Jimbo's Top 75 list: Version 1.1

Every 3 months I plan on updating my Top 75 list. Here is the old list. Here is the new list: T = Current standing L = Last standing UR = Unranked/was not ranked in earlier standings T   L  TITLE OF RADIO SHOW 74 72 Eddie Bracken Show 73 71 My Favorite Husband 72 70 Famous Jury Trials 71 69 CBS Radio Mystery Theater 70 68 Dangerous Assignment 69 67 Box 13 68 66 Theater Five 67 64 Sears Radio Theater 66 63 Our Miss Brooks 65 53 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (non-serial) 64 60 Address Unknown 63 59 The Falcon 62 41 Pete Kelly's Blues 61 49 Whitehall 1212 60 39 Epic Casebook 58 58 Bold Venture 57 57 Drama of the Courts 56 30 Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police 55 45 Let George Do It 54 56 Counterspy 53 55 Red Skelton Show 52 54 Nightbeat 51 62 Gangbusters 50 52 Suspense 49 50 Man Hunt 49 UR Sam Spade, Detective 48 27 Big Town (1938-1942) (but without Claire Trevor, MUCH lower) 47 60 Address Unknown 46 48 FBI in Peace and War 45 29 Tales of the Texas Rangers 44 44 Luke Slaughter of Tombstone 43 43 Tarzan Lord of the Jungle 42 42 Have Gun Will Travel 41 65 Ozzie and Harriet (without "Gloria" would be much higher) 40 40 Sherlock Holmes (with Tom Conway) 39 38 Have Gun Will Travel38 37 Duffy's Tavern 37 46 Adventures of Rocky Fortune 36 35 Amos and Andy 35 34 Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show 34 33 Aldrich Family 33 33 Pat Novak For Hire 32 UR This I Believe 33 36 Sherlock Holmes (with Basil Rathbone) 32 25 This is Your FBI 31 31 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (Serial) 30 28 Life of Riley 29 24 Escape 28 07 Milton Berle Show 27 UR Richard Diamond, Private Detective 26 23 Line-up 25 23 Fort Laramie 24 18 Quiz Kids 23 21 Jack Benny Program

22 UR Unit 99

22 10 Nightwatch

21 20 Bill Stern 20 17 Dragnet 19 16 Dambusters 18 UR  People are Funny 17 19 Lives of Harry Lime 16 15 Black Museum 15 13 Damon Runyon Theater 14 26 Adventures of Superman 13 14 21st Precinct 12 47 Halls of Ivy 11 11 Lum and Abner (prior to 1948) 10 10 Great Gildersleeve (Harold Peary years) 09 09 You Bet Your Life 08 04 Fibber McGee and Molly 07 02 I Was a Communist for the FBI 06 06 Frontier Gentleman 05 03 Baby Snooks (in all various show titles) 04 05 Gunsmoke 03 08 Information Please 02 01 The Six Shooter 01 UR Vic and Sade Notes: * Unit 99 and Nightwatch are essentially the same type program.  I lump them together.  Maybe I shouldn't, but I do. * The farther along I go into the series, 21st Precinct, Halls of Ivy and Information Please all get better. * I've always appreciated The Adventures of Superman but I appreciate it and enjoy it more as I go along.  When I am done, I am positive it will be in the Top 10 - maybe even the Top 5. * I still have not found one Baby Snooks skit that isn't funny. * Dambusters drops 3 places but I hated to do that.  Dambusters is a very fine show that falls only because I am getting deeper into other series and because there are only 27 episodes of Dambusters. * Vic and Sade, a series in which I have only heard 30-35 episodes is the new number one, beating out the beloved, Six Shooter.  I have yet to hear the Uncle Fletcher character and that may dampen my thoughts about the series - I have no idea.  But as things go where I am  listening right now (Summer of 1940), Vic and Sade is the best show I have heard. I have yet to write a review on Vic and Sade (actually I have one written and it's more than 1000 words - only I am holding it until I review Uncle Fletcher and what will happen to the course of the show when he arrives.) * I think we all take Gunsmoke for granted.  It's really a fine show. * Not sure why but I haven't listened to Fibber McGee and Molly in more than a month.  I just haven't had time with all the new stuff I am listening to. *  I am currently listening to 4 new series.  I am not deep enough into any of them to draw any conclusions so I can't yet write or podcast about them.  In time, grasshopper, in time. ©Jimbo 2010/2011