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beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #79 - SoundScape 1938 part 8 This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live February 17 through February 20, 1938. Featuring: Jack Benny Robert Taylor Maureen O’Sullivan Jack Conway Meredith Wilson Fanny Brice The Cast of Dick Tracy Don Wilson Phil Harris Mary Livingston Kenny Baker Eddie “Rochester” Anderson Orson Welles Norma Talmadge Sigmund Romberg Josephine Starr Charlie McCarthy
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When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #78 – SoundScape 1938 part 7
The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.
I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference for writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.
This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Ti...
2023-06-3000 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #78 - SoundScape 1938 part 7The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts. I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference for writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938. This episode consists of a cura...
2023-06-301h 07When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #77 – SoundScape 1938 part 6
The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.
I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.
This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Ti...
2023-06-1800 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #77 - SoundScape 1938 part 6The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts. I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938. This episode consists of a cura...
2023-06-1853 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #76 – Soundscape 1938 part 5
I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.
This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast January 30 through February 06, 1938.
Featuring:
Josephine Starr
Eddie Cantor
The Ca...
2023-06-0800 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #76 - Soundscape 1938 part 5I listen to hundreds of hours of radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938. This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast January 30 through February 06, 1938. Featuring: Josephine Starr Eddie Cant...
2023-06-081h 10When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #75 – SoundScape 1938 part 4
The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.
This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 26 through January 30, 1938.
Featuring:
Eddie Cantor
Dorothy Wade
Jack Benny
Don Wilson
Mary Livingston
Don Ameche
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Nelson Eddy
Boris Karloff
The Stroud Twins
Dorothy LaMour
Norma Talmadge
and
Georgie Jessel
2023-05-2800 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #75 - Soundscape 1938 part 4This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 26 through January 30, 1938. Featuring: Eddie Cantor Dorothy Wade Jack Benny Don Wilson Mary Livingston Don Ameche Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Nelson Eddy Boris Karloff The Stroud Twins Dorothy LaMour Norma Talmadge and Georgie Jessel Featured Songs Include: Rosalie Medley – Eddie Cantor Ave Maria – Deanna Durbin Bie Mir Bist Du Sh...
2023-05-281h 05When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #74 – Soundscape 1938 part 3
The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.
This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 16 through January 3, 1938.
Featuring:
Georgie Jessel
Norma Talmadge
Josephine Starr
Eddie Cantor
Pinky Tomlin
Bert Kalmar
Harry Ruby
Lee Wiley
Don Ameche
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Nelson Eddy
Alice Brady
Dorothy Lamour
...
2023-05-1800 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #74 - SoundScape 1938 part 3This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 16 through January 3, 1938. Featuring: Georgie Jessel Norma Talmadge Josephine Starr Eddie Cantor Pinky Tomlin Bert Kalmar Harry Ruby Lee Wiley Don Ameche Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen Nelson Eddy Alice Brady Dorothy Lamour Featured Songs Include: Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen – Georgie Jessel When You Dream About Hawaii – Georgie Jessel The Doll’...
2023-05-171h 03When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled episode #73 – SoundScape 1938 part 2
This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 5 through January 16, 1938.
And it’s a good one, too! Lots of classic comedy and infectious songs coming your way!
Featuring:
Eddie Cantor
Pinky Tomlin
Don Wilson
Jack Benny
Kenny Baker
Mary Livingston
Phil Harris
Ned Sparks
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
The Mad Russian
Featured Songs Include:
Bei Mir Bist du Shoen – Pinky Tomlin & Eddie Cantor
I lo...
2023-05-0700 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #73 - Soundscape 1938 part 2This episode consists of a curated collection of Clips originally broadcast January 5 through January 16, 1938. And it’s a good one, too! Lots of classic comedy and infectious songs coming your way! Featuring: Eddie Cantor Pinky Tomlin Don Wilson Jack Benny Kenny Baker Mary Livingston Phil Harris Ned Sparks Charlie McCarthy Edgar Bergen And - The Mad Russian Featured Songs Include: Bei Mir Bist du Sh...
2023-05-071h 02When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #72 – SoundScape 1938 part 1
The Soundscape series is a happy side effect from the research phase of the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.
The creation of the historical documentaries begins with research. In my collection of Old Time Radio Shows I have hundreds of hours of recordings from 1938. I arranged all these radio shows by order of date broadcast and then listened to them one by one until I had listened to the entire year January 1 to December 31. As I go through the listening process I take the most interesting, entertaining, or informative clips and assemble them onto a “Best Of...
2023-04-2800 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #72 - SoundScape 1938 part 1The Soundscape series is a happy side effect from the research phase of the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts. The creation of the historical documentaries begins with research. In my collection of Old Time Radio Shows I have hundreds of hours of recordings from 1938. I arranged all these radio shows by order of date broadcast and then listened to them one by one until I had listened to the entire year January 1 to December 31. As I go through the listening process I take the most interesting, entertaining, or informative clips and assemble them onto a...
2023-04-281h 09When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled episode #71 The Year 1938 part 2
In the previous episode, 1938 part 1, we looked at the political situation across the world. The coming confrontation between countries trying to provoke war and countries wishing to avoid it. How Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Franco, and Stalin created fear and suffering. How the USA, Britain, France, and the smaller democracies tried to keep free and out of war through appeasement and diplomacy while building up their defenses just in case.
To tell the truth, last episode was dark. Not a lot happened to be optimistic or hopeful about. Kind of a Bummer.
Invasions and threats of...
