Podcasts about Arthur Godfrey

Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers Despite a loyal audience, by January of 1956 it was clear that Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was failing to attract any kind of national sponsorship. The road to would have been difficult. Airing at 8:15PM weeknights on CBS radio, it was up against CBS's own TV schedule, with Burns and Allen broadcast at 8PM eastern time on Mondays, The Phil Silvers Show on Tuesdays, Arthur Godfrey on Wednesdays, The Bob Cummings Show on Thursdays, and Mama on Fridays. The serial format was great for character development, but it also meant audiences needed to tune into all five parts to know what was going on. In April of 1956 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was shifted to 9:15PM. By the summer CBS radio executives were looking to cut costs. Bob Bailey's daughter Roberta remembered that time. CBS aired these five-part episodes until November 2nd, 1956. The show moved to Sunday afternoons where it enjoyed continuous airtime in a half-hour time slot. Bob Bailey became the actor most closely associated with the Dollar character, keeping the title role until November of 1960. It was then that CBS decided to move all remaining dramatic productions with the exception of Gunsmoke to New York. Neither Jack Johnstone or Bob Bailey would move with the production. The last Hollywood episode was appropriately entitled “The Empty Threat Matter.” It aired on November 27th, 1960. The trade papers made no mention of the production change. On December 4th, 1960, New York's version of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar took to the air starring Bob Readick, son of New York radio legend Frank Readick. Former show director Jack Johnstone continued to write scripts, but Bob Readick had the unenviable task of following Bailey, who played Dollar in almost five-hundred episodes. Readick was replaced after just six months as of June 25th, 1961 by the final Johnny Dollar, Mandel Kramer. For Bob Bailey, the end of Dollar meant the end of his radio career.

A Christmas carol lost for 90 years and re-discovered by Barnsley Museums in 2023. Watch videos, read blogs and download the lyrics from our website https://www.barnsley-museums.com/the-barnsley-carol-christmas-eve-by-arthur-godfrey

Same Time, Same Station 12/01/2024Christmas Week 1. “The Bob Hope Show) 12/23/1941 Christmas Program. “Abbott & Costello) 12/23/1948 Xmas Show. “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” 12/19/1949 Winner-Bobby White (Tenor). “Amos & Andy” 12/19/1954 (400) Andy Plays Santa Claus. Annual Christmas Show. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Same Time, Same Station 12/01/2024Christmas Week 1. “The Bob Hope Show) 12/23/1941 Christmas Program. “Abbott & Costello) 12/23/1948 Xmas Show. “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” 12/19/1949 Winner-Bobby White (Tenor). “Amos & Andy” 12/19/1954 (400) Andy Plays Santa Claus. Annual Christmas Show. If you would like to request shows, please call (714) 449-1958 E-mail: Larry Gassman: LarryGassman1@gmail.com John Gassman: John1Gassman@gmail.com

Your Humble Host is back with an all new Sounds Like Radio! It's Volume 181 as Gildersleeve thinks it would be a good idea to install a suggestion box in the family home. What could go wrong, huh? Well now a few folks could tell you like Slim Whitman, Shelley Fabares (our picture with this show), Bing Crosby, Helen Kane/Betty Boop, Jimmy Dean, Tammy Wynette & Arthur Godfrey. From October 29, 1952 let's listen to The Great Gildersleeve and some fine music.

