed to pick her up for work but never showed up.
When Ginger arrives at work late Julie isn't there and no one knows where she is or why she's absent. Ginger soon learns Julie was found murdered.
She also learns for the first time about a serial killer in the City who is stalking taxi dancers -- and all of his victims have had red hair.
Featuring: Lucille Ball, Hans Conried, Patrick McGeehan, Jeannette Nolan, Ian Wolfe, Joseph Kearns.
Original Air Date: January 13, 1944 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro January 11, 2021 - Old Time Radio Comedies
The Burns and Allen Show - Guest: Eddie Cantor
During the housing crisis in Los Angeles after WWII, George and Gracie find Eddie Cantor sleeping on a park bench. He explains that his house is overcrowded because his married daughters have returned home with their families due to the shortage of housing.
Gracie determines to get one of his unmarried daughters to marry their band leader, the shy Meredith Willson, who owns his own home.
Pretty funny script.
Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc, Eddie Cantor
Original Air Date: October 3, 1946 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, January 7, 2021 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "Woman at Horse Creek"
While out on patrol after an Indian uprising, Captain Lee Quince and his men come across a woman digging a grave. After learning her husband died from gangrene the day before, they realize she is suddenly alone in a desolated location with no nearby help or assistance.
A charitable act by the men ends up having dire consequences in a story with a cruel twist.
A very raw and adult script written by Kathleen Hite, who wrote 29 of the 40 Fort Laramie episodes.
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Virginia Christine, John Dehner, Barney Phillips, Jack Moyles, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin
Original Air Date: February 12, 1956 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Lift"
Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to the forgery detail, shoplifting division. For six weeks they have been trying to catch a major department store shoplifting ring.
Their M.O. is simple: Two of the members keep a clerk distracted while a third walks off with expensive suits and coats.
When a man walks into a store trying to sell an assortment of suits, however, the scheme begins to unravel.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Jack Kruschen, Ralph Moody, Alice Backes, Herb Ellis
Original Air Date: April 27, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat - "Night Is A Weapon"
While Randy is visiting a local library at closing time, the librarian, who is an old friend, causes a patron to go into a crazed panic attack when she dims the lights to signal closing time.
Later, Randy finds the man buying a gun and babbling about how he is going to kill a man -- a man who is trying to drive him crazy with darkness.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Jan Morgan (no other cast credits given)
Original Air Date: February 13, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, January 4, 2021 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - "The Gangster's Son"
Are the sins of the father to be laid upon the son? Can a bright and promising student be recognized if his father is a known gangster?
That is the dilemma Dr. Hall must ponder in this very insightful script from a show with a true social conscience - especially considering it was written in 1950.
Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, William Conrad, Herb Butterfield, Willard Waterman, Gil Stratton Jr, Gloria Gordon
Original Broadcast Date: January 20, 1950 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, December 31, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "The Cabin"
As Matt is returning home from Hays City after appearing as a government witness at a trial, he runs into a major blizzard.
Seeking shelter in a remote cabin he happens upon, he discovers a woman being brutalized and held hostage by two fugitives.
This classic Gunsmoke script by John Meston truly defines why this elite radio program was considered the first true adult western.
Featuring: William Conrad, John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Vivi Janiss
Original Broadcast Date: December 27, 1952 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Hairpin Turn"
When Marlowe meets a female champion sharpshooter, it only adds up that she is somehow connected to a dead body -- a body shot with a target pistol.
Or, to hear Marlowe tell it: "This time a fireball, too handy with a target pistol, led me down a rocky road. And it might have gotten worse, if I hadn't slowed down at the Hairpin Turn!"
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Ralph Moody, Tony Barrett, Charles Russell, G.B. Hunter, Olive Deering
Original Air Date: January 28, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - OTR Drama
Lux Radio Theatre - "Crossfire"
A homicide detective is called in on a murder investigation and soon discovers evidence implicating a group of demobilized soldiers in the death of one Joseph Samuels.
The story develops in flashbacks, providing several different viewpoints of events leading up to the murder.
Meanwhile, army Sgt. Keeley begins his own investigation in an attempt to clear Mitchell, a soldier who becomes the main suspect.
Along the way, the true motive for the killing begins to dawn on both investigators.
Featuring: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Sam Levene, George Cooper, William Phipps, Marlo Dwyer, Julie Bennett, Bill Johnstone, William Lally, Luis van Rooten
Original Air Date: April 10, 1948 on CBS
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Jack is nervous as he is getting ready for his first show of the 1946-1947 season. Things come to a head when Mary advises Jack that both Dennis Day and Phil Harris have their own shows.
Along the way we learn how Jack first got linked up with the Sportsmen's Quartet in a segment that is hilarious. Also a funny bit with Mabel and Gertrude, the NBC telephone operators.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc
Original Air Date: September 29, 1946 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, December 24, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Hanging Cross"
A rancher in Colorado Territory send for Paladin in order to find his son who was kidnapped by Pawnee Indians when he was an infant.
When Paladin arrives he learns the boy has been found. The problem is the child speaks no English and many of the ranch hands don't believe he is the kidnapped son.
Paladin, who speaks the Pawnee dialect, is put into service to find the truth -- and avoid a massacre.
Story by Gene Rodenberry.
Featuring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Vic Perrin, Jess Kirkpatrick, Roy Woods, Dick Beals, Ann Morrison, Virginia Christine
Original Air Date: December 21, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Lux Radio Theatre - "Murder, My Sweet"
Philip Marlowe is hired by Moose Malloy, a minor hood who has just spent the last eight years of his life in prison.
Moose wants Marlowe to help him find Velma, his former girlfriend who he has not seen or heard from in more than six years.
The case proves much more difficult than Marlowe anticipates as his investigation leads him into a complex web of deceit and criminal activity. What is most perplexing is that Phil can't figure out anyone's motive for making Velma disappear.
Based on the novel "Farewell, My Lovely" by Raymond Chandler.
Featuring: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Mike Mazurky, June Duprex, Cy Kendall, Gerald Mohr, Robert Regent, Norman Field, Eddie Marr, Doris Singleton
Original Air Date: November 6, 1945
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, Decmber 22, 2020 - Old Time Radio Dramas
Escape! - "Judgment Day at Crippled Deer"
A really dramatic story that takes place in a cabin high in the Yukon Territory just before a crippling winter blizzard is about to hit. The storm will trap the inhabitants inside for the winter.
Four people are in the cabin. Before springtime, before they can leave the cabin behind, they begin to believe one of their companions is guilty of murder. By mutual consent, a trial takes place and it is decided judgment will be swift.
Great Les Crutchfield story that offers more twists and turns than a toboggan ride down a steep mountain trail.
Featuring: Harry Bartell, Georgia Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Lou Krugman, James Nusser, Clayton Post
Original Air Date: June 24, 1954 on CBS
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The new baby is definitely making itself known in the Gildersleeve household. Everyone is so preoccupied with taking care of the baby that they have no time for their normal routines - like eating breakfast.
One evening when the rest of the family all have commitments, Gildy is left caring for the baby all by himself - a job he feels a man is not designed for.
Featuring: Hal Peary, Lillian Randolph, Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Earle Ross, Richard LeGrand, Una Merkel
Original Air Date: September 14, 1948 on NBC
Original Air Date: September 15, 1948
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, December 17, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "How to Kill a Friend"
When two gamblers arrive in Dodge City they send word to Marshall Dillon they would like to talk to him.
It seems they run a crooked card game and it's their routine in each new town to find the person in charge and then cut him in on their profits.
When Dillon advises them to get out of town, they determine the Marshall must die. But they hire a paid killer to do the job, imagine their surprise when learn their assassin is an old friend of Matt's.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell
Original Air Date: October 3, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Open Range"
The scene is a West Texas cattle ranch in August. Rancher Maurice Buckland, along with his adult son Dave, are driving in their jeep checking their fences and dropping off salt cakes for their cattle.
When they run across a group of men forcing some of their cattle into a truck, they confront the rustlers with a shotgun. The thieves shoot first, however, and then run for it.
The elder Buckland is announced dead on arrival at the local hospital later that afternoon.
