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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #447: The Pied PiperToday we're bringing you the first in a series of interviews John did with personalities who were instrumental in the great old time radio revival of the 1970s and beyond. John sat down with Harvey Tow (better known to L.A. radio fans as Cousin Zeno) for a look back at his decades in vintage radio. Harvey talks about getting his start as a collector in the mid-’60s, hosting on stations like KCSN Northridge through the ’70s and ’80s, and how he managed to rescue a set of Lux Radio Theatre rehearsal discs straight from a former engineer. One of...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 444: Christmas 1949: The Jack Benny ShowOn today’s episode, we’re rolling back to December 18, 1949, for the traditional The Jack Benny Christmas Show. It’s Christmas week on CBS, the stores are packed, and Jack and Mary are just trying to finish their shopping without losing their minds. Naturally, that means running into every character in Benny’s universe; Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, and a few crazy store clerks. The whole thing is sprinkled with Lucky Strike jingles, plus a running gag about the hit song “Mule Train,” which was absolutely everywhere that year. After the show, John digs into some fun history, including a...
2025-12-0234 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 438: In the Best TraditionToday we’re going back to 1942 for a wartime drama from The Cavalcade of America, one of radio’s most unsung A-list anthology series. This episode, In The Best Tradition, stars Orson Welles and was originally broadcast in honor of Navy Day. It’s pure patriotic storytelling, tracing the proud history of the U.S. Navy from its founding in 1775 to the modern age of steel and ordnance. You’ll hear about heroes like John Paul Jones and Commodore Oliver Perry, the invention of the mighty Dahlgren cannon, and even a moving scene set during the attack on Pearl Harbor...
2025-11-1126 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 435: The Devil’s SaintToday for our Halloween episode, we’re going back to 1943 for a chilling mystery from the golden age of radio suspense. It’s Suspense with “The Devil’s Saint,” starring the incomparable Peter Lorre as the sinister Count Stefan Kohari. In this haunting tale, a young Englishman named Lord Edward Whiteford dares to spend a night in the cursed Tapestry Room of Kohari’s ancient chateau, hoping to win the hand of the Count’s niece, Elona. What follows is a masterfully crafted descent into fear and illusion written by mystery legend John Dickson Carr and set to the eerie strains...
2025-10-3032 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 433: The FaceWelcome to the fourth installment in our lead-up to Halloween on The Good Old Days of Radio Show. In this episode, we have an episode of The Shadow, titled “The Face,” originally aired on September 21, 1947. The plot follows Hugh Windham, a former actor whose face is horribly disfigured in a plane accident. After plastic surgery fails, Windham becomes a ruthless killer, targeting women who knew his original looks, until The Shadow steps in to stop him. You’ll also hear the original Blue Coal advertisements as they appeared in the broadcast, and John talks about how those ads and occasi...
2025-10-2331 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 426: Nothing Behind the DoorOn this episode, in addition to listening to a newly restored version of “Nothing Behind the Door” by Wyllis Cooper, John and Joel Tefteller dive into the fascinating (and often painstaking) world of audio restoration. They’re joined by Corey Harker, president of SPERDVAC (the Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety, and Comedy) to talk about the group’s history and its renewed push to keep classic radio alive. Corey and Joel get into the nuts and bolts of working with old transcription discs: how to clean up the sound without making it artificial, and just how much tim...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 425: 10 More Monsters: The Loup-GarouThis episode wraps up our 10 More Monsters series with a once-lost recording of Escape. It’s a tense story set in the Louisiana bayou, where villagers suspect a stranger named Zeb of being a loup-garou ("werewolf") after livestock disappear and a baby dies. Host John Tefteller shares the story of how this rare episode turned up in a collection of reel-to-reel tapes from a late collector, and what it means for preserving old-time radio treasures. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.fa...
2025-09-2542 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 424: The BirdsThis time on The Good Old Days of Radio Show, we’re looking at another rare take on Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds. This is an hour-long version from 1953, a year earlier than the Escape version we presented last week. The story here follows John Waite (played in this version by Herbert Marshall), a writer living with his family on the Dover coast, as the birds go from being a minor annoyance to a terrifying, organized threat that forces the family to barricade themselves inside their home.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to ou...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 423: 10 More Monsters: The BirdsOn this episode we bring you “More Monsters” with an early radio adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic short story The Birds. Long before Alfred Hitchcock turned it into a famous film, the story was produced on the radio series Escape, starring British actor Ben Wright. John sets the stage with some background on the show and the tricky business of preserving old recordings. The story is a chilling tale of a family on the English coast facing wave after wave of birds that seem to be growing more aggressive and more organized than anyone could have imagined. ...
2025-09-1834 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 421: 10 More Monsters: If You BelieveWhat if a monster could come to life just because enough people believed in it? That’s the unique premise behind today’s episode of The Mysterious Traveler, titled If You Believe, first aired on December 29, 1946. Our More Monsters host, John Tefteller, sets the scene for this strange tale of Professor Jonathan Davis, a solitary scientist working quietly to create artificial life. But when slick newspaper reporter Dan Duncan spins the story into headlines about a man building a monster, public imagination runs wild, and in a chilling twist, their belief actually turns Davis’s harmless protoplasmic experiment into a grot...