In this episode of Cloudlandia, Our stories highlighted agricultural aspects of central Florida and comparisons of population densities in the U.S. and Canada. We also reminisced on television's evolution from shows like Romper Room to the first color programs. We reflected on limited past options versus today's unlimited streaming and the importance of managing screen time given continual new choices. Additionally, the discussion explored social dynamics considering Dunbar's number theory contrasted against digital reach on platforms. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Dean discusses the strategic advantages of living in Central Florida, particularly in Winter Haven, which is centrally located and offers easy access to both coasts. We delve into Winter Haven's rich agricultural heritage, highlighting cattle ranches, orange groves, and other rural aspects of Central Florida. There's an interesting comparison between the population densities in the U.S. and Canada, including reflections on Ontario's geographic size and its southern location relative to many U.S. cities. We take a nostalgic look at the evolution of television, from classic shows like "Romper Room" to the advent of color TV with hits like "The Price is Right," and how this contrasts with today's streaming culture. The episode includes reflections on how past limited screen choices have evolved into today's endless streaming possibilities, and the impact of this shift on modern screen time habits. We explore the concept of social reach and relationships in the digital age, discussing the Dunbar number and how platforms like TikTok and Instagram have changed the dynamics of personal connections. Insights are shared from the new book "Casting, Not Hiring," which introduces the VCR formula—Vision, Capability, and Reach—as a framework for modern success. Through real-life examples and personal stories, we emphasize the importance of aligning vision, capability, and reach to achieve significant accomplishments, using figures like Safali Shabari and Max Martin as case studies. The episode also discusses the importance of choosing the right tools and staying committed to ongoing exploration and self-improvement. Finally, the conversation underscores the necessity of conceptual ability to see how one can be useful to others and leverage their capabilities, vision, and reach for collaborative success. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan, mr Jackson, you got through Hurricane Week. Dan: Not quite Hurricane Week, Tropical Storm Week, but we did oh. Dean: Tropical Storm A notch down in the hierarchy. Dan: That's one of the good things about living in Winter Haven. It is actually a haven from winter. We are in the center. We are perched on high dry, sandy land, so there's no storm surges, nothing like that yeah, so you're a long way from the coast, aren't you? Well, I'm actually an hour and 15 minutes from either coast. We can get to either side and we can get to virtually almost every beach in two hours. Like it's such a centrally located, we're almost in the exact geographic center of peninsular Florida, so I can get to Jacksonville in three hours and Miami in three hours and pretty much everywhere you want to be within an hour. So it's good. Dean: So I have a question because I've been there. Where is the big cattle ranching country? Is that south of you or north? Dan: It's surrounding us, but sort of north and south in the central. If you think about the middle of Florida, basically aside from the Orlando-Tampa corridor which is like this swath that goes all the way across the state from Tampa to Cocoa Beach, that area is very developed but above and below that the center is much like the Australian outback in terms of the density of population. And north of I-4. In that area there is equestrian and rolling hills and there's a lot of equestrian properties there and ranches. South of that is where you'd find a lot of the cattle ranches, sod ranches, orange groves. All of that is in the center and then you get all the way down to the Everglades and then the Everglades is one of the big national parks, it's the Everglades. Dean: Yeah, alligators I was actually on something that was described as the biggest cattle ranch, not only in Florida, but one of the bigger ones in the United States. Yes, and we drove at least 20 miles on the ranch before we got to buildings. Dan: And it was interesting. Dean: It was interesting. They had a lot of pigs wandering around and I asked them were they in the pig business? And they said no. It's just that every week or so the trail hands would like something besides beef. Dan: Right, go out and wrestle them up a hog Right. Dean: Yeah, yeah, have a barbecue, have a. Dan: Yeah, well, you can actually not too far from here you can do hog hunting, where you can go and hunt hogs in the forest, yeah, all natural. Dean: It's not. So. It's not silicon valley that we're talking about here no, we're really not. Dan: We're talking about, you know, rural florida. This is why I know, yeah, you know you look at Florida and you know people talk about population density and stuff, but there's a lot of land in Florida that is undeveloped. I mean there's a whole south of I-4, there's another highway that goes all the way across the state, called Highway 60, and through Lake Wales, and it's very undeveloped. I mean there's really nothing. All the way from Tampa to Vero Beach is where it goes and it's virtually. It's the only place I've been in Florida where you can, on certain parts of it, look as far as you can see in any direction and see nothing. I mean it's that. And somebody has bought up like 80,000 acres around what's called Yeehaw Junction, which is where the Florida Turnpike intersects with Highway 60. Where the turnpike, the Florida turnpike, intersects with Highway 60. And you could see easily that you could duplicate the entire I-4 corridor, like Tampa and Orlando, along Highway 60 with plenty of room to spare. So I'm not worried about the you know population increase in Florida. Dean: Yeah, it's really interesting. Peter Zion and one of his frequent you know he has his. You know he has videos every three days. Yeah, and you. But he was talking about all the developed countries, which would be mostly European countries, and you know Australia, new, zealand. You know he said that the US is by far the country with the least population density. I agree with that. Dan: Most any state, even Ontario you look at as densely populated as the GTA is. Once you get beyond the GTA it's pretty sparse in Ontario. Dean: Oh yeah, oh yeah I mean, yeah, there's an interesting thing. Just to give you a sense of how big Ontario is. First of all, ontario is a province in Canada, for those listening, and it's roughly about from north to south it's about 1200 miles, and from east to west it's 1400 miles. It's actually it's as big as mainland. It's almost as big as mainland Europe Isn't that amazing Without Russia when I found out. Not counting Russia. Dan: I heard when I found out you could drive north from Toronto the entire distance from Toronto to Florida and still be in Ontario. That's pretty amazing. Dean: Yeah, that gives you a context for it and most people don't realize that Toronto itself is further south than almost 20% of the United States. Dan: People don't realize that Ontario dips down no below that. Dean: No, it wouldn't be that much, but it is south of Minneapolis, south of Seattle, I think, it's south of Portland, you know, and then it's quite a bit south. I think it's south of Boston, it's south of you know everything like that. Yeah, maine all of it. It's about as south as you can get actually, yeah, but I think it's the most populated large city in the world, furthest north large city in the world oh, wow I think it's further south. I think it's further north than moscow oh, wow interesting. Yeah, yeah and yeah, and it's getting bigger, it's getting bigger. Well, there you go. Dan: Well, everyone. I'm waiting with bated breath to hear the great air fryer experiment from the Four Seasons beaches. Dean: Has your air fryer arrived. Dan: Oh, it's on the counter. Dean: Okay, it's on the counter. It's on the counter, it's been plugged in, but it hasn't been used yet. Okay, okay, we sort of inch our way into these new technologies. Dan: I got it, just unpack it and set it there for a little bit and just kind of let it live with it. Dean: Well, it's been a week now and we haven't used it. Why don't we use it? So anyway, but it is sitting on the counter. It's a ninja. Is that the kind you have? Dan: I think I have a breville is the name of uh mine. But did you get the one then? Did you get the one that steven palter posted? I have no idea. Oh okay, that's uh. Dean: So, oh yeah, that's fab you have to appreciate how little I take into this sort of thing, exactly right. Dan: I love that. Dean: There will be a who who's between me and the air. Dan: That's right? Dean: Oh, dan, that's the best Any technology in the world. I can guarantee you there will be a who between me and the technology. And I said what do you think? And I look for people who really love interacting with technology. I want that person between me and the technology and I'll ask them what's it do? What's it do? Dan: I'll tell you what I'm working on. Dean: What will it do for the thing I'm working on? Yeah, yeah, I love that and I've been pretty constant on that. I mean, you know, I was constant on this when I was six years old. I just always let some other human investigate the new technology. Dan: Yeah, and yeah. Dean: So I've lived a disconnected life when it comes to technology. What explains that? Dan: Well, I was thinking, you know about you, and I was thinking how you have the gift of being kind of brought into an era where television wasn't even a thing Like your earliest childhood was electronic free, I thought. But were you like? So you were born in 1944. And so it was six years. Probably Do you remember when you got exposed to your first television. Dean: Yeah, I think I was maybe. Yeah, I think it was around 52. I mean I had seen it, I'd been in other people's houses right they had television, but actually having our own television, I think it's maybe eight years. I was eight, so you got all the way to you. Dan: Think about this. You got all the way to eight years without being exposed to anybody else's visual bombardment of electronic propaganda or otherwise. Right, your visual input into your mind was largely formed through your own imagination. Yeah, you. You had to work, you had to create these visual pictures in your mind. Yeah, did you guys, did you? Dean: listen to radio, and I was assisted by radio. Dan: I remember radio had a big impact on me. Dean: And yeah, oh yeah, sorry, sergeant King of the Yukon. And yeah, there was Amos and Andy. We listened to Amos and Andy, andy, we listened to Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and then there was one that my siblings, my older siblings, listened to at night, which was called the dark museum, which scared the daylights out of me and the shadow. Dan: We listened to the shadow so was that the family activity no, no. Dean: Here you have to get the full impact okay, sorry sorry. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. The shadow knows. And then you had a 30 minute. 30 minute example of human evil. You know it was great but you had to do all the visuals. You know I, you were the visual director of all these radio programs. Dan: So was this? Everybody in the family gathered in the living room sitting on the couch listening to the radio like this. Is that what was going on? Dean: Yeah, there was sort of a. Yeah, there was sort of a dining room actually where you could listen. There were a number of radios. There was a radio in the kitchen, there was a radio, I think, someplace else, and it was a big house, a farmhouse, yeah, and I remember listening, imagining, you know, imagining. There was another series called Sky King, sky King, which became a TV station you know, and the Lone Ranger. We had the Lone Ranger. Dan: So there was a lot of variety, uh-huh and so, and then, in 1952, eight years old, you get your first television set. Dean: I think, so I think that would have been about then, yeah. Yeah, because I remember the first presidential election was 52. And I can remember that being on television. Who was the? Dan: president, was that Ike Eisenhower? Dean: Yeah, I like Ike, that was Eisenhower's first term. I like Ike. Dan: Now you know that's a really interesting thing. Do you remember, like your new routine when the television came? Were you watching TV every day from that period on? Or were your parents limiting the TV, or was everybody gathered around and limiting the TV, or was everybody around? Dean: and watch the TV. Yeah, I mean it was a frequent. It was a frequent activity once came in, that's all I can say I don't know, I don't know if I watched every day, but there you know, there were favorite shows. I think Arthur Godfrey was one of the early shows, the variety hour, and yeah, no, children's. I think there wasfrey was one of the early shows, the Variety Hour, and yeah, no, so Children's. I think there was Howdy Doody. Howdy Doody was. Dan: I think one of them Doody time. Dean: Yeah, and I think Soupy Sales was on and yeah. Dan: Yeah, I'm just thinking how. Yeah, I remember Romper Room. I just saw a video of Joe and I at the I Love Marketing event and I was saying we had all the people streaming from all over the world and I was doing a little Romper Room and about half the people in the audience knew about Romper Room and half didn't. Dean: That was kind of interesting. Dan: I remember I see Bobby and Johnny in their magic mirror. I used to hide behind the sofa so she wouldn't see me miss joan miss joan, miss joan. Yeah, so I was thinking about it was good, I mean I mean it was good, but it wasn't. Dean: It wasn't the major part, you know, of your you know it was only during weekdays, it was only at night and uh yeah, and on weekends I don't really there was. I don't know what the years were, but you know you got. You know, somewhere along the line you had jackie gleason and you had ed sullivan and you had other things like that, you know. But I wasn't. I can't say I was captivated because I was usually out. You know, I was outside, we lived in the country and I was out and I had really gotten hooked on reading. So I was doing a lot of reading back then. Yeah, interesting, but it is kind of what about yourself? Dan: I mean, you were born in the television age. I was born in the television age, you're right. And so every day, you know, I mean, yeah, tv was part of every day. And I was just the reason. The context for me thinking about this was thinking about how recent, you know, as each layering availability of content became unlocked kind of thing, our, you know, screen time has dramatically increased. And I was thinking all the way back to you. That's why I was thinking about you is, you know, literally your first six or eight years there were no screens, there were the only, you know, the cinema of the mind. That was your, that was your entertainment, your imagination. But I remember, so when I remember when we got our first color television right Around 19 or some early like that, and I remember the first show that I saw in color was the Price is Right with Bob Barker, and then All in the Family with Archie Bunker. That was, so you know, in the 70s. It was the Jefferson and Sanford and Sand and then all these. You know, the 70s, I think, was the golden era of television, you know, with all these shows becoming. You know, I remember Star Trek and you know all these, the Rockford Files and Starsky and Hutch, all the Love Boat, all these shows, these iconic shows in the seventies. But you only had, you know, basically the three networks was Canada, we had the CBC and TV Ontario. So those were the things and I remember as a kid, when the TV guide would arrive, we subscribed to the Saturday Star, the Toronto Star, that would arrive on Saturdays and that would have the TV guide in there, and I remember they would have it laid out like a you know a. Gantt chart, or whatever the time, the grid of times, to show you what was on. Dean: It was like a matrix. Dan: It was like a matrix you could see yeah, so it would list there were, you know. Dean: Every day had a matrix from yes till night 13 but you only had the three. You only had the three. Dan: There were 13 13 channels, yeah, to choose from three networks. And I remember the you know organizing my saturdays in the winter around the cartoons. You know like okay, so I would have a highlighter which was recently invented in that winter around the cartoons. You know like okay, so I would have a highlighter which was recently invented in that or newly introduced or whatever to our household, but I would have the highlighter and I would like highlight my. I would do my programming. You know I'm going to watch. I'm going to watch the Justice League at you know eight o'clock and then I'm going to watch the Justice League at you know eight o'clock, and then I'm going to watch Batman at nine, and then I'm going to watch Shazam and then Scooby-Doo, and then it was the we're all about why CBS or ABC's wide world of sports. That was like a big thing. And I remember now how much of my childhood was around synchronous and scheduled programming Because there was no other option. If you wanted to see that show, if you wanted to watch the Waltons that was on my mom's favorite show you had to watch that on Thursday nights or whenever the Waltons were on, you know, and Little House on the Prairie, and it was like your selection, your decisions were made. It wasn't like what should we watch tonight? Of the like now, infinite choices available to us, but we actually spend probably more as a percentage of our time not you, but collectively watching, consuming screen content. It's just been an observation. I've had some of these conversations. I'm getting really conscious of really being aware of my screen time and trying to be more discerning. Dean: I was just thinking now that you've got me thinking about it. I left home in 62 when I was 18. And I can't remember until I was 40 actually having a television during that 20 years or 22 years. I went 22 years and you know I don't remember. I remember people having televisions that I would go and watch things, sports things like that but, I went 22 years so, and then, of course, I haven't watched it in the last six years, so I've got pretty close to 40 years of my life when I didn't watch television Half, almost half my life. So I think it's never been a big deal for me. Dan: Right, think now like I look at kids now, like you think about the technological sophistication and facile nature of technology to eight-year-olds today, compared to Dan Sullivan at eight, you know is pretty amazing. But your experience in the outdoors to the average eight-year-old you know? Dean: it's so funny. I never see very rare. Dan: It's very rare, even in the 70s. Like growing up, you know the whole period of my childhood like from you know, six to 12. Six to 12. You don't see the same sort of pack of kids roaming around on the street that we saw when we were, when I was growing up anyway. I mean, you know, I grew up in the suburbs so we had like a very active, you know social ecosystem. We were outside all day, every day. You know social ecosystem. We were outside all day, every day you know, playing and making things up and riding our bikes and exploring the ravines and the sewers, and our parents never really knew where we were either. I mean we were. The idea was you got up and you had breakfast and you got out and you came home when you got hungry or when the streetlights came on at night. That's the deadline, you know I heard a comedian talking about that that it was so laissez-faire when we were growing up that they had to run ads on TV at night that said it's 1030. Do you know where your children are? Had to remind our parents that they had kids. Oh, so funny and true, you know. Dean: Yeah, it was really interesting, Really interesting. We in London we have our favorite hotel where we stay in London. Dan: And across. Dean: They've taken a whole old industrial area and they've completely transformed it. So they have a hotel and then they have condos and then they have shops and there's a courtyard in the middle and you cross one of the courtyards and there's a Japanese restaurant there. I remember being in there one night and there were six teenage girls, Japanese girls 16, 16, 17. And there were six of them at the table and each of them was on their phone during the entire meal. Dan: Yeah they're all talking in direct with other people. Yeah, so funny, right? Dean: They're not even there even when they're in the presence. It struck me that their world is actually inside the phone. Well, that's my point. Dan: That's the whole point of Cloudlandia. Cloudlandia is the real world. That's where we all live in. Cloudlandia. Dean: Not me. Dan: No, when I say we all, I mean society, everything. I have to have a permanent disclaimer. Dean: You're saying a large number, a large percentage, a large percentage, a large percentage, and Sullivan excluded A large percentage of people. Yeah, yeah. And it's honestly a different world. I mean, yeah, I can't make too many comments on it because I've never really