Sheriff Clyde Johnson calls in the Texas Rangers to help track down the killers. The case is assigned to Jace Pearson.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tom Tully, Tony Barrett, Bert Holland, Joe Duval, Byron Kane
Original Air Date: August 26, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - OTR Dramas
X Minus One - "The Marionettes"
Two men are talking in a bar after work when one of them reveals to the other that he has found a remarkable high-tech solution to keep his wife happy while he stays out doing whatever he wants to do.
He has purchased a humanoid, a "marionette" made in his image and it takes his place with his wife whenever he would rather be out having fun. His wife is happy and none the wiser.
When the friend wants more information to purchase his own marionette, things don't quite work out as he expected them to.
Fun episode based on an original story by Science Fiction guru Ray Bradbury.
Featuring: Les Damon, Ginger Jones, Richard Hamilton, Karl Swenson, Arthur Kohl, Bob Hastings.
Original Air Date: December 15, 2020 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, December 14, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Great Gildersleeve - A Baby Is Left in a Car
When Gildy takes the family shopping for back to school clothes, he discovers someone has left a baby girl in his car upon returning to the garage.
Now you might think that simply calling the police would handle the matter, but Gildy finds out otherwise.
When finally Judge Hooker arranges for the baby to be placed in a home, Gildy starts to have second thoughts.
Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Earle Ross, Arthur Q. Bryan.
Original Air Date: September 8, 1948
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, December 10, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone - "Yancy's Pride"
"Like a violent storm, or an earthquake, you can feel a lynching coming on long before it arrives. And there was lynch in the air that afternoon in Tombstone."
Thus begins this tale of a cattle rancher catching a rustler in the act and preparing to hang him after a kangaroo court. Luke, however, recognizes the rustler as one of his old army buddies from the civil war and pays restitution to the rancher.
When the rancher turns up dead, all fingers point back to the youthful Yancy. Luke begins to realize he really doesn't know the young man all that well.
Featuring: Sam Buffington, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Barney Phillips, Sam Edwards, Junius Matthews, Norm Alden
Original Air Date: March 9, 1958
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Bop"
Detectives Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are assigned to the Robbery Detail. For nearly a month there have been a series of robberies committed by a lone thief who is victimizing small stores and check cashing agencies.
Friday and Smith learn that he may be a musician who has a serious drinking problem. When their greatest fear materializes and the thief kills a man, they know they have to get him -- and fast.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Lillian Buyeff, Harry Bartell
Original Air Date: September 1, 1953 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "Murder at Twin Pines"
As Victoria watched from the porch of her house on the hill she saw boats moving slowly back and forth over the water. Some of them were Sheriff's boats and she instantly knew they were dragging the lake -- looking for a body.
Before the next two days were over, Vicki would learn her future husband was being held in connection with the murder and her very supportive older sister was his accuser.
This is a wonderful cat-and-mouse story about greed, family deceit, revenge and murder.
Featuring: No cast members are identified on this recording.
Original Air Date: April 10, 1949 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, December 7, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Jack Benny Show - Guest Gisele Mackenzie
This is a classic episode and very funny. Jack is in New York and has a date with Gisele Mackenzie. On the way to meet her at the station, he runs into John L.C. Sivoney (Frankie Fontaine) for an hilarious exchange.
When he picks up Giselle, they take a cab to the restaurant and the cab ride offers two classic bits: One by Mel Blanc and the other having to do with the taxi meter. Both are priceless.
Bet you can't listen to this one without laughing out loud.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Gisele Mackenzie, Frankie Fontaine, Don Wilson, Rochester, Mary Livingston
Original Air Date: July 11, 1954 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, December 3, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "Gold"
It has been said that greed for gold is a fat demon with a small mouth -- whatever you feed it is never enough.
A wagon train coming through Fort Laramie is bound for he Oregon Trail. Of course there is also the nearby Bozeman Trail which travels further north through the Montana Territory.
By treaty, wagon trains are prohibited on the Bozeman Trail since it cuts through the Powder River Basin -- the last and best hunting grounds of the Norther Plains Indians.
But gold was recently discovered in Montana territory; gold that can make men rich. And some pioneers wanted their share, Indians be damned.
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Jack Moyles, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Clayton Post, Ralph Moody
Original Air Date: May 20, 1956 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Canned Death"
On the evening of January 26, 1940, a family is found dead in their home. Autopsies reveal they had each been poisoned and the source of the toxin is believed to be a can of sausage.
When Jace Pearson begins investigating the deaths, he comes across two significant discoveries: A feeble minded and an intriguing country hardware store.
And what about the large life insurance policy? The beneficiary is a man named Sid Mack, and Jace soon begins to piece together why this may be important to the investigation..
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Paul Frees, Virginia Gregg, Tony Barrett, Will Wright, Ken Christie, Don Diamond
Original Air Date: April 22, 1951 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Back for Christmas"
Botany Professor Herbert Carpenter and his wife, Hermione, are getting ready to leave for an extended trip to America, where the professor will be lecturing.
Mrs. Carpenter is a contentious wife who prefers to keep her husband under constant control. In great detail she has planned every minute of their trip and she is quite annoyed that Herbert is not following in lock-step. Rather, he's wasting time in the cellar working on some ridiculous botanical project.
Hermione has advised all of her friends that they will be back for Christmas. Professor Carpenter, however, has other ideas.
Featuring: Paul Frees, Eleanor Audley.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1947 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, November 30, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Father Knows Best - "The New Girlfriend"
At the dinner table, Jim and Margaret become concerned when Bud refuses to eat and Betty refuses to talk.
When Kathy spills the beans and announces "Bud is in love", the cat is out of the bag. Bud admits he has met the girl of his dreams and has invited her over that very evening.
We then learn that Betty, on the other hand, has just split up with her boyfriend. And it seems her problem is very closely connected to Bud's.
Featuring: Robert Young, June Whitley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Bill Forman
Original Air Date: September 28, 1950 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, November 26, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "The Preacher"
Kendall is finishing up a story on the Dakota Territory and is about to leave the town of Deadwood when he meets man who is very nervously trying to purchase a gun in order to "protect himself."
Kendall suggests carrying a gun may be too dangerous, and offers to provide the man shelter in his hotel room.
As they are crossing the street, however, they are confronted by a stranger who says he is there to shoot the man he calls "preacher."
Dramatic story with a moving ending.
Featuring: John Dehner, Parley Baer, Vic Perrin, Ralph Moody.
Original Air Date: October 10, 1958 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - The Big Confession
Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to homicide detail. A young man named Paul Marcus walks into their office and says that he wants to discuss a problem, a crime.
After some time listening to Marcus, they realize he is talking about something serious. After some pressure from the two detectives Paul finally confesses to killing Lorraine Farrell, his girlfriend.
The problem is, there is just something about the young man's story that doesn't quite add up.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Herb Ellis
Original Air Date: March 30, 1954 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat - "The Girl in the Park"
As Randy Stone is out one night searching for stories about the night people of Chicago, he runs across a very depressed young woman named Fran Fowler.
After a brief discussion, Randy is intrigued and follows her to a local nightclub where he learns she is a singer. When she abruptly leaves the stage in tears, Randy learns the reason: Her boyfriend is in prison and is scheduled to be executed in a couple of hours.
Concerned, Randy tracks her back to her apartment where she eventually reveals the background story that has led her to this tragedy.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, Paul DuBov, Georgia Ellis, Ken Christie, Carol Richards
Original Air Date: February 27, 1950 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, November 23, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - "Phone Problems"
Do you remember when most homes had only one phone jack? If you wanted more mobility you had to order a second phone, a second phone jack -- and double your phone bill!
Long extension cords provided the answer.
The Halls have called in a phone repairman to make their phone problems go away -- with very funny results.
Simultaneously, the board members are trying to present Doctor Hall with a pressing problem - each board member seeking a different result.​ Featured: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Herb Butterfield, Gale Gordon
Original Air Date: October 11, 1950 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, November 19, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Joke's On Us"
Benson, Duvall and Kaiser have all been losing cattle to rustlers. When Frank Tillman is seen with some of their cattle, they decide to lynch him then and there.
