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Retro Old Time Radio

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You"ve just found the Retro Radio Podcast. The Internets best kept secret source of Old Time Radio Comedy. All comedy radio classics for your listening pleasure. Hand picked by Keith, and sometimes by the Retro bots. Tell a friend about us. We also take requests! If you have a favorite classic radio show, that you would like to hear, send me your request. It doesn"t even have to be comedy. If I have it in my collection, I"ll play it for you

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35:55

Our Miss Brooks 490102 Old Clothes For Party. (retro299)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/02/11

Connie Brooks talks about her let down over her New Years Eve celebrations. As she remembers, and goes into flashback, she talks with Mrs Davis. Mrs Davis is to visit her absent minded sister, Angela. Connie makes plans to go out with Mr Boynton. Minirva, the cat gets in on the absent minded fun. The French teacher pops in. He wants to include Connie with the party that he and his wife are planning. The admission will only be a few old clothes to donate to help needy people in France

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28:13

Fibber McGee and Molly - Letter To The Postmaster....

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/02/10

Fibber gets a letter from the Postmaster General. It seems that the government wants a questionaire returned to tell how the mail service is performing in Wistful Vista. Fibber's first responce is to complain, but Molly talks sense to him, and to tell that things are fine. The Old Timer visits, and he agrees with Molly that the US Postal Service is doing a fine job. He tells about his father, and his picture that hung in the Post Office. A public service announcement proclaims the merits

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32:58

Art Linkletter - A 62 Year Old Father. 491006....

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/02/09

Trivia alert: Normally I put any alerts, or notes at the bottom of the show notes, but I wanted to post this right at the top. The answer will follow at the bottom. In my bonus track, did you notice that both Tony Martin and Phil Harris are featured in this song? Do you know what significance this represents? Art Linkletter searches the audience for the oldest father with a child under a year of age. A 62 year old man with a goatee turns up. He is a man who married into a circus family. He's

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34:32

Burns and Allen - Santas Workshop. (retro302)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/02/09

Late in the evening and Gracie is trying to put Herman the Duck to bed. He's too excited about Christmas to sleep, so Gracie tells him a bedtime story. It's a story about a wicked witch, Prince George, and Princess Gracie. As Herman and Gracie begin to doze, thoughts of magic carpets run through her mind. As Gracie dreams, she sings to Herman as they fly on their magic carpet, on their way to the North Pole. They arrive at the North Pole and meet Arthur Q Brian as Santa. Santa is upset

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33:25

Burns and Allen 431221 Playing Santa Claus

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/01/18

Gracie gets sentimental as she puts up the Christmas tree. Gracie breaks the news that she has recruited George to play Santa Claus at the neighborhood pageant. The pageant director comes by to help convince George to take part. If George refuses to be Santa, then who will? Gracie wants to ask Charles Lawton to volunteer, and goes to talk his wife into helping her. The two ladies compare notes on complaints about their husbands. After some truth stretching, Gracie gets the support she went

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34:57

Burns and Allen 421222 Santa And The Wicked Pirate

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/01/17

Burns and Allen - Santa and the Wicked Pirate. 421222Opens with the Four Hits and a Miss singing, Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Gracie is worried when her little duck, Herman hasn't come home yet. When he does come home, he has a disgruntled neighbor after him. When the situation gets under control, Gracie lays down and dreams a Christmas dream. You know it's a dream, when George is actually nice to Herman. They fly to the North Pole on Herman's back and visit Santa, Arthur Q Brian

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38:08

Burns and Allen 411216 Mailing Christmas Package.

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/01/16

Paul Whiteman with the Swan Quartet singing, Gay Ranchero, opens the show. Gracie is in the kitchen, talking to Martha the cook. Their conversation is interupted by a phone call for Gracie. She talks to Bessy about George, and Christmas gifts. Next, she has to deal with Herman the Duck about eating his veggies, and growing big muscles. Bill Goodwin and Jimmy Cash stop in on their way to mail some Christmas packags. Herman is still poking around his lunch, and gets sent to his room. When

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36:54

Adventures of Gracie Allen 361223 Gracie's Christmas...

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/01/14

The show begins with an opening number by the orchestra, My Sugar Takes Me with a Grain of Salt. George and Gracie talk with each other, and the cast about presents to give for Christmas. Gracie gets a phone call, and chats with her mom. Tony Martin talks with Gracie about his films, and the love scenes he is in. At this time, Tony was married to Alice Faye. Tony sings, Lazy River. George and Gracie talk about their upcoming plans for Christmas. They recruit Tony into helping out with their

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36:56

Burns and Allen 401223 Christmas Show

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2011/01/13

Sponsored by Spam. Announcer, Bud Heston, Bandleader, Artie Shaw. Vocals by the Smoothies. Starring George Burns and Gracie Allen. Gracie tells George about the film she saw with Bud at the Paramount theater. George shows off a little of his dancing prowess. It's all to help promote the film that features Artie Shaw appearing with Fred Astaire. The play is about to kick off, but Gracie has forgotten the scripts. As she tries to remember, she goes into a long chain of events. Artie Shaw

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36:50

Christmas Plays - Wonders To Perform, Dorothy Lamour....