2025-09-1132 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode 418: Gracie at Carnegie HallA visit with George and Gracie today. We go back to the spring of 1943 for a full episode of The Burns and Allen Show, the beloved comedy series. This time, Gracie has cooked up a plan to play a “One-Finger Concerto” with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, much to George’s horror. Along the way there’s a running gag about Gracie’s “friend,” who turns out to be none other than her pet duck, Herman, voiced by Clarence Nash (yes, the voice of Donald Duck himself). You’ll also hear those wonderfully period ads for Vims Vitamins and Swa...
2025-09-0233 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #408: The Charlie McCarthy ShowToday we are once again pulling transcription discs off the shelves, and we have another "lost" Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show AFRS disc from January 16th, 1944. The show includes the comedic banter between ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy, a skit where Charlie blackmails his principal, and a performance by guest Carmen Miranda, who also participates in a comedic opera sketch. The episode concludes with additional musical numbers, which John notes were added to fill the time void created by the removal of original advertisements. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe...
2025-07-2933 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #403: Norman Corwin: The Pursuit of HappinessToday on our shorter-than-usual episode we have a rare rehearsal recording of "The Pursuit of Happiness," a radio program written by Norman Corwin and starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester from December 8, 1939, showcasing Laughton's performance and even capturing a moment where he realizes he is missing script pages, providing a unique glimpse into the unscripted reality of radio rehearsal. And John tells a story about the loss of countless 1930s radio transcriptions from the CBS network.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://w...
2025-07-1025 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #393: Comedians On Suspense: Alibi MeToday we are bringing you another unlikely comedian in a Suspense episode. This one comes late in the Suspense series, and it features the young comedian/writer/voice talent Stan Freberg in a dramatic role, a surprising departure from his usual work. Host John Tefteller and guest Dr. Joe Webb discuss Freberg's diverse talents and his unexpected appearance in this thriller, about a man who gets murdered with a telephone! Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 ...
2025-06-0535 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #392: Comedians On Suspense: The Stan Freberg ShowWe are listening to episode thirteen of the Stan Freberg Show today from 1957. If you listen to this podcast regularly, you will know Stan Freberg is one of John’s favorite comedians, and when we found out Freberg was a guest star on the thriller series, Suspense, we had to do it. In this episode of his comedy show, they do a horror movie parody about a teenage werewolf who transforms into an advertising executive, and a humorous, ultimately abandoned, panel discussion on the circus. The broadcast also includes the announcement of the show's impending cancellation. Visit ou...
2025-06-0331 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #379: Comedians On Suspense: ElwoodToday John Tefteller and our guest, Researcher Dr. Joe Webb, listen to a 1947 episode of Suspense featuring the comedian Eddie Bracken. Suspense often purposely put actors in roles that were in direct contrast with their type. This is a dramatic departure from Bracken’s comedic role that we presented on Tuesday. In this story he portrays Elwood, a serial killer, seemingly driven by a distorted perception of love and represented by the objects he steals from his victims. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest po...
2025-04-1736 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #377: Comedians On Suspense: Three Faces At MidnightThis week John Tefteller and guest Dr. Joe Webb discuss a 1947 episode of the radio show Suspense titled "Three Faces at Midnight," which starred William Bendix. The plot involves blackmail, politics, and gangsters, a territory familiar to Bendix who began as a thuggish character actor in the movies before The Life of Riley eclipsed his film career. They talk about the versatility of comedic actors in dramatic roles and an on-air sound effect mishap in the East Coast broadcast featuring actor Hans Conried. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for...
2025-04-1041 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #376: Comedians On Suspense: The Life Of RileyThis week, as part of our epic 10-week quest that seeks to visit many comedians who appeared on the radio thriller series “Suspense,” and pare them with their radio programs, we’re stopping off at the popular sitcom, The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix as the well-meaning but often misguided Chester A. Riley. This is a Mother’s Day episode, and revolves around Riley's anxieties about his son Junior forgetting Mother's Day, leading to the show’s usual encounters with characters like Riley's friend Gillis (played by John Brown) and the undertaker Digger O’Dell (also played by John Brown...
2025-04-0831 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #354: The Jack Kirkwood ShowJohn has made veiled promises in the New Year that from time to time we will bring you something new and (hopefully) interesting direct from his vast collection of radio transcription discs. Today, we are starting with two episodes of a well-produced, virtually lost and forgotten 15-minute daily comedy series from 1945, The Jack Kirkwood Show. Kirkwood may be familiar to you from The Bob Hope Show, as Hope regularly featured this monotone comedian during the 1950s. Other than that, Jack Kirkwood has faded into obscurity, but these shows are definitely worth hearing today. Visit our website: https...