When they discover Tillman was not the horse thief after all, Jake Kaiser goes to his widow and son and tells them how sorry he is and that it was an honest mistake.
When the Benson and Duvall end up mysteriously dead, Matt tries to figure out who is doing the killing.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Helen Kleeb, Sam Edwards
Original Air Date: January 9, 1954 on CBS
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It has been six months since the burglary of the Long Island home of Norman Todd. The Delaware Insurance company paid a claim totaling $75,000.
So far, the case has yielded no results. Both the police and the insurance investigators are unable to find or identify the thieves, nor are they able to come up with any of the any missing jewelry.
Now Johnny Dollar has received a call from an ex-con named Vance who is prepared to offer a lucrative deal for new information regarding the Todd Matter.
Featuring: Bob Bailey, Lawrence Dobkin, Barbara Fuller, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Shirley Mitchell
Original Air Dates: January 9 to 13, 1956
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Shipment of Mute Fate"
A man named Warner has been sent to Venezuela to obtain a live Bushmaster, the longest venomous snake in the world, and bring it back to a museum in New York City.
Warner, who is traveling on an ocean liner, becomes concerned when a freak wave causes a few of the lower cabins to be flooded. In the process, the snake is accidentally let loose.
A truly frightening and tense story with a surprise ending that may move you to tears.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Dee J. Thompson
Original Air Date: October 15, 1947 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, November 16, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - Circus Sideshow
Jack and the gang plan a trip to the circus and are taking along the Beverly Hills Beavers. While at the circus they visit the sideshow where one of the main features is a wrestling gorilla. A prize of $500 is promised to anyone willing to get into the ring with the ape.
Meanwhile, Jack is once again visited by the IRS because of deductions taken on his most recent tax return.
Watch for Mel Blanc, who does a number of hilarious and impressive animal sound effects.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Rochester Anderson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Joseph Kearns
Original Air Date: April 22, 1951 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, November 12, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Jesse"
Jesse Pruett is a young, likeable guy. But as others warn him, he needs to be more discerning in choosing his friends.
Bill Stapp, a former member of Quantrill's Raiders, is a murderous sort. When Stapp promises to help Jesse find the man who killed his father, Jesse who is obsessed with the need for revenge, blindly follows along.
Sadly, however, Stapp's true motives are yet to be revealed.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Sam Edwards, Larry Dobkin, Harry Bartell, John Dehner
Original Air Date: August 29, 1953 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Saint - "Murder on the High Seas"
Simon Templar is on a cruise. On the ship he meets world famous actress Barbara Brooks, who advises him she is giving up her career. After developing a brief relationship with her he witnesses her murder.
Suspicion abounds. Could the killer be the infamous hit man Templar recognizes on board? How about the husband-wife team of card sharps who are trying to fleece a marked but unsuspecting passenger? Did the famed psychiatrist with the foreign accent contribute to the nefarious crime?
Listen to this wild whodunit that is filled with colorful characters and you will find yourself guessing until the end.
Featuring: Vincent Price, Betty Lou Gerson, Jeanne Bates, Frank Gerstle, William Conrad, Barney Phillips
Original Air Date: October 1, 1947 on Mutual
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Suspense - "One Hundred in the Dark"
A group of gentlemen in a New York writers club have just sat down for their after-dinner coffee. They are discussing the evolution of stories and it is brought up how, due to the many different human emotions, thousands of stories can be generated from just a few possible scenarios.
As their discussion continues, one of them brings up the story of the "rare coin and the visitor at club." That leads to a somewhat similar story -- the story of Rita Kildare.
Rita Kildare was a hostess known for her dinner parties. One evening at a gathering a sapphire ring was stolen. Everyone became nervous: Everyone was simultaneously suspicious and a suspect. As the story develops, the very clever way Rita got the ring back is revealed.
Featuring: Howard Duff, Joseph Kearns, Frank Albertson, John McIntire, Dick Ryan, Horace Willard, Theresa Marshall, Jeannette Nolan, Wally Maher, Mary Jane Croft, Jerry Hausner, Grace Givern.
Original Air Date: November 29, 1947 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, November 9, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Our Miss Brooks - "Conklin Causes A Fight"
Walter Denton is elated. Harriet Conklin has vowed faithfulness to him ever since he took the rap for denting Mr. Conklin's fender -- a fender actually dented by Harriett.
Now, suppose Connie takes the rap for something Mr. Boynton has done. The problem is, Mr. Boynton is blameless -- he never gets into trouble. Of course Connie might just arrange something...
Featuring: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Jane Morgan, Jeff Chandler, Gloria McMillan
Original Air Date: September 25, 1949 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, November 5, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Chester's Murder"
An unarmed man Chester is escorting to jail is shot in an alleyway with Chester's own gun. Sam, the owner of the Long Branch saloon, is one of the first on the scene. It appears to be a clear case or murder and Chester has a hard time defending himself.
Enter a horse trader and a saloon girl, and the story becomes more interesting by the minute.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Larry Dobkin, James Nusser, Joyce McCluskey
Original Air Date: January 15, 1955 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, November 4, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Line Up - "Brommel and Bellow's Bullet"
A gangster's girlfriend is shot and killed the night before his murder trial is scheduled to begin -- and she was the state's only witness.
The detectives frustration becomes palpable since they finally had the witness they needed -- and they had been working on this case forever.
Now they are trying something new - because they are determined to get their man..
Top notch writing, directing and acting. Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, Dave Young, Barney Phillips, Herb Butterfield, Jack Moyles, Ray Hartman, Ed Begley, Sandra Gould
Original Air Date: April 24, 1951 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, November 3, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat - Molly Keller
Molly Keller is the washer woman at the Chicago Star. Randy Stone has known her for years and passes her each evening as he is heading out on his assignment.
He also knows her husband was convicted and sentenced to 20 years for his role in a four-man payroll heist. But now he has died in prison with six years to go on his sentence.
When Randy goes to console his old friend, he discovers she has moved into an expensive suite at a fancy Chicago Hotel.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Sarah Selby, Joan Banks, Wilms Herbert, Peter Leeds, Wally Maher, George Offerman, Jr.
Original Air Date: July 17, 1950 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, November 2, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Adventures of Maisie - "Newspaper Columnist"
Maisie (Ann Southern) takes a temporary job filling in for a newspaper advice columnist known as Cupid -- offering love sick readers solutions to their romantic problems.
Eddie, Maisie's boyfriend, is not aware of her temporary employment. Because he has been feeling rather ignored lately, he decides to take some action. What better way to spice up their relationship than by getting some advice from Cupid!
Featuring: Ann Southern, Elvia Allman, Patrick McGeehan, Sidney Miller, Frank Nelson.
Original Air Date: March 29, 1951 on the Mutual Network
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The Six Shooter - "General Gillford's Widow"
When Britt becomes lost, he stops at a home to ask for directions. The woman who lives there advises Britt she is the wife of General Gillford and that the General is inside taking a nap. The crazy thing is, Britt and the rest of the citizens in town believe General Gillford lost his life in the Civil War.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Virginia Gregg, Parley Baer, Robert Griffin.
Original Air Date: April 8, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Cup"
When a persistently barking dog is not quieted by its owner, a local neighbor senses something is wrong. When he goes to check on the dog, he discovers his neighbor has been murdered in her kitchen.
Friday and Smith are assigned to the case, and quickly develop the ex-husband as the prime suspect. And the man does little to change the detectives' minds.
Look for a big surprise at the end of this episode when you will discover how the story got its name.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: March 9, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "Short Order"
The owner of a diner hires a new cook and business could not be better. That is until a man with a severely disfigured face comes into the cafe and begins eating all of his meals there, driving other customers away.
Simultaneously, the owner's wife seems to call everyday with another report of bad luck: Kids threw stones through all of their windows; the car was hit and demolished by an uninsured motorist as it sat right in front of their house.
How much can one man take?
Featuring: Joseph Kearns, Gerald Mohr, Conrad Binyon, Ted Myers
Original Air Date: August 6, 1945 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, October 26, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - "At the Academy Awards"
Jack takes Mary to the Academy Awards ceremony and the evening is fraught with potential problems. For instance, Jack gives an interview in the lobby of the Pantages Theater and the interview ends turns into a major fiasco.