experienced that you know. Dan: So we've got a young guy in our, in our go-go agent platform. He's a young realtor in Guelph, ontario. He's in his mid twenties, just getting started on his career and stuff. He's lived in Guelph his whole life and one of the strategies that we teach people. Dean: Nice city. Dan: Yeah, guelph is a is beautiful, yeah, so he's grown up there. You know, really, you know good looking young guy, very personable. I think he's got a big future. But one of the strategies that we encourage people is to gather their top 150 relationships, the people that if they saw them at the grocery store they'd recognize them by name and stop and have a conversation with them. Right, and the hardest thing, the funniest thing is he, after racking his brain, could only come up with 88 people on his list of 150 people. And I thought to myself like the population of Guelph must be 150,000 people right In the Guelph area I mean, it's pretty good size city. I thought you know you look at this right that there's a kid who has grown up largely in the internet world, right, like largely on in Cloudlandia, and that's the real thing. The reality is that if you go outside of his bedroom and walk around on the street, he only knows 88 mainland people and he's surrounded. I was teasing him that I said are you telling me that you've lived your entire 26 years in Guelph and all you know is 88 people and you're walking around surrounded by 149,920? Npc is a gaming term, dan for non-playing characters, because all of these online video games GTA or Grand Theft Auto and all these things that are kind of photorealistic things. All the people that walk around in the background are called non-playing characters or NPCs. Ground are called non-playing characters or NPCs. And I said that's really what you're telling me is, you've spent your whole life in Guelph and you only when you step outside your bedroom, know 88 people. That's a problem If you're in a business that is a mainland business. Mainland business right. Dean: All houses are 100% firmly planted on the mainland, as are the people that inhabit those homes. Dan: So it only makes sense that you need to get an outpost on the mainland, not in Cloudlandia, you know. Dean: Yeah, I was just thinking, I was just caring of my company company, my team members. There may be some new ones that I don't know, but I certainly know 100. And then my free zone program. I've got 105 in there and you know, some of them. I have to check the list to get their name, but you know I'd be over. I'd be over 150 with those two groups. Dan: Yeah, but there's. Dean: And then there'd easily be another 100 with the 10 times group, and then there would be 20 with Genius Network. Yeah, I'd probably be 300 or 400 anyway. Dan: And it's a really interesting thing. There's a lot of thing around that. Like Robin Dunbar, the evolutionary psychology anthropologist from Oxford, he is the one that coined that or discovered that information that the 150 is the magic number. You know, that's the number of relationships that we can manage where we recognize people and have, you know, a current status in their life kind of thing, in their life kind of thing. And that goes back to our first kind of days of playing the cooperation game where we would be tribal and have 150 people and that was a security thing. If you didn't know the people around you, that was a threat. Right, you had to know everybody. So, that's part of it. If it got to 150 150 what would happen is they would split up and go off and, you know, form other tribes. But that was. There's so many naturally occurring ways that that happens, but I just noticed you know how so much of it is for me personally. Like my Cloudlandia reach is a hundred times or more my mainland reach. Like if you just think about the number of people that I know or know me from in Cloudlandia it's way bigger than the number of people that know me in Winter Haven, florida, in my own backyard, you know. Dean: Yeah, well, it's very interesting. You know good FreeZone partner Peter or Stephen Poulter. You know, with TikTok he's got he's probably got 100,000 people who believe that he's their friend, he's their guide, he's their friend, yeah, yeah, but he wouldn't know any of them. Dan: Right, that's exactly right. Dean: So it's very. Taylor Swift probably has 100 million easy, probably more who know her? Dan: Mr Beast has 350 subscribers. You think about that. That's a measurable percentage of every person on the planet. When you think about that, almost that's, yeah, more than. Dean: It'll be interesting to see what he's like at 40. I wonder he's pushing 30. He's pushing 30, now right. Dan: Yeah, I think 26 or 7. Dean: Yeah, yeah, it'd be interesting to see what that does, because we only have really interactive relationships with a very small. I mean you talk about Dunbar's 150, but actually if you see who it is you hang out with, you know in the course of a year. I bet it's less than 15. Yeah, that's less, yeah, but yeah, yeah that's less, yeah, but yeah, I think, these numbers, you know, these huge numbers that come with quadlandia, do they mean anything? Do they actually mean anything, though, you know? Dan: um, well, I think that what I mean to that? Dean: do they have any? If you have that large of a reach, does it actually mean anything to you? Dan: It certainly from a monetary standpoint it does. From a relationship standpoint it's sort of a one-way thing, yeah, I was talking to one of our social media. Dean: We have a social media team here and I said can you bring me up to date? We have a social media team here and I says can you bring me up to date? I'm out there a lot every day, aren't I On Facebook and TikTok and Instagram and everything I said? I'm out there. And LinkedIn I'm out there a lot. And she says oh, yeah, every day there's probably about you know, five to ten new messages are going out from you and I said, that's interesting Because every once in a while I run into someone and someone says boy, I really liked your Instagram the other day and I said yeah, well, I aim to please. That's your whole thing, yeah, but I have no idea what's going out. Dan: And that's, you know, that's only going to be amplified when you take, when AI starts creating or, you know, repackaging a lot of the let's face it, you've got a lot of content out there. You've spoken a lot of words, You've been, you know, if we capture, everything you say basically is captured digitally right. Dean: Yep, Danny's got a lot to say. You do. Yeah that's right and you've got your. Dan: You've got the whole organization. You're the happiest. He's very expressive. Dean: Yeah, he's very expressive. You got a lot of milk, yeah, yeah. Well, anyway we're. I think we're going to start our next big book. We did the three with Ben Hardy, which have been a huge success. And I sent Ben a note. I said it was your idea to do these things, so without your initiative none of this would have happened. And of course you wrote the three books, so without your writing none of this would have happened and we've had really good results from hot leads coming in to coach from the books. It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't done that. But you know the publisher is giving us a call every month Say do you have a new book, do you need a new writer and everything. But we're ready to go. Dan: We're ready. Dean: And I think so it's going to be. I think it's going to be the one that we're doing with Jeff Madoff casting, not hiring. Yeah, it's a nice punchy, you know, it's another one of the punchy titles and so that will come out in coach form in the first week of September. Dan: So that'll be all printed. Dean: I think it went. I think it goes tomorrow to the printer and it'll be printed up. And you know, I don't know what it is, but I think a lot of people are fooling themselves about reach because they're lacking vision and capability. They think if you have reach, you've got something. But I think, if you don't have all three, you don't have. If you don't have all three, you don't have anything. Dan: Well, I think it's, if you have capability if you have capability. Dean: If you have capability but no vision, no reach, you have nothing. If you have vision but you have no capability and reach, you have nothing. You got to have all three. Dan: Yeah, you know it's very interesting. Chad Jenkins and I were talking, you know he's one of the bigger advocates for the VCR formula vision, capability, reach, about the you know the secret of that for people that you know whether we were to express them in capital V or lowercase v and capital C, lowercase c, capital R, lowercase r to see that where somebody self I see a lot of situations where people have a capital C capability that gets discovered and all of a sudden they're thrust into reach that they have no idea, no vision of what to do with. And it's very interesting. So someone that comes to mind. There's a woman, safali Shabari, who I met in Toronto through Giovanni. She was a guest or speaker at one of his Archangel events capital C capability for parenting and that kind of advice and she got discovered by, you know, Oprah and all the mainstream. So she was kind of thrust into the spotlight that was now shining a light on her capability, which brought her tremendous, acute onset reach that she really doesn't have, in my observation, a vision for how to navigate, you know, or what to do with that. They're an abundant reach asset with no vision. You know, to connect the two and I think that happens a lot. I think that happens a lot, that people get thrust into a spotlight and they, you know, have. And often you can have reach without capability too, and that's a problem too, and that's a problem. But if your reach is a result of somebody discovering your capability, that is a big. That's the formula I was. you know I've often talked about Max Martin as a role model you know the guy who's written all the number one songs on the radio that when I really started looking a little bit deeper into it, what I found out was that it was really through the reach of of Clive Davis that Max Martin's capability became. You know that he became Max Martin capability became. You know that he became Max Martin and because he was just a guy in Sweden producing great music, with a capital C capability of making pop songs, you know, and Clive Davis, when he discovered that he, as the president of Columbia Records and the founder of Arista and Jive Records, all of these subsidiaries, he had tremendous reach to both artists and their audiences. Visionary, to pair his artists with this Max Martin capability to create this capital VCR outcome of you know, all the success that Max Martin has had. And it was only through that pairing of a capital C capability with a capital R reach and a capital V vision then it all really became a big thing. Dean: This is my observation. Dan: This is all like live, you know developing, you know thoughts here around it, because I constantly. I run that filter constantly in background, filter constantly in background. But that VCR formula is, I think, a very relevant collaboration tool, that if people were really aware of their capabilities and had transparency to other people's vision, capabilities and reach, that's where the big connections happen, you know. Dean: Yeah, I think it requires a fair amount of conceptual capability that you can. You can sort of depersonalize your situation enough to understand what your capability would mean to somebody else. And you have to have a conceptual ability to see what reach would mean. For example, I was on a podcast on Friday. I was a guest of someone who is a key player in the land development industry across the United States and he's in COACH. So he asked me a lot of questions about coach and I went through and I explained. He's got 10 years in coach and he talked about what each of those concepts meant to him and everything else. And then his podcast is going to go out to 5,000 key players in the land development land development business in you know probably 25 or 30 states and everything else. And so at the end he says you know, I'm going to send this out and I'll send all the coach information, everything else. And I got off the call and I said that was easy. Dan: That was easy. Yes, that all you had to do was stay in your C lane of your capability. Dean: I just stayed in my lane and said what we had done. And then I talked about where I thought we would be with Coach when I was 100. I'm 80 and Coach was 100. And that's kind of a significant statement. It's not the sort of thing you would hear every day from an 80-year-old of what things were going to be like when they were 100 and much bigger at 100 than at 80. And it was really interesting, but that was like an hour middle house and you know I'm just talking, you know really good conversation, a lot of back and forth and you know, both of us asking the other questions and everything else and I said that's pretty cool that goes out immediately to five thousand. That's immediately goes out to five thousand people. Dan: Uh, yeah, yeah I mean that's pretty mean, you know, when you think about this, so of staying in your, in your lane of that's. Part of the great thing is that these things are largely plug and play, you know, like, and it happens. That's why I say a multiplier. You know, with the formula vision plus capability multiplied by reach, that reach is a multiplier. Dean: Well, they're actually. Yeah, I think what it is that two of them are addition, but the third one's a multiplier. Dan: Yes, that's exactly right. Dean: In other words, you can have vision plus reach multiplied by capability. You can have vision plus capability multiplied by capability. You can have vision and capability, vision plus capability multiplied by reach. You can have vision plus reach multiplied by yeah, yeah, yeah but, I, think it's like two of them are inside of our parentheses. You have, you know yeah, then the other that's multiplied by the third one. Dan: Yeah so it's very. Dean: I'm convinced it's three yes From the triple play. So I'm thinking about a tool right now where I said who's got the big idea, who's got the big idea, who's got the ready-to-use capability, who's got the ready-to-use capability? Dan: And who's? Dean: got the ready-to-use reach? Dan: Yes, you know that's fantastic. That would be a very useful tool. I think that's a really useful framework for collaboration. Yeah, it fits so well with our whole free zone operating system, you know? Dean: yeah, because we're surrounded by those those capabilities. Dan: Everybody's got a capability in the form of, uh, their self-multiplying company that they've already kind of established. To get to that point right, most people undervalue. They mostly undervalue their own capabilities and reach. They don't see them as assets in most cases. Dean: Well, even when they have vision, the vision isn't really useful to anyone else. It's only useful to them Right. Dan: Vision isn't really useful to anyone else. It's only useful to them, right yeah? Dean: I mean your vision has to have a lot of room for other people. Dan: That's what. So, chad and I've been talking about this there's the horizontal vision is within your own capability channel. You know they see vision, maybe within how to improve their capability, or internally. All their vision is within the walls of their own company. But where the real benefit comes is with horizontal vision. I said vertical vision is within your own company vision. I said vertical vision is within your own company. Horizontal vision is being able to see what your capabilities paired up with, recognizing someone else's vision that your capabilities could help or how someone else's reach could enhance your capabilities. You know all of those that vertical or the horizontal vision is where the collaborative creativity comes yeah, yeah, there's so much yeah I think you're right that there's, you know, articulating, the thinking tool that helps you recognize and assess what your unique probably unique ability fits within a capability right. That's a thing in your organizational unique ability and your unique teamwork all fit within that capability channel. Dean: Yeah, it was really funny. I was when was it Thursday? I think I was. When was it Thursday? I think I was invited into a workshop here in Toronto and it was the lead master's group. Okay, so the lead master's group is the lead group of all the people who are still at the signature level after 20, 25 years. Okay, and they haven't jumped to the 10 times. They haven't, you know. Their next group would be 10 times. Dan: And they're a long way. Dean: They're a long way off from free zone Anyway, but we're introducing the triple play straight across the program. This quarter. So everybody's getting the triple play. And there was a group, probably about 40, maybe 40 in the room and I would say, three got it, three got the triple play Understood, yeah. And they said, yeah, well, why would I do this? And I said well to differentiate yourself from everybody else. Yeah well, I'm not sure why I would do that and everything else, and so this is why I put the emphasis you have to have a conceptual ability that's apart from you. You're just seeing something that exists, that's big and it's powerful, but it exists outside of you. It's not you. Somebody else's capability exists outside of you. Somebody's vision exists outside of you. And somebody's reach exists outside of you. And you've got to be able to see this as a reality that exists in the world, whether you want to use it or not. These abilities, these capabilities, vision and reach is outside of yourself. Vision and reach is outside of yourself. And then you have to say if I'm going to use what other people have, how do I have to be useful to them, that they would be agreeable to that, and I think that takes a lot of conceptual ability to see how you could be useful to other people. Dan: Yeah, I agree with that, that's true. Dean: Yeah, I think there's. I mean, if you can only see within your own framework, you're not going to be VCRing anything. Dan: Right, exactly, you're only going to be trying to increase, you know, or improve your own limited vision within your own situation and working on your own capabilities, and only with your own reach. It's real. That's where it's like linear. That's linear, yeah, and you know exponential is plugging in to ready to implement reach, vision and technology or capability. Dean: It's really funny because huh, well, yeah, it's who, not how. But you have to see the who's as existing, completely independent of you. They just exist. They're out there, they're doing their thing and they're not going to be interested in you unless there's a big payoff. In other words, they have to see and it was very interesting because when I talked to like first year and strategic coach, you know first or let's say, signature level first or second and people will say well, you have such great people here at coach, how do you find great people? Dan: And I said you know where I live, you know I live in such and such place. Dean: We don't have great people like you find great people. And I I said you know where I live, you know I live in such and such place. We don't have great people like you have great people. And I said I suspect you do have great people, they're just not looking for you. Yeah right, how? How do you have to be such that other great people would be interested in you as an opportunity? Dan: Yeah, yeah, amazing you have to have something compelling you do you? Dean: have to have something compelling. Yeah, not convincing, but compelling. Dan: That's right, you know, shaped with a what's in it for them. Yeah, viewpoint, you know that's. I think Joe's book is amazing to set. I can't. It's one of those things that I can't believe nobody has written that book until now, you know. But just that whole idea of thinking about your vision, capabilities and reach from a what's in it for them perspective, with other people, what you can do for other people, it's almost one of those things that it's so powerful. Dean: That's true. That's true of all new things, though. Dan: Yeah. Dean: I can't believe somebody hasn't thought about this before. Uh-huh. Right right, right yeah. Dan: Oh man, that was. So there was George Carlin. He had a thing, a little you know comment where he was saying how the English language is so incredible that you'd think everything that's possible to say has already been said, you know. But he said I'm going to say things tonight here that have never been spoken in the history of the world. For instance, he said hey, marge, after I finish sticking this red hot poker in my eye, I'm going to go out and barbecue some steaks. Nobody's ever said those words in the history of the world. So it's not. Everything hasn't been said. I thought that was pretty funny actually. So there, yeah, Well we've spent an hour. Dean: We did a good hour, I think so. Dan: I always enjoy these conversations. Dean: Yeah, and. I'm going to, I think yeah you ought to zero in on the tools. You know that, yeah, and I'm going to. Dan: I think, yeah, you ought to zero in on the tool. Dean: You know that I'll give some thought to it, but this is your tool, not my tool. I'll give some thought to it. I love it, All right. Dan: Okay, talk to you next week. Bye. Dean: Okay, bye.

