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4 hours ago
4 hours ago
Today we welcome back to the show Suspense expert Dr. Joe Webb discussing an episode of the radio program Suspense titled "The Palmer Method." The episode stars Ed Gardner, primarily known for his comedic role in Duffy's Tavern, in a more dramatic part. Dr. Joe discusses background information on Suspense, noting this episode's unique characteristic of having significant variations between its East and West Coast broadcasts due to Gardner's improvisational style. They also explore Gardner's personality and the connection between his Duffy's Tavern character, Archie, and Archie Bunker from All in the Family.
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3 days ago
3 days ago
Today we’re starting a 10-week series contrasting comedic and dramatic performances of well-known vintage comedians. Moving through these shows chronologically, we begin with an episode of "Duffy's Tavern" starring Ed Gardner, who will be showcased later in the week in his appearance on “Suspense.” This particular "Duffy's Tavern" episode from May 25th, 1949, includes guest star Ed Wynn doing his humorous, nonsensical opera commentary within the radio show's usual tavern setting.
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Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
We’ve been featuring a taste of the large body of radio work of actor Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy appeared on hundreds of radio shows across his career, and many radio adaptations of his films. He also had his own radio series for a short time in the 1950s, when he was doing mostly westerns. Today we’re closing out this tribute with “The Six Shooter.” The series was far less gritty than his Anthony Mann films, and focused on stories that were often more family-oriented and feel-good than action-packed.
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Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Tuesday Mar 25, 2025
Today as part of our February tribute to actor Jimmy Stewart on radio, we’re presenting a funny episode of The Jack Benny Program. Stewart appeared several times on The Benny Show, both his radio and TV program. This is his first appearance on the show. Jack corners him at The Brown Derby restaurant in an attempt to get him to appear in one of his films.
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Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Today our month-long tribute to Jimmy Stewart on radio continues. "Cavalcade of America," at one time or other, had almost every major star in a title role during its near 20-year run. In this episode Jimmy Stewart taps into his easy, small American, home-town roots, playing a Montana cowboy who enlists in the Navy, but dreams of raising horses. Despite the Navy's lack of equine opportunities, he acquires a sickly colt and names him Montana, nursing him back to health and fighting to keep him.
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Our month-long tribute to actor Jimmy Stewart on radio features a funny 1948 episode of Philco Radio Time, hosted by Bing Crosby. The Bing Crosby Show was primarily focused on popular songs sung by Crosby in the first half, and depending on Bing’s guest, the second half generally was devoted to comedy (written by Carol Carol). Stewart appeared many times on this program, and even hosted the show in the absence of Bing in an episode. We featured three of Stewart’s appearances two years ago, after Jimmy was married. Today we’re going back to Jimmy's first appearance on the program during his bachelor days, with lots of jokes here on Stewart’s popular bashful persona.
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Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Today we are featuring Jimmy Stewart in an episode of Suspense that was only recently discovered in its entirety thanks to collector Randy Riddle. "The Rescue" stars James Stewart in a story about a man who witnesses a distressed woman threatening to jump from a hotel ledge. He becomes entangled in a dangerous plot involving a deceptive doctor and a potential murder. It’s a Stewart performance reminiscent of Stewart’s great Hitchcock films of this period.
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Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
We are back to Jimmy Stewart appearances on popular comedy radio programs. Believe it or not, in 1947 Stewart was a guest on "It Pays to Be Ignorant," a show we have featured on this podcast on a somewhat regular basis. The show features host, Tom Howard, and a panel of “experts” (really vaudevillian baggy-pants comedians) who answer absurd questions in kind. Kate Smith pinch hits for Lulu McConnell on this one. Stewart sounds a little like he was handed the script cold, but it’s fun to hear him totter amidst the utter chaos of this show.
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Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
This week we continue with radio shows featuring the work of the legendary actor, Jimmy Stewart. The story recounts Pilot Tom Greer's transformation from an isolationist college student to a military enlistee after meeting a refugee. The play highlights themes of American identity, sacrifice, and the moral imperative to fight against tyranny during World War II, and shows a transformation in Oboler’s own work, from leaning isolationist in the late 1930s to a sharp pro-war turn when the United States entered the war.
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Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
We are kicking off the month of March featuring one of our favorite vintage Hollywood actors on radio, Jimmy Stewart. Stewart was prolific on radio, with numerous appearances on almost every major A-list program. We are beginning with Jimmy Stewart as guest on the popular comedy, "The Charlie McCarthy Show." The episode features Edgar Bergen, his ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy, and Ray Noble, Anita Gordon, and Mortimer Snerd. This episode features Charlie's mock resignation from radio, a political campaign where Charlie runs for president of his club, and Stewart serves as Charlie's campaign manager.
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