Funny bit with Sheldon Leonard as the tipster from the race track.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Frank Reynolds, Sheldon Leonard
Original Air Date: March 23, 1952 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, October 22, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone - "Tracks Out of Tombstone"
While on a cattle drive from Mexico to Tombstone, Luke and Wichita discover a fugitive on the run; the pursuing sheriff from Tombstone shows up soon after.
When Luke arrives in Tombstone and sells his cattle, the money from the sale is stolen -- now Luke and Wichita become the pursuers. But circumstances make them wonder if they are pursuing the right person.
Featuring: Sam Buffington, Junius Matthews, Sam Edwards, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle
Original Air Date: March 2, 1958 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Phantom Fingers"
Wolfe and Archie are driving upstate when they happen upon a dying man. It soon becomes obvious the man was severely attacked; before he dies he names his attacker - Joe.
As they travel on, a flash flood traps them in a house located on top of a precipice; the only way to the house, a bridge, collapses after they cross it.
Inside the house they are confronted by three individuals. When Wolfe announces one of them is the murderer, a game of cat-and-mouse ensues.
This Agatha Christie-type script is great fun and will keep you guessing until the very end.
Featuring: Sydney Greenstreet, Gerald Mohr, Gege Pearson, Howard McNear, Eddie Fields, Tim Graham.
Original Air Date: January 26, 1951 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - The Man With the Steel Teeth
Arthur Henderson Luttrell is a newspaper correspondent stationed in Moscow. One night, while attending the Bolshoi Ballet, Arthur is arrested by Soviet secret police and transported to Lubyanka Prison where they try to coerce him into confessing he is a spy.
Unable to crack him, Arthur refuses to confess.
Later, when Arthur awakens from unconsciousness, he discovers his cell door has been left open. Anticipating a set-up, Arthur expects to be stopped before he can completely get away -- but he never is.
Leading Arthur to wonder why?
Featuring: Harry Bartell, Jack Kruschen, Charlotte Lawrence, Stephen Roberts, Paul Dubov
Original Air Date: March 15, 1953 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, October 19, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Great Gildersleeve - "Beautiful Lady"
Throckmorton Gildersleeve likes to think of himself as an urbane ladies man -- but even the great ones can be struck down.
Gildy is smitten. He observes a beautiful woman leaving a cafe just as he enters, and he knows at once he must meet her. After asking around, he discovers she is the guest of the president of the country club - and Gildy's sworn enemy.
When Gildy learns she is going to be at the country club dance Saturday Night, he knows the only way he can possibly get an invitation is by apologizing to the man he detests.
Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Earle Ross, Floyd Munson
Original Air Date: November 13, 1946 on NBC.
Frontier Gentleman: "Wonder Boy"
Kendall is in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he visits the Eli Jackson Tailor Shop and is waited on by Dick Jackson, the proprietor's 17 year-old son.
After discussing briefly his travels with the young man, Kendall learns Dick inherited his uncle's six shooters and he asks Kendall for some pointers on using them.
When Kendall and Dick go outside, Kendall asks the youngster to fire a few rounds. That is when he discovers that the young man has developed a remarkable skill -- he is the fastest draw Kendall has ever seen.
Featuring: John Dehner, Virginia Gregg, Eddie Firestone, Stacy Harris, Jack Kruschen, Ben Wright.
Original Air date: 8/17/58 on CBS
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The Adventures of Sam Spade - "The Rushlight Diamond Caper"
Sam is hired to guard the gifts at a posh society wedding. The person who hired him is Mrs. Rushlight, aunt of the groom.
Mrs. Rushlight's late husband had gifted his wife with a very expensive and rare diamond. However, in an agreement she signed, the diamond was to go to the wife of his male heir.
When a murder takes place, Sam has to unravel all the threads to discover how the Rushlight Diamond fits it.
Featuring: Howard Duff Original Air Date: July 4, 1948 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "Murder on Rourke Island"
Keith Brandon had been in love with Cathy Dunn for over a year, but their plans to marry were thwarted by Keith's father, who threatened to strike him from his will if he went through with the marriage.
Once Keith's father died, Keith believed he could finally marry Cathy. The will, however, contained conditions: To collect, Keith must live in the family home with his Uncle.
Perhaps the only way out of this dilemma is for Keith to kill his uncle.
Fun story with lots of twists and turns that you probably will not see coming!
Featuring: David Ellis, Charles Seel
Original Air Date: 12-30-46 on CBS West Coast
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, October 12, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Passenger Pigeon Trap"
While sitting at home with Molly, McGee is reading a book he "borrowed" from Mr. Wimple about birds. When Mr. Wimple stops by, McGee is quick to point out all the inaccuracies in the text.
For instance, he read that the passenger pigeon has been extinct since 1914. Fibber claims to have seen a passenger pigeon that very morning.
Mr. Wimple explains that if that were true, any zoo would gladly pay thousands of dollars for the bird. With the reward in mind, Fibber, with Molly's blessing, is off to build a passenger pigeon trap.
Featuring: Jim and Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Arthur Q. Bryan, Harlow Wilcox
Original Air Date: April 27, 1948 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, October 8, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Prairie Happy"
When Matt and Chester return from a week-long trip, all of Dodge is talking about a Pawnee uprising -- and that a Pawnee attack on Dodge City will take place the next day.
As the civic leaders urge Matt to organize the defense of their town, Matt is more interested in where the rumor started. That is when he meets a very old man dressed in Buffalo Skins.
The man, named Tewksbury, claims to be an expert on Indian tribes, having worked in the past with Kit Carson and John Fremont.
What is it about this tragic, yet apparently innocent, character that Matt can't trust? And, is the pending attack truly imminent?
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, James Nusser, Lillian Buyeff
Original Broadcast Date: September 12, 1953 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big TV"
Joe and Frank are assigned to homicide/missing persons where they are called in to search for a missing young woman whose husband is overseas in the military.
Their investigation leads them to a dance club where the young woman worked dancing with men for a fee. (Remember ten cents a dance?)
It is there the detectives find out she was threatened with murder by a jealous dance partner with a criminal record.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Herb Vigran, Carolyn Jones
Original Air Date: March 2, 1954 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, October 6, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Bakers' Theater of Stars - "The Mail Order Bride"
Lee Carey is a rancher in the old west. His ranch is prospering but he needs someone to share it with. As our story opens, Joyce Kingston is arriving in Tanner's Creek on the noon train. She is Will's new mail order bride.
Problems are brewing with his rancher neighbor, named Green, who is continuously encroaching on Lee's property by allowing his herd to feed on Will's grass. Lee knows he must stop him.
The problem is, Green has hired Todd Quill, a paid gun. ​
Featuring: Robert Taylor, Jean Bates, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Will Wright, Mary McGovern
Original Air Date: February 28, 1953 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, October 5, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Fibber McGee & Molly - "Molly's Toothache"
When Molly develops a toothache McGee hunts for aspirin, but there are non in the house.
Because of the late hour, Cramer's Drug Store is closed, and Molly is unable to reach Mr. Cramer on the phone. Molly assures Fibber she can make it until morning, McGee is determined to get his wife the pain relief she needs.
That's when he comes up with a plan: He can break into Cramer's Drug Store.
Featuring: Jim Jordan, Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox
Original Air Date: May 25, 1948 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, October 1, 2020
Gunsmoke - "The Cast"
Doc is called out on an emergency to the Tucker Ranch. It seems Mrs. Tucker was hanging pictures, put nails in her mouth, and accidentally swallowed one. Doc does his best to save her but sadly arrived too late. Shell Tucker blames Doc for his wife's death and swears his revenge.
When a horse with a broken leg enters the picture, however, circumstances change quickly.
Paul Frees steps in to replace Howard McNear as Doc in this episode only. This script was repeated later in the series with Howard McNear back in the role as Doc Adams.
Featuring: Bill Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Paul Frees, Sam Edwards, Tom Tully.
Original Air Date: December 12, 1953 on CBS​
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Red"
Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs are assigned to the Narcotics Detail. When Friday gets a call from a former suspect he once arrested, a meeting is arranged.