We were honored to talk with “The Boyle Fuel Twins”, Deanna, and Deanda Sylte, growing up on a ranch in Rathdrum, Idaho that was originally owned by Frederick Post. At nine years old, the Sylte Sisters first appeared on “Starlit Stairway” on KXLY in 1953, Spokane's answer to “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Performing for six years on the show, they pursued their Hollywood dreams with their older sister Joan, where they recorded their first record .45 “Ballad of Lover's Hill.” The sisters sang on shows with Roy Rogers and Dale Evens, Pat Boone, Arthur Godfrey, Liberace, and Jim Backus.  They then traveled abroad, singing for Indonesian President Sukarno and royalty in Vietnam and Afghanistan. They also performed for the king and queen of Thailand, the king of Nepal, the Shah and queen of Iran, and the king and queen of Cambodia. Deanna is also an accomplished watercolorist and graphic designer. Deanda is a psychotherapist. Enjoy listening to the tales of these talented sisters. You can see the two of them singing on Starlit Stairway on YouTube.

It's time for Volume 107 of Sounds Like Radio and we're having a lot of fun today. We've got some songs that may not be the most delicate to those of ever so sensitive feelings but what the heck, they're great songs and we are the only place you'll hear them.  Today's Gildersleeve show from October 18, 1950 we find Gildy worried about getting fat.  Well, we're here to help out with our wonderful selection of fat and not so fat songs and even some very nice and kinds songs of encouragement.  Also some kindly words from Your Humble Host on the subject to all those in the battle of the bulge.  (And I include myself.)   Today lending a helpful voice will be Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee in a duet, Eydie Gorme, Arthur Godfrey, Ella Mae Morse (today's featured picture for our show), Jimmy Dean (he just wants a biscuit) & Ted Lewis tells us where we should all be.  I know where I'll be, listening to today's show for a few laughs, some good tunes and a little seltzer down your pants, least it's dietary.

The 1950s singer found success after broadcaster Arthur Godfrey infamously fired him on the air.

You gotta be kidding! Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki on the “Unearthed Podcast?” Today we take a trip down memory lane and explore a unique love story. This singer and ukulele player had a top 20 hit on the Billboard charts. “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” sung in a falsetto voice. He learned to play the ukelele left-handed, using a method book and uke endorsed by Arthur Godfrey. Tiny started singing in a high voice when he heard Rudy Vallee sing in falsetto. He appeared on the premiere episode of Rowan and Martin's “Laugh-In.” Tim married Miss Vicki on the “Tonight Show,” with 40 million people watching. It was one of the most memorable moments in television history, which he will discuss.  Miss Vicki was 17-years-old when she married Tiny Tim. He was twice her age. Soon they ended up living apart and divorced after eight years. Here she talks about her controversial photo shoot in Qui magazine, her marriage to Tiny Tim and a proposal from the WOKY news and program directors.

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GGACP celebrates the birthday (b. February 14) of friend, comedian and former “Howard Stern Show” writer Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling with this ENCORE of a sprawling, no-holds-barred conversation about Hollywood urban myths, Joe E. Ross' hooker habit, the eccentricities of Tiny Tim and the vindictiveness of Ed Sullivan and Arthur Godfrey. Also, Jackie tells a joke to Sir Paul, Gilbert riffs on Jackie Mason, George Jessel turns down “The Jazz Singer” and Johnny Roselli scams the Friars Club. PLUS: Otto & George! Gilbert “Dice” Gottfried! The legend of Joe Ancis! And the origin of the “Jackie puppet”!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk with a multi-talented personality. Shari Lewis was a Peabody-winning ventriloquist, puppeteer, television host, singer, dancer, actress, and author. Remember her sock puppet Lamb Chop, a sock with eyes. She originally designed the little character for the Captain Kangaroo Show. Her puppets first got attention on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts TV show, where she won first prize.  Her Shari Lewis program replaced the Howdy Doody Show and ran for three years. Shari also wrote many books for children. She and Lamb Chop also did some singing.