2023-04-1700 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode #71 - The Year 1938 part 2In the previous episode, 1938 part 1, we looked at the political situation across the world. The coming confrontation between countries trying to provoke war and countries wishing to avoid it. How Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Franco, and Stalin created fear and suffering. How the USA, Britain, France, and the smaller democracies tried to keep free and out of war through appeasement and diplomacy while building up their defenses just in case. To tell the truth, last episode was dark. Not a lot happened to be optimistic or hopeful about. Kind of a Bummer. In...
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beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #70 The Year 1938 part 1 - Politics International and DomesticThe Year 1938 as presented through Old Time Radio! Featuring: Eddie Cantor The Cast of March of Time Adolf Hitler Orson Welles Georgie Jessel Neville Chamberlain Jack Benny Judy Garland Winston Churchill And More!
2023-04-072h 01When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #69 – Phil Harris and His Orchestra 1938
The Jack Benny show made Phil a huge star. Even though Phil would go on to do more films and have his own radio shows, and tour the country with his band, and appear on television and build a real estate empire he would always be known first and foremost for his Jack Benny years.
What you are about to hear are a series of musical selections Phil and his orchestra played live on Jack Benny’s Jello program in 1938.
Some are instrumentals and some feature Phil’s distinctive vocals, but all of them bring a jo...
2023-03-1600 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #69 - Phil Harris and his Orchestra 1938The Jack Benny show made Phil a huge star. Even though Phil would go on to do more films and have his own radio shows, and tour the country with his band, and appear on television and build a real estate empire he would always be known first and foremost for his Jack Benny years. What you are about to hear are a series of musical selections Phil and his orchestra played live on Jack Benny’s Jello program in 1938. Some are instrumentals and some feature Phil’s distinctive vocals, but all of them bring a jo...
2023-03-1639 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #68 Eddie Cantor Sings 1938
Born Edward Israel Iskowitz in 1892 to a poor family of recent immigrants, through sheer tenacity and talent street urchin Eddie Cantor became a show biz giant for half a century. Starting out in vaudeville in 1907, starring on Broadway, a movie star in both silents and talkies, and a radio and television pioneer.
For three Generations Every household in America knew the name Eddie Cantor as well as they knew their own names.
Eddie was many things, actor, songwriter, comedian, humanitarian, patriot, Union president, father, and all around thoughtful, decent, kind, and generous human being.
2023-03-0500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #68 Eddie Cantor Sings 1938Born Edward Israel Iskowitz in 1892 to a poor family or recent immigrants, through sheer tenacity and talent street urchin Eddie Cantor became a show biz giant for half a century. Starting out in vaudeville in 1907, starring on Broadway, a movie star in both silents and talkies, and a radio and television pioneer. For three Generations Every household in America knew the name Eddie Cantor as well as they knew their own names. Eddie was many things, actor, songwriter, comedian, humanitarian, patriot, Union president, father, and all around thoughtful, decent, kind, and ge...
2023-03-0529 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #67 Jack Benny Goes to Yosemite
Old Time Radio’s Jack Benny show was a sitcom disguised as a variety show.
The cast used their real names, or rather their real stage names, but they all played characters unlike themselves. Characters of diverse comic points of view, each character contrasted with the others. Each funny in their own way and all together a delightful mix of contrasting attitudes and motivations.
rJack Benny was the center of this comic universe. He portrayed a cheapskate, self centered scardy cat who imagined himself a rugged ladies man.
Jack’s real life wife, Mary...
2023-02-2600 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #67 - Jack Benny's Gang Go to Yosemite.Old Time Radio’s Jack Benny show was a sitcom disguised as a variety show. The cast used their real names, or rather their real stage names, but they all played characters unlike themselves. Characters of diverse comic points of view, each character contrasted with the others. Each funny in their own way and all together a delightful mix of contrasting attitudes and motivations. Jack Benny was the center of this comic universe. He portrayed a cheapskate, self centered scardy cat who imagined himself a rugged ladies man. Ja...
2023-02-251h 41When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled Episode 66 Dorothy Lamour Sings 1938
Best known today as the third angle in the Bob Hope Bing Crosby road pictures romantic triangles, or perhaps as the sarong wearing eye candy in several other films, Dorothy Lamour started out as a big band singer.
Appearing weekly on the Charlie McCarthy show afforded Dorothy opportunities to remind audiences of her musical roots, and her lovely expressive voice.
And that’s what this episode is all about. For your enjoyment, Here is a delightful collection of tunes sung live by Dorothy Lamour on the radio in 1938.
I see your Face Before Me...
2023-02-1500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #66 Dorothy Lamour Sings 1938Best known today as the third angle in the Bob Hope Bing Crosby road pictures romantic triangles, or perhaps as the sarong wearing eye candy in several other films, Dorothy Lamour started out as a big band singer. Appearing weekly on the Charlie McCarthy show afforded Dorothy opportunities to remind audiences of her musical roots, and her lovely expressive voice. And that’s what this episode is all about. For your enjoyment, Here is a delightful collection of tunes sung live by Dorothy Lamour on the radio in 1938. SONGS INCLUDE: My He...
2023-02-1529 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #65 Charlie McCarthy Sexiest Man Alive 1938
This is the second year in a row that Charlie McCarthy has proven himself the greatest lover in Hollywood, or anywhere else for that matter.
Among those that Charlie McCarthy charmed are the some of the most accomplished and beautiful women of his time. Some of them tried to resist, some didn’t bother, in the end they were all putty in Charlie’s hands. The previous year, 1937, Charlie McCarthy had earned quite a reputation as an irresistable bounder and cad. His list of conquests included Olympic Skater turned film star Sonya Henie as well as famous movie...
