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Saturday 3-1-08 The Green Hornet (Robert Hall) "A Question of Time" 3/2/46, things get foggy at the waterfront when Britt & Kato are framed for the murder of a German scientist's assistant Lum & Abner "Cedrick Wants to be an Officer" 6/18/42, after they read a public service announcement, the 4F Cedric wants to know how to give up playing pinball to join the Marines (a military recruit who fails all 4 major physical & mental examinations is called 4F) Sunday 3-2 Richard Diamond "Red Rose & John Allyson Assasination" 3/2/51, an embezzler hires Diamond to find out who he hired to kill him after he changes his mind and puts back the money Strange "Greenwood Acres" 5/8/55, a Civil War ghost story narrated by Walter B. Gibson Monday 3-3 Fibber McGee & Molly "Boomer's Suitcase" 3/3/42, Boomer: Bill Thompson Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 6/12/56 "The Laughing Matter" part 2 of 5 Tuesday 3-4 Jack Benny Program "Pick Up Bags At Train Station" 3/4/45 Gas Rationing Special 12/6/42 Jack Benny & Eddie Cantor try to explain rationing to Gracie, with Burns & Allen Wednesday 3-5 The Whistler "Chinese Elephant Puzzle" 3/5/50, Willard Waterman as a smuggler turned killer Fibber McGee & Molly "Phantom Burglar Nabbed" 11/3/53, a burglar hits Doc Gamble and the McGees, taking Fibber's watch that always runs slow Thursday 3-6 Hopalong Cassidy "Ten Strike Gold" 3/5/50 Tarzan 9/16/32 "Tarzan in Young Manhood" (cont. from last week) Friday 3-7 Escape, 3/7/48 "Jimmy Goggles, The God" by H.G. Wells, a deepsea diving suit is used to convince island cannibals that he's a god, but someone's going to end up dead when they learn otherwise Perry Mason "Show Business or the Law" 12/28/53 Saturday 3-8 Have Gun, Will Travel 3/8/59 "Monster of Moon Ridge" by Gene Roddenberry (this was one of at least three old time radio scripts later adapted as Star Trek episodes, this one as Devil In The Dark. Others included Gene's version of Shakespeare's Taming Of The Shrew and pilot episode The Cage) Captain Midnight "Water in the Cave" 11/13/39 Sunday 3-9 Green Hornet "The Letter" 3/9/46, the Mayor is accused of graft, then a minor official is gunned down on the City Hall steps (it turns out to be a corrupt insider named Nixon) Lum & Abner "How to Handle a Woman" 6/19/42, Cedrick decides to dump Clarabell when she gets engaged to someone else Monday 3-10 Sherlock Holmes 3/10/47 "The Egyptian Curse" starring Nigel Bruce (Watson) and Ben Wright (substituting for Tom Conway as Holmes, who doesn't believe a mummy's curse caused a series of deaths) Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 6/13/56 "The Laughing Matter" part 3 of 5 Tuesday 3-11 Fibber McGee & Molly "Fibber's Energy" 3/11/47, Fibber thinks 4 hours of sleep is enough Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel 3/19/53, guest: movie star Susan Hayward Wednesday 3-12 The Shadow "Death to the Shadow" 3/12/44, a vengeful crook uses a remote TV camera to see The Shadow and set a trap Blackstone, The Magic Detective "Frozen Lady" 1/9/49, a fake swami is exposed after drugging a girl to hold for ransom. Blackstone: Ed Jerome Thursday 3-13 Burns & Allen "The Plot to Murder George" 3/13/47, Exterminator: Sheldon Leonard Vic & Sade "Dull Evening Comes to Life" 12/3/45 Friday 3-14 X Minus One, 3/14/56 "Tunnel Under the World" by Frederick Pohl, survivors of a nuclear war wake up screaming after reliving their last moments as a nightmare. Then a strange tunnel under the city is discovered. It's all some kind of test, but not by the Government or aliens... The Strange Dr. Weird "The Man Who Played Dead" 5/1/45, an escaped murderer hides out as an exhibit in a wax museum. Little does he