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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Actor Tommy Cook is our special guest today. Tommy was the youngest member of Arch Oboler's stock company during the 1940s. Today Tommy joins us to talk about Arch Oboler, and also his own prolific radio and movie career. We hear Tommy in his first leading role (and his amazing performance!), on Oboler's "Everyman's Theater."
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Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Today we are back to Arch Oboler's series "Lights Out!" This show is interesting, because it's about two network radio typists preparing scripts for Lights Out! when strange things begin to happen. Arch Oboler's stream of consciousness technique of using continuous repetitive dialogue is put to good use here. Also one of Oboler's favorite actresses, Mercedes McCambridge, gives a stellar performance.
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
During the 1930s, Arch Oboler became very famous for his serious plays, many of which had anti-fascist undertones. When war was declared, Oboler's occasional story with hints of isolationist views went away, and he became one of the strongest pro-war writers on the air. Today we hear a beautifully written story starring Raymond Massey, about a single dad who sees his two children go off to war.
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Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Arch Oboler's career was sparked in the early days in horror radio when he was brought on to replace Wyllis Cooper on the series "Lights Out!" Oboler discovered that very late night radio could be used to experiment with unusual techniques in writing and sound effects. Today we hear another episode from the later revival series of Lights Out! with a dark story of a newspaper tyrant, and the ghost who serves his revenge.
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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
We are taking out an entire month to look briefly at the prolific body of work of Arch Oboler. The 1930s saw Oboler in a position of prominence in radio with his own series "Arch Oboler's Plays." Today we hear the most dramatic of these, with an riveting production of Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun," starring James Cagney as the blind and deaf soldier with no arms, and no legs.
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Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Those regular listeners of the show will know the name Arch Oboler. We have featured many Arch Oboler shows, particularly his famous horror series "Lights Out!" But Arch Oboler was much more than just a horror writer. He was also a highly regarded radio innovator, right next to Norman Corwin and Orson Welles. For the next few weeks we are going to be exploring his work from drama to adventure to comedy. We begin with an episode from "Lights Out!" about a man who digs up a mysterious coffin in his backyard!
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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
It is our final visit with radio researcher Keith Scott, with his tremendous tribute to iconic cartoon voices of the golden age who also appeared on radio. For our final episode, we have a true command performance of cartoon voices, as the characters from Warner Brothers and Walt Disney studios collide in this unique variety show from the War Years.
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Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
At last we reach the final three chapters of Carlton E. Morse's corking good thriller, "The Thing That Cries In The Night." Plenty of clues are given to the identity of the murderer, more crazy running around in the middle of the night, and everything comes to a fantastic climax in this action-packed radio serial from 1949.
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Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
We are almost done with our series devoted to the famous voices that worked on radio and cartoons during the golden age. This week, Satn Freberg is back, this time with a radio essay on The CBS Radio Workshop, about satire. Helping Stan make his point about the importance of satire, we hear many great voices also heard in cartoons, such as Daws Butler, June Foray, Bill Thompson, and even Parely Baer (who did the voice of the Keebler Elf in commercials).
Keith Scott's website: https://www.keithscott.com.au/
Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age: https://www.keithscott.com.au/shop
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Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Today Jack is on the trail of the murderer, a radio actress, and the mysterious "They" that haunt the dark hallways of the Martin mansion. Listeners of the 1940s tried to match wits to uncover the identity of the murderer and slasher, along with adventurers Jack, Doc, and Reggie in this rare surviving serial from the elusive "I Love A Mystery."
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