2023-02-0500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #65 Charlie McCarthy Sexiest Man Alive 1938The ladies love Charlie. Featuring: Rosalind Russell Ella Logan Barbara Stanwyck Marlene Dietrich Edgar Bergen
2023-02-0533 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #64 – Fred Allen People You Didn’t Expect to Meet
The Fred Allen material you are about to hear is from his radio show, Town Hall Tonight, in 1938.
Fred Allen was unique in the radio world of corny set up/punchline type snappy patter his former vaudeville and current radio peers like Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, Georgie Jessel, the Marx Brothers, and others favored.
Oftentimes Fred’s comic voice is compared to that of Mark Twain. All American and homespun wisdom disguised as jokes.
Fred ‘s wit focused on social commentary, gently poking fun at the foibles and eccentricities of human nature. Fred was...
2023-01-2500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #64 - Fred Allen People You Didn't Expect to MeetThe Fred Allen material you are about to hear is from his radio show, Town Hall Tonight, in 1938. Fred Allen was unique in the radio world of corny set up/punchline type snappy patter his former vaudeville and current radio peers like Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn, Georgie Jessel, the Marx Brothers, and others favored. Oftentimes Fred’s comic voice is compared to that of Mark Twain. All American and homespun wisdom disguised as jokes. Fred ‘s wit focused on social commentary, gently poking fun at the foibles and eccentricities of human nature. Fred was...
2023-01-2553 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #63 – Fanny Brice and Baby Snooks
Fanny Brice was one of the greatest singer/comics on Broadway.
She had to reinvent herself as Baby Snooks in order to find radio stardom.
This is that Journey.
Songs Include:
My Man
Second Hand Rose
I was a Flora Dora Baby
Click Here to Give it a Listen
2023-01-1500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #63 - Fanny Brice and Baby SnooksBaby Snooks was an iconic and wildly popular character through the late thirties, the war years and the end of the forties, into the fifties. Fanny Brice had joined so many other Vaudeville greats who jumped to radio when Vaudeville collapsed and died. Al Jolson, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Connie Boswell, Fred Allen, George Jessel, and so many others had a journey from Vaude to Airwaves but they didn’t have to reinvent themselves to do it. Fanny became so identified with Baby Snooks that a whole generation grew up loving Snoo...
2023-01-141h 17When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #62 – Judy Garland Sings 1938
Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in 1922, and soon revealed a talent for song and dance. Her first public performance was when she was just 2 and a half years old, singing jingle bells at a Christmas pageant.
Her father was a successful vaudevillian with Judy and her sisters following in his footsteps, touring a singing act “The Gumm Sisters” in the waning days of Vaudeville.
When sound came to movies, so did song and dance acts like the Gumm sisters. The act moved to the big screen in early Vitaphone musical revues with seven year old...
2023-01-0500 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #62 - Judy Garland Sings 1938Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in 1922, and soon revealed a talent for song and dance. Her first public performance was when she was just 2 and a half years old, singing jingle bells at a Christmas pageant. Her father was a successful vaudevillian with Judy and her sisters following in his footsteps, touring a singing act “The Gumm Sisters” in the waning days of Vaudeville. When sound came to movies, so did song and dance acts like the Gumm sisters. The act moved to the big screen in early Vitaphone musical revues...
2023-01-0533 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #61 - Christmas 2022Its time again to celebrate the holiday season and all it stands for with a Christmas stocking full old time radio yuletide magic. This very special episode stars Phil Harris, Bing Crosby, Alice Faye, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Joan Bennett, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Rudy Vallee, Andy Devine, and many other makers of Christmas magic And magic it is. The magic of celebrating Christmas with old friends from 1938. The magic of our imagination. The magic of the golden age of radio. The magic of Santa Claus. The magic of the...
2022-12-121h 44When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #61 – Christmas 2022
Its time again to celebrate the holiday season and all it stands for with a Christmas stocking full old time radio yuletide magic.
This very special episode stars Phil Harris, Bing Crosby, Alice Faye, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Joan Bennett, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Rudy Vallee, Andy Devine, and many other makers of Christmas magic
And magic it is. The magic of celebrating Christmas with old friends from 1938. The magic of our imagination. The magic of the golden age of radio. The magic of Santa Claus. The magic of the Jesu...
2022-12-1200 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #60 – Bie Mir Bist du Shön
Bie Mir Bist du Shön – The Andrew Sisters created a Craze for this Catchy Song
This song shot up the charts, appearing in the top ten on January 8 1938, going to number one two weeks later and staying in the top spot from 5 to 10 weeks, depending on your source.
And it went international before that was really a thing, becoming a massive hit in Germany and Poland as well as the United States.
Dozens of established recording artists, Like Kate Smith and Benny Goodman, rushed to record their own ver...
2022-12-0100 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #60 - Bie Mir Bist du ShönBie Mir Bist du Shön This song shot up the charts, appearing in the top ten on January 8 1938, going to number one two weeks later and staying in the top spot from 5 to 10 weeks, depending on your source. And it went international before that was really a thing, becoming a massive hit in Germany and Poland as well as the United States. Dozens of established recording artists, Like Kate Smith and Benny Goodman, rushed to record their own version of the song. This incredible popularity made singers on the Radio o...
2022-11-3035 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled – Thanksgiving 2022
Our Old Time Radio Thanksgiving menu is made up of:
A first course of The Good News show from Thanksgiving eve , November 24, 1938.
Featuring:
Robert Young
Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks
And the cast of the very popular Andy Hardy movies, including star Mickey Rooney, in an original radio play.