The informant tells Friday a narcotics dealer from back east named Cadillac Red has a large amount of heroin and he wants to edge his way into the Los Angeles Market. His problem, however, is he has few local contacts and needs to find prospective sellers.
It is decided Friday will pose as a buyer from Fresno and try to trap Cadillac Red while making a transaction. This is aan exciting two-part story with both parts inclusive in this presentation.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Barney Phillips, Stacy Harris, Harry Bartell Original Air Date: January 3, 1952 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Suspense: "Dead of the Night"
Jimmy Barton was always close to his younger sister, Helen. While Jimmy was away for the summer, however, Helen decided somewhat impetuously to get married to Phil -- who turned out to be both abusive and dangerous.
When Jimmy returns home one day, he finds Phil dead on the living room floor. In all the ensuing confusion, Mrs. Gordon, their landlady, comes to investigate the source of all the noise.
Suddenly Jimmy and Helen must find a way to dispose of Phil's body. But how can they get it past the snoopy Mrs. Gordon?
Featuring: Elliott Reid, Cathy Lewis, Wally Maher
Original Air Date: June 19, 1947 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, September 28, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - Guests: Leo Durocher & the Colmans
Very funny episode in two parts:
Part 1: Jack plays Bridge with Phil, Dennis and Mr. Kitzel. Some very funny bits with Dennis trying to understand the game and Phil thinking he's playing poker.
Part 2: Leo Durocher visits Jack, but mistakenly goes to the Colman's house. Extremely funny bits about how Ronnie and Benita explain Benny's activities to Durocher -- also the men trying to explain baseball to Benita.
One of the outstanding comedy episodes of this great show.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Artie Auerbach, Leo Durocher, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume
Original Air Date: November 17, 1946 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, September 24, 2020 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "The Shooting of Wyatt King"
After Wyatt King, aka The Wyoming Kid, robbed the town bank, the Sheriff immediately formed a posse set out to follow King's trail. When they finally track the Kid down, however, they find he had been shot and was unconscious.
With no one around, the men begin to wonder who could have been fast enough to take Wyatt -- and why he didn't stick around to collect the huge reward due him?
That was about the time Britt Ponset rode into town -- and everyone knew they had found their hero. But had they?
Featuring: James Stewart, Bill Johnstone, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Barney Phillips, Joel Cranston
Original Air Date: May 20, 1954 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "A Young Man's Fancy"
While trying to escape the heat, Phil visits the local fruit stand to pick up some limes for a cold drink. Alex Leznovitch, the proprietor and a good friend,, is in a sad mood.
Phil learns Alex's adult son, Dom, is associating with a bad crowd and is heading for trouble. Alex wishes Dom could be more like his sister, Helena, who is Alex's pride and joy.
Soon a mystery involving Dom evolves and Phil learns that not all things are as they may appear.
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Tony Barrett, Lawrence Dobkin, Georgia Ellis, Paul Dubove, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Date: August 18, 1951 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Night Beat - "A World of His Own"
While making his evening rounds, Randy pops into Pop Gordon's Training Gym where he runs into a wild and out of control Billy Crandell.
Billy is a punch-drunk ex-prizefighter who has been reduced to pandhandling. Once the champ, Billy is now all alone in the world and is still pining over Edna, his life's love from another time and another place.
This is a tragic story about unrequited love. William Conrad shines as Billy, the sad pugilist who now questions his manhood.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, William Conrad, Lurene Tuttle, Lawrence Dobkin, Joseph Forte.
Original Air Date: April 16, 1950 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, September 21, 2020 - Old Time Radio Comedies
The Burns and Allen Show - Frank Sinatra Guest Star
Gracie is convinced George should get the lead singing role in a new musical being produced by MGM. While George agrees, he knows that Frank Sinatra is under contract to the studio and will undoubtedly get the role.
Gracie schemes ways to get Sinatra to leave town. When she confronts the singer at his home, things start getting a little out of hand.
Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Frank Sinatra, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Wilson, Mel Blanc.
Original Air Date: November 7, 1946 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, September 17, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Fort Laramie - "The Coward"
Major L.T. Wendt is no longer a major in the United States Cavalry. He was demoted to lieutenant two years ago by a board of inquiry in Washington determined for his poor judgment at the Battle of Antelope Meadows.
While not cited for cowardice, army gossip is he left his commander and 200 men to be wiped out. Now he has been transferred to Fort Laramie and Lee wants him assigned to his command; he once served under Major Wendt and considers him an old friend.
Major Daggett reluctantly agrees -- but can't help but wonder how he will react should he be once again battle-tested.
Featuring: Raymond Burr, Harry Bartell, Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Jack Moyles, Lynn Allen, Paul Dubove, Clayton Post
Original Air Date: March 25, 1956 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, September 15, 2020: OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "Myra the Redhead"
Joe Friday and Ben Romero are working in the robbery division following a spate of car break-ins happening all over the greater Los Angeles area.
When they finally catch a 20-year old in the act of stealing a car radio, their interrogation techniques, which are really interesting to follow, open up the case and lead them to the ring-leader, a beautiful and shapely red-head by the name of Myra.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Raymond Burr
Original Air Date: September 1, 1949 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - OTR Dramas
The Lives of Harry Lime - "The Golden Fleece"
Harry is in Algeciras, a costal town on the Bay of Gibraltar in Southern Spain. There, while attending a bullfight in the city bullring, he meets Nadia, a beautiful baroness with "dark red hair, pale ivory skin, and bright yellow eyes like a cat."
The baroness has a problem. The captain of her yacht has disappeared and she needs a replacement quickly for an important trip. Harry, ever the con man, convinces her he is a licensed captain.
Soon they are under way and Harry learns their destination is China. That is when things begin to make him wonder what really happened to the captain? And exactly what kind of a trip has he signed up for?
Stick around until the end for a grand surprise.
Featuring: Orson Welles
Original Air Date: October 12, 1951 (approx) Syndicated
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, September 14, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Halls of Ivy - "Traffic and Coconuts"
While enjoying a quiet evening at home, Vicki becomes concerned that her husband is coming down with a cold. As soon as she rushes out to the drugstore, Mr. Merriweather stops by with a surprise: He has secretly recorded Vicki rehearsing a song for the Junior Follies and wants Professor Hall to hear it.
Meanwhile, when Mrs. Hall is late returning from the drugstore, the men begin to worry -- sending the professor into one of his daydreams remembering a time he visited Vicki backstage shortly after they met.
Featuring: Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Willard Watterman Original Air Date: April 21, 1950 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, September 10, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "The Last Fling"
When two harmless old men come to Dodge City for a good time, one of them is set up for an attack -- and is shot in the neck.
When Matt questions the old men, he is more than surprised to learn who they claim did the shooting.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Ralph Moody, Helen Kleeb
Original Air Date: February 20, 1954 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Jolly Roger Fraud Case
When Pat McKraken from Universal Adjustments calls Johnny Dollar to go on a case, Johnny is already packed for vacation -- a skin-diving trip off the coast of La Jolla.
As coincidence would have it, the case is in San Diego, allowing Johnny to cover his travel expenses, plus make a commission.
The Jolly Roger, one of the finest sea going yachts on the West coast, has burned and sank -- a $450,000 loss. Under suspicion is the owner, an unsavory character named Paulos Zinageon, who was a suspected of being a spy during the war.
Featuring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Forrest Lewis, Paul Fries, Jay Novello, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond, Vic Perrin
Original Air Date: March 23, 1956 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Escape! - "Two If By Sea"
Phillip Sutherland works for the British Press as a reporter in Moscow. He and his new bride, Marya, are on there way to London. When they try to board their plane, however, Russian officials refuse to let Marya, a famous ballerina, to leave the country. Phillip is forced to leave without her.
In London Philip is told by British officials that it is unlikely he will be able to reunite with his wife.
But Philip is not to be refused and plans a way to get back into Russia in order to rescue her. His plan is fraught with terror, however, and he must rely on friends and a small schooner to take him into the Gulf of Finland.
