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mcgee's closet
by jd chandler
This will be a place for me to share some of the Old Time Radio shows that I love. I have been listening to and collecting old time radio shows since about 10 years old. The internet has opened new possibilities for collectors of these wonderful shows. I would like to give back a little of what it has given to me.
Episodes
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Unhappy Anniversary
We all know what happened 6 years ago today. The incidents of Sept. 11, 2001 will be defining for our generation. When I was small everyone knew where they were when President Kennedy was shot. I always felt left out, because I didn't know where I was when that happened. I was only two years old....
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William Bendix Double Feature Part 2
William Bendix (1906 - 1964) was a popular actor in the mid 1940s, playing soldiers (Wake Island), gangsters (The Glass Key), palookas (The Blue Dahlia) and most famously Babe Ruth (The Babe Ruth Story). Bendix gained the most fame from his comedic role on the long-running radio show, and later…
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William Bendix Double Feature Part 1
William Bendix (1906 - 1964) was a popular actor in the mid 1940s, playing soldiers (Wake Island), gangsters (The Glass Key), palookas (The Blue Dahlia) and most famously Babe Ruth (The Babe Ruth Story). Bendix became best known for his comedic role in The Life of Riley on radio and later on TV.…
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Everything was Beautiful. Nothing Hurts.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007) was a prisoner of war in Dresden, Gernany in February, 1945 when allied forces delivered the most massive bombing raid of World War II. Over three days the ancient city famous for making delicate china and packed with over 200,000 refugees was bombarded with high...
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Peter Sellers on the Air
Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers (1925-1980) was one of the most popular comedy stars of the 1960s and 1970s, portraying unforgetable characters such as Inspector Closeau, Dr. Strangelove and Chance the Gardner, before dying of a heart attack at 54. How many remember that Sellers got his start on...
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Elliott Lewis Mr. Radio Part One
Elliott Lewis (1918-1990) was known as Mr. Radio. He was probably the most prolific and talented radio performer of the so-called Golden Age of Radio. Lewis began his career in the 1930s as an actor on shows like the Christmas classic Cinnamon Bear. By 1940 Lewis was appearing in 22 shows a week…
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The Bergen & McCarthy Show November 9, 1952 Charlie Is Going to Mary Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was a talented actor, singer and dancer who became one of the most popular stars of the 1950s and has became an icon of American culture. She appeared rarely on radio. Marilyn began her movie career in 1948 with Ladies of the Chorus. By 1952 she had small, but highly...
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Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts April 18, 1949 Lenny Bruce
Leonard "Lenny Bruce" Schneider (1925-1966) became one of the most popular and controversial comedians of the 1950s and 1960s. In his stand-up routines he pushed the bounds of obscenity and legal problems and drug addiction destroyed his career and led to his death at the age of 40. Lenny Bruce…
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Jack Paar Show June 1, 1947 Disagreement in the Shade
Jack Paar (1918-2004) became one of the most popular television personalities of the 1950s and the second host of the popular Tonight Show. Few remember that he got his start on radio. In the 1930s Paar worked as announcer and humorous disc jockey on various stations in the Great Lakes region....
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Jack Webb Double Feature part 2
Jack Webb had a lifelong love of dixie land jazz. After the success of Dragnet in 1951 he got the chance to bring jazz to the radio with the series Pete Kelly's Blues. Webb played a jazz trumpeter in the 1920s who traveles around the country playing jazz and getting involved in dangerous...
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Jack Webb Double Feature part 1
Everyone knows that Jack Webb played Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet on both radio and TV. Dragnet was just the most popular show in a wide variety of them that Webb was a part of. I want to present some of the more obscure work that Webb did. Jack Webb Show April 10, 1946 The Razor, Misery Hour After...
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Superstar Morning Show September 20, 1974 John Lennon DJ
In 1974 KHJ Los Angeles did the Superstar Morning Show where famous musical stars worked as DJs. In September 1974 John Lennon did the spot. This is only Lennon's voice work the songs are faded out. John Lennon was promoting his new album Walls and Bridges and an album by Harry Nilsson that he…
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Orson Welles Double Feature Part 2
Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an actor, playwrite, director and producer of radio, tv and movies. Welles first feature-length film Citizen Kane (1941) is considered to be one of the top three American films ever made. Welles was an important film director, but his influence was also felt very...