2025-01-2139 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #353: 10 More Great Adventure Stories: A Letter To JasonToday’s adventure pick is from radio’s greatest adventure series, “Escape.” The story is about a man, Jason (played by Frank Lovejoy), who is hired by his uncle to assassinate Jake Finch in the South Seas. The problem: Jason is a hopelessly trapped alcoholic. John talks about Escape's significance, despite its budget constraints. And there’s a special surprise at the tail end of the show, with a marvelous exchange between Gracie Allen and Paul Frees. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://ww...
2025-01-1631 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #331: Halloween 1938: The War of the WorldsThis is a broadcast we've been avoiding on this podcast, since it's been overdone by just about every old time radio program in history. But there is still so much interest in this historic broadcast, especially among younger listeners, we caved. So here is the famous panic broadcast in which real people really believed that real Martians had landed in Grover's Mill, New Jersey, and were marching across the country spreading poison gas and zapping people with heat rays. John explains the legend. Happy Halloween. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #329: Pre-Halloween Show: My Son JohnWell, our Carlton E. Morse series is wrapped up, and we are still one week away from our official Halloween show, so instead of starting something new, we are going to anticipate the dark and stormy night with this creepy little number from Wyllis Cooper. As usual, Quiet Please takes a little bit of figuring out ("are we listening to a comedy or a spoof?"). But this is one of John's favorites, so you better get cozy and hang onto a loved one, because this one is best heard in the dark... Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio...
2024-10-2432 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #318: Basil Rathbone and Nigel BruceIn this episode of The Good Old Days of Radio Show, host John Tefteller takes you back to November 4, 1945, with a twist on a classic pairing. Featuring an episode of Request Performance, the American version of Command Performance, you'll hear Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce—famous for their portrayals of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson—swap roles in a delightful reimagining of their iconic characters. Sponsored by Campbell Soup and produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, this special broadcast includes performances by other stars like Dick Powell and June Allyson. Join us for a mix of drama, comedy, and...
2024-09-1727 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #316: Radio Preservation - A Modern CrisisIn this episode of "The Good Old Days of Radio Show," host John Tefteller takes a break from our usual programming to delve into the oft overlooked world of old-time radio preservation. John shares his personal journey as a collector, starting in 1972, and the challenges he faces in saving these historical treasures. With a growing collection that includes thousands of rare recordings, John discusses the delicate nature of these materials, and the value of preserving this unique cultural heritage before it deteriorates beyond repair. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group...
2024-09-1026 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #286: You Bet Your LifeGroucho Marx is back with George Fenneman in the hugely popular radio/TV show about men and women betting and guessing. But mostly about getting a chance to exchange quips with Groucho. We're once again in the early Desoto years with this episode, and John talks about how the TV and radio show differed, and the famous "duck." Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers...
2024-05-2834 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #245: Top 10 Escape: The Lost SpecialIt's the late 1800s, and a special ordered train has vanished without a trace somewhere between Liverpool and London. So begins the strange mystery yarn by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle told in the entertaining tradition of Doyle, that makes Sherlock Holmes still endure today. Join John and our special guest Keith Scott for this second delving into the great radio series," Escape!" Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on...
2024-01-0450 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #242: Grouch Marx-The ThorndykesThis week for fans of the Marx Brothers we produced two offerings. For the podcast, it's a variety show episode of Command Performance, with Spencer Tracy as master of ceremonies, and popular entertainers of the time (including Victor Borge doing his famous phonetic punctuation routine), and Groucho Marx in a "John and Mary Thorndyke" sketch with Barbara Stanwyck. We also filmed an exclusive for our Youtube channel, a full episode of a You Bet Your Life radio script. Here's that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnPPgHIILgM Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/
2023-12-2637 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #214: Arch Oboler Month: Adam and EveIt's the final pick in our brief series examining the diverse work of radio writer/director Arch Oboler. We've explored just about every type of script Oboler did, from fantasy, horror, drama, comedy, and pulp. Today we are going back to 1938, when Arch Oboler wrote a comedy sketch for a primetime radio variety show that infamously caused such a fervor, it almost destroyed hundreds of network radio stations. John takes a fresh look at the show that got Mae West banned from radio, to see if it's as scandalous today as it was 85 years ago. Visit our...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #195: The Thing That Cries In The Night, Part 3Carlton E. Morse's "I Love A Mystery" 15-minute radio serial about a creepy Hollywood mansion inhabited by the unseen "They" continues in this episode, and John talks about this popular series, the hundreds of episodes that were broadcast, and why it has mysteriously vanished off the face of the earth. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why...
2023-07-1329 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #190: Cartoon Voices On Radio: Never Bet The Devil Your HeadThe CBS Radio Workshop was a series that was truly "experimental" radio. Existing purely for the indulgence of creative radio people at CBS, the Workshop took risks delving into the odd, with stories that often did not comply with tried-and-true narrative structures. Keith Scott brings us such a story on the fringe, starring John Dehner as Edgar Alan Poe, and Daws Butler as Toby Dammit. The recording of Daws Butler is used with the kind permission of Brian Kistler. His tribute to Daws Butler: https://waltertetley.com/daws-butler-the-nicest-kindest-man-of-all/ Keith Scott's website: https://www.keithscott.com...
