Are recordings of any of these radio comedians still available (and legal for CB+ to host)? I'd like to hear some.
By dwilt
Some recordings may be found here:
https://archive.org/details/OldTimeRadio-1940s
(be sure to read first comment which explains how to listen to these, just clicking doesn't seem to work)
"Little of the BBC's radio output of the 1940s has survived, as most shows were broadcast live and were not recorded. The 78 rpm disk recording technology, which was all that was available prior to the development of tape recording, resulted in sound quality that was significantly worse than a live broadcast, so it was better not to fill the air-time with recordings, and being a non-commercial broadcaster the BBC had no financial incentive to preserve its output."
By josemas
It's interesting to see former Our Gang child star "Stymie" Beard given a page among all these British comedians. By the time of this magazine's publication Beard had not been in an Our Gang short for several years although he was still occasionally doing bit parts (often uncredited) in films. I really wonder why he was chosen to be included here. I hope he getting some kind of royalty for the use of his likeness. I'm sure he could have used it.
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