| 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: | 1st exhibition of Pablo Picasso's work opens (1901) BORN: Jack Dempsey boxer (1895) DIED: Tony Hancock comedian (1968) |
| Quote: | It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. (H. L. Mencken) |
| Fact: | Snakes have no eyelids |
| Word: | looby (noun) An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow; a lubber |
| Fortune Cookie: | Never quit! |
| Poem: | Good friend grasshopper / Will you play the caretaker / For my little grave? / (Haiku by Issa) |
| Joke: | Marriage is grand, divorce is about 10 grand. |
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| Chandu the Magician 1935-06-24 xxx - Adrift At Sea | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 130 - Bad Sand Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Clint, Speed and Carlos run out of gas in a blinding sandstorm, and are forced to attempt a blind landing. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 58 - Hans Hobin's Doll Factory ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Superhero | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The start of a new adventure. Clark and Lois rush off to Melville to investigate the explosion in Hans Holbein's doll factory. Lois is imprisoned by Holbein to prevent her from discovering the truth! | ||||||||||||
| The Green Hornet 1940-06-24 - Smoke Without Fire | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | When a barge filled with gambling equipment sinks at the dock, the Hornet suspects the police commissioner is covering up for "Frenchy". | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 269 - Show Boat | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. Stars: Irene Dunne & Allan Jones. | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 293 - Leaving for Hollywood | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1470 - Clouds Across the Moon | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 2 - Wet Saturday | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Mr. Princey's daughter has just murdered the schoolmaster. A murderess in the family? That won't do. It's up to Mr. Princey to frame someone else for her crime. Story by: John Collier | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 25 - The Pirate is a Fighting Man | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Spy / Espionage | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Girl on Shipwreck Island Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-06-24 - Guest Jack Carson | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy | ||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Sealed Book 15 - Queen of the Cats | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Horror | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A mysterious woman from Egypt has a strange relationship with cats. The script was used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on July 2, 1944 | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1318 - Clan of the Fiery Cross ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Casebook of Gregory Hood 4 - The Adventure of the Beeswax Candle | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | The Casebook Of Gregory Hood | ||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Crime | Detective | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Sanderson and Mary Taylor were driving home slowly one night in the dark misty fog when Mary commented on the beautiful playing of a clarinet coming from a house nearby. Just then the clarinet stopped and they heard a scream. Sandy stopped the car and Mary ... | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2094 - A Killer Comes Home, (part 1) | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 533 - State Fair | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Stars: Dick Haymes & Jeanne Crain | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 303 - Barbary Coast | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 213 - Blind Bet | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A casino owner murders his partner and tries to keep his wealthy patron happy and alive, but not too alive. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1578 - Superman Vs. Kryptonite ep30 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1774 - Secret of Meteor Island ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| The Aldrich Family 1948-06-24 - 430) Painting The Garage | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | Children / Teenagers | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | It's a Saturday morning during the summer ... and the garage needs painting. The last show of the season. The show returns on September 30th. | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 4 - Production 4 aka Homicide aka Quick Trigger Gun Men | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| This Is Your FBI 221 - The Rocking Chair Shakedown | |||||||||||||
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| Dimension X 12 - Destination Moon | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The first trip to the moon encounters a deadly problem after making a bad landing. Program briefly interrupted by news report announcing North Korea's invasion of South Korea. Alternative: The first manned mission to the Moon must overcome government censure ... | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 38 - Child's Play | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | A milquetoast lawyer accidentally receives a package in the mail containing a cloning machine from the future, with which he sets about making a duplicate capable of turning his life around. Another version of this story was produced for X Minus One. Story ... | ||||||||||||
| Mr. Moto 7 - The Victim | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of assignment G-31. A letter from Alec Gleason about the G-31 method of catalytic cracking of petroleum leads Mr. Moto to fly to East Berlin to rescue him. Mr. Moto has to break into a Soviet prison to get at Gleason. | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 176 - Peter the Great | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | 15 year old Annie McIntyre needs the help of Simon Templar. Peter the Great is a horse her family owns. The jockey Vic wants to run him, but Mr McIntyre does not feel the horse is ready. Then Annie's father is found dead in the stables. Peter the Great is taking ... | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 473 - Murder of Byron Blake | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 13 - Warpath or Peace | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Western Heroes | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 90 - The Cutie-Calling Culprit Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Beautiful models have been receiving obscene and threatening phone calls. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 502 - Swimming at Grass Lake | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Humor | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
| Escape 215 - Judgment Day at Crippled Deer | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag | Horror | Science Fiction | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 929 - Boating at Dugan's Lake | |||||||||||||
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| Contributor: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
| Mr Keen 1507 - The Shrieking Prisoner Murder Case 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Show: | Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A $50 bill and the dead man's wallet give Mr. Keen clues as he meets the madwoman. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2814 - Parole Officer at Beekman's | |||||||||||||
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| The Six-Shooter 39 - Myra Barker | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Six-Shooter proposes marriage. The last of the series. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3239 - Trapped By Fate | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Western | Masked / Mystery Men | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Fort Laramie 22 - The Loving Cup | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Captain Quince has an unusual way to give Lieutenant Seiberts the confidence he needs to be a good officer. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 220 - Sunday Supplement | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two newspaper writers come to Dodge to write of the West. The evidence of an Indian uprising points to them as the robbers of a Fox Clan totem. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on February 8, 1958. | ||||||||||||
| Meet Corliss Archer 1956-06-24 - Lawn Mower Feud | |||||||||||||
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| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Humor | Leading Ladies | ||||||||||||
| Contributor: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
| Description: | Corliss has seen 'Romeo and Juliet' and gets romantic ideas about Dexter. Meanwhile, Mr. Archer and Mr. Franklin feud ... just as in 'Romeo and Juliet'. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1958-06-24 - 622) Ghost Town Gazette | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 931 - With Murder in Mind | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 795 - Hood Of Death Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two attempts have been made to kill an old man with dynamite ... will Johnny be able to prevent a third try? | ||||||||||||
