Legendary radio collector John Tefteller presents the best of mystery, comedy, horror, and adventure stories, produced by the greatest writers, directors, composers, and stars.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
This is the final in our series of "Top 10 Radio Noir", and we're bringing an episode of a popular West Coast only radio pulp series, "The Whistler." The story concerns a shady attorney who gets in too deep with the wrong side. The Whistler played by announcer Bill Forman was a conscience-like voice who narrated the story of someone in the process of committing some crime. Its claim to fame (beside the famous whistled theme) was the final act with a twist ending.
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Today our annual Christmas Advent continues with another shopping trip with Jimmy and Bing as Jimmy is returning his Christmas gift, and Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire reprising their roles to present a condensed version of Irving Berlin's Christmas classic "Holiday Inn" (Fred Astaire even dances on the radio!). All this, and a shot with Fibber McGee and Molly. This is an episode chock-full of classic Christmas cheer!
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Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Since this episode lands right on Pearl Harbor remembrance day, we decided to pause from our current series to go back and bring you a show that was produced at a time when the events of Pearl Harbor and the bloody aftermath of WWII was still fresh in the public's memory. Jimmy Stewart gives a marvelous performance in this taut thriller of a paralyzed soldier, whose condition is overcome by his desire for revenge.
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Again this week we are visiting 1947 to take a listen to Christmas of the past. Jack Benny was the number one comedian and the number one show in this year, and their annual "Christmas shopping" episode was a tradition, with many of the characters staples that would move into television. In addition we have a bonus clip of Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart Christmas shopping from 1951.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
"Crossfire" was an interesting mystery/film noir from 1947, about a group of soldiers, antisemitism, and the sudden violent murder of Joseph Samuels. This radio version of the film is a full-hour Suspense show and pulled in an impressive cast of high powered movie stars to reprise the five principles in the story: Robert Young as Inspector Finley, Robert Mitchum as Keely, Robert Ryan as Montgomery, Samuel Levine as Samuels, and George Cooper as Mitchell.
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Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
With Thanksgiving officially past, the gloves are off for our annual march toward Christmas. And as has become our tradition, in this year of 2023, we are looking back at the Ghost of Christmas Past. Our first visit is with perhaps radio's most beloved couple, Fibber McGee and Molly. As well as being a cleverly written show, this series celebrates the American ideal of good friends and neighbors. This episode features "Teeny" singing "The Night Before Christmas."
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Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving! This year for our annual turkey show, we are going back to Thanksgiving Day of 1942 to hear a fascinating program written and narrated by the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and farmer Louis Bromfield that celebrates legacy, and those who work the soil. As with many shows produced in the early days of WWII, there is a looming dark presence. But this story looks past that with hopeful eyes to the future, and the joyful anticipation of abundance.
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Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
A few weeks ago we featured a Jack Benny Show that parodied the movie, "It's A Wonderful Life." Today we are listening to the follow-up show, which is a look at "what happened" immediately after the curtain went down on that show. Victor Moore, the largely forgotten actor/comedian of the era, makes a return visit as Jack's guardian angel.
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Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
It's back to the half-hour format of "Suspense" series this week, and as radio noir goes, Suspense was the absolute best. Today we are presenting the one appearance of Judy Garland on the series. Garland really gets to show her dramatic acting chops in this one, as a carhop in Hollywood who is abducted by a homicidal maniac (played by future "Suspense" producer/director Elliott Lewis) and develops a bit of Stockholm syndrome for her captor.
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Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
We are joined by Nick Santa Maria, writer, comedian, and Abbott and Costello expert, for a second discussion about "The Boys." Today they discuss their meteoric rise to fame, the tragic story of Lou Costello, and The Andrews Sisters, among other topics. In addition we're listening to another Abbott and Costello radio show from 1945, and Bud and Lou's famous 'Hertz Rent-A-Car" routine.
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