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Fibber McGee and Molly. October 11, 1937. Red net. Sponsored by: Johnson's Wax. Chicago origination. A fun visit to the Wistful Vista auto show. Possibly Harold Peary's first appearance on the program. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Ted Weems and His Orchestra, Elmo Tanner (whistler), Perry Como (vocal), Bill Thompson, Harold Peary, Hugh Studebaker. The Columbia Workshop. May 04, 1941. CBS net. "Radio Primer". Sustaining. A funny look at the radio industry from A to Z. The first program of "Twenty-Six By Corwin.". Norman Corwin (writer), Everett Sloane, Frank Gallop.Mr. and Mrs. Blandings. May 13, 1951. NBC net. Sponsored by: Trans World Airlines. Mr. Blandings tries so hard not to forget his anniversary, that he remembers it a week too soon. Part of one of the commercials has been deleted. Cary Grant, Betsy Drake (performer, writer as "M. Winkle"), Warren Lewis (director), Don Stanley (announcer), Alan Reed, Eric Hodgins (creator).Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator. October 17, 1951. NBC net. "The Judge and The Champ". Sustaining. Al White, a crusading columnist, is murdered after threatening to expose a fixed fight and political corruption. William Gargan, Santos Ortega, Don Pardo (announcer), Frank Kane (writer), Edward King (director). The Black Museum. 1952. Program #6. Syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York aircheck. "The Blue .22". Sponsored by: Participating sponsors. Vivian is a woman scorned, and she has a little blue pistol. The date is approximate. Syndicated rebroadcast date: October 23, 1974. Harry Alan Towers (producer), Orson Welles (narrator), Ira Marion (writer), Sidney Torch (composer, conductor). 2000 Plus. October 10, 1951. Mutual net. "The Rocket and The Skull". Sustaining. The most important man in the country's race to the Moon is wounded in a plane crash...and starts to hear strange messages to Mars! This program has also been dated September 6, 1950. Arnold Robertson, Emerson Buckley and His Orchestra, William Griffis, Sherman H. Dreyer (creator, producer), Robert Weenolsen (producer), Gregory Morton, Nat Polen, Merril E. Joels, Elliot Jacoby (composer), Walt Shaver (sound), Adrian Penner (sound), Bob Albright (engineer), Ken Marvin (announcer). TOTAL TIME: 2:52:41.832SOURCES: Wikipedia and The RadioGoldindex.com
Opposite of A Date With Judy at 8:30PM, CBS broadcast Theater of Romance, hosted by the just-heard Arnold Moss, who was also known for his acting prowess. Romance first took to the air on April 19th, 1943 with host Frank Gallop as “your guide through the pages of the great stories of all-time.” It went off the airwaves June 20th, 1944 before re-debuting on July 4th as Theater of Romance, sponsored by Colgate Tooth Powder. This episode featured Gertrude Warner and Karl Swenson in James Hilton's Goodbye Mr. Chips. In 1975 Swenson was interviewed with his wife and fellow actress, Joan Tompkins, by Chuck Schaden.
Milton Berle was the first major American television star and known to millions as “Uncle Milty.” Berle was referred to as Mr. Television in the golden age of TV. As a child he was Buster Brown for Buster Brown Shoes. He had parts in several films, appeared on many TV shows including hosting Saturday Night Live and the Muppet Show. He did some stand-up comedy and had a comedy variety radio show. Maybe you remember the Milton Berle Show with Arnold Stang and deep voiced announcer Frank Gallop. Uncle Milty was probably best known for hosting the “Texaco Star Theatre” where he dominated the Nielsen ratings with a 97 percent share of the viewing audience. He won Emmys for the show and even caused an increase in the sales of televisions.
