{"id":8614,"date":"2013-06-22T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=8614"},"modified":"2013-06-13T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T03:32:43","slug":"radio-show-review-imagine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/radio-show-review-imagine\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Show Review: Can You Imagine That?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/OTRR_Can_You_Imagine_That_Singles\">C<em>an You Imagine That?<\/em><\/a> was one of several golden age programs dedicated to weird and unusual facts. It was produced in 1940 as a syndicated program. Can You Imagine That? focused on strange cases such as the 92 year-old man that started teething and interesting facts about Paul Revere&#8217;s ride, and two famous women fighting a duel with fingernails. These radio dramatizations of the weird, the strange, and amusing were hardly alone with other programs such as\u00a0<em>Strange as it Seems\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Ripley&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>doing just as competent a job.<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>What makes\u00a0<em>Can You Imagine That\u00a0<\/em>stand out is its music history segment which tell the histories of great songs of the era such as, &#8220;I&#8221;ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen&#8221;<em>\u00a0<\/em>and &#8220;It&#8217;s a Long Way to Tipperary.&#8221; These stories great songs, that have sometimes even been forgotten with the years come to life.<\/p>\n<p><em>Can You Imagine This\u00a0<\/em>is \u00a0a wonderful for those who love fun facts and music history with great acting, great writing, and wonderful music.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/OTRR_Can_You_Imagine_That_Singles\" height=\"30\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can You Imagine That? was one of several golden age programs dedicated to weird and unusual facts. 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