2023-06-2746 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #178: The Jack Benny Show (with J. David Goldin)Early radio collector J. David Goldin joins John one last time for another Jack Benny Show with Ronald Colman from 1948. This time they discuss, among other things, lost or missing radio shows and what became of the thousands of radio transcription discs he donated to The Library of Congress.  RadioGold Index: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com...
2023-05-1659 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #176: The Lifeboat Mutiny (with J. David Goldin)J. David Goldin joins John again today with another radio show! It's a humorous science fiction story by Robert Sheckley about a second hand exploratory "lifeboat". Dave talks about working with X Minus One announcer Fred Collins, how "Quiet Please" was discovered and released to the public, and some horrifying stories about working for the William Paley Broadcast Museum.  RadioGold Index: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you do...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #174: Evening Primrose (with J. David Goldin)John is joined once again by old time radio collector, J. David Goldin. Dave brought along a really unusual episode of Escape about people living in a department store, tells stories from the early days of being an engineer at CBS, NBC, and Mutual, and his transition into producing Grammy Award winning records, including "The best LP record I ever produced… and why only one person has ever heard it." RadioGoldIndex: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest pod...
2023-05-021h 21The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #172: The Jack Benny Show (with J. David Goldin)Today John is joined for an extensive chat with the legendary radio collector J. David Goldin. They talk about how he got into radio and started finding radio transcription discs in the 1960s, they listen to a Jack Benny Show from 1953, and Dave talks about a "fantasy broker" who arranged for him to have lunch with Jack Benny. RadioGold Index: https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't d...
2023-04-251h 15The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #171: 10 More Great Horror Shows: The BallWe continue with 10 more great horror shows to listen to in the dark. We are going to a horror favorite, with an extremely eerie story of two college boys who stumble upon a strange masquerade ball in Paris. Also John gives us the complete history of Arch Oboler's cabinet.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I...
2023-04-2043 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #166: The Limping GhostGODOR host John Tefteller has a special relationship with the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" radio show, a series that strangely we have never presented... until today. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from the 1930s-'40s film series are on the case of a Scottish haunted castle and a family legacy on the precipice. Hear the story, and why Dame Jean Conan Doyle hated this radio series. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't...
2023-04-0437 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #150: Amos ’n’ Andy (with Elva Green)Today we have part two of an interview we did with Elva Green, the daughter of Eddie Green, the famous comedian, filmmaker, and radio actor of the 1930s and '40s, who was a regular cast member of the popular radio series "Amos 'n' Andy." John and Elva talk about the controversies around "Amos 'n' Andy", her father's role as "Stonewall" the lawyer, and listen to an episode chosen by her from 1948. Elva Green’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Green-American-Entertainment-Pioneer/dp/1593939663  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for...
2023-02-0752 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #147: Suspense: Will You Make A Bet With Death?Today we are beginning a new series of 10 episodes taking an in-depth look at one of radio's top dramatic series, Suspense. Joining us for this journey is one the world's greatest "Suspense" authorities, Dr. Joe Webb. In this first episode we will be listening to an early Suspense story written by the famous mystery writer John Dickson Carr, as well as exploring the origins of the series.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Suspense Resources https://sites.google.com/view/suspense-collectors-companion Dr. Joe’s Old Time Radio Resources https://bit.ly/drjoeotr K...
2023-01-261h 01The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp367: Blues Images, Records & more w John TeftellerAfter 20 years, mega record collector John Tefteller is ending his annual Blues Images calendar series on a high. Today he discusses the 2023 Blues Images calendar, shares many curious blues facts, stories and discusses the future. Plus an amazing extended episode all about John's Marx Brothers history and collection! Topics include: The last Blues Images calendar What's next for John? The 78 record collecting market during Covid Any new rare-record finds? Pictures of blues musicians The story of the rare 1928 Henry Thomas film clip Background of the Charly Patton Paramount picture A gorgeous copy of the Charly Patton...
2022-11-2857 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp367: Blues Images, Records & more w John TeftellerAfter 20 years, mega record collector John Tefteller is ending his annual Blues Images calendar series on a high. Today he discusses the 2023 Blues Images calendar, shares many curious blues facts, stories and discusses the future. Plus an amazing extended episode all about John's Marx Brothers history and collection! Topics include: The last Blues Images calendar What's next for John? The 78 record collecting market during Covid Any new rare-record finds? Pictures of blues musicians The story of the rare 1928 Henry Thomas film clip Background of the Charly Patton Paramount picture A gorgeous copy of the Charly Patton...
2022-11-2857 minThe Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record Collectors
The Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record CollectorsEp367: Blues Images, Records & more w John TeftellerAfter 20 years, mega record collector John Tefteller is ending his annual Blues Images calendar series on a high. Today he discusses the 2023 Blues Images calendar, shares many curious blues facts, stories and discusses the future. Plus an amazing extended episode all about John's Marx Brothers history and collection! Topics include: The last Blues Images calendar What's next for John? The 78 record collecting market during Covid Any new rare-record finds? Pictures of blues musicians The story of the rare 1928 Henry Thomas film clip Background of the Charly Patton Paramount picture A gorgeous copy of the Charly Patton...