Enjoy two horror episodes of Lights Out! w/ Boris Karloff A) 4/26/39 The Devil's Due w/ Arthur Kohl B) 7/16/47 Death Robbery w/ Boris Karloff Lights Out! was the brainchild of Wyllis Cooper. Originating out of the studios of WENR in Chicago, Cooper presented a late-night horror program - heard only in the Midwest - seething with vampires, invisible monsters, evil beings, and survivors of an atomic apocalypse. Several fan clubs sprang up and in 1935, NBC decided to expand its coverage nationwide. A year later, Wyllis Cooper went to Hollywood to pursue a screenwriting career, leaving the program in the capable hands of playwright Arch Oboler. Oboler wrote, directed and hosted the series confining most of the casts to two or three players. His favorite cast members included Lou Merrill, Bea Benaderet (who would later voice “Betty Rubble” on The Flintstones), Joseph Kearns, Mercedes McCambridge and Hans Conried. Oboler employed elaborate sound effects with the stark reality of no music, using only a gong sound for scene transitions. Under Oboler's guidance, the show broadcast psychological chillers with stream-of-consciousness narrative, each featuring an element of classic horror – from giant worms and haunted houses to monsters from outer space. Announcer Frank Martin would often banter with Oboler after the story inquiring as to Oboler's motivation for writing it. The Sterling Drug company was the sponsor (Ironized Yeast tablets and Energine Shoe polish) for the 1942-43 seasons, hosted by Oboler from Hollywood. In the summers of 1945, 1946 and 1947, Wyllis Cooper returned to the fold. His career in Hollywood never really panned out, so he chose to return to his roots. Lights Out! made a transition to television in 1949 hosted by Frank Gallop as a disembodied head introducing and closing each creepy episode.
This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 98: Christmas Week 1947 with Radio's Biggest Stars ———————————— For the four major radio networks, 1947 was a year or record business: ABC saw a 7.25% gross billings increase. NBC sold out its entire primetime programming block. CBS had seventeen shows with ratings higher than fifteen. And Mutual Broadcasting had the most affiliates in the country. Total radio revenue was over five-hundred million dollars. There were now more than thirty-six million radio homes, and urban centers accounted for 60% of the US population. It was in this season that Milton Berle finally established himself on radio. The Milton Berle Show was one of a half-dozen titles showcasing Berle in his star-crossed radio career. Until 1946 he was considered radio's best-known ratings failure. But NBC saw potential in Berle where CBS had failed. In March of 1947 they gave him his own variety show, sponsored by Philip Morris. It featured some of radio's top comedic talent, like Arnold Stang, Pert Kelton, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jack Albertson, Ed Begley and Frank Gallop. In its second season on NBC Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m, the show's audience jumped 40% and Berle finally cracked radio's Top 50. In December his rating was 17.5 against Big Town on CBS.
This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 98: Christmas Week 1947 with Radio's Biggest Stars ———————————— For the four major radio networks, 1947 was a year or record business: ABC saw a 7.25% gross billings increase. NBC sold out its entire primetime programming block. CBS had seventeen shows with ratings higher than fifteen. And Mutual Broadcasting had the most affiliates in the country. Total radio revenue was over five-hundred million dollars. There were now more than thirty-six million radio homes, and urban centers accounted for 60% of the US population. It was in this season that Milton Berle finally established himself on radio. The Milton Berle Show was one of a half-dozen titles showcasing Berle in his star-crossed radio career. Until 1946 he was considered radio’s best-known ratings failure. But NBC saw potential in Berle where CBS had failed. In March of 1947 they gave him his own variety show, sponsored by Philip Morris. It featured some of radio’s top comedic talent, like Arnold Stang, Pert Kelton, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jack Albertson, Ed Begley and Frank Gallop. In its second season on NBC Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m, the show’s audience jumped 40% and Berle finally cracked radio’s Top 50. In December his rating was 17.5 against Big Town on CBS.
"The Milton Berle Show"--originally broadcast January 6, 1948, 70 years ago. Episode titled "A Salute to Winter Sports." Miltie is in the north woods...in a cabin with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gallop.