Followed by an Entre of The Jack Benny Show from just after Thanksgiving 1937, November 28, entitled “Jack Cooked the Turkey” where the gang talks about their thanksgiving day.
Appetizer and desert provided by Fred Allen, courtesy to the c...
2022-11-1900 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #59 - Old Time Radio Thanksgiving 2022Our Old Time Radio Thanksgiving menu is made up of: A first course of The Good News show from Thanksgiving eve , November 24, 1938. Featuring: Robert Young Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks And the cast of the very popular Andy Hardy movies, including star Mickey Rooney, in an original radio play. Followed by an Entre of The Jack Benny Show from just after Thanksgiving 1937, November 28, entitled “Jack Cooked the Turkey” where the gang talks about their thanksgiving day. Appetizer and deser...
2022-11-181h 36When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #58 – Soundscape 1937 part 24
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast December 14 to December 30, 1937.
Starring : Dr Arthur C. Christie, Dr Gilbert W Hague, Dr Kingsley Roberts, Rudy Vallee, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Cecil B DeMille, Slim Hoffman, Brian Ahern, Madge Evans, Fibber McGee, Myrt and Marge, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Jack Buchanan, Winston Churchill, Marlene Dietrich, and more.
Featured songs include Rudy Valle “Down with Love”, Gracie Allen “I love you from Coast to Coast”, and Marlene Dietrich “Lilli Marlene”
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2022-11-1100 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode #58 Soundscape 1937 part 24This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast December 14 to December 30, 1937. Starring : Dr Arthur C. Christie, Dr Gilbert W Hague, Dr Kingsley Roberts, Rudy Vallee, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Cecil B DeMille, Slim Hoffman, Brian Ahern, Madge Evans, Fibber McGee, Myrt and Marge, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Jack Buchanan, Winston Churchill, Marlene Dietrich, and more. Featured songs include Rudy Valle “Down with Love”, Gracie Allen “I love you from Coast to Coast”, and Marlene Dietrich “Lilli Marlene” As always, thi...
2022-11-1152 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #57 – Soundscape 1937 part 23
Starring Fibber McGee, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, The Seven Dwarves, Snow White, Cecil B. DeMille, Walt Disney, Pinky Tomlin, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, and more.
Featured songs include Eddie Cantor “Getting some fun out of life”, Rudy Vallee “Oh, Promise Me”, and Pinky Tomlin “I want to be in Winchell’s Column”
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2022-11-0300 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode #57 Soundscape 1937 part 23This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast December 13 to December 22, 1937. Starring Fibber McGee, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Mary Livingstone, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, The Seven Dwarves, Snow White, Cecil B. DeMille, Walt Disney, Pinky Tomlin, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, and more. Featured songs include Eddie Cantor “Getting some fun out of life”, Rudy Vallee “Oh, Promise Me”, and Pinky Tomlin “I want to be in Winchell’s Column” As always, this Soundscape consists of “best of” Clip Reels I compiled from Old...
2022-11-0357 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #56 – Spooky Halloween 2022
Boo!
Halloween approaches – the night when the boundaries between the living and the dead, reality and imagination dissolve. Evil witches mount flying brooms. Brain starved Zombies, restless spirits, supernatural spooks, savage monsters and all forms of malevolent miscreants shamble across the earth creating terror among the hapless and tasty human populace.
Above all, Halloween is the best time for scary stories. In that tradition welcome to When Radio Ruled episode 56, Spooky Halloween Special 2022.
The show is going to give you a couple of spine tinglers to get you in the spooky Halloween frame of...
2022-10-2700 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #56 - Spooky Halloween 2022Halloween approaches – the night when the boundaries between the living and the dead, reality and imagination dissolve. Evil witches mount flying brooms. Brain starved Zombies, restless spirits, supernatural spooks, savage monsters and all forms of malevolent miscreants shamble across the earth creating terror among the hapless and tasty human populace. Above all, Halloween is the best time for scary stories. In that tradition welcome to When Radio Ruled episode 56, Spooky Halloween Special 2022. The show is going to give you a couple of spine tinglers to get you in the spooky Halloween fram...
2022-10-261h 03When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled Episode 55 – Soundscape 1937 part 22
Mae West and Charlie McCarthy – Great scandals if 1937
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast November 29 to December 12, 1937.
Starring Cecil B Demille, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Rudy Vallee, Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou, Frank Case, Andy Devine, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, Fibber McGee, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Nelson Eddy, Mae West, Pinky Tomlin and more.
Click Here to Listen to Soundscape 1937 part 22
2022-10-2000 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode 55 - Soundscape 1937 part 22This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast November 29 to December 12, 1937. Starring Cecil B Demille, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Rudy Vallee, Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou, Frank Case, Andy Devine, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, Fibber McGee, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Nelson Eddy, Mae West, Pinky Tomlin and more.
2022-10-181h 08When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #54 – Soundscape 1937 part 21
Jack Benny and his faithful Maxwell
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast November 8 to November 28, 1938.
Starring Bing Crosby, Jimmy Wallington, Eddie Cantor, Fibber McGee and Molly, Benny Goodman, Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Orson Welles, and more.
Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor, “Getting some fun out of Life”, Bing Crosby “I’m Humming”, Some smoking Benny Goodman Swing Instrumentals and the Benny Goodman orchestra featuring vocalist Martha Tilden “Mama that moon is here again”, Pinky Tomlin “T...
