Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
On This Day:
The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin (1949) BORN: Edward Lear author (1812) DIED: Perry Como American singer (2001)
Quote:
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. (Aesop)
Fact:
Legend says Shennong Chinese Emperor discovered tea around 2737 BC when leaves were blown into bowl of boiling water changing its color
Word:
persiflage (noun) Light-hearted or good-natured treatment of a subject; banter
Fortune Cookie:
Maybe someday we will live on the moon!
Poem:
Ah! brave dragon-fly ... / Taking for your perch this swatter / Consecrate to death / (Haiku by Kohyo)
Joke:
My brother is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.
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Craig's midnight visitor puts forth a theory for a perfect murder. The next morning, the murder is reported in the paper. The victim's lawyer was "spatted" (dressed with spats). Seems like everyone who knows the victim, stands to benefit from the death.
Melody and Marshall are about to break-up. They each have another lover, but first a farewell drink. Melody is poisoned, while she's wearing her favorite perfume, "Night Melody." The night manager in the story is named "Mr. Novello," possibly an in-joke referring ...
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