[[WARNING: This podcast is rated "M" for "Mature." Discretion is strongly advised.]] Drawing further discussion from last week, Rem and Brandon dive into the cluster**** that is known as "crunch" in the game development industry. Added note: the movie Brandon meant to say was , not . Episode Features: Outtakes and bad impressions at the end. Like us on Follow us on twitter [Intro uses the "Black Vortex" track by Kevin Macleod (). Licensed under Ending track - "," performed by Frank Gallop.] Tags: #podcast, #anime, #TMNT, #supergirl, #muppets, #3Dprinting, #devcrunch, #crunchtime, #dbz
The Damon Runyon Theatre. October 17, 1948. "Romance In The Roaring Forties". Billie Perry is quite a doll, much admired by both Dave The Dude and Waldo Winchester, the famous columnist. Damon Runyon (author), John Brown, Richard Sanville (director), Russell Hughes (adaptor), William Conrad, Vern Carstensen (production supervisor), Frank Gallop (announcer).oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Damon Runyon Theatre. October 17, 1948. "Romance In The Roaring Forties". Billie Perry is quite a doll, much admired by both Dave The Dude and Waldo Winchester, the famous columnist. Damon Runyon (author), John Brown, Richard Sanville (director), Russell Hughes (adaptor), William Conrad, Vern Carstensen (production supervisor), Frank Gallop (announcer).oldtimeradiodvd.com
The Milton Berle Show - In 1934-36, Berle was heard regularly on The Rudy Vallee Hour, and he got much publicity as a regular on The Gillette Original Community Sing, a Sunday night comedy-variety program broadcast on CBS from September 6, 1936 to August 29, 1937. In 1939, he was the host of Stop Me If You've Heard This One with panelists spontaneously finishing jokes sent in by listeners. Three Ring Time, a comedy-variety show sponsored by Ballantine Ale was followed by a 1943 program sponsored by Campbell's Soups. The audience participation show Let Yourself Go (1944-45) could best be described as slapstick radio with studio audience members acting out long suppressed urges (often directed at host Berle). Kiss and Make Up, on CBS in 1946, featured the problems of contestants decided by a jury from the studio audience with Berle as the Judge. He also made guest appearances on many comedy-variety radio programs during the 1930s and 1940s. Scripted by Hal Block and Martin Ragaway, The Milton Berle Show brought Berle together with Arnold Stang, later a familiar face as Berle's TV sidekick. Others in the cast were Pert Kelton, Mary Schipp, Jack Albertson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ed Begley, vocalist Dick Forney and announcer Frank Gallop.THIS EPISODE:February 3, 1948. NBC network. Sponsored by: Philip Morris. A salute to gambling. Miltie has a friendly poker game with the boys. Frank Gallop (announcer), Milton Berle, Ray Bloch and His Orchestra. 1/2 hour.
clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00 In 1934-36, Berle was heard regularly on The Rudy Vallee Hour, and he got much publicity as a regular on The Gillette Original Community Sing, a Sunday night comedy-variety program broadcast on CBS from September 6, 1936 to August 29, 1937. In 1939, he was the host of Stop Me If You've Heard This One with panelists spontaneously finishing jokes sent in by listeners. Three Ring Time, a comedy-variety show sponsored by Ballantine Ale was followed by a 1943 program sponsored by Campbell's Soups. The audience participation show Let Yourself Go (1944-45) could best be described as slapstick radio with studio audience members acting out long suppressed urges (often directed at host Berle). Kiss and Make Up, on CBS in 1946, featured the problems of contestants decided by a jury from the studio audience with Berle as the Judge. He also made guest appearances on many comedy-variety radio programs during the 1930s and 1940s. Scripted by Hal Block and Martin Ragaway, The Milton Berle Show brought Berle together with Arnold Stang, later a familiar face as Berle's TV sidekick. Others in the cast were Pert Kelton, Mary Schipp, Jack Albertson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Ed Begley, vocalist Dick Forney and announcer Frank Gallop. The Ray Bloch Orchestra provided the music for the series. Sponsored by Philip Morris, it aired on NBC from March 11, 1947, until April 13, 1948. His last radio series was The Texaco Star Theater, which began September 22, 1948 on ABC and continued until June 15, 1949, with Berle heading the cast of Stang, Kelton and Gallop, along with Charles Irving, Kay Armen and double-talk specialist Al Kelly. It employed top comedy writers (Nat Hiken, brothers Danny and Neil Simon, Aaron Ruben), and Berle later recalled this series as "the best radio show I ever did... a hell of a funny variety show." It served as a springboard for Berle's rise as television's first major star.
clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00 Caspar makes friends with a little fox. Animation by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Music by Winston Sharples. Narrator is Frank Gallop. Produced in 1948. Director: I. Sparber Production Company: Paramount Pictures & Famous Studios Productions Audio/Visual: sound, color Alternative spelling: Casper the Friendly Ghost
Caspar makes friends with a little fox. Animation by Myron Waldman, Morey Reden and Nick Tafuri. Scenics by Anto Loeb. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Music by Winston Sharples. Narrator is Frank Gallop. Produced in 1948. Director: I. Sparber Production Company: Paramount Pictures & Famous Studios Productions Audio/Visual: sound, color