The Old Radio Companion

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay continues his summer series, THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMERS. Learn all about these significant and life changing summers of America. These are the Summers of War. The summers of 1942-1944 were life changing and summers that would change America forever. The radio show is from The Great Gildersleeve. The show is titled, " War Bond...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay starts his summer series, THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMERS, by talking about the last of the innocent summers which was the summer of 1941. This was the summer before America entered World War 2. Learn all about this important time period in American history. The radio show comes from The Fibber McGee and Molly Show. It's titled, &...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Hey!  Jay is relocating so enjoy a show from the past!  This great show is from Season 4 Episode 2 entitled, " THE SKY IS FALLING!"   Please look for a new show soon! Thank you for all your support and ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about a guy who back in the old west had a very important and dangerous job, and that was the Old saloon piano player. Learn all about this important guy that kept the peace and the music and the drinks coming!  The radio show comes from The Jack Benny Show!  It's titled, "Buck Benny Rides Again!" It originall...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about the amazing and talented radio and television and film actor, Charles Cantor. Learn all about this very versatile comedian and actor. The radio show is from The FRED ALLEN SHOW! It features Charlie Cantor in Allen's Alley. It first aired on December 6th 1942. ENJOY THE SHOW!  Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.......

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about roads and streets. Sounds boring?  Well don't worry, Jay makes it interesting and learn all about famous streets and some very unusual named streets in America as well. The radio show comes from the Jack Benny Radio show.  It's titled, "The Maxwell Get's Stolen." It originally aired October 1st...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about another round of strange jobs that people have. If you think you enjoyed strange jobs 1, you're going to love strange jobs 2!  The radio show is from the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show.  It's titled, "Fibber get's a job at a hardware store." It originally aired, May 21st 1940. ENJOY THE SHOW...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about etiquette from the past  and how much it  has changed over the years. The old radio show comes from T he Abbott and Costello Radio show. The show is titled, "The English Butler. " It originally aired December 9th 1943. ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay celebrates Christmas by talking about another Christmas Carol. Learn all about the Christmas song, "O Holy Night." Learn all about who wrote it and some interesting facts of how it became the beloved Christmas song we have today. Enjoy double feature Christmas shows. Our first Christmas old radio show comes from The Milt...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about the origins of that famous Christmas song, Jingle bells!  Who wrote it?  And learn some more interesting facts. The Christmas old radio show is from My Friend Irma. It's titled, " Irma's Christmas Party." It originally aired December 20th 1948. MERRY CHRISTMAS and ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show TH...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay opens up the Thanksgiving season by talking about that very important food centerpiece and that is the turkey. Learn all about how this big bird got into our Thanksgiving celebrations. Also enjoy our radio show from The George Burns and Gracie Allen show. It's the Thanksgiving show from November 18th 1940.   ENJOY THE SHOW an...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay shares the last of the stories in THE TALES OF TERROR series called, " THE TELL TALE HEART."  By Edgar Allen Poe. Join Jay as he tells this horror story that really pioneered the psychological thriller. The radio show today is Life with Luigi. The show is titled, " Trick or Treat Halloween."   It originally air...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay continues his Halloween series called, "The Tales of Terror."   On this show, we feature the scary tale of The Headless Horseman and Icabod Crane from The Legend of Sleepy Hallow! The radio show is from Baby Snooks. It's the Halloween show from October 31st, 1946. ENJOY THE SHOW!!! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay kicks off this season of Halloween with the new series, "THE TALES OF TERROR!"  Learn all about how we got our jack o lanterns and the scary story of Stingy Jack!  The radio show is from The Life of Riley. The show is titled, "Haunted House."  It originally aired October 20th 1947. ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the s...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about the month of September and the origins of the name and also some of the important events that happened in this month. The radio show comes from Fibber Mcgee & Molly. It's titled, "Raking Leaves." It originally aired October 17th 1949.   HAPPY SEPTEMBER & ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS J...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about school days when himself and others had strange teachers.  The radio show comes from OUR MISS BROOKS. It's titled, "Mr. Lanthrop Returns to School."  It originally aired Sept 26th 1954. Remember your school days and ENJOY THE SHOW!! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about a time when he was a kid and had a great arbor. Jay shares a memory from his childhood when is father attempted to make wine. The radio show comes from Duffy's Tavern. It's titled, "Most Popular Bar Tender." It originally aired May 18th 1949. ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OF...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about those amazing band leaders who impacted our music world forever with their music. Learn some interesting and maybe some unknown facts about these great men. The radio show comes from Bing Crosby. It's the Kraft Music Hall! This episode features special guests, the Dorsey Brothers!   It originally aired July 6th 19...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about that popular and iconic superhero, SUPERMAN. Learn all about how the radio show, The Adventures of Superman was such a pioneering radio show and how it impacted in who superman became as the superhero we know him today. The radio show is from The Fred Allen radio show. It originally aired October 9th 1940. Listen to th...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about inventions that were created by mistake or became something they were not originally intended.  They became great inventions that added great things to our lives. The radio show comes from The Great Gildersleeve.  It's titled, "McGee's Invention." It originally aired February 17th 1944. ENJOY THE SH...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about alien abduction stories and the people who claim who have been abducted and have lived to tell their stories. The radio show comes from the Jack Benny Radio show.  It's titled, " I flew to Mars." It originally aired May 17th 1953. ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay is back with a new show! This show is a double feature radio show in which Jay celebrates the states that made our nation great and how they got their names!  Yes more useless information that's well.. .well it's interesting!  The radio shows feature are from The Red Skelton show. It originally aired Sept 10th 1948. The...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about some interesting facts about our nations history and celebrates this very important holiday, Memorial Day!  The radio show is from The Great Gildersleeve. It's titled, "Memorial Day Parade." It originally aired May 30th 1943. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AND ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... O...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" JAY IS BACK!  Yes this is a new show and jack talks about the tradition of May Day and how it all got started. Enjoy this radio show from Jack Benny. It's titled, "Jack Buys a Baseball team." It originally aired May 1st 1955. HAPPY MAY DAY and ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay kicks off the new year with a double radio show special and talks about something special that happened for this new year of 2025! Listen and find out what it is. The first radio show is from The Jack Benny Radio show. It's the New years show which originally aired Jan 2nd 1944. Our Next radio show if from Jack's friend...