know that... Saturday 3-15 Nick Carter, Master Detective "Case Of The Last Old Timer" 3/14/48, a 70-year-old safecracker seems to be back in business, then he's found dead Sgt. Preston of the Yukon "Murder on Train Time" 9/23/43, a killer switches clothes with an unconscious Preston so he'll be arrested for the crime Sunday 3-16 Mysterious Traveler "They Struck It Rich" 3/16/48, bank robbers discover a sunken ship carrying gold buried under Manhattan Tarzan "Tarzan Attacked by Sabor" 9/19/32 (continued from last week) Monday 3-17 CBS Radio Workshop "The Endless Road" 3/17/57, an American couple in Latin America decide to improve things for the locals but instead make everyone unhappy when they bring civilization to the remote valley Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Laughing Matter" Part 4, 6/14/56 (concludes next week) Tuesday 3-18 Escape "Violent Night" 3/18/54, starring & narrated by William Conrad as an American caught in a Latin American revolution The Unexpected "Fool's Silver" Barry Sullivan (syndicated, 1948) a crazy old prospector thinks his lead mine is silver (twist ending: it's valuable uranium) Wednesday 3-19 Fibber McGee & Molly "Dog License" 3/19/40, Fibber is ordered to get a dog license though they haven't had a dog in 7 years Bill Stern Sports Newsreel 12/21/45, guest Ezra Stone tells us why Olympic hopeful General George Patton held a grudge against Germany, where he died in 1945 Thursday 3-20 Dark Fantasy "Pennsylvania Turnpike" 3/20/42, broadcast live from Oklahoma City. An elderly man walks into a remote roadside diner with a gold coin from 1700s, little knowledge of the 20th century, and says he's looking for a man with red hair Origin of Superstitions/Superstition On The Air, 4/18/35 "Knocking on Wood" dates back 3000 years Friday 3-21 Cavalcade of America "I, Mary Peabody" 3/21/50 starring Elizabeth Taylor (of 1949's Little Women) The Black Book "On Schedule" 2/17/52, a man plots to cut the lights in a subway car to cover his murder of a collegue but did his planning the wrong time of day; host/narrator Paul Frees, guest star John Dehner Saturday 3-22 Green Hornet "Youth Takes the Headlines" 3/23/46, a teen gang is composed of bored latchkey kids Captain Midnight "Trying to Rescue Dolores" 11/16/39 Sunday 3-23 Frontier Gentleman "The Actress" 3/23/58, a Shakespearean actress in the old west is not what she seems, and someone will end up dead due to her jealous husband Chandu the Magician "Uncle Frank Comes to Visit" 6/28/48 Monday 3-24 Jack Benny Program 3/24/46, guest Peter Lorre as a lodger who pays Jack thousands of dollars a week in rent Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Laughing Matter" Part 5 of 5, 6/15/56 Tuesday 3-25 Arch Oboler's Plays "The Ugliest Man in the World" (done at least twice, see Lights Out) 3/25/39, an ugly man from a freak show contemplates suicide when his blind girlfriend is about to regain her sight Blackstone, the Magic Detective "The Reluctant Saw" 10/10/48, bad guys plan to saw Blackstone's pretty assistant in half to frame him for murder Wednesday 3-26 The Cisco Kid "Bank Robbery in Cactus Junction" 3/26/53, an ex-con romances a bank teller so he can trick her into letting him into the bank afterhours Bill Stern 12/30/49, guest is big band singer Morton Downey Sr. (see below) Thursday 3-27 The Crime Club "Silent Witnesses" 3/27/47 The Strange Dr. Weird "The Secret Room" 2/13/45, a Nazi escapes from an American POW camp and demands that his elderly American father hide him in a secret basement room, not knowing that... Friday 3-28 Burns & Allen Show 3/28/44, Gracie's Uplift Society club wants to use the underwear of a famous movie star (guest Brian Aherne) for charity fund-raising Abe Burrows