2022-10-0900 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #54 - Soundscape 1937 part 21This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast November 8 to November 28, 1938. Starring Bing Crosby, Jimmy Wallington, Eddie Cantor, Fibber McGee and Molly, Benny Goodman, Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Orson Welles, and more. Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor, “Getting some fun out of Life”, Bing Crosby “I’m Humming”, Some smoking Benny Goodman Swing Instrumentals and the Benny Goodman orchestra featuring vocalist Martha Tilden “Mama that moon is here again”, Pinky Tomlin “The Lady who couldn’t be Kissed” and Phil Ha...
2022-10-0957 minWhen Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled episode #53 – Soundscape 1937 part 20
Edward G. Robinson on the Radio!
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast October 18 to November 7, 1937.
Starring Fibber McGee and Molly, Edward G. Robinson, Pinky Tomlin, Jimmy Wallington, Eddie Cantor, The Cast of the March of Time, Ben Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Kenny Baker, Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Cecil B. Demille, John R. Kissinger , and more.
Featured Songs include Pinky Tomlin “Can’t stop me from dreaming”, Eddie Cantor Medley of hits and “Doe to Doe”.
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2022-09-3000 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #53 - Soundscape 1937 part 20This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast October 18 to November 7, 1937. Starring Fibber McGee and Molly, Edward G. Robinson, Pinky Tomlin, Jimmy Wallington, Eddie Cantor, The Cast of the March of Time, Ben Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Kenny Baker, Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Cecil B. Demille, John R. Kissinger , and more. Featured Songs include Pinky Tomlin “Can’t stop me from dreaming”, Eddie Cantor Medley of hits and “Doe to Doe”.
2022-09-291h 02When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #52 – Soundscape 1937 part 19
Clark Gable on the Radio!
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast October 11 to October 18, 1937.
Starring Fibber McGee & Molly, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eddie Cantor, Pinky Tomlin, Benny Goodman, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Clark Gable, Dorothy LaMour, Nelson Eddy, The Stroud Twins, Cecil B. DeMille, Jimmy Starr, Madge Evans, Fred MacMurry, and more.
Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor “Laugh Your Way Through Life” and “Keep it Over There”, Benny Goodman “The Old Apple Tree”.
Click Here to Listen to When Radio Ruled #52
2022-09-2000 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #52 - Soundscape 1937 part 19This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast October 11 to October 18, 1937. Starring Fibber McGee & Molly, President Franklin Roosevelt, Eddie Cantor, Pinky Tomlin, Benny Goodman, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Clark Gable, Dorothy LaMour, Nelson Eddy, The Stroud Twins, Cecil B. DeMille, Jimmy Starr, Madge Evans, Fred MacMurry, and more. Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor “Laugh Your Way Through Life” and “Keep it Over There”, Benny Goodman “The Old Apple Tree”.
2022-09-201h 04When Radio RuledWhen Radio Ruled #51 – Soundscape 1937 part 18
Ida Lupino on the Radio
This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast September 5 to October 10, 1937.
Starring W.C. Fields, Charlie McCarthy, Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Al Jolson, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis, Cecil B. DeMille, John LeRoy Johnston, Rudy Vallee, The Stroud Twins, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, and more.
Featured Songs include Al Jolson “Tootsie”, Eddie Cantor “Now’s the time to fall in love” and “Love is on the Air Tonight”, The Connecticut Yankees with an unident...
2022-09-1000 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #51 - Soundscape 1937 part 18This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast September 5 to October 10, 1937. Starring W.C. Fields, Charlie McCarthy, Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Al Jolson, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bette Davis, Cecil B. DeMille, John LeRoy Johnston, Rudy Vallee, The Stroud Twins, Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, and more. Featured Songs include Al Jolson “Tootsie”, Eddie Cantor “Now’s the time to fall in love” and “Love is on the Air Tonight”, The Connecticut Yankees with an unidentified female vocalist (possibly Annett...
2022-09-0922 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #50 - Soundscape 1937 part 17This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast August 29 to September 5, 1937. Starring Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, W.C. Fields, Pinky Tomlin, Fibber McGee and Molly, Benny Goodman, Eddie Stanley, Ida Lupino, and more. Featured Songs include Don Ameche, Dorothy Lamour and Charlie McCarthy “Have You Got Any?” Pinky Tomlin “The Love Bug” and “Stop Breaking my Heart” And The Benny Goodman Quartet, a super group made up of swing and jazz legends Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, and Benn...
2022-08-301h 04
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode #49 - Soundscape 1937 part 16This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast August 22 to August 27, 1937. Starring Harlow Wilcox, Fibber McGee & Molly, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Glenda Farrell, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy LaMour, W.C. Fields, American Refugees from Japan’s invasion of Shang Hai,and more.
2022-08-201h 02
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode 48 - Soundscape 1937 part 15This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast August 8 to August 15, 1937. Starring Pinky Tomlin, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Nelson Eddy, Edgar Bergen, W.C. Fields, Wendy Berrie, Benny Goodman, Eve Sully and Jesse Block, Robert Armbruster, Dorothy Lamour, Alice Brady, and more. Featured Songs include Pinky Tomlin “Cowboy Medley” and “Seven Stages of Man”, Benny Goodman “Remember”, Eve Sully “Swing, Benny, Swing”.