A Christmas message from Barnsley Museums, featuring a Barnsley carol 'Christmas Eve' written by Arthur Godfrey and published in the Barnsley Chronicle in December 1933. With photographs of Barnsley at Christmas from Barnsley Archives. Read our blog to learn more about the carol https://barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a-barnsley-christmas-eve-carol-1933/

On Friday, November 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy awoke at 7:30AM. He ate a light breakfast with Jackie before going out by himself to the square in front of his hotel to address a crowd of a few thousand people. Someone shouted, “where's Jackie?” He pointed to their eighth floor suite and replied "Mrs Kennedy is organizing herself, It takes her a little longer, but of course she looks better than we do when she does it." The First Couple, together with Vice President Johnson and Texas Governor Connaly then took a short flight to Dallas. At 11:55 the President's motorcade left Love Field in Dallas. Thirty-five minutes later, history changed forever. This is soundcheck audio from the collection of Gordon Skene. On the morning of Friday, November 22nd, 1963 Gordon was twelve years old and home from school, recovering from an operation. Out of boredom he switched on his parent's tape recorder and tuned to KNX, CBS' affiliate in Los Angeles. On the air was Arthur Godfrey Time, talking from Miami, Florida with journalist Morris McLemore and commentator Gabriel Heater. Longtime CBS journalist and host Andy Rooney remembered Godfrey's influence. In the late 1930s, a red-head from New York with a slight southern drawl named Arthur Godfrey was making a name for himself, hosting an all-night CBS show in Washington, DC on WJSV. He spent the overnight air-time playing records and chatting. Audiences were drawn to Godfrey's informal approach. In April of 1941, CBS picked up the emcee for a national broadcast. The next October 4th, he began announcing for Fred Allen's Texaco Star Theater. Unfortunately Allen and Godfrey didn't mix well on-air. Allen dropped him after six weeks. Godfrey continued to appear on CBS special broadcasts. His star catapulted when he was a tearful reporter at Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral in April of 1945. CBS gave him a new morning show. Arthur Godfrey Time debuted less than two weeks later on April 30th. Unfortunately Godfrey's popularity nosedived on October 19th, 1953. After years of working both himself and his supporting cast to the bone, he'd begun to treat them like children. Godfrey had a falling out with singer Julius LaRosa, firing him live on the air. Many felt Godfrey was jealous of his popularity. Once the show signed off for the day, Godfrey fired his bandleader Archie Bleyer. When Ed Sullivan invited LaRosa on his Toast of the Town TV show, Godfrey called Sullivan a dope. The reporters covering the story were “a bunch of jerks.” Rather than back off, Godfrey fired the rest of his cast and continued broadcasting, but the press, the public, and Godfrey never forgot or forgave what happened. His problems continued. He lost his pilot's license after buzzing an airport tower. One by one his shows folded. Then he got lung cancer and later, pronouncing himself cured, devoted much of his time to the fight against the disease. He professed to be writing a book that would tell “the whole story” of his incredible life and claimed to be working out a new deal for a TV show. In the end CBS, and William Paley, who never liked Godfrey, but liked his ratings, refused to put him on TV. Godfrey continued his network radio show until 1972, when he finally quit. In his seventies, he still talked occasionally about coming back, but he died March 16th, 1983, in New York city. While this exact recording isn't the original that Gordon Skene air checked, he later said about recording that morning, “Why was I doing it? I have no idea, and to this day I couldn't tell you exactly what made me pick this day and this hour to hit the record button.” Suddenly, it all became very serious. What follows here is a living nightmare, now sixty years old, and not a moment of it is dated by time.

On the morning of October 19, 1953, singer Julius La Rosa, then a cast member on Arthur Godfrey's radio and TV shows, was unceremoniously fired by Godfrey on the air, partly because he hired an agent, something Godfrey wouldn't allow his cast members to do. The incident tarnished the broadcasting veteran's wholesome image.

Set sail on Episode 45, Season 2 of the Love Boat, the worlds greatest romantic comedy drama television series of all time! In this episode we follow an all star cast that includes Waren Berlinger, Elinor Donahue, Patty Dworkin, Samantha Eggar, Arthur Godfrey and Minnie Pearl as they deal with prying progeny, composite creepers, mystical Madames, nerdy neighbors, palm reading passion, mature marriage and roses galore! So look into the crystal ball and this fortunate episode of Lovin' The Loveboat. * Attention passengers! We have launched our second annual ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoFundMe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or should we say Gophundme fundraiser. So please click the ⁠⁠link⁠⁠ and chip in any amount large or small so we can stay afloat and keep bringing you the best possible commercial free fun filled show we can well into the future. Thanks so much! It means a lot. Visit our page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We also encourage everyone to find our Instagram page Lovin' The Love Boat to enjoy the super cool video messages from Isaac himself Mr. Ted Lange! And much more. Thanks for listening to the podcast and joining us on this voyage and by all means consider subscribing to the show as well as Paramount+ so you can watch the episode with us. We promise you'll be glad that you did.

In September of 1957, Bing Crosby, now fifty-four years old, was gearing up to host the Edsel TV special and generating praise for his recent dramatic role as Earl Carlton in Man On Fire. He'd won an Academy Award, had his own radio show since 1931, and championed the widespread use of Prime Time, network transcription. The Ford Road Show featuring Bing Crosby debuted on September 2nd, 1957. It aired five days per week on CBS for five minutes. These were taped segments edited by Murdo MacKenzie and written and produced by Bill Morrow The just-heard John Scott Trotter conducted the orchestra. It included an opening theme, one or two songs by Bing and commercials by Ken Carpenter. This episode aired on September 24th. Ford's Agency of Record J. Walter Thompson saturated radio with five-minute segments. They also sponsored a show with Rosemary Clooney, a chit chat by Arthur Godfrey and news by Edward R. Murrow. Earlier in this episode we spoke about The Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Hattie Cotton Elementary School bombing in Nashville, Tennessee. With forced integration underway, federal troops needed to be called out to Little Rock, Arkansas where a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School were stopped from attending by the state's governor. On September 27th CBS Radio ran a special report on the progress, or lack thereof, in southern school integration in the three years following Brown vs. The Board of Education.

Side 1 - Radio Reports World War II. Pearl Harbor bulletin. Manila bombing. FDR "Day of Infamy." Last broadcast from Corregidor. Interview with radio operator. Side 2 - Radio Reports World War II. "D" Day to Final Victory. Dwight D. Eisenhower announces "D" Day. FDR on "D" Day. "Live" report from landing ship. Iwo Jima invaded. FDR's death. Arthur Godfrey at funeral. President Truman's tribute. Winston Churchill on VE Day. President Truman announces Hiroshima "A" bomb attack. VJ Day. General MacArthur as signing of peace treaty.

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GGACO celebrates the birthday of legendary concert promoter Ron Delsener (b. July 15) by revisiting this memorable interview from 2018. In this episode, Ron regales Gilbert and Frank with stories about growing up in the era of automats and bowling pin boys, inventing the free concert in Central Park, his early days as a promoter of live events and working with Woody Allen, Bob Dylan, Lenny Bruce and the Beatles. Also, Arthur Godfrey lusts after Haleloke, Bruce Springsteen "opens" for Anne Murray, Ol' Blue Eyes boots Jimmy Roselli out of Vegas and Ron presents Groucho at Carnegie Hall. PLUS: Murray the K! The brilliance of David Bowie! The return of Swain's Rats & Cats! "Jimi Hendrix' Eclectic Thanksgiving"! And Ron sees Dean and Jerry's farewell show at the Copa! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Sounds Like Radio Volume 134 as we find The Great Gildersleeve suddenly wanted as a friend to Bullard. Why would Bullard suddenly want to be Mr. Nice Guy and friends with Gildy? Hmm, something is up and it just may have something to do with Bullard needing a permit for his boat from the Water Commissioner. Could it be? Nahhh. Well, what we have here is a show concerning what's known as fair-weather friends. And I've invited a whole bunch of fine singers to help Gildy out with this situation. On hand are Don Williams, Lee Wiley (featured in our picture with this show), Bing Crosby, Barbara Mandrell, Slim Whitman, Joanie Sommers & Arthur Godfrey is even going to sing a sea-chanty! We're sailing along on the silvery moon today, ALL ABOARD.

Meet Ruth Wallis who playfully scandalized America in the 1950s and 60s with her naughty ditties. First a cabaret singer specializing in big band jazz, Ruth found the double entendre novelty numbers she slipped in her set got the biggest response. She reworked her set around those tunes and many albums and tours followed until she was eclipsed by newer comics willing to work much more "blue". But after she retired, Ruth found a new audience courtesy of Dr. Demento and she kept reissuing her recordings for years. As always, find full cuts below and thanks for sharing our shows. Want more Ruth Wallis? Here's a bonus -- the full version of Davy's Dinghy -- a classic Ruth number that introduced her to a new generation of fans thanks to heavy airplay on the Dr. Demento show. https://youtu.be/bGHLCeDjH_E Ruth had a gift for novelty tunes, and they weren't always blue. Her first effort, which reached the lower rungs of the music charts, was Dear Mr. Godfrey, based on Arthur Godfrey's firing of singer Julius LaRosa for "lacking humility." Ruth nominates herself to fill the void! https://youtu.be/-wpznMXAuG4 In the 1950s naughtiness was frowned on by the authorities in most countries, usually with the result that the targeted works became even more popular. Ruth had her tunes "banned in Boston" and her records were confiscated by Australian customs. This rare skit from an Aussie variety show features Ruth in song and a great skit about her legal travails. And as always, it only made her more famous! https://youtu.be/HPf7TRAJkSg Ruth's songs usually were based on double entendres and there is no better example than this -- The Hawaiian Lei Song, one of her most popular. https://youtu.be/H4PnSX5Oruc

Songs include: Along the Santa Fe Trail, Down the Trail of Achin Hearts, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, On the Trail, It's a Lonely Trail and Blue Shadows on the Trail. Musicians include: Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Arthur Godfrey, Paul Whiteman and Larry Clinton. 

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show, which was the first late-night television talk show. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his extensive network television career. He gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. After he hosted The Tonight Show, he went on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show. He was a regular panel member on CBS's What's My Line? and, from 1977 until 1981, he wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format. Allen was a pianist[1] and a prolific composer. By his own estimate, he wrote more than 8,500 songs,[2] some of which were recorded by numerous leading singers. Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition for "Gravy Waltz," for which he wrote the lyrics. He also wrote more than 50 books, including novels, children's books, and books of opinions, including his final book, Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio (2001). In 1996, Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP).[3] He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theater named in his honor.[4] PICTURE: By UPI or AP - eBay, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25557622 LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyAwZGTgAdonBKhTxUiC2Q

It appears the trickery worked as last week’s entire episode played through without clipping at the end. I know the realization of missing my extraordinary closing pieces was an eye-opener (more like an eye-roller). You don’t know what ya got till it’s gone. Today brings us a DBG from March 3rd, 1995. I found this an enormously entertaining show that has a little bit of everything in it. Because of that, I’ll go with titling it: Junk Drawer Radio. The Players: Russ The very affectionate Val in Needham Kevin from Dorchester Ed from Melrose I’m in Studio Jim Frawley producing and playing in studio And Jack Harte with a solution to a radio conundrum that was being discussed The Bdays: Emilio Estefan, no Emilio Estevez..no Gloria Estefan. Close, it’s her husband. Nah…forget it. Chastity Bono The attractive woman in a different kind of way, Katherine O’Hara Barbara McNair We move on to Monday, 3/6 Rob Reiner Ed McMahon and Norm really gets a kick out of Ed’s resumé And Tom Arnold Other mildly useful stuff: It is rumored that Norm was curmudgeonly the first half hour but has brightened up since then. My stash of Woodsman Weather Sticks Old Time Radio with Norm playing all the roles? Chin Whispering The story of a bright man (ahem) who wears two hats and may be very interested in what Norm has to say. Star-studded cameos by George Burns, Fred Allen, Arthur Godfrey, Jack Benny, Kasey Kasem and Lionel Barrymore The mystery of being simultaneously appeased and aggravated Leeza Gibbons gives Ken Newman some air time Observant TV talk show points Y is the cousin to the other vowels Buying the movie rights to Norms wonderful stories. My other answers Mumbling birthday formulas and bathroom breaks Bad company polluting the minds of good kids Publisher’s Clearing House and subscribing to every magazine such as: Woodworker’s Monthly, Alaskan Antler Collector, Magazine Subscribers Monthly, and other wonderful periodicals Horse-questrian Crossings? And loving your ‘fishterish.’ You know what I’m saying, my ‘butch-kala-cahnan-oh-ma?’ Episode 128, Junk Drawer Radio, slides open to your ears, now.

