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The Eternal Light: Honey on the Book (AWR0254)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we turn our focus to Eli Wallach, a legendary character actor from plays like The Rose Tattoo, and films like The Magnificient Seven and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. During his career he won an Emmy, a Tony, and a BAFTA Award, as well as an honorary Oscar. He also portrayed Mr. Freeze in the final two episodes of season 2 of Batman in 1967, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy.”

This week we present an episode of The Eternal Light.

Wallach plays Louis Rabinowitz, a Lithuanian-born immigrant who becomes a successful businessman but is driven by his love of learning and culture to become a philanthropist and patron of great arts and culture, dedicating his life to preserving culture and supporting Jewish institutions of learning.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1958

Originating in New York

Featuring:  Ronnie Liss; Joseph Julian; Dean Olmquist; Alice Yourman; Guy Repp; Harvey Hayes; Charles Webster; Patsy Bruder; Marion Carr; Roger De Koven; Joseph Bell

Narrator/singer: Theodore Bikel

We then take a look at the season two two-parter, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy”, in which Mr. Freeze kidnaps a scientist who has discovered an instant freeze ray in order to blackmail the world.

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References:

Information on Louis M. Rabinowitz from Yale

TCM Tribute to Eli Wallach

To the Bat Poles: The Bat Scholar’s Review on this episode

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Let Yourself Go: Guest: Al Jolson (AWR0253)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week our focus is on Milton Berle, who played Louie the Lilac in two separate episodes during Batman‘s third season. We focus on Louie the Lilac’s first eponymous appearance.

We talk about Milton Berle’s extensive career, which included his position as the first TV superstar, earning the nickname “Mr. Television”. Berle’s career extended into the 21st Century but had its beginnings in vaudeville and radio, with a variety of programs throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

We play the only surviving episode of Berle’s 1944-45 comedy variety program, Let Yourself Go. 

Milton is planning for a summer vacation, but wants to hire a young crooner who won’t be a threat to his getting picked up in the fall. However, complications ensue when the legendary Al Jolson shows up to apply for the job.

Original Air Date: June 6, 1945

We then take a look at season 3 episode 7, “Louie the Lilac”, where Louie has a plan to control the future via the flower-power generation by taking over the mind of their leader, Princess Primrose. With Commissioner Gordon indifferent, it’s up to the terrific trio to foil his evil scheme.

Milton Berle segment from “The Comedy Hall of Fame Awards”

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Suspense: On A Country Road (AWR0252)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This time we turn to Ida Lupino, who played Cassandra Spellcraft, alongside her then-husband Howard Duff, who played her bumbling sidekick Cabala in the 1968 episode, “The Enchanting Doctor Cassandra”.

We begin by featuring an episode of Suspense in which they appeared together.

A wife and her husband (Lupino and Duff) take a shortcut down a country road where a deranged woman has escaped from a mental institution and already killed. They then run out of gas and find a woman screamning at them demanding to be let in their car.

Original Radio Brodcast Date: May 10, 1959

We then take a look at the Season 3 Batman Episode, “The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra”, where Lupino plays the titular alchemist who has figured out the secret of invisibility and has a daring plan to take care of the Terrific Trio and rule Gotham City.

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The Magnificient Montague: Montague’s Father (AWR0251)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This time, we turn to Art Carney who played the Robin Hood-inspired criminal the Archer in the Season 2 opener, “Shook a Crook Arrow” and “Walk the Straight and Narrow.”

We take a look at an episode of the 1950s NBC Sitcom The Magnificient Montague, a sitcom about an out-of-work Shakespearean actor forced to secretly take a job as the lead in a radio soap opera.

In this episode, plans for the celebration of the Magnificient Montague’s (Montey Wooley) silver jubilee in the theater are complicated by the arrival of his father, the Great Montague (Carney). Things get even worse when Montague’s Father learns of Montague working anonymously on a soap opera and threatens to expose him if he doesn’t quit.

Original Radio Braodcast: January 5, 1951

Starring: Montey Wooley as the Magnificient Montague, Art Carney as the Great Montague, Anne Seymour as Lily, Pert Skelton as Agnes,  John Gibson, John Griggs

After the podcast, I talk about the Season 2, Two-Parter “Shook a Crook Arrow” and “Walk the Straight and Narrow.” from 1966.

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Lux Radio Theater: Sangaree (AWR0250)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week, we turn to Cesar Romero, who played the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker.

For this week’s episode, we’re joined by the lawyer Tom Fox of the Compliance Podcast Network.

We takea look at Sangaree from the Lux Radio Theatre, where Romero plays an ex-indentured servant and doctor who returns from the Revolutionary War to fulfill the dying wish of his benefactor, and goes to Georgia to run the family plantation over the objection of the deceased’s headstrong daughter (Anne Blythe) and has to deal with lawsuits, pirates, and plague.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1955

Cast: Cesar Romero as Dr. Carlos Morales; Arlene Dahl as Nancy Darby, Lamont Johnson, William Conrad, Carleton Young, John Sutton, Herb Butterfield, Frances Robinson, Edward Marr, William Walker, Jack Kruschen, Leo Britt, Bill Bouchey

After listening to and discussing the program, we talk about the Joker two-part episode from season one: “The Joker Trumps an Ace’ and “Batman sets the Pace.”