Show "The Big Pot Roast Of 1947" 11/8/47 Saturday 3-29 Screen Guild Theatre 3/29/43 "This Thing Called Love" Alice Fay, George Brent, Allyn Joslyn (for some reason Radio Spirits themesong continues playing 1st 4 minutes during old radio show in background) The Unexpected "Finale" 5/2/48, a woman plans to dump her boyfriend, but who's dumping who? Sunday 3-30 Boston Blackie "Amadon Pearls" 3/30/49, the same pearls are stolen 3 times, and one person is dead Tarzan "Tarzan See A Ship" 9/21/32, bad guys bring a man ashore; Tarzan is cautious Monday 3-31 Hopalong Cassidy "Hoppy Elects a Sheriff" 3/31/51, how to prove ballot-stuffing with assist from a swindler Hop Harrigan "The Riddle Of The Ghostly Avengers" 9/18/47 Tuesday 4-1-08 Life With Luigi "April Fool's Day Joke" 4/1/52, will Luigi go to jail for opening someone else's mail? Fibber McGee & Molly "Freeway Ride" 4/15/54, they get on the new freeway and can't get off Wednesday 4-2 Gangbusters "Case of The Mistreated Lady" 4/2/55, a killer's partner beats up his girlfriend & she calls the FBI; current 10 most wanted described/named at end of show. Guest star Mason Adams Lum & Abner "Abner & Elizabeth Arguement" 6/22/42, Lum decides to end it by calling 'lizabeth himself to 'pologize for him Thursday 4-3 A Date With Judy 4/3/45 "Judy Makes Her Singing Debut." Due to a misunderstanding, Charles Boyer invites Judy to sing at his fundraiser thinking she's the French daughter of a friend Vic & Sade "Two Tons of Coal" 7/5/39, the previous owner of the house next door told them they can have a basement full of heating coal, but they need to get it before the new owner rents it out Friday 4-4 Philo Vance "The Mimic Murder Case" 4/4/50, a nightclub impressionist is hired to do Philo's voice, then the real Vance is kidnapped before testifying at a trial The Black Book "The Vagabond Murder" 3/2/52, time & tides wait for no one, not even the perfect murder. Paul Frees, John Dehner Saturday 4-5 Suspense 4/5/55 "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury, one of the most controversal episodes broadcast, about a mom (Paula Winslow) who slowly realizes that Earth's children have been enlisted to kill all adults. Narrated by John Dehner. Story used at least once previously on Suspense, as well as on X-1/Dimension X Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel "Season Finale" 6/29/51, final broadcast for Colgate/Palmolive after 12 years (sponsor presents him with a gold watch). Stern had been a popular sportscaster when he lost one leg above the knee in a car accident (1935) before going on to narrated sports newsreels in movie theaters and then the radio series. Sunday 4-6 The Shadow "Murder From The Grave" 4/6/41, plastic surgeon experimenting on a criminal who died and was successfully brought back, is killed by his patient but no one knows what he looks like now The Unexpected "Cargo Unknown" 5/9/48, guest star Lyle Talbot as a diver hired for a job with no questions (twist ending: the fortune in a sunken ship turns out to be old Japanese money from WW2, almost worthless) Monday 4-7 Great Gildersleeve "Adeline Gets Gildy Jealous" 4/7/48, Miss Fairchild (Una Merkel) is infatuated with the star of a romantic movie Bill Stern Sports Newsreel 5/24/46, guest Lucille Ball Tuesday 4-8 Dimension X "The Outer Limit" 4/8/50, the pilot of the first Moon rocket being tested encounters a UFO and returns 10 hours later to say that they wanted to warn Earth that a new bomb being tested tomorrow will destroy the world. First episode of series Tarzan "Tarzan Rescues The Captain" 9/23/32 Wednesday 4-9 Hopalong Cassidy "Takes the Bull By The Horns" 4/9/50, a dead man's son-in-law and his lawyer want to sell his cattle quickly Origin of