Oh yes, it's Sounds Like Radio Volume 119 as in today's September 24, 1947 episode of the Great Gildersleeve we find his secretary, Bessie, all in a heap. Yep, Bessie's got boyfriend troubles and can't concentrate at work. Gildy he thinks he knows the cure, spruce Bessie up for her boyfriend by buying her a new dress! Bessie's going to look real dressy in her new dress. But Gildy's not the only one who's willing to help, Your Humble Host calls in the troops to offer their advice. The troops being Arthur Godfrey, a duet with Judy Garland & Bing Crosby, Merle Haggard likes shopping for dresses, Kay Starr knows how it is, Jimmy Dean offers us breakfast and has some good advice for Bessie, Jaye P. Morgan offers her side and Frank Sinatra shows up to tell us what no one tells you. Oh, the Sounds Like Radio studios are jam packed with good music and great singers. Your Humble Host is here to wrangle them all and here it is for you!

Damaged beyond repair, doctors said he would never walk again. Ol' Red defied the odds and learned to walk himself. He yearned to join the Navy but when he was turned down because of his accident, the President of the United States got personally involved. Who was this man? Tune in for the rest of the story!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey

We are back and healthy for Episode 109 which is a SMQ from the esteemed Ed Mullen Collection. This one hails from October 20th, 1993. Mike Epstein was producing. We begin with a Darrell Gould intro to Jack Harte and then Accuwx with Dave Ryan. The usual suspects comprise the panel with the addition of a beautiful moll: Linda Chase, who joins us later. Before we start, Norm mentions he had been to the Portsmouth Music Hall for the Harry W. Jones Memorial Education Fund jazz concert (and he wore a tie!) Featured artists were: The Tommy Gallant Trio, Dave McKenna, Dick Johnson, The Swing Shift, Herb Pomeroy, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood, Donna Burn, Les Harris Jr., plus relatives of Harry Jones, Sharon Jones Jenkins & Tom Jones. It’s time to explain the rules, categories, and prizes that no one will understand until around 2:15am. The callers that fill the quiz are as follows: Joe from Hyde Park Kevin in Providence, RI Fred from Medford Rich from Dorchester Ann in Quincy Ritchie in Winthrop ‘Dial tone’ Diane in Duxbury Dave in Madison, WI! Dave from Plymouth Gil in Salem, MA Yomico from Shadyside, OH Diane in Duxbury Michael in NH Andrew in Norwell Joan from Hull Colin from Hingham Alex in Somerset, PA John in Bedford Rob from Duxbury Al in Eastie Helene in Belmont Nancy from Exeter, NH Kate from Beverly Faye in Waltham Don in W.Va Denise from Brookline Michael in JP Other highlights: Ed and Norm had just seen Linda at Ken’s Steakhouse. Tony had seen here at Natalie’s The Teen Canteen chanting for news! Norm has an Oreck and likes to keep his house spotless. So clean you could eat off the floors. Norm worked really hard on his musical comedy questions and nobody is asking for them! And are we in for quite the variety of Commercials which are entertainment in and of themselves: The show ‘Falsettos’ WBZ Afternoon News Promo Barry and Elliot for Jordan’s Furniture Silver City Dodge The London sensation! The Madness of George the III. Pilgrim Healthcare EarthTunes at the NE Aquarium ‘Skates of Gold’ at the Boston Garden Baby Gold Bond VT Teddy Bear Co read by Arthur Godfrey and a cameo by Jack Benny with full musical accompaniment by the panel Aloise Avrilla for Oreck Vacuums James Rife and Jim Brown for Gold Bond The queasy Linda Kern and Hazel Dew for Marezine And Kas Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner Episode 109, The Swell Music Quiz, Ed Mullen Collection V2, makes a sojourn to your speakers in 3, 2 and 1.

Theater Guild on The Air | Sing Out, Sweet Land - originally written by Walter Kerr (b. July 8, 1913 - d. October 9, 1996). This episode aired, October 21, 1945. Performers: Burl Ives, Arthur Godfrey, Josh White, Bibi Osterwald , George Hicks : : : : : My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- SCI FI x HORROR -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot. Thank you for your support. https://otr.duane.media/ (https://otr.duane.media) | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/duane.otr/ (@duane.otr)

Your Home Front Reporter - May 11, 1943. Host Fletcher Wiley with tenor Frank Parker and soprano Eleanor Steber. Light opera, War News, and getting the most out of your Ration Points were the features of Your Home Front Reporter. The Owens-Illinois Glass Company came up with a way to inform housewives about ways they could help to win the War with Your Home Front Reporter. Created by the D'Arcy Advertising Agency with the cooperation of the Office of War Information, the show featured War news and music from tenor Frank Parker, Metropolitan Opera Soprano Eleanor Steber, and David Broekman and His Orchestra. Over the course of the program, production moved from New York to Hollywood and back to New York again. (More from OTRcat.com)... The program was hosted by Southern California radio personality Fletcher Wiley. Often compared to Arthur Godfrey or Paul Harvey, Wiley specialized in speaking directly to women, so was a natural for the job. After broadcasts began in May 1943, production moved to Hollywood in July. This was a homecoming for Wiley, and tenor Parker made the move as well. Ms. Steber and Broekman's outfit were replaced by Dianna Gayle, Phil Hanna, and Wilbur Hatch and his Orchestra. Reporter Wiley offered tips on scientific nutrition, general home economics, and creative menu tips to get the most out of a household's ration points. In the fall, production returned to New York without Fletcher Wiley.

It's time for Volume 107 of Sounds Like Radio and we're having a lot of fun today. We've got some songs that may not be the most delicate to those of ever so sensitive feelings but what the heck, they're great songs and we are the only place you'll hear them. Today's Gildersleeve show from October 18, 1950 we find Gildy worried about getting fat. Well, we're here to help out with our wonderful selection of fat and not so fat songs and even some very nice and kinds songs of encouragement. Also some kindly words from Your Humble Host on the subject to all those in the battle of the bulge. (And I include myself.) Today lending a helpful voice will be Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee in a duet, Eydie Gorme, Arthur Godfrey, Ella Mae Morse (today's featured picture for our show), Jimmy Dean (he just wants a biscuit) & Ted Lewis tells us where we should all be. I know where I'll be, listening today's show for a few laughs, some good tunes and a little seltzer down your pants, least it's dietary.

From 1958 Stan Freberg does a parody on "The old redhead" Arthur Godfrey. Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, in the early-to-mid 1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days a week, sometimes for as many as nine separate broadcasts for CBS. His programs included Arthur Godfrey Time (Monday-Friday mornings on radio and television), Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (Monday evenings on radio and television), Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (Wednesday evenings on television), The Arthur Godfrey Digest (Friday evenings on radio) and King Arthur Godfrey and His Round Table (Sunday afternoons on radio).

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At network radio's height, no dramatic show was more popular than CBS' Lux Radio Theatre. Between 1936 and 1954 it never finished lower than eighth in the ratings, and it was radio's top show between 1947 and 1952. Ken Carpenter announced. Radio's best supporting talent, like Paula Winslowe, worked opposite Hollywood's biggest stars. Mondays at 9PM eastern was appointment radio, and CBS built the rest of its powerhouse Monday schedule around Lux. It helped shows like My Friend Irma, Inner Sanctum, Screen Guild, and Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts reach new heights. It was also radio's most-rehearsed show. All the players were expected to be available for an entire week leading up to the live Monday broadcast. John Gibson, best known as Ethelbert on Crime Photographer, remembered the schedule. Vincent Price, one of the only Hollywood stars contractually allowed to do as much radio as he wanted, remembered working the show. A TV version of Lux premiered in 1950. Near the end of the radio run it was estimated that Lux had gone through more than fifty thousand pages of script, five-hundred stars, fifteen-hundred supporting players, twenty-thousand music cues, and twenty-thousand sound effects. In 1954 Lux was still rated fifth overall with a 6.2, but even radio's most famous dramatic show wasn't immune to the times. Towards the end of the season it was announced that CBS and Lux would be cutting ties in June. All that was left was to put a bow on one of the most successful shows in radio history. Lux would run one more season, moving to NBC where it was still a top-four show. The Lux Video Theatre also shifted to NBC. It ran until 1957 before changing formats and bringing in Rosemary Clooney as star. In its final season in 1959, the show became The Lux Playhouse before being canceled.