Featuring: John Dehner, Barton Yarborough, Marta Mitrovich, Paul Fries, Jack Kruschen, William Conrad, Paul Dubov
Original Air Date: February 14, 1950 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, September 6, 2020 - OTR Comedies
Our Miss Brooks - "The Telegram"
When Mrs. Davis receives a telegram early one Saturday morning, she is certain it is bad news and becomes convinced it is advising her of the death of her uncle. Not only does she refuse to open the telegram -- she also makes Connie swear she will not open it either.
The only problem is, someone has to open it. Perhaps Miss Brooks could persuade Walter Denton? Mr. Conklin? Harriet Conklin? Each of them have their own reasons for not wanting to be the person to open the telegram.
Featuring: Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Gloria McMillan, Joseph Kearns, Peter Leeds
Original Air Date: July 10, 1949 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, September 3, 2020 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "Silver Threads"
Britt Ponset is on the road again and early one evening runs across a cowboy named Toby sitting at a campfire strumming a guitar and singing a song Britt had never heard before. When Britt asks if he can join him, they soon strike up a friendship. The stranger even teaches Brit some chords on the guitar.
After they part ways, however, Brit learns there may be something ominous about the man he had just left behind. Toby may be wanted for murder.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Barney Phillips, Ben Wright, Will Wright Original Broadcast: June 6, 1954 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Saint - "The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head"
One evening as Simon Templar is getting out of a cab, a beautiful blonde runs to him, throws her arms around him and calls him "Ellsworth." When Templar tries to correct the young woman, he learns not only can she not remember who Ellsworth is -- she can't even remember her own name.
When Simon calls Inspector Murray to find out if she has been reported as a missing person, he learns her name is Dorothy Moore -- and she is wanted for murdering her guardian earlier in the evening!
Before he turns her over to the police, Templar decides to do a little investigating of his own.
Featuring: Vincent Price. Original Broadcast: November 13, 1949
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Suspense - "The Big Shot"
Charlie Morton, an engineer with a baby-face, takes a job in Mexico with an illegal mining operation.
The company is in the mountains mining quartz that must be quickly smuggled out of the country before it is discovered by the government, the local bandits, or the nearby residents.
To complicate matters, Quinn, the boss of the operation, must keep an eye on Charlie. There is little doubt he is adequately qualified to do his job -- but he is so very sensitive about his youthful appearance.
Featuring: Burt Lancaster, Cathy Lewis, Gerald Mohr
Original Air Date: September 9, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 31, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - "The Corner Drug Store"
When Phil discovers Dennis can do a spot-on impersonation of Ronald Colman, he talks Dennis into having some fun.
Dennis calls Jack on the phone and pretends to be Ronald Colman. He then invites Jack to a party at the Colman's home that evening and, to spice things up, tells Jack it's a costume party and to bring a date!
The laughs really get out of control when Jack and his date show up at the unsuspecting Ronald and Benita's house -- after they had already gone to bed.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume
Original Air Date: November 9, 1947 on NBC
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Sunday, August 30, 2020 - Archive Show - from 3-27-2011
Join us for a nostalgic listen to the following old time radio shows:
- Tales of the Texas Rangers 4-6-52 "Troop Train"
- I Love A Mystery 12-28-49 "Million Dollar Curse" Ep 13
- Gunsmoke 3-28-53 "Quarter Horse"
Come on along for the fun, memories and nostalgia.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 27, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "School Days"
Kendall is in Wyoming Territory when he runs across a feud between the men of Goose Creek those of the neighboring Rotten Head Gulch. The dispute seems to center on a school teacher, one Miss Anabella Jones. The men of Goose Greek want Miss Jones to teach exclusively in their town -- but the menfolk of Rotten Head Gulch want her for themselves.
This is all very peculiar because there are only two children between the two towns. It seems the motive driving the men is of a baser nature.
Featuring: John Dehner, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Jack Moyles, Harry Bartell, Eddie Firestone
Original Air Date: June 1, 1958 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 26, 2020
The Adventures of Sam Spade - "The Death Bed Caper"
Gordon.
Two nights previously the brothers, who had hated each other for years, had been drinking and gotten into a fight. Dan blacked out and when he came to past midnight he was covered in blood. He then found his brother in the cabin of the boat -- apparently his had been head kicked in.
It was Dan's hope that Sam would witness his brother's statement clearing him before he died.
Featuring: Howard Duff, Lurene Tuttle
Original Air Date: June 20, 1948 on CBS.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 25, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Escape! -- "The Match"
When a man confronts his boss about molesting his wife, the two struggle and the offender is accidentally killed.
Now a fugitive on the run in the frozen forests of Northern Canada, he is pursued by a modern day Javert: A Canadian Mountie who always gets his man.
Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Wilms Herbert, Cynthia Corley, Nestor Paiva. Announcer: Stan Waxman.
Original Air Date: May 16, 1948 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro August 24, 2020 - Monday: OTR Comedies
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: "Farmers"
While shopping at The Emporium, Harriet meets Dorothy Chapman, an old friend from school. As they spend some time catching up, Dorothy explains that she married a farmer and now lives with him on their farm.
When Harriet mentions her boys have never been on a farm, Dorothy invites the whole family up for the week-end. The problem is, for years Ozzie has told the boys stories about his youth spending summers on his uncle's farm. It seems his tales of how he handled farm chores and animal husbandry may have been just a bit exaggerated.
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 20, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Chicken Smith"
Chicken Smith is an chicken rancher. He is also no longer a young man, but he does have a young wife. Many in Dodge have suggested to Chicken Smith that his wife has a tendency to stray.
Chicken has a philosophy, however. He studies the habits of chickens and from his observations, he feels he knows human nature. He may be right.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine, John Dehner
First Broadcast March 31, 1957 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Seahorse Jockey"
A jeweled brooch worth $50,000 is stolen and two murders are connected to the theft. Marlowe follows the clues down to the waterfront.
Or, to hear Marlowe tell it: "This time it was a fishy horseplay from a redheaded beauty past a black bearded sailor to a neck-and- neck finish over a wandering seahorse worth fifty thousand bucks. And I was the jockey.
"It happened like this..."
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Ann Morrison, Stan Waxman, Eileen Prince, Ed Begley, Bob Sweeney, John Stephenson, Ruth Perrott
Original Air Date: May 2, 1950 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - OTR Dramas
The Whistler - "Panic on Mulberry Street"
Henry Pettigrew owns an unassuming book shop on quiet Mulberry Street, located in the middle of the city. Police Lieutenant Perez is a regular in Henry's shop, and they often talk about one of Henry's favorite subjects - criminology.
Henry Pettigrew owns an unassuming book shop on quiet Mulberry Street, located in the middle of the city. Police Lieutenant Perez is a regular in Henry's shop, and they often talk about one of Henry's favorite subjects - criminology.
Henry has worked out a mathematic pattern that he believes a local killer is following. If his pattern turns out to be correct, the next murder is likely to happen on Mulberry Street.
Featuring: Wilms Herbert, Sarah Selby, Hal March. Original Air Date: July 3, 1949 on CBS.
Featuring: Wilms Herbert, Sarah Selby, Hal March. Original Air Date: July 3, 1949 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 17, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Aldrich Family - "Henry Dates a Taller Girl"
When Henry Aldrich first lays eyes on the fair Helen, he is instantly smitten. He asks her out on a date before he realizes that she is much taller than he is.
Now he has to figure out how he can somehow become taller before the dance on Saturday night. After all, he doesn't want to "dance with her kneecaps."
Featuring: Ezra Stone, Jackie Kelk, House Jameson, Katherine Raht
First Broadcast: April 28, 1949 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 13, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Lamb"
When a stranger comes to Dodge, a townsman recognizes him as Lew Medellon, the notorious gunfighter who has been plaguing the Colorado Territory.
Enter Ab Fisher, another well known gunslinger, who has come to Dodge because he has learned of Medellon's presence there. Fisher quickly confronts Medellon.
The subsequent gunfight, however, ends up in a big surprise for all parties concerned.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Herb Ellis.
Original Air Date: December 5, 1953 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 12, 2020: OTR Mysteries
Dragnet - "The Big Stop"
A traffic officer has been shot without provocation at an intersection and no one understands why. Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith, who are assigned to Homicide Detail, are given the case. It is their assignment to track down the potential killer who is loose in the city.
