Category: Amazing World of Radio

Feed for the Amazing World of Radio podcast.

Screen Guild Theater: Heavenly Days (AWR0211)

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After hearing a voice, Fibber McGee goes to Washington to speak for the common man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1947

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Guest Star: First Song: Orpheus Takes a Holiday (AWR0210)

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A program of holiday music featuring David Rose and his orchestra, and Frank Sinatra.

Radio Broadcast Date: December 19, 1948

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AFRS Christmas 1947 (AWR0209)

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Today’s Golden Age of Radio Episode:

Servicemen stationed in Germany after World War II plan a Christmas Party for local children.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 25, 1947

Written by Steve Allen

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Christmas in America 1946 (AWR0208)

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A combined Christmas program of four soap operas sponsored by Proctor and Gamble including Life Can Be Beautiful, Ma Perkins, Pepper Young’s Family, and Right to Happiness with the Christmas reflections interspersed.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1946

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Ozzie and Harriet: The New Radio Phonograph (AWR0207)

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Ozzie and Harriet make a pact to count their new radio phonograph as their joint Christmas present.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 19, 1948

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Hallmark Hall of Fame: Squanto and the First Thanksgiving (AWR0206)

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The life story of the First Thanksgiving and the Native American who befriended the Pilgrims,

Original Air Date: November 22, 1953

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AWR0205: Duffy’s Tavern: Filming the Life of Archie with Larry Storch

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Archie hatches a scheme to get Duffy to fund a motion picture based on his life with help from guest star Larry Storch.

Original Air Date: January 11, 1946

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AWR0204: Studio X: Mutiny

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There’s mutiny at sea and the ship’s captain is locked up with a cabin boy and another crew member.

Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0203: Yarns for Yanks: Old Ab

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A professional cow-puncher buys his own ranch at last but finds it difficult. Can an eccentric tenant farmer help him?

Original Air Date: 1942

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AWR0202: The Player: It’s All in the Deal

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Two card sharks seek to change their fortunes by hustling a writer.

Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0201: Yarns for Yanks: The Very Honorable Augustus

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A grifter running an airplane ride gets a soft spot for a desperate father who needs his sick son flown to the city.

Original Air Date: 1942

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AWR0200: Cosmo Jones Special (Night Cap Yarns and Studio X)

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In The Professor Goes to the Museum, Cosmo Jones has a crazy scheme to catch an art thief. From Nightcap Yarns. Original Air Date: March 27, 1939

In The Professor Goes for a Walk, Cosmo Jones walks unarmed behind police lines into the arms of a desperate gang of armed criminals with the goal of getting them to surrender. From Studio X. Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0199: The Player: Solo Flight

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A flight instructor refuses an offer to test-pilot the latest military aircraft.

Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0198: Yarns for Yanks: The Town Crier

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A man who loves trying new things accidentally finds himself working for an organized crime syndicate.

Original Air Date: 1942

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AWR0197: Studio X: The Red Macaw

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A butler cheating his employer is haunted by the surprise appearance of a red macaw.

Original Air Date: 1948

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