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Orson Welles Double Feature Part 1
Orson Welles (1915-1985) was an actor, playwrite, director and producer of radio, tv and movies. Welles first feature-length film Citizen Kane (1941) is considered to be one of the top three American films ever made. Welles was an important film director, but his influence was also felt very...
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Fibber McGee and Molly June 5, 1945 Cleaning the Hall Closet
Some of you, especially if you are new to Old Time Radio, may wonder why my site is called McGee's Closet. This was a running gag on the Fibber McGee and Molly Show. Fibber McGee and Molly ran on NBC from 1935 to 1959. Jim and Marion Jordan played the folksy couple from Wistful Vista and were...
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A Note on Commercials
If you have heard any of the shows I have posted you will find that many of them have the original commercials. These are included for historical value only and are not sponsored by the companies and products involved. Neither are those products endorsed by this blog. Many of the commercials are...
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Mystery In The Air September 18, 1947 The Black Cat
Harry Morgan, not Henry (See the last post), is a well known actor from TV and movies. Best known for his role as Col. Potter on TV's MASH, Morgan was featured in many films and TV series from the 1940s to the 1980s. His second best remembered role on TV was as Officer Bill Gannon on the second...
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The Henry Morgan Show September 9, 1949
Henry Morgan, not Harry Morgan (I'll tell you about him next), began broadcasting his caustic, mostly improvisational humor in regular 15 minute broadcasts in 1940 on the Mutual Broadcasting System. From 1946 through 1950 he had a half-hour comedy show on NBC. This episode is the "first episode…
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Destination Freedom August 1, 1948 Key to Freedom
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was born a slave, taught himself to read and freed himself. After regaining his freedom, Douglass became editor of the Abolitionist paper The North Star. He also became America's first great black orator, an advisor to President Lincoln and was instrumental in…
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Destination Freedom July 25, 1948 The Making of a Man
Brought to you by the Chicago Defender and WMAQ Radio in Chicago Destination Freedom dramatized African American history. Richard Durham wrote and produced 91 scripts in this series dramatizing the lives of characters who were "rebellious, biting, scornful, angry and cocky." Durham's goal was to...
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The Fifth Horseman July 4, 1946 Rehearsal
In 1946 the National Broadcasting System created a series of eight half hour radio shows dramatizing the dangers of Atomic Warfare. This was part of an organized effort to turn control of Atomic weapons over to the United Nations so that no individual country would be able to use them. On July 4,...
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Hoagy Carmichael Double Feature Part 2
Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981) was one of the all time great American song writers penning such classics as "Stardust", "Heart and Soul" and "Georgia on My Mind." Hoagy was also a wonderful singer, piano player and a good actor,appearing in films like To Have and Have Not (1944) and Best...
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Hoagy Charmichael Double Feature part 1
Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981) was one of the alltime great American songwriters, penning such classics as "Stardust", "Heart and Soul" and "Georgia on My Mind." Hoagy was also a wonderful singer, piano player and a good actor,appearing in films like To Have and Have Not (1944) and Best...
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Martin & Lewis Show April 3, 1949 Guest Lucille Ball
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis began performing a comedy singing nightclub act together when they were in their 20s. Martin had a smooth singing voice and a likeable sense of humor. Lewis was zany and almost surreal in his comedy. In 1948 network executives from NBC searching for new talent caught…
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Judy Canova Show August 24, 1943 A Date With Mickey Rooney
The Judy Canova Show was a very funny comedy series that aired from 1943-1953. It started as a sketch on the Grand Ol' Opry, but soon developed into a half hour show. Judy Canova's character was the female version of her then-husband Bob Burns "Arkansas Traveler" character. She was a hog calling,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This will be a place for me to share some of the Old Time Radio shows that I love. I have been listening to and collecting old time radio shows since about 10 years old. The internet has opened new possibilities for collectors of these wonderful shows. I would like to give back a little of what it has given to me.
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jd chandler
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