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Showing posts with label Phillips Lord. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phillips Lord. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Review: Counterspy
One of radio's great innovators was a man named Phillips H. Lord. Among his many contributions to radio were the crime series, Gang Busters, Mr. District Attorney and other shows.
Counterspy fits right in there with them all, although it was about the war and espionage.
In the episodes I have listened to, various charcters are in Europe, helping to defeat the Axis powers. Whether this meant using radio propaganda piped in to interrupt a Hitler speech or a political kidnapping or what-have-you.
It was different characters every week on the show; a group of capable but no-name New York actors taking turns seemingly and doing a pretty good job of it.
Counterspy took the war espinoage headlines and turned them into compelling radio. Not historic and missing or adding various details to make the show exciting, the stories weren't as directly from the headlines as they may have you believe.
The radio action also takes place in the Pacific, where espionage is enacted against the then-hated Japanese.
A fine program that stretches history a bit, but then again, doesn't all media?
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Counterspy fits right in there with them all, although it was about the war and espionage.In the episodes I have listened to, various charcters are in Europe, helping to defeat the Axis powers. Whether this meant using radio propaganda piped in to interrupt a Hitler speech or a political kidnapping or what-have-you.
It was different characters every week on the show; a group of capable but no-name New York actors taking turns seemingly and doing a pretty good job of it.
Counterspy took the war espinoage headlines and turned them into compelling radio. Not historic and missing or adding various details to make the show exciting, the stories weren't as directly from the headlines as they may have you believe.
The radio action also takes place in the Pacific, where espionage is enacted against the then-hated Japanese.
A fine program that stretches history a bit, but then again, doesn't all media?
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Awesome photo dump for April 7th
You've seen the below photo many times if you are a Gunsmoke fan...
But have you ever seen this one?
How many color photos have you seen of Groucho Marx?
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| Phillips Lord as an actor (1932!!) |
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Addendum to Billboard vs Jimbo: Counterspy
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Friday, January 7, 2011
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