The problem is they have no idea who he is, where to find him, or who is next victim might be. They just know they have to stop him.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartel, Vic Perrin.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1954 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 11, 2020: OTR Dramas
Bakers' Theater of Stars Presents: "The New Man" Starring Ronald Reagan
When a new doctor and his wife arrive in a small town, they are worried about being able to start a viable practice.
Things become more tense with his first patient: A sick child whose father lets the doctor know in no uncertain terms that both he and his medical advice are not trusted nor welcome. Outstanding production values and very good acting in this simple story.
Featuring: Ronald Reagan, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Vivi Janiss, Parley Baer.
Original Air Date: April 11, 1953 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 10, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Great Gildersleeve - "Marjorie is Pregnant"
When Gildy returns from a month long vacation he is warmly welcomed by the entire family. It is when Marjorie advises him that she has a secret to share, however, things become more difficult for Gildersleeve.
While he made a promise he would not tell anyone her secret, his excitement makes that oath quite difficult to keep.
This is the first episode that featured Willard Waterman as the Great Gildersleeve.
Featuring: Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph, Mary Lee Robb, Richard Crenna, Earle Ross, Richard LeGrand, Arthur Q. Lewis.
First broadcast: September 6, 1950 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 6, 2020 - OTR Westerns
The Six Shooter - "The Coward"
Ever since Will Fedder moved to town and married Sarah Blake, he has been known as a coward; after all he doesn't even wear a gun. And while managing Sarah's ranch, Mr. Temple, the local land baron, has taunted Will mercilessly. It seems Temple wants to buy Sarah out, but Will refuses to sell.
When Brit comes to town he is surprised. He worked with Will on a round-up just a few years back and knows Will is very accomplished when it comes to protecting himself.
Why is Will holding back? And what happens if he is pushed too far?
Featuring: Jimmy STewart, Michael Ann Barrett, Herb Ellis, Howard McNear, Will Wright.
Original Broadcast Date: September 27, 1953 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 5, 2020: OTR Mysteries
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - "The Flight Six Matter"
When one of Johnny's client insurance companies asks him to investigate an airline crash, Johnny is off to Mexico City. Three individuals on the flight had purchased flight insurance - which will cost the company $75,000.
The problem is, the crash was not caused by an aircraft malfunction, pilot error, or bad weather. The crash was caused by an explosion on board the plane.
And then there is the matter of the same beneficiary showing up on more than one policy.
Featuring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Ben Wright, Edgar Barrier, Don Diamond, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles
Original Broadcast Date: Week of January 30, 1956 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Lux Radio Theatre Panic In The Streets 3-5-51
In a New Orleans slum late at night, a vicious group of waterfront hustlers murder an illegal immigrant because he won too much money from them in a card game. The next morning a doctor with the Public Health Service discovers the dead man was suffering with pneumonic plague.
Before a catastrophic epidemic breaks out, the doctor must find and inoculate the killers. A reluctant police captain, who is skeptical, must work with the doctor in complete secrecy lest they set off a citywide panic. The two men must have 48 hours to track down the killers -- or else.
Featuring: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Joyce McKenzie. Original Air Date: March 5, 1951 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 3, 2020 - OTR Comedies:
The Great Gildersleeve - "Vacation Plans"
Gildersleeve wants to take the houseboat the Jolly Boys just purchased on his family vacation. The trouble is, each member of the Jolly Boys is planning to use the boat themselves.
Funny episode with a great twist at the very end. This was the season finale for the 49-50 season, and also Peary's last show as Gildersleeve.
Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Lilian Randolph, Mary Lee Robb, Richard Creanna, Cathy Lewis.
Original Air Date: June 14, 1950 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 30, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Frontier Gentleman - "Claim Jumpers"
Kendall is in Montana Territory, along the Mullan Wagon Road, when he meets up with young Bill Richmond who has left Kentucky to come West to seek his fortune.
When three more travelers join Kendall and Bill around the campfire they begin filling the young wanderer's head with tall tales of gold strikes, fame and fortune.
Before the night is over, however, fortunes will change for each of them.
Featuring: John Dehner, Eddie Firestone, Vic Perrin, Jack Moyles, Lawrence Dobkin Original Air Date: March 9, 1958 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - OTR Mysteries
The Line Up - "The Cornered Cop Killer Case"
Scott Burke has just been promoted from patrol officer to detective. Ben is assigned to work with him on his first case which involves a series of hold-ups of cocktail lounges.
It seems the suspect always does the same thing: He sits at the bar, has a couple of drinks, and plays "Poor Butterfly" over and over again on the juke box before pulling a gun and demanding money.
The detectives track the suspect to an apartment building where they believe he lives. It is there that things quickly get out of hand.
Featuring: Wally Maher, Jack Moyles, Scott Douglas, Joel Samuels, Ed Begley, Virginia Gregg, Dick Ryan, Sam Edwards, Howard McNear, Burt Holland.
Original Broadcast Date: April 8, 1952 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - OTR Dramas
Suspense The Visitor 9/18/47
When Bud Owen disappeared three years ago everyone in their small town of Edgarton believed he had been murdered. On that occasion Bud and his friend Joe drove to Ocean Isle where they got into a quarrel. Only Joe returned home.
Even though no crime was every proven, the townspeople all suspected Joe was guilty.
When police officer Mac Burrough meets a young man working behind the counter of a diner, he is sure it is Bud and talks him into returning to Edgarton and to his wealthy family.
But will everyone be happy to see him?
Featuring: Donald O'Connor, Joseph Kearns, Wally Maher, Verna Felton. Original Air Date: September 18, 1947 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 27, 2020: OTR Comedies:
The Jack Benny Show - "Last Week's Mistakes"
The first part of the show Jack complains to each individual cast member about mistakes they made in the previous week's show. He has Rochester play back the mistakes and the discussion is hilarious.
In the second part of the show, Jack visits a live movie set where Ronald Colman is filming a movie. What happens will have you laughing out loud! One of the truly great episodes of the Benny show.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Don Wilson, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day.
Original Air Date: November 3, 1947 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 23, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Gunsmoke - "Poor Pearl"
When Willie Calhoun comes to town it is to marry Pearl Bender. The only problem is Web Thorne. Web is a new gambler in town and has declared he will kill any man who tries to take Pearl away from Dodge City.
When Matt becomes involved, it is obvious there is some sort of a love triangle between the three -- it is up to Matt to figure out if the three sides have equal angles.
Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, Vic Perrin, Virginia Christine, Harry Bartel.
Original Air Date: February 19, 1955 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 22, 2020 - OTR Mysteries & Detectives
Dragnet - The Big Mask (Parts 1 & 2)
For over six months several large markets in Los Angeles have been victimized by a hold-up man wearing a black mask.
The search for the felon results in the arrest and jailing of a strong suspect. The only problem: After his arrest, the robberies continue.
It is up to Joe and Frank to grab the black-masked bandit and make the string of robberies stop.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Harry Bartell, Ralph Moody, Jack Kruschen
Original Air Dates: December 28, 1952 & January 3, 1953 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 21, 2020: OTR Dramas
Lux Radio Theater - "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"
When Joe Pendleton is knocked out in the ring during a prize fight, he winds up dead and in heaven. The only problem is, he was not scheduled to die for another 50 years. Now Mr. Jordan, the resident angel, must make arrangements to get him back to earth -- but it will have to be in another person's body.
Grand drama, fantasy and romantic comedy all in one.
Featuring: Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, Howard McNear. Original Air Date: 1-26-42 on CBS.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 20, 2020 - OTR Comedies
The Jack Benny Show - "Dinner at the Colman's"
When Jack receives a dinner invitation from Ronald and Benita Colman, he is quick to attend. The problem is, the invite was not meant for him.
This hilarious episode introduced the Colmans, Benny's very proper nextdoor neighbors. The joke is that Ronald Colman is horrified by the things he sees going on next door, but is too much the proper gentleman to say anything. Except to his long suffering wife, Benita.
This hilarious episode will help you understand why the Colmans became series regulars.
Featuring: Jack Benny, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume (Mrs. Colman), Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Rochester.