2022-11-2857 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #128: You Bet Your LifeToday we say the secret word, and travel back to visit the late 1940s to another early You Bet Your Life. It's the game show that was more about the contestant's conversations with the ever-witty quiz-master Groucho Marx than the game itself. And John shares some wonderful stories about the real life friendship of Groucho and George Fenneman. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.co...
2022-11-2237 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #114: Boris Karloff Month: Arsenic and Old LaceOctober is Trick Or Treat Month, and we are dedicating the entire month to one of the silver screen's greatest monsters, Boris Karloff. Joining John today is Boris Karloff's daughter, Sara Karloff, to discuss his extensive radio career, and together they listen to one of Boris's iconic roles as "Jonathan" in Arsenic and Old Lace. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  O...
2022-10-0457 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #113: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: Dark JourneyToday is the last of our 10-week tribute to Lucille Fletcher, and we are featuring one of her last original radio scripts. Don Ramlow joins John one final time to discuss this is a hidden gem from the radio writer, about a woman whose obsession leads her down a dark path of mind games. It features an incredible and uncomfortable performance by Nancy Kelly. We also feature a rare radio interview with Lucille Fletcher. Don mentioned the presentation about Parley Baer at MANC -- it can be accessed at https://sites.google.com/view/parley-baer-manc-2022/home
2022-09-2955 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #111: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: The Thing in the WindowToday a Rear Window-esque style mystery from writer Lucille Fletcher, about a man who sees a dead body from an adjacent rooming house window. Special guest Don Ramlow is here with John to discuss this 1946 story from the pen of Lucille Fletcher. This 1948 version stars the famous Hollywood actor and director Robert Montgomery.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our them...
2022-09-2236 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #109: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: The Furnished FloorLast week we completed our trip through a phase of Lucille Fletcher's most celebrated radio scripts, and we now enter the "sunset" period of her radio writing career. Special guest Don Ramlow joins John again in today's podcast to discuss The Furnished Floor,  a ghostly story about a strange widower whose wife makes an unexpected return in an upstairs apartment. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: htt...
2022-09-1534 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #107: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: The Search for Henri LefevreWe take a momentary pause from Suspense today to showcase the Mercury Summer Theater, which came several years after the famous Mercury Theater left the air. Don Ramlow joins John once again to look at one of Lucille Fletcher's most head-spinning scripts, and one of the most intense performances from dramatic radio. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme mus...
2022-09-0836 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #99: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: Remodeled BrownstoneOn the third episode in our series, John and special guest Donald Ramlow delve into one of Lucille Fletcher's early ghost stories from The Columbia Workshop. This is a more traditional haunted house tale about a childless couple, an old Brownstone-style house, and its small, unhappy occupant. Listen to "The Hitchhiker" episode: https://goodolddaysofradio.podbean.com/e/episode-7-top-10-horror-the-hitchhiker/ Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on...
2022-08-1137 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #95: The Best of Lucille Fletcher: My Client CurlyToday we are beginning a new 10 week series exploring the life and career of the celebrated ghost story writer, Lucille Fletcher. John is joined by expert and personal friend of Lucille Fletcher, Donald Ramlow, to discuss the writer, and listen to one of her earliest stories, which is not a ghost story, but an amusing comedy about a dancing caterpillar. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: ht...
2022-07-2850 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #90: The Jack Benny ShowIt's Jack Benny time! Today we are featuring another 1946 episode that is an exceptional example of this show. This one guest stars a Hollywood bad guy icon we heard from just a week ago, Edward G. Robinson. Also John talks about one of the the show's most famous bloopers of all time. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme mus...
2022-07-1233 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #84: You Bet Your LifeBy request, You Bet Your Life is back today, with a fast-paced joke barrage by Groucho Marx with real-life contestants from October of 1949. Also John offers a glimpse behind-the-scenes at how the show was done. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref...
2022-06-2133 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #75: Tribute to Ken GreenwaldThis week we lost Ken Greenwald, a long time friend of old time radio, and as John's tribute to him, he plays two of Ken's favorite radio shows. We will hear a complete Jack Benny Program with "Professor LeBlanc" from 1947 that was transferred by Mr. Greenwald himself, and the fantastic Quiet Please science-fiction/horror episode, Northern Lights. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/Ol...
2022-05-191h 17The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #74: You Bet Your LifeToday we present the first in what we hope will be many episodes showcasing the amazing unscripted quip-master, Groucho Marx, from You Bet Your Life. Although it's a quiz show, this program was all about Groucho's spontaneous conversations with the show's contestants. John has chosen the famous "Gonzales Gonzales" episode from 1953 for our introduction to this series. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/Ol...
2022-05-1737 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #72: The Stan Freberg ShowIt's the third show of a series. Of a brand new radio series. We travel back to 1957 to hear Stan Freberg and Friends (the great talents of June Foray, Peter Leeds, and Daws Butler) and a visit with Miss Jupiter, The Skin Diver's Mandolin Club, and acrobats on radio.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I...