2022-08-101h 01
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape 1937 part 14This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast July 11 to August 8, 1937. Starring Charlie McCarthy, Don Ameche, Gladys George, Edgar Bergen, W.C. Fields, Robert Armbruster, Dorothy Lamour, Pinky Tomlin, Fibber McGee and Molly, Harlow Wilcox, Bruna Castagna, Eddie Stanley, and more. Featured Songs include Dorothy Lamour and Charlie McCarthy “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”, Pinky Tomlin “I Guess I’m Just a Country Boy at Heart” and “That’s What You Think”
2022-07-291h 03
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode 46 - Soundscape 1937 part 13This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast June 21 to July 11, 1937. Starring Cecil B. DeMille, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Jimmy Wallington, Pinky Tomlin, Don Ameche, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Sonya Hennie, W.C. Fields, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Armbruster, Zasu Pitts, Hoagy Carmichael, and more. Featured Songs include Mary Livingston with the cast of the Jack Benny Show “The Love Bug”, Pinky Tomlin “As Far As Your Concerned”, The cast of the Charlie McCarthy Show with Hoagy Carmichael, “I love you like my old felt hat”
2022-07-151h 05
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled episode #45 - Eddie Cantor Sings 1937Eddie was a multi-talented entertainer who was a huge star in vaudeville, and on broadway, and in silent film, and in radio, and in talking pictures, and in television. Eddie Cantor is a true show biz Legend with a vast body of work spanning decades. But this podcast is going to focus on Eddie Cantor the singer of songs old and new as recorded live on the Eddie Cantor radio show in 1937. Eddie’s musical recording career began in 1917 and he had several hit songs throughout the 1920’s....
2022-07-0129 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #44 - Soundscape 1937 part 12This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast June 13 to June 20, 1937. Starring Pinky Tomlin, Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Dorothy Lamour, W.C. Fields, Joan Blondell, Rogers & Hart, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Phil Harris, Cecil B. DeMille, Helen Wills Moody, Fibber McGee and Molly, Rudy Vallee, Fanny Brice, Charles Winninger, May Robson, and more. Featured Songs include Pinky Tomlin “Ragtime Cowboy Joe Medley”, Don Ameche “A little of you on toast:” Rudy Vallee “We danced the night away”
2022-06-151h 03
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Soundscape 1937 part 11This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast May 31 to June 11, 1937. Starring Fibber McGee and Molly, the Cast of Texaco Town, Pinky Tomlin, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Rochester, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Dorothy Lamour, W.C. Fields, Constance Bennett, Ray Middleton, Natalie Bucknell, Cecil B. Demille, Errol Flynn, Frances Farmer, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, and more. Featured Songs include Pinky Tomlin “Tetched in the Head”, and Dorothy Lamour, Charlie McCarthy and Don Ameche with a Gilbert and Sullivan Medley.
2022-06-011h 00
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape 1937 part 10This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast May 23 to May 30, 1937. Starring Don Ameche, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Dorothy Lamour, Mary Boland, W. C. Fields, Fibber McGee and Molly, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis Vandenecker, Bing Crosy, Zasu Pitts, Bob Burns, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Jack Benny, Kenny Baker, Mary Livingston, The Phil Harris Orchestra, Don Wilson, Josephine Hutchinson, Jose Iturbi, and more. Featured Songs include Dorothy Lamour and Charlie McCarthy “Let’s call the whole thing off”, Bing Crosby “How Could You?” and “Time on my hands”
2022-05-141h 16
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #42 - Soundscape 1937 part 9This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast May 9 to May 23, 1937. Starring Don Ameche, Warner Janssen, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Dorothy Lamour, W.C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Fibber McGee and Molly, Cecil B. DeMille, Rudy Vallee, J.B. Priestly, Kenny Baker, Jack Benny, Andy Devine, Don Wilson, Carole Lombard, Mrs. James Roosevelt (FDR’s Mother), Maurice Evans, Kate Smith, Phil Harris, and more. Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor “How You Gonna Keep ‘em Down on the Farm after they’ve seen Paree?” , “Margee”, “Wake up and Live”. Kenny...
2022-05-011h 12
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled 1937 Soundscape #8This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast April 30 to May 6, 1937. Starring Fred MacMurray, Gracie Fields, Louella Parsons, Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Mary Livingston, Andy Devine, The Hindenburg Disaster, Herbert Morrison, The Lord Mayor of London, Rudy Vallee, and more. Featured Songs include Gracie Fields “I Never Cried so Much in Me Life”. And Mary Livingston with Andy Devine “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
2022-04-1951 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled 1937 Soundscape part 7This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast April 11 to April 29, 1937. Starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Eddie Cantor, Ella Logan, Ted Weems and his Orchestra, Harlow Wilcox, Fibber McGee and Molly, Rudy Vallee, Pinky Tomlin, Judy Starr, Alice Marble, Johnny Burke and Russ Brown, and more. Featured Songs include Ella Logan “You take the high road”, Rudy Vallee “Good bye boys”, Pinky Tomlin “The Love Bug”, Judy Starr “I’ve got my love to keep you warm”.
2022-04-091h 06
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscapes 1937 part 6This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast March 11 to March 28, 1937. Starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Ben Bernie, Fibber McGee and Molly, Duke Ellington, Harlow Wilcox, Albert Sullivan, Rudy Vallee, and more. Featured Songs include Eddie Cantor “There is anything that love can’t do” and “I’m on a sit down strike for love”, Some Great Duke Ellington tune with Ivey Anderson on vocals. Judy Starr “Swing Swing your mother in law”. Rudy Vallee “This Year’s income taxes medley” and “Mr. Paga
2022-04-0155 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscapes 1937 Part 5This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast February 21 to March 8, 1937. Starring Father Coughlin, Douglas Fairbanks, Erroll Flynn, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Bobby Breen, and more. Featured Songs include Rudy Vallee “Let’s Go Slumming” and “Here in the Moonlight”. And Bobby Breen “Trust in Me”.
