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 Aug 08, 2024
Thursday Aug 08, 2024
It's the last in our series of "10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories" as presented on vintage radio. Today, we depart from Dimension X and X Minus One to present a post-apocalyptic story by George R. Stewart, a best-selling author who was the great granddaddy of the "disaster" genre. His story The Earth Abides imagines what it might be like to be the last survivor of a plague that wipes out all of humanity.
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Today the feature is once again Groucho Marx. This is Groucho from 1946 on a funny "Mail Call" program. "Mail Call" was Armed Forces-only popular entertainment show generally recorded in front of military camps, and sent by transcription to be aired overseas. Groucho does a lot of adlibbing here, and sings a wartime version of one of his famous songs, "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
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Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Thursday Aug 01, 2024
Today we are nearing the conclusion of "10 More Great Sci-Fi Stories." This story is just too weird and wildly imaginative to not include in this list. A man repeatedly relives the same day, waking up every morning screaming. This Frederik Pohl story manages to be both highly original and explore popular themes of media paranoia of the era.
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Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
We continue through some of the best Jack Benny shows from the year 1947. Today's episode is the Jack Benny Show at his best. It features two interesting guests, the famous singer/songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, and the high-powered movie studio executive, Samuel Goldwyn. Don't miss Jack and Goldwyn trying to hold it together reading the hilarious script.
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Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Today we imagine a future where the entire transit system is made up of gigantic conveyer belts, where you can have breakfast and a cup of coffee in a café on your way to work. But what happens when the engineers have a labor strike? Robert Heinlein is the author of this famous short story, as we continue our journey exploring the world of great sci-fi stories on radio.
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Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
In this episode, we dive into the world of Bob and Ray, the legendary comedy duo that revolutionized radio and television. Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding's weird improvised characters and satire influenced an entire generation of comedy. Today we listen to a Bob and Ray half-hour show from 1954.
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Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Today we selected a story that doesn't deal with the unusual aliens and fantastic elements so much, but delves into the psychology of complete human isolation. A man has been alone in an outpost in outer space for six years, and lives side by side with his delusions. Now that the time has come to relieve him of his duties, will he know what is real and what isn't?
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
It's our 300th episode! That's important to us, anyway, so we are celebrating with an extra whiz-bang extravaganza. It's a 90-minute episode of "The Big Show," the audio showcase of the most popular entertainers from 1951. We are calling this a tribute to Vaudeville, because this particular episode also features several hilarious comedy teams from the days of Vaudeville, brought out of retirement to recreate their acts, including "Smith and Dale," and "Baron Munchausen and Sharlie."
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Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Its summer, and we are back this week to continue with some of the best science fiction to come from the golden age of radio and sci-fi. Today's imaginative story mixes Nazis and "shrinking" technology. This story by the lesser known writer Villiers Gerson is "Fantastic Voyage" with a unique spin.
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Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Another great Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show. Phil is worried about getting his tonsils removed and is getting no sympathy from anyone. A lot of sitcoms from the time dealt with this topic, but perhaps none of them as uniquely and hilariously as the writers, Ray singer and Dick Chevillat.
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