Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
Adam Graham| Old Time Radio Host
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Get ready for the first-ever snackable Old Time Radio podcast, featuring mostly obscure treasures from radio's golden age.
Each week listen for a bite-sized sample of the Golden Age of Radio and journey back to the twentieth century. Gain keen insights into life in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through short-form old-time radio programs including comedic moments, full-cast short audio dramas, stories from the greatest storytellers of the past, powerful dramatic readings, and even memorable old time radio ads.
Unearth legends and rediscover those who have long been forgotten, all while gaining keen insights into life in a world that was. Each episode brings you self-contained short programs or excerpts from longer programs, skillfully introduced by Adam, who provides brief commentary and historical background. For history enthusiasts seeking a tantalizing trip through time, the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon awaits you.
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Each week listen for a bite-sized sample of the Golden Age of Radio and journey back to the twentieth century. Gain keen insights into life in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through short-form old-time radio programs including comedic moments, full-cast short audio dramas, stories from the greatest storytellers of the past, powerful dramatic readings, and even memorable old time radio ads.
Unearth legends and rediscover those who have long been forgotten, all while gaining keen insights into life in a world that was. Each episode brings you self-contained short programs or excerpts from longer programs, skillfully introduced by Adam, who provides brief commentary and historical background. For history enthusiasts seeking a tantalizing trip through time, the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon awaits you.
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Charlie McCarthy Sues W.C. Fields for $12 Million
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
08/14/23 • 17 min
A look at the early days of the comedy feud between legendary comedian, actor, and juggler W.C. Fields and the up-and-coming young ventriloquist's dummy, Charlie McCarthy (attached to Edgar Bergen.)
We start out with the first verbal barbs between Fields and McCarthy on May 1, 1937 and then on June 27, 1937, Fields has to talk his way out of a $12 million defamation lawsuit by Charlie McCarthy in response to Fields' barbs in the previous seven weeks.
Don Ameche also appears.
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We start out with the first verbal barbs between Fields and McCarthy on May 1, 1937 and then on June 27, 1937, Fields has to talk his way out of a $12 million defamation lawsuit by Charlie McCarthy in response to Fields' barbs in the previous seven weeks.
Don Ameche also appears.
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Family Doctor: False Witness
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
08/21/23 • 19 min
"Hello there, this is the Family Doctor...."
Join us as we travel back in time to a small town where Doctor Grant Adams dispenses medicinee for the body and common sense advice for the soul in this little-known family drama series from the 1930s.
In this first episode, a teenage girl becomes the subject of gossip after some church money turns up missing. Can Doc Adams prevent a tragedy?
Potential series air dates for the series vary from 1932-38. The earliest I can find a record of the series being aired was in the Fall of 1937.
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Join us as we travel back in time to a small town where Doctor Grant Adams dispenses medicinee for the body and common sense advice for the soul in this little-known family drama series from the 1930s.
In this first episode, a teenage girl becomes the subject of gossip after some church money turns up missing. Can Doc Adams prevent a tragedy?
Potential series air dates for the series vary from 1932-38. The earliest I can find a record of the series being aired was in the Fall of 1937.
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The Grantland Rice Story: Knute Rockne
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
08/28/23 • 15 min
Are you ready for some football?
Whether you're a Sports fan or not, this episode will be of interest as we take a look at America's most legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice and his friendship with legendary Notre Dama Football Coach Knute Rockne. We also take a look at how he turned one particular Notre Dama backfield into "The Four Horsemen."
This is an episode of The Grantland Rice Story. It aired originally in the fall of 1955 into 1956. The series is hosted by Jimmy Powers who reads excerpts from Rice's autobiography, The Tumult and the Shouting. And on this episode, Powers has a very special guest.
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Whether you're a Sports fan or not, this episode will be of interest as we take a look at America's most legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice and his friendship with legendary Notre Dama Football Coach Knute Rockne. We also take a look at how he turned one particular Notre Dama backfield into "The Four Horsemen."
