| Choose A Day |
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: | Action Comics issue 1 released introduces Superman (1938) BORN: 'Che' Guevara revolutionary (1928) DIED: Emmeline Pankhurst feminist (1928) |
| Quote: | She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. (Groucho Marx) |
| Fact: | QWERTY keyboard was patented by Christopher Sholes in 1874 and sold to Remington when it first appeared in typewriters |
| Word: | macedoine (noun) 1: A mixture of diced vegetables or fruits served as salad, appetizer, or dessert 2: A medley or mixture |
| Fortune Cookie: | Do you believe? Endurance and persistence will be rewarded |
| Poem: | I am going out ... / Be good and play together / My cricket children / (Haiku by Issa) |
| Joke: | A bicycle can't stand on its own because it's two-tyred. |
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| Tarzan - The Diamond of Asher 33 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Ripley's Believe It or Not 1936-06-14 - 37) France and Persia | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Non-fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 137 - Madame X | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ann Harding & James Stewart | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 17 - The Undead | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 996 - Pedro Accuses | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 54 - Horace Morton's Weather Predictions ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | During the hail storm, a bank has been robbed and three men who have been locked in the vault are about to suffocate. This is a job for Superman! | ||||||||||||
| Blue Beetle 19/20 - Spirits Don't Talk | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A medium named Professor Windrift claims he can speak with the dead. Danny uses the 'x-ray camera with the infra-red lens' to photograph a murder. / The boss of the spirit racket plans mayhem for the Blue Beetle, but 'The Blue Beetle Knows Everything'. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 42 - Summer Theater | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1622 - The Hammerhead | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 400 - The Philadelphia Story | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Robert Taylor & Loretta Young (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 148 - Love Is News | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1779 - The Great Truth | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 103 - Costello's Father's Day Gift | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Bud and Lou go shopping at the department store to find a Father's Day gift. | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1945-06-14 - Not So Smart | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 145 - The Burning Court | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1312 - Clan of the Fiery Cross ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2090 - Boomergang Frame-up | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 45 - Hannah Morgan's Son | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Stars | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | An immigrant woman with heart of gold has a bad son. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1766 - Secret of Meteor Island ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 92 - A Piece Of Publicity | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 620 - Jane Eyre | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Mixed Bag | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Ingrid Bergman & Robert Montgomery (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 62 - Did Irma Buy Her Own Wedding Ring | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 49 - Combination Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Joyce Dixon, the owner of a gambling operation, reports to the cops that she's about to be murdered! However, her gardener and ex-fiancé are the ones who get killed! Watch out for that sandwich! | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 88 - Face to Forget | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Marlowe is tracking David Stroud for his client, Helen Wyatt, on a train to San Francisco. Good surprise ending. A corpse comes along for the ride, and the ride ends when Marlowe is forced to jump from the train. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 369 - Houseboat Vacation | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2716 - Call to the Colors | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 52 - Eighty Thousand Dollars In Jewels | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The first show of the season, the first show of the series sponsored by Rexall. Roger Blake, president of an insurance company, hires Diamond to recover stolen jewels before William Carnes, the thief, is extradited from Cuba. After the story, Dick sings, "Besame ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 433 - The Truth About Jerry Baxter | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 23 - Tarzan and the Stranger | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Barrie Craig 89 - The Lost Lady | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Buying yourself a murder can run into pretty big money, but after that, you've got nothing to worry about. The only charge for the chair you're invited to sit in, is electrical. ' | ||||||||||||
| Escape 187 - Clear for Action | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3342 - The Army Mule | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 885 - Mildred Pierce | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Claire Trevor & Zachary Scott (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2806 - Gus Tricks Gordy into Calling Kate | |||||||||||||
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| Hancock's Half Hour s2 9 - The Television Set | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Living in the only house in Railway Cuttings without a telly, the Lad takes action. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 602 - The Whole Town's Sleeping | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "The Lonely One" is roaming the night, strangling women out oafter dark. The story was subsequently produced on "Suspense" on August 31, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 141 - The Books | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ham Bayfield, a perennial patsy, is mugged and robbed. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 414 - Laughing Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Death tries once again, and death as you know, is blind! | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 375 - Kitty's Kidnap | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 30 - Bitter Wine | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Paladin steps in to stop a feud between an Italian vineyard owner and an Irish oil driller. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 806 - Drive-In | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 641 - Wayward Sculptor Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Who is sending back a fraudulent $50,000 insurance claim? The trail leads to a dead sculptor ... or is he? | ||||||||||||