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Before we get started on today’s featured presentation… Risking life and limb to bring this to you…as promised…making their annual appearance…please welcome to the show…Peepers 2022! Now back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress. Thank you just so darn much for tuning in again to Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. Today we have a DBG from April 30th, 1994 aptly titled “The Hello Bluebird ‘Shmateh-time’ Mixtape” as Norm sings many iterations of the song throughout the game. The shmateh reference? Well, just you wait. The Players: Libby in VA Carol from Lynn who’s all dressed up and rarin’ to go Henry-Harry-Harry-Henry from Attleboro Ron in Chelmsford – 1st timer I’m on the phone and Norm and I discuss some upcoming guests and their square-dancing llamas. Emilio Marotta – producing and playing in studio And Jack Harte in Traffic Before the birthdays we will get a world-class llama impression from Norm and some not so world-class jokes from me and Jack. Bdays: Cloris Leachman Willie Nelson and his flammable shmateh Jill Clayburgh Bobby Vee Gary Collins The very controversial Al Lewis And Al Toon Norm sweet-talks Carol and Arthur Godfrey is back, better than ever, singing “On the Road Again.” The madness of Episode 84, The Hello Bluebird ‘Shmateh-time’ Mixtape, hits the road to your ears in 3, 2 and 1. Email the show: normnathanvos@gmail.com

Greeting and salutations. I see you’ve returned for another episode of Norm Nathan’s Vault of Silliness. You have excellent taste. Before we start, I want to mention that Peepers 2022 will be hopping onto the digital streaming platforms soon! I’ve heard a few here and there but my favorite spot has been quiet. When the peeper speed dating begins, I’ll bring back those mingling sounds and share them with you. Ok…Today we have a DBG from April 17th, 1993, which I’ve titled “Gabby Birthday!” You will understand why in a few minutes. A Norm chuckle kicks this one off. Norm and Westinghouse agree that he’s money well spent. Do you want to hear a Yiddish colloquialism? The Clientele (players) for the game is/are a panel of virgins: Mike from Wakefield Kay in Easton Dave in Bellingham Gabby from Brookline I’m in studio and Jack Harte’s in Traffic BDAYS: No one from April 17th will be included and Norm gives us the examples to prove his point: Genevieve from the Jack Paar Show Chris Barber Ann Shirley Olivia Hussey Jan Hammer Lon McAllister Don Kirshner Lindsey Anderson Elizabeth Lindsey Dead Bdays for the 17th: Harry Reasoner William Holden Thronton Wilder JP Morgan Nikita Khrushchev Instead, Norm has made an executive decision to start with Wednesday, 4/21 of the coming week. Tony Danza – and wait until you hear Kay’s impression of one of our beloved, regular players. Charles Grodin Anthony Quinn Let’s stroll on over to Thursday, 4/22 for: The waxed-cheeked Glen Campbell Jack Nicholson Eddie Albert We merrily skip to Friday, 4/23 for: Valerie Bertinelli Shirley Temple Black And Hervé Villechaize There’s lots of love from the player’s post-game. Norm, Jack and I chuckle for world brotherhood! And Norm again wonders what kind of a station WBZ is to allow this foolishness on the air. Commercials: Gold Bond with Todd Adams from Haverhill, MA and his itchy, burning left foot. A VERY enthusiastic Gil Santos tells us that WBZ and the Lottery want to send you to Greece! And Norm’s preferred medication to help him get through the show – Marezine. We close with Norm, Gabby Hayes and Arthur Godfrey performing one of the first rap songs. They are joined by a guest whistler and a world-renown trombone player! Oh the laughs we have on this one! Let’s start the party. Episode 82, Gabby Birthday! Begins now.

In these episodes of Let's Talk To Lucy, Lucy and her husband and announcer Gary Morton sit down with Arthur Godfrey and tell stories from Godfrey's safari trip and the time they all spent together at Godfrey's estate in Virginia.Let's Talk To Lucy is produced by SiriusXM.  Click here for a special SiriusXM subscription offer!https://www.siriusxm.com/offers/lets-talk-to-lucy

As the United States entered April 1954 with the cold war at its height, Congress and The President authorized the founding of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Walt Disney was signing a contract with ABC—TV for a Disneyland series, with plans to build a new theme park in Southern California. Legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini was retiring, as Elvis Presley was recording his debut single, “That's All Right.” The hydrogen bomb now existed. Brown vs. The Board of Education was being decided. A certain senator from Wisconsin was claiming the armed forces were rife with communist spies. And there was worry about involvement in present-day Vietnam. On April 4th, Dwight Eisenhower gave this speech on fear. Three days later, he unveiled his “Domino Theory,” portending that for every country who fell under Communism's grip, more were likely to follow. It was no secret that Eisenhower didn't see eye-to-eye with Senator McCarthy, and the former Supreme Commander of World War II's Allied Forces understood how internal division could make a country vulnerable. That was the same for the radio industry, where those who could find work in TV were doing so with rapidity. Of the top fifteen TV shows, at least nine had begun on radio in some form. This included Dragnet, Arthur Godfrey, The Life of Riley, Our Miss Brooks, This Is Your Life, and The Jack Benny Show. But, American forefather Alexander Hamilton once said that, “in times of great chaos, people can make their name.” That was never truer than in the spring of 1954. Of course, as Joseph McCarthy would find out, people who create great chaos, can at times, lose theirs. Tonight, we'll find out more. ________________________ In April 1954 Lum and Abner was airing as a weekday, fifteen minute serial. The show was syndicated out of KABC in Los Angeles. That year, The American Broadcasting Company's flagship L.A. station had changed its call letters from KECA. Chester Lauck was Lum Edwards. Norris Goff was Abner Peabody. Although the comedy was reaching the end of the line, it was still one of the most beloved, folksy radio shows of all-time. On this day, Lum found out he needed famous ancestors if he wanted to marry Miss Priddle, while Abner set up a prank. Lum and Abner would sign off the air for the final time on May 7th. However the duo would star in one more film: Lum and Abner Abroad, in 1956.