Superstition "Black Cats" 4/18/1905 Thursday 4-10 The Falcon "Case of the Carved Ham" 4/8/51, sometimes even a dumb cop can solve a case when a suicide looks suspicious Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 6/25/56 "The Long Shot Matter" Part 1 Friday 4-11 Jack Benny Program "Cracking Up Orson Welles" 4/11/43, Jack Benny returns after a 5-week absence due to illness (guest-hosted by Orson, who returns to play himself now) Vic & Sade "Broken Alarm Clocks" 10/31/41, the mystery of smashed alarm clocks is solved Saturday 4-12 Columbia Workshop "He Should Have Stood in Elba" 4/12/42, a big-time mobster gets out of prison to find that everything's changed since Prohibition Jack Kirkwood "No Matter How Hungry a Horse…" 11/9/45 Sunday 4-13 The Shadow "Death on The Rails" 4/13/41, Lamont hires actors to teach Margo a lesson at her remote summer home Chandu the Magician "Robert Regent May Still be Alive" 6/30/48 Monday 4-14 Escape "The Golden Snake" 4/14/50, treasure hunters in the Yucatan discover that some things in the jungle are not a myth The Strange Dr. Weird "The Summoning of Chandor" 11/14/44, about the unwitting summoning of a corpse bride Tuesday 4-15 The Whistler "Triple Cross" 4/15/51, guest star Gerald Mohr as a bitter ex-con who is double crossed, by a killer who already double crossed her other partner. Story by Nancy Cleveland, host: Marvin Miller The Unexpected "Birthday Present" 4/18/48, guest star Marsha Hunt (Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits) has heart set on a gold bracelet but husband can only afford a silver one...or is it? Wednesday 4-16 Pat Novak For Hire (Jack Webb) "Go Away Dixie Gillian" 4/16/49, Patsy is given a gun to scare someone but it goes off, killing the guy. But the bullet doesn't match the gun Tarzan "Tarzan Rescues The Captain Again" 9/26/32, Jane & Tarzan played by Edgar Rice Burrough's daughter Joan & her husband James Pierce Thursday 4-17 Inner Sanctum "Beneficiary: Death" 4/17/50, ad by the Bromo-Seltzer train. A man (Everett Sloane) with a failing business is worth more dead than alive, then there's a fatal accident with a hitch-hiker Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 6/26/56 "The Long Shot Matter" Part 2 of 5 Friday 4-18 Ozzie & Harriet "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" 4/18/52, Ozzie is outraged that the local team may be disbanded due to lack of interest. Mr. Gleason: Gale Gordon Lum & Abner "Feed Room Filled With Owls" 6/2/42, Lum discovers that Abner's started an owl business in the back room Saturday 4-19 Bird's Eye Open House With Dinah Shore 4/19/45, guest singer/host Ginny Simms, guest: Groucho Marx as Dr. Hackenbush, cameo by Arthur Q. Bryan as his patient. Groucho helps(?) with a commercial for Bird's Eye Spinich. Ginny was a popular MGM singer/actress during WW2 (a B17 was named after her) and married the founder of Hyatt Hotels in 1945 Vic and Sade "Double Feature in Hopewood" 10/6/39, ad for Crisco Slogan Contest by Ralph Edwards Sunday 4-20 Lights Out "Kill" 4/20/43, guest star Lou Merrill (host of Crime Classics) as a man in a nightmare Chandu the Magician "A Trip to Alexandria" 7/1/48 Monday 4-21 Jimmy Durante Show, 4/21/50 with Don Ameche & Vera Vague Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, guest Columbia coach Lou Little 11/1/43 Tuesday 4-22 Boston Blackie "Missing Millicent Bromley" 4/22/47, Blackie is not heard in this one, about kidnapping and ransom The Unexpected 5/30/48 "The Cripple" guest star Marjorie Riordan Wednesday 4-23 Pat Novak For Hire (Jack Webb) "Rita Malloy / Pat's Boat is Missing" 4/23/49 Tarzan 9/28/32, Did the Bottle Really Go Overboard? Thursday 4-24 Fred Allen 4/24/49 "Do you think teaching techniques have improved?" guest