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Screen Guild Theater: The Devil and Ms. Jones (AWR0249)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series.

For this week’s episode, we’re taking a look at Van Johnson who played the role of the Musical/Electronics Genius, The Minstrel.

For our Old Time Radio program, we present the Screen Guild Theater presentation of The Devil and Ms. Jones. 

The richest man in the world, Merrick (Guy Kibbe) goes undercover in a department store he owns where employees led by a forceful charismatic young man named Joe (Johnson) burned him in effigy. Merrick hopes to use Joe’s kindly girlfriend (Donna Reed) to find out the names of those involved in the action.

Also features Howard Duff

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 12, 1946

After the podcast, we talk about the Season 2 Batman two-parter “The Minstrel’s Shakedown” and “Barbequed Batman” from September 21 and 22, 1966

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Suspense: Never Follow a Banjo Act (AWR0248)

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We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 “Batman” TV series. This week we feature Ethel Merman, who played Lola Lasagna.

We feature an episode of Supsense, “Never Follow a Banjo Act,” where Merman plays a mature singer paired up with a hot young male talent, whose previous partner died under mysterious circumstances. When she discovers a dark side to the young star, will she be the next to go?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 1, 1954

Cast: Ethel Merman as Rosie; Paul Frees; Jerry Hausner; Joseph Kearns; Shepard Menken; Jess Kirkpatrick; Ben Wright

After listening to discussing the program, we talk about the Season 3 two-part story, “The Sport of Penguins” and “A Horse of Another Color,” featuring Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagna.

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Theater Guild on the Air: At Mrs. Beam’s (AWR0247)

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We continue our look at actors who portrayed villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we turn to Burgess Meredith, who played the Penguin and we present an episode of Theater Guild on the Air.

In this episode, we step back in time to the bustling streets of pre-war London and the peculiar happenings at Mrs. Beam’s boarding house. Paulette Goddard and Burgess Meredith star in a comedic caper that twists and turns through the lives of romantic crooks and their unwitting hosts. From high-society scandals to the threat of the infamous Bluebeard, join us for an adventure that’s as charming as it is chaotic.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 28, 1945

Cast: Burgess Meredith,Paulette Goddard, Brenda Forbes

After talking about the episode, we discuss the Batman two-parter, “Hizzonner the Penguin” and “Dizzoner the Penguin” from Season 2.

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Lux Radio Theater: Great Expectations (AWR0246)

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We begin a series looking at radio performances by actors who played villains in the 1960s Batman TV series. This week, we focus on Barbara Rush, who was the guest villain in the Season 3 episode “Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club”.

For this week’s old time radio program, we bring you the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Great Expectations, in which Barbara Rush plays a featured role.

An eccentric and twisted elderly woman takes an interest in an orphaned boy. When he grows up, he receives an unexpected inheritance.

Starring: Rock Hudson as Pip; Barbara Rush as Estella; William Conrad; Jeanette Nolan; Alan Reed; Peter Votrian; Susan Seaforth; Christopher Cook; Parley Baer, Vivi Janis; James McCallion; Lillian Buyeff; Norman Field; Howard McNear; Leo Britt; Edward Marr

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1954

We then discuss the controversial “Nora Clavicle and the Ladies’ Crime Club”.

Discussed: Podcast episode: To the Batpoles: Tying Ourselves in Knots.

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Hallmark Playhouse: Ben-Hur (AWR0245)

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An adaptation of Lew Wallace’s classic novel of Judah Ben-Hur, a 1st Century Jewish man unjustly imprisoned by the decree of his ambitious best friend.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 10, 1952

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Jeff Chandler as Ben-Hur; William Conrad; Virginia Gregg; Lurene Tuttle; Herb Butterfield; Richard Beals

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Fitch Bandwagon: Coloring Easter Eggs (AWR0244)

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Today’s Story:

Phil’s plans for Easter go awry when, instead of using the sponsor’s product, he shampoos his hair with leftover easter egg dye that turns his hair bright red just before church.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 28, 1948

Starring: Phil Harris and Alice Faye; Elliot Lewis as Frankie Remley. Anne Whitfield plays their daughter, Phyl, and we discuss her life and legacy in light of her recent passing.

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Cavalacade of America: The Pioneer Mother Eliza Ann Brooks (AWR0243)

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Today we hear the story of Eliza Ann Brooks who, in 1852, set off alone with her children to make the perilous journey to California.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 3, 1939

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Gallant American Women: Women, the Providers (AWR0242)

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Today’s Episode:

A look at the role women played in nutrition and providing quality food from the time of the pilgrims to the then-modern time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 21, 1939

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This is the Story: Remember Anna Zenger (AWR0241)

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Today’s Story:

In the early 18th Century in colonial New York, Anna Zenger tries to save her husband, printer Peter Zenger, while also trying to safeguard the freedom of the press.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Rosalind Russell as Anna Zenger

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Gallant American Women: These Freedoms (AWR0240)

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Today’s Episode:

A look at women who fought for freedom of religion, speech, and the abolition of slavery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 31, 1939

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