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In this show Judy is recollecting her memories of “dropping in” on the 13th Army division at Camp Beale, Sacramento, California the previous week!  Duration: 23:48  Starring: Judy Canova  Broadcast Date: 19th October 1943

At eleven o’clock one morning, Richard Diamond - Private Detective is in his office when he receives a visitor, Jerome J Jerome. He is slightly disturbed in the mind, to say the least! He insists that he wants to be Diamond’s bodyguard and that he has a freshly murdered corpse, whose cause of death needs to be investigated, which is where their adventures together begin. . .  Duration: 28:31&...

Pretty Helen Standish is on the debating team and she talks to everyone except for Henry. Henry thinks that if he gets on the team she will talk to him. When Henry successfully makes the team the first debate is “the steam engine has contributed more to the progress of civilization than the horse” and they have to defend the negative. Oh dear Henry thinks if he can’t convince himself, how can he c...

A paid killer is offered $5000 in gold to kill Marshall Matt Dillon.  Duration: 30:19  Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer  Broadcast Date: 17th January 1953

Coney Island is a story of mirth and melody and romance and was a Twentieth Century musical film hit. It stars Alan Ladd and Chester Morris in a furious feud for the affections of Dorothy Lamour and Dorothy Lamour singing such beautiful tunes as Put your Arms Around Me Honey and Cuddle Up A Little Closer. It is pure and unadulterated entertainment.  Duration: 54:13  Starring: Alan Ladd,...

The story began when a death mute clown from the circus who called himself Tommy, the saddest clown in town visited Gregory Hood. He showed Hood a cameo he had which Hood recognized as one of the famous cameos which was stolen in Canada a few months ago.  Duration: 29:20  Starring: Gale Gordon, Harry Bartell  Broadcast Date: 7th October 1946

One evening in late summer Mrs. Maud Kennedy a widow, her son and his wife and a friend ordered dinner in their home on 21st Street when the phone rang. . . please note whilst audible the quality is not very good with some hissing.  Duration: 31:48  Broadcast Date: 14th March 1934

Peter and Ann Stratton at their home on New Years Day remember via flashback other New Year’s Days telling the story of the couple’s 32 years of happy married life and of their very good friend Maud.  Duration: 29:19  Starring: Jan Miner  Broadcast Date: 1st January 1950

Happy New Year Everyone .   I hope you have a great 2021. Duration : 28:33  Starring: Staats Cotsworth  Broadcast Date: 1st January 1948

What starts out to be the first well-organized New Years Eve in the history of the Anderson family ends up becoming a mixed-up shambles. When Kathy’s plans fall through they have to get a sitter for her. When the sitter turns out to be a handsome young man Betty called off her date with Ralph and now Jim is upsetting Betty’s little scheme by letting the sitter go home. Duration: 29:03 Starring: Ro...

Duration: 30:00  Starring: Tom Howard Broadcast Date: 29th December 1944 Notes: It Pays to Be Ignorant was a 1942–1951 radio comedy show which maintained its popularity during a nine-year run on three networks for such sponsors as Philip Morris, Chrysler, and DeSoto. The series was a spoof on the academic discourse on such authoritative panel series as Quiz Kids and Information Please, while...

Harold is planning to ask Theodora to go to the barn dance. Harold sings, "Auld Lang Syne." Broadcast Airdate: December 27, 1950 Notes: Harold (Hall) Peary (July 25, 1908 – March 30, 1985) was an American actor, comedian and singer in radio, film, television and animation remembered best as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a supporting character on radio's Fibber McGee & Molly that moved to its o...

Happy New Years.

December 31st 1899 in a charmingly furnished drawing room in an elegant house in London. It’s New Years Eve and we are about to enter a new century. The master of the house is about to leave for the war in South Africa. The usual British stiff upper lip attitude prevails as the clock chimes midnight and the new century begins but the joy of the moment soon dims and is replaced by sadness as the ma...

The Rail Road Hours review shows.   What a better time to listen but on New Years Eve. After all the end of the year is the perfect time to review the past year ....

The Rail Road Hours review shows.   What a better time to listen but on New Years Eve. After all the end of the year is the perfect time to review the past year .... 

Like everyone else our Miss Brooks who teaches English at Madison High School had looked forward to celebrating New Years Eve with considerable anticipation. But as the poet Robert Burns put it, “the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley”. . .  Duration: 29:09  Starring: Eve Arden  Broadcast Date: 1st January 1950

Happy New Year Everyone.

Happy New Year.

George and Gracie plan a big New Years Eve celebration, but Gracie forgot to mail out the invitations.  Everyone has made other plans for New Years and can't make it then, so Gracie decides to hold the party early and fool George into thinking he overslept a whole day.

Well it’s New Years Eve, and our friend Mr. Andrew H Brown hopes to go out on a big date with the very attractive Amethyst Dunbar. His one great problem is finding a tuxedo. After scouring the whole town without success, things look bad for Andy. . .  Duration: 27:58  Starring: Edward G Robinson  Broadcast Date: 31st December 1943

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.