Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio

What kind of message is being sent when a teenage boy buys an expensive bracelet for a teenage girl? Originally aired on April 19, 1953. This is episode 581 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can also subscribe to our podcast on...

When Riley inadvertently burns down the home of their flirty neighbor, Louella, he feels obligated to let her stay in their spare room. His wife, Peg, has a different opinion on the matter. Originally aired on March 2, 1951. This is episode 308 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please sh...

Jello Everybody. We take quite a jump from our last episode, which was from January of 1935 to this episode. Thirty-some episodes are missing. But this episode highlights a new singer on the show, Kenny Baker. Episode 192 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on on November 3, 1935. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook....

Today, you’ll see that nobody is paying attention to anything, but most especially, Henry and Homer just keep doing the wrong things when it comes to their Latin class. Originally aired on March 15, 1953. This is episode 576 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast wi...

Most people get their tonsils out once, if at all. Chester A. Riley got his out three times. How? Listen to the end of the show for an explaination. Originally aired on February 23, 1951. This is episode 307 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends an...

Jello Everybody. Another literary classic falls prey to Jack Benny and his talented cast as we listen to an episode entitled “The Count of Monte Jell-O.” Episode 159 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on on January 6, 1935. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with you...

On the very day his aunt is coming for dinner, Henry Aldrich loses the watch she gave him. Originally aired on December 7, 1952. This is episode 562 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can also subscribe to our podcast on  Spreak...

Chester A. Riley is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, so his wife, Peg, decides to take him to Palm Springs. Originally aired on February 16, 1951. This is episode 306 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can also subscribe to o...

Jello Everybody. Today Jack and the gang take us south of the border down Mexico way with a sketch entitled “Rose of the Rio Grande”. Episode 154 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on December 2, 1934. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and fami...

Henry Aldrich inadvertently gives his school principal the wrong idea when he asks to leave school early to take care of his sick father. Originally aired on November 30, 1952. This is episode 561 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family....

Chester A. Riley takes dance classes with their flirty neighbor, Louella. The only problem is that he has to pose as her husband to get the lessons for free. Originally aired on February 9, 1951. This is episode 305 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your fr...

Jack and the gang do a very loose adaptation of  Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch entitled “Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch." Episode 152 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on November 18, 1934. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You ca...

Henry Aldrich goes out for the debate team because he wants to get to know a certain girl a little bit better. Unfortunately for Henry, she quits the team the day he joins it. Originally aired on November 16, 1952. This is episode 559 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this...

Babs wants to get into a hoity toity sorority, but snobby Helene Bidwell threatens to blackball her unless she stops seeing a certain young man. Originally aired on February 2, 1951. This is episode 304 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and fam...

Jello Everybody. When Jack gets a letter from a fan saying that they should get Charlie Chan to solve their mysteries, guess what detective shows up? Episode 151 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on November 11, 1934. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your...

Henry Aldrich wants a new suit, but what his mother ends up getting him creates the wrong kind of sensation as he walks through the high school halls Originally aired on November 9, 1952. This is episode 558 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends a...

Today’s program is a flashback to a time when Chester A Riley becomes engaged to both Peg and his boss’s daughter, Tillie Boomer. Originally aired on January 26, 1951. This is episode 303 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can al...

Jello Everybody and Merry Christmas! Today Jack and the gang exchange Christmas gifts and have some visits from some interesting guests. Episode 237 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on December 20, 1936. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and...

Henry Aldrich becomes obsessed with getting a certain piece of jewelry for a girl because he thinks she is buying him a wallet for Christmas. Will he learn the true meaning of Christmas before the day arrives? Originally aired on December 21, 1952. This is episode 564 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/cla...

Chester A. Riley runs into some opposition and a hard reality check when he makes Junior’s Boy Scout troop do all the housework that he told Peg that he would do. Originally aired on January 19, 1951. This is episode 302 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with yo...

Jello Everybody! Today Jack and the gang discuss what to get people for Christmas and then they transport us to Russia for an adventure with a Cossack named Jello Faced Wilson, among other notable characters. Episode 156 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on December 16, 1934. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook...

Who can find a way to make money and turn an entire household upside down by selling ice-cold fruit punch at a roadside stand in the dead of winter? Henry Aldrich and Homer Brown, that’s who. Originally aired on December 14, 1952. This is episode 563 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Pl...

Instead of a romantic anniversary celebration, Chester A. Riley finds every way possible to make his wife, Peg, as mad as a hornet. Originally aired on January 12, 1951. This is episode 301 of The Life of Riley. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can...

Jello Everybody. Today Jack and the gang take us on their travel log through the Hawaiian Islands. Episode 150 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on November 4, 1934. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can also subscribe to our p...

The Aldrich Family is in full holiday crisis mode when the grocery store runs out of turkeys the day before Thanksgiving. Originally aired on November 23, 1952. This is episode 560 of The Aldrich Family. Please email questions and comments to  host@classiccomedyotr.com . Like us on Facebook at  facebook.com/classiccomedyotr . Please share this podcast with your friends and family. You can also sub...