Original Broadcast Date: 12/9/45 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 16, 2020 - OTR Westerns
Tales of the Texas Rangers - "Apache Peak"
When a hitchiker murders a New York City salesman who had stopped to give him a late night ride on a lonely stretch of Texas highway, Jace Pearson is called in to lead the investigation.
His only clues: A laundry tag on a shirt and a package of cigarettes.
Featuring: Joel McCrea, Tony Barrett, Bill Johnstone, Sam Edwards, Paul Dubov, Virginia Gregg, Byron Kane.
Original Air Date: 7-22-50 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 15, 2020: OTR Mysteries
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - "The Evaporated Clue Matter"
Johnny is called on to investigate the murder of a rich industrialist who has left all of life insurance to a lazy, shiftless grandson, who becomes the immediate suspect. The only problem is, the grandson claims to have been in Alaska - and has the airline ticket to prove it. Guess where they want Johnny to go?
Featuring Bob Bailey, Harry Bartell, Herb Ellis, Herb Vigran, Carlton De Young. Original Broadcast: 1/17/60
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - Drama
The Whistler - "Fatal Fraud"
A man with a talent for voice impersonations (Paul Frees) is recruited by a beautiful woman (Cathy Lewis) to use his talent to divert an airplane to an isolated airport in order to steal its cargo.
The problem, he learns, is a third individual is part of their team -- a Frenchman (Gerald Mohr) who is obviously in love with the larcenous beauty, setting up a love triangle and suspicions all around.
Good story with plenty of twists and turns.
Featuring: Paul Frees, Cathy Lewis, Gerald Mohr. Original Air Date: 5-22-49 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 13, 2020
Father Knows Best - "Bud Quits School"
An embarassing situation at school makes Bud determined to quit school. When Jim finds out, he decides to use some reverse psychology and put Bud to work in order to teach him that school isn't so bad.
In this specific episode Kathy is played by Helen Strom.
Featuring: Robert Young, June Whitley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nilsson. Original Air Date: 10-16-52 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 9, 2020
The Six Shooter - Jenny
While on the trail to Lead Creek, Brit comes across a young man in a gully who has been shot and tossed by his horse. Weak, but still alive, Brit gets him to the nearest cabin, where he is nursed by the single resident, Jenny Garver.
As Brit rides to town to fetch a doctor, he meets up with a posse hunting for a young killer. What happens next is the biggest tragedy of all.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Dee J. Thompson, Jess Kirkpatrick, George Neise, Harry Bartell. Original Air Date: 9-20-53 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 8, 2020
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: "The Long Rope"
When Sydney Venetta, a sick old man, wants to hire Phil to transport an expensive rope of pearls to Chicago, Marlowe discovers his new client dead and the pearls missing when he arrives at his home to pick up the pearls.
As Phil begins to look into matters, his attention is drawn to the old man's nurse and business agent.
He also suspects Venetta's niece, who, when Phil arrives at her studio describes her as: "A dainty 118 pounds of taboo scented blonde, clad in ten chartreuse yards of silk cut like lounging pajamas."
Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Junius Matthews, Luis Van Rooten, Fay Baker, David Ellis, Lillian Buyeff, Ed Begley, Jeff Corey.
Original Air Date: 2-5-49 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Escape! "The Notebook"
The time is the 1870s. Two miners have discovered gold in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory.
On their way to file their claim, a bearded stranger has learned of their luck and is determined to kill the two miners and take their gold for himself.
Featuring: John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, William Conrad Original Air Date: 7/26/53 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 6, 2020
Our Miss Brooks - Cure That Habit, Inc.
As always, a series of unintended circumstances come together to create a misleading picture of an unwanted situation. In this case, the superintendent of schools is led to believe that Mr. Conklin has a drinking problem.
The scenes with Connie and Mr. Conklin in his office are hilarious.
Featuring: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna, Jeff Chandler, Jane Morgan, Gloria McMillan, Leonard Smith, Francis X. Bushman Original Air Date: 1-15-50 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday Western for July 2, 2020:
Frontier Gentleman: "The Trial"
J B Kendall, a reporter for the London Times, in in Montana Territory where he comes across a criminal trial in Fort Benton.
Appalled by the lack of due process afforded the accused, he soon finds himself thrust into the role of backwoods barrister defending an ex-Indian scout being tried for murder.
Featuring: John Dehner, Harry Bartell, Joseph Kearns, Wil Wright, Jack Moyles, Jeantte Nolan, Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris. Original Air Date: 4/13/58 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday Mysteries for July 1, 2020
The Line Up: The Hiccuping Hamster Homeostatic Case
Who are the two hit-men who murdered Luther Griswold, the mob lawyer?
One suspect, Benny Samson, is identified in the police line-up. Then an informant known as "The Hamster" (played by Howard McNear) points his finger at George Vincente, a man he saw in the company of Benny on the night of the murder.
As the investigation gets closer to Max Ragillo, the mob boss, Ragillo begins to retaliate: Word on the street is there is a hit out on Lt. Guthrie.
Featuring: Bill Johnstone, Wally Maher, Howard McNear. Written by Blake Edwards and Dick Klein.
Original Broadcast date: May 29, 1951 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday Drama for June 30, 2020
Suspense: "The Man Who Couldn't Lose"
Leonard Snell is in trouble. He has gambling debts and needs money. His wife refuses to use a small inheritance to bail him out yet again -- so he kills her to get it.
Shortly afterwards, Leonard has an incredible run of good luck. The question is: Will it last long enough for him to escape being convicted for murder?
Featuring: Dan Duryea, Frank Albertson, Hans Conried, Frank Goss, Jerry Hausner, Joseph Kearns, Jack Kruschen, Cathy Lewis, Elliott Lewis, Edwin Max, John McIntire, Lucille Meredith, Jeannette Nolan, Dick Ryan, and Jack Webb.
Original Broadcast date: 12/12/47 on CBS
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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, June 29, 2020. Presenting:
The Edgar Bergen Show with guest: Peggy Lee
Charlie and Peggy Lee pay tribute to the people who write greeting cards (Charlie plays the role of a writer who becomes very ill just as he finds success.)
Mortimer and Edgar discuss how the rain has affected the Snerd farm. Peggy Lee sings "That's Amore" and "Where Can I Go Without You?"
Featuring: Edgar Bergen, Ray Noble, Peggy Lee Original Air: 3-31-54 on CBS
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday OTR Western - June 25, 2020
The Six Shooter - Red Lawson's Revenge
Red Lawson has announced he is going get revenge for the killing of his brother by gunning down Britt's friend Dan.When Britt happens across Lawson on the range, Red reveals his intent. Britt feels obliged to warn his friend, and that is when the trouble starts.
Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leone Ledoux, Paul Richards, Barney Phillips
Original Broadcast Date: 10/23/53 on NBC
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - OTR Mysteries & Detectives
Dragnet - The Big Rain
A woman has been badly beaten and left to die in a rain-soaked gutter in Hollywood. As Friday and Smith investigate, two suspects come under suspicion. One is her husband, who has a history of violence.
The second is an very odd man who was seen leaving a bar with her earlier in the evening.
Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Jack Kruschen, Vivi Janiss, Harry Bartell. Original Air Date: 11/3/53 on NBC.
Best Old Time Radio Drama Podcast with Bob Bro Show for Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Lives of Harry Lime - "Too Many Crooks"
Harry is contacted by a bank president in Budapest requesting his services. When Harry arrives in Hungary, the job is not exactly legitimate. It seems there is a trio of robbers intent on robbing his bank. And each is looking out for only their own interests.
Featuring: Orson Welles. Approx Air Date: May, 1951. Syndicated.
Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday Comedies June 23, 2020
The Great Gildersleeve 1/7/48 "Anne Tuttle Is Back In Town"
Gildersleeve competes with Judge Hooker for the attention of the beautiful cousin of Gildy's neighbor. When she accepts a dinner invitation at the Gildersleeve home, a series of incidents threatens to derail the romantic evening Gildy has planned.
Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Louise Erickson, Lilian Randolph, Earl Ross, Richard LeGrand. Announcer: John Wall Original Broadcast: 1/7/48 NBC