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:
Oscar Wilde released from Reading Gaol (1897) BORN: Pol Pot Cambodian dictator (1925) DIED: Lawrence of Arabia soldier (1935)
Quote:
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. (W. Somerset Maugham)
Fact:
A young pigeon is called a 'Squab'
Word:
haruspicy (noun) Divination by inspecting the entrails of sacrificed animals
Fortune Cookie:
A closed mouth gathers no feet
Poem:
Going snow-viewing / One by one the walkers vanish... / Whitely falling veils / (Haiku by Katsuri)
Joke:
Why do most men die before their wives? Because they want to.
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A college professor tries a little blackmail when he discovers that the head of the department has plagiarized the research of a dead graduate student.
Bat McCoy has committed another of his usual killings and Casey uses the widow of the victim to bait the trap. The script was previously used on the series on October 20, 1945
An NBC audition recording. Edmond O'Brien appears as 'Hank Mitchell,' night reporter on 'The Examiner. ' Hank is convinced that George Bailey is a murderer, and gets himself trapped in an elevator when he goes after Bailey.
Hoppy strolls into the Navajo Saloon and asks for a Sarsaparilla. While on a fishing trip, Clifornia hooks into the dead body of Andy Sillman. There's a mean hombre named, "Queen" (which must have gotten him into some nasty bar-room fights).
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