2022-05-1032 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #71: Top 10 Sci-Fi Series ReviewToday we're talking old-time science fiction on radio. Join us as we mark the end of another series with a deep dive between host and radio collector John Tefteller, and producer of the podcast Daniel Chase, on the People's Choice for Top 5 favorite science fiction episodes.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Roma...
2022-05-0533 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #70: Phil Harris-Alice FayeSunday is Mother's Day, so Phil and Franky are trying to get a bargain rate Mother's Day gift for Alice, but instead wind up with several visits to Police Headquarters. A humorous situation comedy from the early 1950s starring the voice of Disney's Baloo the Bear, Phil Harris. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I S...
2022-05-0333 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #69: Top 10 Adventure: Beau GesteToday we finish off our series of favorite adventure stories on radio with an all-star production of maybe the most famous adventure story of the 1930s, that started as a novel, became a movie, and inspired many parodies about the French Foreign Legion. We're talking about "Beau Geste," and the cast is led by Laurence Olivier, with Orson Welles, and Noah Beery reprising his role from the silent film version. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 ...
2022-04-281h 02The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #68: The Jack Benny ShowIt's Jack Benny day again today, with a hilarious show about pretty much nothing. We get to hear from film star Ronald and Benita Colman in this episode as Jack's long-suffering next door neighbors, and Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, drops in and does a pretty good job behind the microphone. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our...
2022-04-2632 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #67: Top 10 Adventure: SlimToday we ride the rails, looking over the shoulder of a young hobo as he takes his first trip over the Great Divide, along with his mysterious veteran traveling companion, Slim. Great performances by Elliott Reid and Robert Dryden, a top-notch adventure by John Lovelace from 1946. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Rom...
2022-04-2131 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #66: Vic and SadeToday we are bringing you a crispy dry comedy from the late 1930s that is revered by more American intellectuals, both of its time, and beyond, than perhaps any other, including Stan Freberg, Ray Bradbury, Jean Shepherd, and even FDR. This is a taste of not only radio history, but a type of mid-western humor that may be all but lost to the annals of time. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do...
2022-04-1933 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #65: Easter: The Death and Resurrection of ChristIn celebration of Easter, we pause from our current series, to hear a really remarkable program broadcast in 1947. It is a moving and dramatic reading from the New Testament for one voice by the First Lady of the American Theatre, Ethel Barrymore, with music by Meredith Willson.  Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So R...
2022-04-1431 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #64: Fibber McGee and MollyToday, it's the beginning of Easter Week, and we are pausing from our normal schedule to bring you programs from around Easter time during The Golden Age of Radio. We begin with a visit to one of radio's most beloved and long-running radio sitcoms, Fibber McGee and Molly, in an episode from Easter time 1948. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our...
2022-04-1233 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #63: Top 10 Adventure: The African QueenToday, the exciting, romantic adventure classic, "The African Queen," about a little steam launch and its rough Canadian pilot (Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart) that rescues a prudish Christian missionary (Academy Award winner Greer Garson) in German East Africa in the heat of World War 1, and their daring journey down the Ulanga River in an attempt to destroy a German gunboat. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Ga...
2022-04-071h 05The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #62: Season of Disbelief and Hail and FarewellToday we have two odd stories about "aging" from 1954 from the dream-like imagination of Ray Bradbury. The production and storytelling is lush with detail, with narration from Bradbury himself. Also here are great understated performances, and a wonderful minimalist score from the young, legendary film composer, Jerry Goldsmith. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I S...
2022-04-0534 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #61: Top 10 Adventure: Blood BathToday we bring you a survival story about a band of cut-throat fortune hunters in the Amazon who strike it rich, but must get back to their boat, despite snakes, vampire bats, piranha fish, electric eels, quick sand, and each other. Vincent Price stars in this violent adventure, that despite its name, isn't too gory. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  O...
2022-03-3133 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #60: George Burns and Gracie AllenGeorge Burns and Gracie Allen were one of the titans of popular American comedy during the Golden Age of Radio, and later Television, and we are paying tribute to this comedy couple in today’s podcast. The movie villain James Mason, and his wife Pamela Mason, are guests in this show from the late ‘40s, and apparently they are "cat connoisseurs." Who knew? Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also o...
2022-03-2933 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #59: Top 10 Adventure: Moby DickToday, a real spotlight of 1940s radio, a gorgeous adaptation of Herman Melville's haunting masterpiece of one man's obsession with a monster of the unknown deeps, Moby Dick. Although many literary classics were adapted for the air, few presented such a loving tribute to the original poetic language as this one from The NBC Theater. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  O...
2022-03-241h 06The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #58: The Phil Harris-Alice Faye ShowThis week, we continue our celebration of great comedy series from the '40s and '50s. Phil Harris (Baloo the Bear from Disney's 1967 The Jungle Book) is back with his mischief-maker friend, Franky. Today, Phil bets $50 he can beat Mr. Scott in a golf tournament at the "Swampland Country Club." Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is...