star Basil Rathbone Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar "The Long Shot Matter" Part 3, 6/27/56 Friday 4-25 The Clock 4/25/48 "Bad Dreams" by Lucille Fletcher, narrated by William Conrad Lum and Abner "Diogene's Printing Press" 5/12/42 Saturday 4-26 Arch Oboler's Plays "The House I Live In" 4/26/45, a depressed man wonders whether he should stay in his empty house if his son & daughter never return from serving in the war The Strange Dr. Weird "Murder Comes Home" 11/28/44, a woman waits for her criminal son to return home Sunday 4-27 Jack Benny Program 4/28/46, guest Danny Kaye meets Jack on the street, then Jack decides to read himself to sleep while reading about ghosts Chandu the Magician "Dorothy Disappears" 7/2/48 Monday 4-28 Broadway Is My Beat "Georgia Gray" 4/28/51, dime-a-dance lady is murdered and her boyfriend has dangerous associates The Unexpected "Find the Man" 5/16/48, school teacher goes to a resort to find a husband, silly ending Tuesday 4-29 Burns & Allen Show "George Gets A New Car" 4/29/48, Gracie trades George's postwar new car priority slip for a $25 car from 1918. Captain Midnight "Blocked in Underground Passage" 11/17/39 Wednesday 4-30 Molle Mystery Theatre "Make No Mistake" 4/30/48, the police won't believe it was a mistake Tarzan 9/30/32, The Captain is in the Quicksand
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Mitt Romney to sub for Paul Harvey. The former Republican presidential candidate served as guest host of ABC Radio Network's "Paul Harvey News & Comment" on Thursday, April 10, 2008. Harvey recently recovered from pneumonia, and is scheduled for cataract surgery. His wife "Angel" passed away 5-3-08. Paul Harvey returned to do new Rest Of The Story features on 5-19-08, and to semi-daily newscasts in August Robert L. Ripley's radio series ran from 1930 to his death in 1949. Music was provided by band leader Ozzie Nelson and vocalist Harriet Hilliard who later became sitcom stars, believe it or not! Turner Classic Movies is doing movies based on radio series this year including Fibber McGee, Gildersleeve, I Love A Mystery, The Whistler, Crime Doctor, etc. Blake Edwards created Richard Diamond for radio, then later the hard-boiled private eye tv-series "Peter Gunn" click top link to watch entire episode Jack Benny Show broadcasting live Part 2 of Jack Benny broadcast Jack sneaks onto Groucho's quiz show as a contestant Beverly Sills died 7-2-07 from cancer complications. Beverly Sills spoofing opera on the Danny Kaye Show Gracie Allen vs. the Tax Auditor (he leaves in confusion) Miss a recent broadcast? You may be able to "hear it now" on your computer for up to a week after broadcast, check the archives Ripley's Believe It Or Not (1932 clip) Origin of the term "Pot-head" for a drunk in Korea Paul Harvey has been broadcasting for 50 years so far. Listen to Paul Harvey archives for this week This is Wally Ballou reminding you to Hang by your thumbs. I love a mystery so welcome again through the squeaking door Note: Stan Freberg hosted "When Radio Was" for 10 years, after previous host Art Fleming passed away suddenly. His final broadcast as host was 10/6/06. The new host from then until June, 2007 was Chuck Schaden. Greg Bell, program director and host of XM Radio’s very popular old-time radio channel, "Radio Classics", has been named as the new host. Chuck Schaden has interviewed some of the radio stars (recorded in the 1970s, see broadcast archive). Superman 1950s TV intro, now a major motion picture Download & watch your favorite TV-shows online  from episodes of "24" to Star Trek, whether they're available on video/DVD or not!Or your choice of over 3000 movies online
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