Lil Miss Tuffet, sat on a...

Whole chicken in a can

What could be better?

World hunger and radio

You might recall Duffy's Tavern did a show about world hunger (46-05-03 Archie Tells Everyone About World Hunger) which wasn't at all funny.  As a matter of fact, it was quite frightening in a lot of ways.

The Adventures of Superman also did a serial about world hunger.

Mr. Blandings...

You may remember the review here of Mr. and Mrs. Blandings.  Recall that the radio show is based on the movie, Mr. Blandings Build His Dream House.

For fans of the shows, here's a little something for you, circa 1948.

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Life Begins at 80

According to the John Dunning book, On the Air: The Encylclopedia of Old Time Radio, Life Begins at 80 was a national show.

Done 'panel style' and hosted by Jack Berry (you may remember him as being the host of 1970's TV's 'Joker's Wild' game show), the show was taped and then edited because the octagnerians would really speak their minds (I would love to hear the unedited stuff!)

I can't seem to find any of the show to listen to, which is a shame.  It's a show I would really like to hear.

How Benny, Allen, Amos 'n' Andy handled coming TV dilemna

Walter Tetley's first cartoon?

Bill Thompson in 2 unusual roles

Bill Thompson, the do-it-all man of voices on Fibber McGee and Molly can be found on other shows as well, doing other voices.

I found him on Phil Harris-Alice Faye show:

And I found on him on Fibber McGee and Molly, but as a policeman and not as his usual role...
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Raffles, Punch Boards and Grab Bags

Do you ever noticed the number of episodes (especially in the 1940's) where raffles, punch boards and grab bags were large parts of the story line? Anyone have any insight as to why?

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Tiny hodge-podge about Majors and minors

1978

I hope you click the photo on the left and know that with a Blu-ray DVD, you could probably fit every piece of audio and literature in that photo onto a single disc.

That shows you how times have changed.  The world of technology and computers continues to change us all, giving us more and more information in less space and greater speeds...

When I was a kid, I remember my mom and dad talking about a 'Major Bowes.'  To me, Major Bowes was someone who must have been in the military.  I never asked about Major Bowes, I only accepted the fact that there was such a man....

Speaking of majors, both Danny Kaye (Seattle Mariners) and Bob Hope (Cleveland Indians) owned interests in Major League baseball teams...

One of my favorite films was "The Major and the Minor"; a fine film starring Ray Milland and Ginger Rogers...

The other day, I jotted down a list of kids in radio who eventually went on to TV and films: Walter Tetley, Dick Van Patten, Jackie Kelk, Dick York, Mason Adams, Bobby Breen - those are just a few.