2022-03-2233 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #57: Top 10 Adventure: Treasure of the Sierra MadreToday’s continuation of our top 10 adventure radio shows, we present a full hour production of John Huston's 1948 film, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," about three greedy gold prospectors in the Mexican wilderness, fighting for survival against nature and bandits. Two Academy Award Winning actors, Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston, return for this well-done audio version. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldR...
2022-03-171h 02The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #56: The Jack Benny ShowToday we bring back the popular Jack Benny Show, with another great episode from the 1945-46 season. Edgar Bergen shows up in this one, another leading comedian of the era, with his dummy Charlie McCarthy, and Jack tries to sell him the Sportsmen Quartet! Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romantic?" from Ani...
2022-03-1533 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #55: Top 10 Adventure: The Black DoorToday we open the pages of a real two-fisted pulp adventure of the middle 20th century. We are traveling with a stout American fortune-hunter and his guide Pedro into the jungles of Central America to search for a legendary lost ruin in the heart of an ancient volcano. They find gold and jewels and weird statues of dog-headed creatures, but what is behind the strange black door? Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't...
2022-03-1025 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #54: The Stan Freberg ShowIn December we brought you an entertaining and well-written show from Stan Freberg and Company. Today Stan is back with another clever program from this short-running 1957 series, which includes a visit to the Abominable Snowman, a statue carved out of oleomargarine, and "Rock Around Stephen Foster." Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Rom...
2022-03-0833 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #53: Top 10 Adventure: The 39 StepsToday the third in our top 10 adventure series. We delve deeply into the deadly and fast-paced world of hidden identities and international espionage, as Richard Hannay, played by Orson Welles, is pursued by the police for a murder he did not commit, and a spy ring for secrets he does not understand, in John Buchan's entertaining thriller, The 39 Steps. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://ga...
2022-03-031h 04The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #52: The Red Skelton ShowThis week we are once again showcasing the incredible, super-charged comedic talents of Red Skelton. In the 1940s, the big sensation sweeping the country were department stores. In this episode from 1946, J. Newton Numbskull, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and the Mean Widdle Mean Kid are back to tell us what department stores were like in the 1940s. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  O...
2022-03-0133 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #51: Top 10 Adventure: Leiningen Vs the AntsToday's story is one of the most popular amongst radio fans, and one of the best man vs nature stories ever written. If you've never heard this story of a man who refuses to flee his South American plantation in the wake of a devouring army of ants ten miles long and two miles wide, you are in for a true nail-biting treat. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re al...
2022-02-2434 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #50: The BickersonsToday we have vintage comedy again, introducing The Bickersons. If you've ever overheard petty bickering between a husband and wife, you may not have thought this could be turned into a 10 minute comedy sketch. But John and Blanche Bickerson did exactly that, and it was one of the funniest comedies from this era. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our the...
2022-02-2237 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #49: Top 10 Adventure: The Most Dangerous GameToday we're beginning a new series of 10 of the greatest adventure stories produced for radio. We start with the ultimate terrifying game of pursuit on a jungle island with a twisted genius, in Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, starring Orson Welles at his wicked best. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I So Ro...
2022-02-1733 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #48: Sam Spade, DetectiveToday we have a double bill of radio's Sam Spade, starring Howard Duff, the private detective made famous in the movies by The Maltese Falcon. First, Spade is witness at a deathbed confession in a thriller from The Adventures of Sam Spade, and then Gracie Allen recruits Sam Spade to stop a miscarriage of justice in a fun 1949 episode of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't...
2022-02-151h 06The Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode#47: Top 10 Horror Poll Results & PostmortemThis week, John Tefteller takes a brief respite between series and is joined by co-creator Daniel Chase to chat about the people's choice for the top scariest horror shows, what makes classic horror special, and some general banter about vintage radio. The Top 10 Horror shows: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHn7jZvB9V3El-fuH2fLhWb7Ln5klx8nZ See the poll: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297/permalink/1024093575040196/ Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297
2022-02-1033 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #46: Command PerformanceThis week we introduce to this show a forgotten comic of the '40s and '50s, Judy Canova. Judy Canova was a talented novelty singer and hayseed comedian. This show from early post-War America features a well-written "Ma and Pa" skit with the amazing voice of a hundred cartoons, Mel Blanc. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme mus...
2022-02-0836 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #27: Top 10 Sci-Fi: Perigi‘s Wonderful DollsJohn's selection of 10 best science fiction radio shows continues today, with a creepy story of "lifelike" dolls with an evil streak, bent on world domination. This story was written by George Lefferts, a man who was responsible for bringing many classic science fiction short stories to the air. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re also on Gab: https://gab.com/OldRadio  Our theme music is "Why Am I S...
2021-12-0236 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #26: The Stan Freberg ShowThis week John introduces the first episode of a short running comedy series starring the Capitol Records comedy artist, Stan Freberg, and a host of other iconic cartoon voices. Stan came late to radio, but he was a lifelong advocate for audio invention and imagination well after the end of the golden age, and here he is at the top of his game. Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 If you don't do Facebook, we’re al...