Episode 204: In today's adventure, Peter Waitze shares some insight from his ongoing analysis of the many differences between men and women, in his story entitled My Whine Day.  Then, Paul Camarata delivers his ode to elbows with a poem entitled Get Bent.  And finally, Mike Archer takes us out into nature for some animal eavesdropping, in an excerpt from his book entitled Living With Humans.  Authors: Mike Archer: Mike is a retired television news executive who spent over 40 years working in local television news in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia. He was also part of a team of journalists that launched Court TV in 1991 that expanded the coverage of the legal system and trials in the United States. Mike writes a blog on journalism, politics, language, and life that can be found at www.thearcherjournal.com.  Mike's book, Living with Humans: Stories of Each Other is his second published collection of short stories. It's available as an e-book or paperback on Amazon.com and can be found here: https://amzn.to/3GaNsOc Paul Camarata:  Paul's words and pictures can be found at www.tweedtypewriter.com.  And if you'd like to see some animated versions of Paul's poems, check out his YouTube channel here. Peter Waitze:  Peter has been recounting his short, tall tales in monthly letters for over 40 years, and more recently in the form of a monthly email story.  You can sign up for his monthly email letter by sending an email to Peter@AsReadByMe.com.  Peter is also a founder and producer of the As Read By Me Podcast.   This Week's Sotries My Whine Day By Peter Waitze I don't drink wine, except for the four glasses of Manischevitz I drink at our Seder on Passover, but every once in a while I need to whine, and today is my whine day, and it is good to whine. Yes it is. The experts have weighed in. Couples that won't argue with each other are in big trouble. They quietly hold grudges, and that is the death knell for a relationship. Couples that want their relationship to last for ever and ever have to learn how to argue properly, how to express their gripes in a productive way, hence my whine. As one young woman recently told me, this is what she mentioned to her counselor, "He won't argue with me and I wish he'd say something. Dammit, I wish he'd fight with me." If that couple comes here, to our house, YKW and I are here to help them. Because we have been doing it for so long, we have mastered arguing, and we are prepared to let them and you, if you need it, come here to watch us argue so you too learn the right method so you can have a long lasting, loud, loving, and passionate relationship.    In the 1950s Arthur Godfrey had popular morning and evening shows on both radio and television. On his programs he often used to strum his ukulele and sing insensitive songs. One was so insensitive I can't bring myself to repeating it here. The other one has a slight edge, but it isn't too bad, and here it is: "You keep me waiting till it's getting aggravating, you're a slowpoke." Over the years it would have been apropos for me to buy a ukulele to sing this song. Being tardy annoys me. For example, in our relationship, the one between YKW and me, I am the one that likes to be on time. YKW is less concerned, and her tardiness impacts how long it takes us to get ready to go out. Typically, from my perspective, and if our getting ready to go out was being broadcast on the radio live, this is how it would sound:   The announcer would begin: "It is time to start to prepare to leave the house. Both contestants have showered and are at the starting line. Ready. On your mark. Get set. Go."   First, a little background. My closet is not in our bedroom. My clothes were expelled decades ago because there is no room for her clothes and mine in what would normally be considered our shared bedroom closet. My small wardrobe was banished to hang with stuff cluttering the floor, the I-have-no-idea-what the-stuff-is, in the closet in the guest room.    Now that the background is out of the way, it is time to get back to the story. The man of the house, that's me, has two bureaus in his room. He has walked over to the bureau near the window and has opened the third drawer down and has extracted underwear and a t-shirt. He next opened the fourth drawer down and extracted a pair of socks. He then donned these three items, and so partially attired, he went to his cluttered closet and extracted a shirt and a pair of trousers, and he donned them. Then he reached for his belt and wove it through the loops, and buckled it. All of this took approximately three and one half minutes. Fully attired, he is now ready to descend to the first floor, put on his shoes, put on a jacket, and depart, but he can't depart just yet, because his other half has not descended from upstairs yet.    The woman of the house, that's YKW, began to get ready for her departure at the same time as the man of the house. But for her to get all farpitzed, all dressed up, is a time consuming endeavor. When he was already descending to downstairs, she was still standing nude in front of her closet, and she was quietly talking to herself. If we got closer to her, we would hear her musing about what she would like to wear. Her decision is difficult. Her selection is large – her closet is jammed full, and then, after picking this or that, she still has to decide which shoes or boots best compliment her selection. The footwear selection is not easy. With about 50 pairs to choose from, a lot of color match-ups are taking place. The time she stands in front of her closet, of her getting ready to get dressed, varies, but I can say with confidence that it will go on for quite some time, well past the three and one half minutes of her husband.    Eventually she does come downstairs, but our departure is still not imminent if she is carrying a necklace. As we have aged it has become more and more difficult to properly secure the tiny and very frilly clasp of the necklace. It is now my job to attach it, and even though my eye glass prescription is current, attaching the delicate clasp is becoming more and more difficult. Yes, it does get done and momentarily I then assume we are about to actually go, but my thought is premature. At this moment I am experiencing a premature evacuation. Walking toward the door she will suddenly stop and she will turn around. We need multiple tries to exit the house. The pattern is well established. She walks across the room, I open the front door, and then she turns around and walks back into the house. Why? I have no idea. It's to patshkie, to wander around.    In summation, when it is time to go, I'm fast, she's slow, and we need to compromise. We each need to give a little, and that means for me to slow down a bit and for her, to speed up a bit, for us to meet half way. We will both just have to learn how to be half fast.    Get Bent by Paul Camarata What a year it's been for elbows Such an age to be alive!
 When we germ-free mid-arm hinges Like no other time have thrived! While our hearts go out to handshakes,  Palms and fingers – what a run! There's a new joy in the world: It's we elbows having fun. Sure in the past we did get bent At other extremity fuss, While we were tucked away in sleeves No one would humor us. But humerus heaven it's been of late Leading goodbyes and greetings Everywhere you go an elbow is Central to people's meetings It's the joint I think you would agree Keeping the world spinning, Like never before (or again?) no one Can slow the elbows winning. Nope, no Tommy, John or Macho Man No arm-patched coat or sweater Has ever had an elbow that  Has ever had it better.   Living With Humans By Mike Archer It was a high blue sky with cotton ball clouds and a gentle breeze. Regal was swooping and gliding high above the treetops. The month of May brought the glories of spring, and for Regal and Queenie, a new life getting ready to hatch in their giant nest on top of the tallest tree in Willow Lake Park. The bald eagle couple had lived together in the park for several years. It was owned by the town of Madison about 15 miles north of Philadelphia. Regal could look down on the walking trials, the lake stocked with fish that he often caught for dinner, a rolling meadow, the lush forest, wildflowers, a bird watching shelter, and a pavilion for picnics. People could lose themselves walking through the dense woods where the only sound was the music of the birds and the buzz of the bugs. Regal started his 80-mile-an hour dive over the edge of the lake. He swooped down in a J-shaped curve toward the middle of the lake. His talons broke the still water as he grabbed a small fish and rose to the sky on his way back to Queenie.   Shadow the squirrel was nervously hopping around the floor of the woods also looking for something to eat. While he preferred fruit, nuts and vegetables, he would also enjoy a bug or a juicy caterpillar. He was about five feet off the walking trail when he heard two middle-aged women approaching. He was not afraid of being seen. Humans just accept squirrels as part of the landscape and ignore them unless they get into their attic. The women were talking non-stop. Shadow just considered it white noise. Not this time.   "Well, the Board of Supervisors said the town was in such a deep financial hole, that it had no choice but to sell the park to that developer whose been building homes all around the area. They say the money from the sale and taxes from the new homeowners will solve all the financial problems for years to come."   The other woman shook her head.   "I know a lot of people are upset and want to know how we got into this mess. I walked through this park with my mother when I was a little girl. We don't need more houses and traffic and noise."   Her friend said, "Well, I hear the deal is done and there's no turning back."   Shadow jolted up on his hind legs and dropped the bug he was just about to enjoy. His world had suddenly changed. He had heard horror stories from his friends about their homes being wiped out by developers, but he thought Willow Lake had been here for generations and would never be destroyed for money. Shadow's next thought: go tell Regal.   Regal had just settled down in the nest. Queenie was sitting on the egg. One of them would always be with the egg. Regal would pull his duty of egg sitting and loved the idea of being a father. They started sharing the catch of the day. The nest was at the top of the tallest tree in the park and was six feet long and three feet wide. Regal and Queenie met in the park a couple of years earlier and had become partners for life. They were the proud symbol of America from its founding. By the mid-twentieth century, man had almost wiped the species out. Hundreds of thousands of bald eagles were killed by hunters and pesticides. Their habitat was nearly destroyed by pollution from oil, lead, mercury and power line electrocution.   Queenie was enjoying dinner.   "You were back quickly today. Any news from your flight?"   "I was just enjoying the beautiful day and thinking how lucky we are. But I am concerned about the world our new baby will be find when he or she grows up."   Queenie knew this was something constantly on their minds. They had friends who had to move miles away after developers' bulldozers ripped up their world.   Shadow was mumbling to himself as he climbed up Regal and Queenie's tree. Why do they have to live this far up? I even get dizzy up here, and the bird traffic can be crazy. As he came up to the bottom of the nest, he called out, "Regal, Queenie hello it's Shadow. I'm coming up."   Regal and Queenie knew Shadow had something important to talk about. They knew he did not like the long climb. Shadow climbed over the edge of the nest and sat on the outer edge not to disturb Queenie and the egg. Shadow was a little out of breath.    "Regal, I've some real bad news. I just heard two women talking. They were saying the Board of Supervisors was selling the park to developers because they were in financial trouble. They said it's a done deal."   Queenie looked quickly from Shadow to Regal. He was staring at Shadow. She could see the rage in his eyes. He turned his head to look out at the horizon. As the breeze ruffled his feathers he said, "This is the day we all feared."   Shadow already knew this was a life-changing development, but Regal's reaction made him shudder. Regal was the one they all recognized as their leader. He was not only the symbol of the country, but his species survived the worst instincts of man's greed and indifference. Shadow knew the news would shake the park with the force of a hurricane.   "What do you need me to do, Regal?"   Regal turned toward Shadow without hesitation and said, "Go tell Big Buck and have him set up a meeting of the council."    Shadow climbed down under the nest and started the long trip back to the forest floor.   Queenie looked at Regal.   "When will this ever end? For hundreds of years, generations of our ancestors have been slaughtered. It's a miracle we're here today. Now we need to worry whether this baby we are about to hatch will have to live in fear and find fewer and fewer places to live. Humans will never change. We can never trust them."   Regal knew the history all too well. It finally took drastic measures by humans to stop the hunters and the pesticide makers from almost wiping out the species entirely. Man's relentless push for new development was a constant threat.   Regal said, "We will do everything we can to protect our new baby and the rest of our friends in the park. They have all been through this before. We just have to make sure everyone can survive."     Shadow knew where to find Big Buck. He stayed in the thickest part of the woods during the day. He liked to roam at night when the park was quiet. Buck was grazing among the trees when he heard Shadow approaching. He raised his head crowned with six-point antlers. Shadow knew Buck was a no-nonsense guy and wasn't much for small talk. He turned from the grass he was munching and gave the nervous squirrel a look that said he really didn't want to be disturbed.   "Shadow, what's up? To what do I owe the pleasure of you interrupting my lunch?"   Shadow sat up on his hind legs and swallowed hard.   "Regal sent me down to tell you to call a council meeting because the park is being sold to developers. They're going to build houses."   Buck raised his voice, "What! How do you know this?"   Shadow was getting more nervous.   "I heard two women talking. The town has real money trouble. One woman said it's a done deal."   "Dammit, how many times do we have to go through this? They never have enough. It's always more houses, and streets, more cement, more blacktop, and more powerlines. This can't wait. We will meet tonight in the usual spot. I need you to let the council members know. You can move around more freely than I can. Can you handle that?"   Shadow felt he was being trusted with a great responsibility.   "I got it, Buck. I'll make sure everyone is there."   Buck said, "I'm counting on you."   Have you considered a small donation to help us remain ad-free? 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In Volume 87 of the Great Gildersleeve from March 15, 1950 Gildy is thinking more and more of marriage. Katherine is too, then Gildy looks for an exit. Careful what you wish for Gildy. As Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Barbara Mandrell, Arthur Godfrey and Billie Holiday are all here to help Gildy in his desperate hour. Your Humble Host is here too to guide us through the muck & mire our boy Gildy's gotten himself into. Enjoy the fun along with us.

Welcome back folks to the Geezer Gus Presents™  Classic Radio Series ! I'm so thrilled you tuned in and are joining me again.I sure do hope that you have already subscribed to my podcast so you don't miss any new episodes.In today's classic episode, we make another visit to the popular Bob Hope Radio Show  Series. Bob's guest today is Arthur Godfrey, which originally aired in 1950.The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope premiered in 1938 over the stations of the National Broadcasting Company.Hope was the star of the program with Jerry Colonna as Hope's sidekick.This episode is brought to you by our friends at CritterCaper.com .At CritterCaper.com you can watch hundreds of Pet and Animal Videos that will truly warm your heart !There are great pet care and training videos as well. If you're an animal lover, then you'll want to visit CritterCaper.com .Start watching all the great, fun short clips of pets and animals. It's addicting too !Now,  enjoy this classic radio show episode with Bob Hope and his guest Arthur Godfrey.Don't forget to visit GeezerGus.com too! I want to say Thank You to Patreon supporters for helping to keep Geezer Gus Presents™ online. Your support is truly appreciated ! Like this episode ? Buy Geezer Gus a cup of coffee at the support link below. Thanks !https://buymeacoffee.com/ClassicRadioUncle Erich Presents™ -Crime Fiction Classic Radio Shows, Crime, Suspense, Murder MysteriesSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/UncleErichPresents)

The time machine is warming up! Are you ready to travel through American history in the all new WPMT premiere of the Broadway musical “Sing Out, Sweet Land: A Salute to American Folk & Popular Music!" Well, good! Because it's now live! Starring (from the original Broadway cast) Burl Ives with Arthur Godfrey, Betty Jane Watson, J. Scott Smart, Will Geer & Josh White, this broadcast features hit songs “When I was Single,” “Foggy, Foggy Dew,” “On Top of Old Smokey” and more!Edited by Remington CleveNew episodes every Tuesday at 1pm CT!

Arthur Godfrey was a 50's tv and radio icon, an aviator, equestrian…but not such a great tour leader. You're on the Sound Beat You're listening to The 1000 Islands Song, a Columbia 78 recorded in 1947. The archipelago lies in the St. Lawrence River, on the US-Canadian border. There are actually about 1800 islands, each passing the stringent criteria of :A. being above water level year-round, B. Having an area greater than one square foot and C. bearing at least one living tree. That island mentioned there, 793, is an actual one, belonging to…Arthur Godfrey. That's right…it was gifted to him by Grant Mitchell of the 1000 Islands Admiralty in appreciation of the song. Check out more right here. "BoldtCastle aerial" by Teresa Mitchell; levels adjustment by Howcheng. - Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show , which was the first late night television talk show.  Allen is best known for his extensive network television career, gaining national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. Afterhosting The Tonight Show, he went on to host numerous game and variety shows, and was a regular panel member on CBS's What's My Line? Allen was a pianist and a prolific composer. By his own estimate, he wrote more than 8,500 songs. Working as a lyricist, Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. He also wrote more than 50 books, including novels, children's books, and books of opinions, including his final book, Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio (2001).  In 1996 Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP).mHe has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theatre named in his honor.  Allen died on October 30, 2000, at the age of 78. The cause of death was a ruptured blood vessel caused by chest injuries he did not realize he had sustained in a minor traffic accident earlier that day.,According to Jayne Meadows, "Typical of Steve,,who was the dearest, sweetest man: He was hit by a man, backing into him, breaking all of his ribs, that pierced his heart ... and when he got out of the car, he said to the man, 'What some people will do to get my autograph.'" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Highlights of old-time radio shows. Golden Days of Radio began in 1949 and is still being broadcast today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Highlights of old-time radio shows. Golden Days of Radio began in 1949 and is still being broadcast today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Program 85 Golden Days of Radio featuring Arthur Godfrey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the late 1940s and early '50s the biggest moneymaker on CBS radio and television was Arthur Godfrey -- at one point he reportedly brought in 12 percent of the network's income. He had an unpretentious style of communicating with his audience, and a smooth manner of selling products that sponsors loved. But in 1953, at the height of his popularity, Godfrey suffered a huge, self-inflicted blow to his stature when he fired one of his regulars, known as "the little Godfreys," live on the air. The incident haunted the rest of his career.