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/12/11

The exact title of this show is unknown, at least to me. The show is most likely, Christmas Plays, Wonders to Perform. And the episode title is probably, Learning a Lesson. Or Christmas Lesson. In the big city, George works at his typewriter, cranking out his next creation. Dorothy Lamour is the big time, popular actress. Work has driven their personal lives apart, but she wants to do something as a family for Christmas. When her agent has her booked for an event, she is forced to send a

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34:32

Blondie 430412 Trouble Arrives COD. (retro287)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/12/11

The famous comic strip comes to life as Ken Niles announces. On this nice bright morning, Alexander heads off to school. The doorbell rings with a package that's delivered COD by Mel Blanc. It takes some time for Blondie to rummange through her purse for the cash. What can the package be? It's an item for someone else, but the delivery man leaves before they figure it out. What now? The only thing to do is to deliver it to the rightful owner. After a bit of conversation, she just doesn't

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59:18

The Retrobots Present - A Retro Collection of Love....

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/12/11

A Retro Musical Extravaganza. Presented entirely by the Retrobots, with a little help. A full hour of various collected love songs from the era of old time radio. The original play list was so long, it could have easily filled a second hour. Instead, the audio quality has been boosted a little so this will be a larger file. I hope you enjoy. Please make comments, and let me know what you think about seeing more, or fewer of these kinds of shows. Playlist: 1. When Pa Was Courting Ma. Tex

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39:37

Bergen and McCarthy - Marilyn Monroe. (retro289)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/12/11

Charlie talks it up about getting ready to marry tonights guest, Marilyn Monroe. Band leader Ray Noble is jealous. Edgar faces the future without having Charlie in the house. Plenty of marriage jokes go around. Ray plays while his vocalists sing, Underneath the Live Oak Tree. Mortimer Snerd talks with Edgar about his pets, and the latest news about Charlie and Marilyn. Edgar wants Mortimer to take over and fill in for Charlie, but Mortimer has some trouble understanding what he means. The

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30:30

People Are Funny 581001 Quickest Way To Borrow Money....

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/16

People Are Funny was a show full of crazy stunts that host, Art Linkletter had people do. To get started, a lady wants to raise money, but gets the job of taking something to a pawn shop. What is the crazy twist to this simple task? Art makes it so convenient to include a pawn broker in the studio audience, but will she put her husband into hock? All she has to do is pay back $1100 for a $1000 loan, while the man has to live in the pawn shop window for the week it takes to raise the cash to buy him

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37:50

Life with Luigi 450529 The Wedding. (retro284)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/12

Luigi writes his mama to tell her about brand names of products. As confusing as life can be, he's just happy to be living here. Pasquali fast talks Luigi and before he knows it he's trapped into marrying Pasquali's fat daughter Rosa. To hasten the deal, and without Luigi's knowledge, Pasquali sent out invitations. Luigi's friends in his English as a Second Language class feel sorry for him and filibuster the wedding. All the speeches are intended to wear everybody down. It begins to

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37:31

283X Minus One 560403 How To. (retro283)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/10

A futuristic show about the 21st century, and robots, and both some benefits, and drawbacks of such appliances that are designed to make life easier. We may not exactly have robots yet, but computers certainly can behave like this. A man browses through a catalog of do it yourself kits. He settles on a kit to build a robot dog. Hey, they already have robot dogs, but just not in a kit to build your own. The package comes, but it's too big for a dog. It turns out to be a regular robot

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34:32

Mystery In The Air 470918 The Black Cat with Peter...

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/09

A radio play of Edgar Alan Poe's short story, the Black Cat. The story is one that starts at the end, and a man who is sentenced to the gallows. In flashback, Peter Lorre recounts the story of how he arrived to this point. Peter Lorre is a man who loved animals. One day his wife brings home a little black kitten. The kitten grew, and became the favorite, but somehow the man's temperament changed. The once happy couple has been torn apart by the bursts of anger and hatred from the man

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01:00:32

Good News 371223 Rosalie. (retro285)

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/08

Good News was a variety show that presented an hour of entertainment. This show features the usual cast: Jimmy Stewart, Baby Snooks, Frank Morgan. This edition features songs from the recently released musical hit film, Rosalie. The show starts with Jimmy Stewart, who wants to open with an accordian solo. Instead, Meredeth Willson, the bandleader kicks off with his own arrangement. Baby Snooks is up next as she drives her daddy, Hanly Stafford nuts. Snooks tries on hats. You just gotta love

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37:57

2000 Plus 500830 The Robot Killer

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/11/08

Enjoy another Scary Halloween treat. A radio show sponsor is to give away as a contest prize, a mechanical man, a robot. XR23 is 6 feet tall, made of metal, yet with human like features. The robot responds to voice requests, even in doing the most petty of tasks. The radio DJ tries to show how gentle the robot can be the robot still needs some tweaks in that department. Happy Sam, the happy man goes into his on air spiel. Hey, how about those Krylon suits. I wonder if that's where Krylon

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31:52

Exploring Tomorrow 480122 First Men On The Moon

Retro Old Time Radio ·

2010/10/25

A rocket ship has blasted off, manned with a one man crew. As the astronaut is well on his way to the moon for the first exploration there, he gets a radio message to change plans. It seems that in the race for space, the Russians have beat him there by 2 days. The worst of it is, that they have claimed the moon for themselves. What's a astronaut to do? His instructions are to avoid a world wide incident, and just do a fly by of the moon, and return home. Instead, he defies the political

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