2022-03-161h 08
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape 1937 part 4This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast February 1 to February 21, 1937. Starring Gary Cooper, The Cast of the Lux Radio Theater, Cecille B. Demille , Faye Gillis, Kay Kyser Orchestra, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Wallington, Rufus Le Maire, Gene Raymond, Anna Sten, Father Coughlin, Leslie Howard, Rudy Vallee, and more. Featured Songs include Kay Kyser “Hey Hey Your Cares Away” and “I don’t want to get well”. Eddie Cantor “Gee but you’re swell”, “That’s the Baby for me” and “My dream of the Radio”. Rudy Vallee, “Social Security Song” and “Yo
2022-03-011h 06
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Boris Karloff on Charlie McCarthy 1938To my knowledge, the earliest existing recording of Boris Karloff on old time radio. The Tell Tale Heart A conversation with Charlie McCarthy
2022-02-2320 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled 1937 Soundscape #3This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast January 17 to January 31, 1937. Starring Don Wilson, Jack Benny, Andy Devine, Mary Livinston, Buck Jones, The Cast of The March of Time, Cecile B DeMille, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, The Charioteers, Phil Harris, Eddie Cantor, Basil O’Connor, Jimmy Wallington, Charlie Butterfield, Irving Berlin, and more.
2022-02-021h 25
beforetv's podcastFibber's Resume 1937This one is a short subject, about 10 minutes long, starring Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee as in Fibber McGee and Molly. Classic Fibber and Molly episodes featured jokes, gags, and situations that often repeated from episode to episode and became running gags that listeners looked forward to each week. One of my favorite running gag is because Fibber can ever admit ignorance on any subject, When invariably asked if he knows anything about this or that occupation, Fibber not only knows all about it, he used to do it professionally and was the best ever at it....
2022-01-2413 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode #31 - Soundscapes 1937 part 2This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows performed live and broadcast January 10 to January 17, 1937. Starring Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Mary Livinston, Andy Devine, David Niven, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Cecile B. DeMille, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Pat O’Brien, Pinky Tomlin, and more.
2022-01-161h 09
beforetv's podcastOld Time Radio Soundscape 1937 part 1This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows broadcast January 1 to January 6, 1937. Starring Eddie Cantor, Cecil B. DeMille, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Mary Livinston, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, Al Jolson, Harry Von Zell, Jimmy Wallington, Edith Head, opening day of the 75th Congress of the United states, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, and more.
2021-12-311h 05
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Christmas 2021Featuring: Charlie McCarthy The Cast of Gunsmoke Jack Benny Bob Hope Bing Crosby Dinah Shore Edgar Bergen And More!
2021-12-121h 21
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled -1937 part 2 - Popular CultureGuest Starring, all the way from 1937 were: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Janet Gaynor George Burns and Gracie Allen President Franklin Roosevelt Fibber McGee and Molly Eddie Cantor Jimmy Wallington Cecil B DeMille Fay Gillis Rudy Vallee Sully and Block Benny Goodman Irving Berlin Helen Wills Moody Ronald Coleman Douglas Fairbanks Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy The Cast of Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwar...
2021-11-293h 19
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode 28 - The Year 1937 part 1 Politics and the EconomyThe Year 1937 as told by Old Time Radio Featuring: Jack Benny and The Cast of “The Jack Benny Jello Show” The Phil Harris Orchestra The Cast of Lux Radio Theater Production of “The Gilded Lily” The Cast of the March of Time President Franklin Roosevelt Eddie Cantor and the cast of Texaco Town The Cast of Fibber McGee and Molly Father Coughlin Pinky Tomlin Winston Churchill Refugees from the Sino-Japanese War Rudy Vallee D...
2021-03-082h 15
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Christmas 2020Two Great Episodes from 1939! Jack Benny's Christmas Open House A Christmas Carol (starring Lionel Barrymore) Featuring: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris and his Orchestra, Orson Welles, Lionel Barrymore, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, and more!
2020-12-081h 38
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled #26 - Charlie McCarthy: Sexiest Man Alive 1937Starring Charlie McCarthy GUEST STARRING Edgar Bergen Don Ameche Dorothy Lamour Clark Gable Alice Marble Carol Lombard Mary Boland May Robson Sonya Henie Zasu Pitts Bruna Castagna Glenda Farrell Bette Davis Mae West special cameo appearances by Nelson Eddy and Jack Benny music by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Kay Kaiser
2020-04-161h 13
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode 25 - Radio Jukebox 1937 part 5SONG LIST: Cast of Chase and Sanborn Charlie McCarthy Show – Have you got any? Pinky Tomlin – The Love Bug Benny _ Goodman – Vibraphone Blues Pinky Tomlin – SAtop You’re Breaking my Heart Al Jolson – Toots Toots Tootsie Eddie Cantor – Now’s the time to fall in love Unidentified Female Vocalist – Basin Street Blues Pinky Tomlin & Eddie Cantor – Sweet Varsity Sue Eddie Cantor – Swing is here to Sway Eddie Cantor – Love is in the air tonight Pinky Tomlin – I Told Santa Claus to Bring...