2021-11-3034 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #23: Top 10 Sci-Fi: Mars Is HeavenToday we kick off a new series as John presents his top 10 list of science fiction stories produced on radio in the 1950s. Today's episode features the bewildering tale by Ray Bradbury of space explorers to Mars who discover an impossible dreamlike world that is too good to be true. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref...
2021-11-1831 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #19: Top 10 Horror: The Ten YearsThere are many intense performances on radio, and the Suspense series was well-known for pushing actors to their limits. As we near the end of our current horror series, John presents maybe the most disturbing in this series about a couple of sisters, one of whom is insane, and the other is, well, also insane. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon...
2021-11-0430 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #14: The Maltese FalconOn today's episode, it's John Huston's early noir classic, The Maltese Falcon, Sweetheart. This radio version gathered together (almost) the complete original cast of the film about five years later in a streamlined version of this story about "the stuff dreams are made of." Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp...
2021-10-1936 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #13: Top 10 Horror: Whence Came You?On today's creepy-cast, we descend into ancient Egyptian tombs with a strange archeological expedition in Wyllis Cooper's radio version of The Mummy. And John talks about his favorite radio performers. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MK8MVCY4DVBAM8ZK39WD  
2021-10-1433 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #12: The Fred Allen ShowToday on the podcast, John talks about a largely forgotten personality, who during his time was considered one of the great wits in American comedy, Fred Allen. A lot of Fred Allen's jokes and jabs were ripped out of the headlines of the day, and John plays the last episode from his famous radio show. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon...
2021-10-1238 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #11: Top 10 Horror: Three Skeleton KeyOn today’s “scary” podcast, John presents a story many people consider one of the best ever done in any medium; “Three Skeleton Key,” with a famous star of many 1950-’60s horror films, Vincent Price. If you have a phobia of rats, you may want to stay away from this one! Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref...
2021-10-0735 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #9: Top 10 Horror: The Story of Mr. MaggsToday we feature Arch Oboler’s famous series, Light’s Out! John was friends with Arch Oboler, and in today’s podcast he’s going to talk about that. And don’t let the innocuous title fool you, this story about a locked chest and what is inside is one of the most horrific radio shows ever done. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://ww...
2021-09-3034 minThe Good Old Days of Radio Show
The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #5: Top 10 Horror: DraculaBefore the airwaves were shaken by an Invasion from Mars, and films were forever changed by John Foster Kane, a comparatively obscure 23-year-old Orson Welles brought the dark classic Dracula to listeners across the country. Today John features this gothic story, brilliantly produced by the Mercury Theatre. Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em...
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The Good Old Days of Radio ShowEpisode #4: It Pays To Be Ignorant!In its early days, you could almost say radio was an extension of "Vaudeville". Don't know what Vaudeville was? In today's episode, John's going to explain it, he plays a wild and crazy comedy show, and we attempt to answer the question "How do you make antifreeze?" Subscribe to our Facebook Group for news, discussions, and the latest podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/881779245938297 Visit our website: https://goodolddaysofradio.com/ Our theme music is "Why Am I So Romanic?" from Animal Crackers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KHJKAKS/ref=cm_sw_em...
2021-09-1435 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp251: John Tefteller - Blues Collectibles and more John Tefteller owns some of the world's rarest records, hunts pre-WWII Blues 78rpms and then shares them with the world in his annual Blues Images calendar. Today we hear more tales from his decades of dealing rarities and digging for gems.  If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
2020-11-3056 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp195: Collecting the Blues with John Tefteller John Tefteller is absolutely driven to find the world's rarest blues records. Today he shares stories of his journey to amass the one of the world's largest and most valuable record collection and share it with the world through his annual Blues Images calendar. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
2019-12-091h 18The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp093: Paramount Records with John TeftellerParamount Records has been out of business for nearly 90 years but still influences musicians today and holds a permanent place of mystique and reverence for record collectors and music fans. Today we talk about the history and legacy of Paramount Records with world renown record collector and blues historian John Tefteller. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube
2017-09-181h 09The Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record Collectors
The Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record CollectorsEp044: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 2 of 2 Pt 2 of 2: John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things...
2016-08-1756 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp044: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 2 of 2 Pt 2 of 2: John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things...
2016-08-1756 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp044: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 2 of 2 Pt 2 of 2: John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things...
2016-08-1756 minThe Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record Collectors
The Vinyl Guide - Podcast for Record CollectorsEp043: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 1 of 2 John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and...
2016-08-1045 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp043: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 1 of 2 John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and...
2016-08-1045 minThe Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music NerdsEp043: John Tefteller - World Famous Record Collector - Pt 1 of 2 John Tefteller scours the world for some of the rarest records; his collection of Blues 78s is unmatched, many of them the only copies in existence! John hunts for these records, spends a remarkable sum purchasing and restoring them so he can share his finds with the world. Today he tells some stories and shares some music with The Vinyl Guide audience! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and...
2016-08-1045 min