The Old Radio Companion

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay shares some funny and interesting fun facts about our holiday of Thanksgiving.  The Show is from Our Miss Brooks titled "Thanksgiving plans and the 5 dollar turkey."  Originally aired November 19th 1950 . 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 tells a story from his childhood about an unusual name for the thanksgiving turkey and how it all came to be.  The radio show if from The Fibber McGee & Molly Show.   The title is "Thanksgiving." Originally aired November 25th 1935.  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 tells a story from his childhood about a Halloween Party that all of sudden got scary by the workings of the OUIJI BOARD!   Enjoy the last Halloween show of the year! The radio show is from the Jack Benny radio show . It's titled "Jack Goes Trick or Treating." Originally aired October 31st 1948.   HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" In this Halloween Episode, Jay talks about some of the more crazy and unusual superstitions around the world.  The radio show is from The Great Gildersleeve.  The show is titled "Halloween Party."   Originally aired Oct 31st 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 talks about one particular Halloween when he was a kid that didn't go quite as well as he had planned.  The radio show is from The Life of Riley .  The title is " Halloween Haunted House ."  Originally aired October 29th 1944 .  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 some of the most haunted places in America!  The show is from Father Knows Best . The title of the show is "A Spooky Cemetery." Originally Aired October 26th 1950 . 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 starts off the Halloween season with a scary story about a ghostly woman upstairs.  This episode features The Jack Benny Show with the show titled "Halloween Celebration." Originally aired Nov 2nd 1941 . ENJOY THE SHOW!!!  Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" In this episode, Jay plays sound effects of things that were invented in the 1950's.  Take a listen and make your guesses and then send them in to Jay for a prize.  Today's show is from the Phil Harris & Alice Faye Radio show. It's titled "A Tutor for the Girls." Originally aired October 20th 1946. ENJOY T...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about friendship and uses some examples from history to talk about people who have come together to form friendships and it wouldn't be what you would expect. The show is from MY FRIEND IRMA . The show is titled "Irma Meets Jane." Originally aired Nov 4th 1947 . ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEW...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay shares some weird and some unusual school mascots. The radio show is from the Baby Snooks Show. The title is "Report Card." It originally aired Sept 17th 1944 . 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 tells a funny story about the time he closed down check out aisles at Walmart. The show is from the Great Gildersleeve . The show is titled "Summer Theater." Originally aired June 14th 1942. 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 places that people take vacations that are a little on the weird and different side.  The show is from the Jack Benny radio show . The title is "Back from Vacation from Hawaii," Originally aired Sept 13th 1955. 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 starts off the show talking about the Great American pastime of Barbequing. He tells a funny story about a personal mishap with a Barbeque. The radio show is from Fibber McGee & Molly titled " CHICKEN BARBEQUE." Originally aired Sept 19th 1950.  ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" On today's show, Jay tells funny camping stories and celebrates the great American pastime of camping. The radio show is from My LIttle Margie.   The title is "Camping." Or "Spending the night at the roof." Originally aired June 12th 1955.  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 shares about how people in the 1950's spent their summers. The radio show is from the Red Skelton Show.   The title is "Vacation." Originally aired Oct 3rd 1951. 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 tells a fun summer story about his dog that use to live in a tree.  The old radio show is from the Baby Snooks radio show.  The shows come from 4 shorts all airing originally in the 1940's.  The titles are, " BABY FISH STORY, THE BEACH, THE BEACH HOUSE & GONE FISHING." Enjoy the show! Support the show THIS IS JA...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay tells a funny story about his grandfather's mean big Rooster named Mr. Rooster who use to chase him.  The radio show is from the Charlie McCarthy Show. The show originally aired May 23rd 1943. The show features the comedy of Edgar Bergan and his buddy in the tuxedo, Charlie McCarthy! The guest star is Charles Boyer.  Enjoy th...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Today's show is all about American's favorite past time... BASEBALL!  Join Jay as he celebrates baseball in the 1940's.  The radio show is " Who's on First"  It's the Abbott & Costello show!  HEY ABBOTT!!! Originally aired June 18th 1947.  ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OF...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" This Marks Jay's 10th show and he shares some funny slang of the 1940's.  The radio show is Duffy's Tavern .  The title of the show is "Hawaiian Vacation Slogan Contest." Originally aired December 28th 1951. 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 the 4th of July by sharing weird newspaper articles from the 1940's.  The radio show is Life with Luigi.  The title of the show is 4th of July Parade . First aired July 3rd 1949. HAPPY 4th OF JULY 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!" The Old Radio Companion: S1E8 Today's show features a funny story about the time that Yellow Jackets invaded Jay's room as a kid.  The old radio show is The Fred Allen Show.   The show is titled "The Last Show." Originally aired June 26th 1949.  Enjoy the show! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" This weeks episode of The Old Radio Companion features a funny story from Jay about shooting his dad's beer with a BB gun.  This Episode also features the radio show "Father Knows Best."  The Title of the show is  "Father's Day Picnic."  Originally Aired June 14th 1951.  ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show T...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" This episode features a game for the listeners to guess objects that were invented in the 1940s by listening to sound effects and can write in and guess and win a prize. Radio show features "My Friend Irma" The title of the show is "Newspaper Column." It first aired Feb 3rd 1952.  Enjoy the show!! Support the show...

"This is Jay Lewis.. Tell us how you liked the show!" Jay talks about a funny dog park sign he came across and features the Phil Harris & Alice Faye radio show. The show is titled: "The Band is not invited to the President's ball." Orignally aired 1-16-1949. 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 things we did as kids in our generation that didn't kill us and we survived!  Also the radio show Fibber McGee & Molly titled: FIBBER FEELS ILL. Originally aired 4/06/1943. ENJOY THE SHOW! Support the show THIS IS JAY LEWIS.... OFF THE AIR!