2020-03-0849 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Episode 245 - Radio Jukebox 1937 part 4Pinky Tomlin – Just a Country Boy at Heart Jack Renard – Salute to the US Navy Pinky Tomlin – That’s what you think Pinky Tomlin – Rag Time Cowboy Joe Eve Sully with Benny Goodman – Swing Benny swing Pinky Tomlin – Seven Ages of Man Ted Weems and his Orchestra – You can’t have everything Benny Goodman – Dayton takes a holiday Benny Goodman – Caravan Benny Goodman – Sometimes I’m Happy Benny Goodman – Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day
2020-02-1729 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Radio Jukebox 1937 part 3Old Time Radio! Songs from 1937. Dorothy Lamour, Charlie McCarthy, Bing Crosby, Eddie Camntor, Pinky Tomlin, Rudy Vallee, Don Ameche, Hoagy Carmichael, and more!
2020-02-0933 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Radio Jukebox 1937 (part 2)Take a walk down Memory Lane! Broadcast Live April and May 1937. Ella Logan – Scottish Medley Rudy Vallee Show – Swing your mother in law Rudy Vallee – Goodbye Boys Pinky Tomlin – The Love Bug Fibber and Molly Show – Slap That Bass Rudy Vallee – Got my love to keep me warm Gracie Fields – Never Cried So Much Charlie McCarthy Show – Instrumental “too good for words” Eddie Cantor – How you gonna keep them down on the farm Jack Benny Cast – Gonna write myself a letter Eddie Ca...
2020-02-0131 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Radio Jukebox 1937 part 1Music from 1937! Lots of Rudy Vallee and Eddie Cantor but also Dinah Shore, Duke Ellington and more! Includes the Social Security song!
2020-01-181h 14
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Spotlight Series #1 - Bergen and McCarthy 1936-37Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. With Don Ameche, W.C. Fields, Bette Davis, Rudy Vallee and more! A BeforeTV Production. Copyright 2019.
2019-12-1843 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Christmas 2019Old Time Radio Christmas! Featuring Bing Crosby, Jack Webb, and OTR Chistmas shows from the 1950s. From 1952, Fibber McGee and Molly in "Wimpole's Christmas Present" and from 1953, Dragnet "Big Little Jesus".
2019-12-121h 06
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape #9 - 1936 part 6This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows broadcast November 29 to December 31, 1936. Starring Eddie Cantor, Parkyakarkus, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Harry Von Zell, Rudy Vallee, John Gunther, Ed Wynn, Amos ‘n Andy, Kenny Baker, Jack Benny, Cecil B. DeMille, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Don Wilson, Gabriel Heatter, Walter Houston, Billie Holiday, and more.
2019-06-021h 47
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape Series #8 - 1936 Part 5Excerpts from Old Time Radio originally broadcast October 4 to November 11, 1936. Lots of Eddie Cantor, if you like that sort of thing. Featuring Cecil B. DeMille, Lou Gerhig, and Carl Hubbell.
2019-05-261h 22
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape #7 - 1936 part 4A Montage of Old Time Radio Excerpts originally broadcast from August 24 to October 3, 1936. Starring Cecil B. DeMille, The cast of the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, The cast of the Jello Summer Show, Eddie Cantor, Irene Ryan, Walt Disney, The 1936 New York Giants, Mickey Mouse, The 1936 New York Yankees, Donald Duck, the 1936 Chicago Cubs, Stoopnagle and Budd, the 1936 Chicago White Sox, President Roosevelt, and more.
2019-03-091h 11
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Christmas Special 2018Featuring - Franklin Roosevelt, Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, Bob Hope, Amos 'n Andy, Nick Carter master detective, Jack Benny, Duffy's Tavern, Bing Crosby
2018-12-051h 29
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Soundscape #6A montage of excerpts from Old Time Radio shows Broadcast May 27-August 19, 1936. Featuring Your Hit Parade, Fred Allen, Dick Powell, Myrna Loy, Al Jolson, Stoopnagle and Budd, the 1936 Democratic Convention, Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith, The Joe Louis - Jack Sharkey Fight, Lionel Barrymore, Jessie Owens, Amos 'n Andy, Walter Houston, and more.
2018-09-031h 02
beforetv's podcastWhen Tadio Ruled - Soundscape #5, 1936 part 2Another of the When Radio Ruled Soundscape series, featuring Fred Allen, Jack Benny, and dozens of others
2018-06-231h 00
2018-05-241h 02
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Soundscape #3 - 1935 part 2This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows broadcast from August 28 to December 31 1935. Featuring stars like Al Jolson, Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Little Orphan Annie, Jack Benny, Porky Pig and dozens more. This Soundscape Montage was developed as part of The When Radio Ruled Documentary about the year 1935. These excerpts are offered without commentary for your entertainment and education. So here are the voices of 1935 – Voices sadly now silenced – Great performers alive again because you’re listening now.
2018-01-271h 24
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled Soundscape #2, 1935 part 1This podcast is a montage of excerpts from old time radio shows broadcast in 1935, Spanning from January 1 to August 27 1935. Featuring stars like Jack Benny, Lum ‘n Abner, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, Ed Wynn, Bing Crosby, Will Rogers, Al Jolson, Franklin Roosevelt, Senator Huey P. Long and dozens more. This Soundscape Montage was developed as part of The When Radio Ruled Documentary about the year 1935. These excerpts are offered without commentary for your entertainment and education. So here are the voices of 1935 – Voices now silenced – Great performers alive again because you’re listening now.
2018-01-141h 29
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Christmas 2017My Christmas Gift to You. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Judy Gasrland, Fred Allen, Frances Farmer, Suspense, Challenge of the Yukon, Sgt. Preston and his wonder dog King, and much much more.
2017-12-1650 min
beforetv's podcastWhen Radio Ruled - Soundscape #1 - 1934When Radio Ruled research for 1934 documentary podcast.
2017-12-031h 43