This is an episode of The Grantland Rice Story. It aired originally in the fall of 1955 into 1956. The series is hosted by Jimmy Powers who reads excerpts from Rice's autobiography, The Tumult and the Shouting. And on this episode, Powers has a very special guest.
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Hosting a Stranger...And Her Nine Foot Tall Husband
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09/04/23 • 17 min
What would you do if a stranger showed up at your house saying some friends of yours had told her to look you up for a place to stay? And if you were inclined to show her a bit of hospitality, what would you do when she called her giant husband to come inside.
This was the basis of a stunt on a post-war episode of People Are Funny. And we'll find out in today's excerpt from that program hosted by Art Linkletter.
This comes from an Armed Forces Radio Services rebroadcast and I'm unable to ascertain the exact air date.
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This was the basis of a stunt on a post-war episode of People Are Funny. And we'll find out in today's excerpt from that program hosted by Art Linkletter.
This comes from an Armed Forces Radio Services rebroadcast and I'm unable to ascertain the exact air date.
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Unsolved Mysteries: The Borden Mystery
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09/11/23 • 22 min
On this first syndicated episode of the 1930s series Unsolved Mysteries, we take a look at the mysterious slaying of Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby in 1892 and how suspicion fell on Andrew's daughter, Lizzie. Unsolved Mysteries not only explains the case in a nutshell but also offers a solution to the crime.
While Unsolved Mysteries was a syndicated True Crime series in the 1930s. It didn't start out that way. We take a look at the series' origin and the original program's sponsorship by Ken-Rad, a Kentucky-based firm selling radio tubes.
The series originated from station WLW in Cincinnati and we talk about the station's forgotten role in the Golden Age of Radio as America's superstation and why it was called that.
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While Unsolved Mysteries was a syndicated True Crime series in the 1930s. It didn't start out that way. We take a look at the series' origin and the original program's sponsorship by Ken-Rad, a Kentucky-based firm selling radio tubes.
The series originated from station WLW in Cincinnati and we talk about the station's forgotten role in the Golden Age of Radio as America's superstation and why it was called that.
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Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney About Snow White
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
09/18/23 • 10 min
Two Hollywood legends share a stage in this listener-inspired Snack Wagon.
The year is 1937. A young filmmaker is about to release a groundbreaking new work, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Walt Disney was invited on the Lux Radio Theater to be interviewed Hollywood director Cecil B Demille and what future projects he was working on.
The interview took place on December 20, 1937 in Hollywood, the day before Snow White's premiere.
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The year is 1937. A young filmmaker is about to release a groundbreaking new work, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
Walt Disney was invited on the Lux Radio Theater to be interviewed Hollywood director Cecil B Demille and what future projects he was working on.
The interview took place on December 20, 1937 in Hollywood, the day before Snow White's premiere.
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Do You Know Maine?: Witch Trial of 1796
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
10/30/23 • 19 min
Today we're serving up an episode of a Maine historical drama about a New England Witch Trial but not the one you're thinking of.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 10, 1948
The program was sponsored by the Bates Manufacturing Company and starred Norman Card, Dorothy Eichorn, Eleanor Ledbetter, Elsie McCalhoun, Floyd Smiley, and Lee Whiscup
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Original Radio Broadcast: October 10, 1948
The program was sponsored by the Bates Manufacturing Company and starred Norman Card, Dorothy Eichorn, Eleanor Ledbetter, Elsie McCalhoun, Floyd Smiley, and Lee Whiscup
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The First Radio Appearance of Henry Aldrich
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11/06/23 • 17 min
Today, we take a look at the first radio appearance of a 1940s Pop culture, Henry Aldrich. We talk about the history of the character and then present the sketch where Ezra Stone makes his radio debut as Henry. Henry's in trouble at school and has been accused of cheating.
From Rudy Vallee's Royal Desserts Hour
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1938
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From Rudy Vallee's Royal Desserts Hour
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1938
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The Witness: Labor and Personnel Relations
Old Time Radio Snack Wagon|Rare Historic Radio Programs
11/13/23 • 20 min
A labor relations executive tells a war story to try to get a factory foreman to see that their might a reason a man showed up late for work.
Cast: James Edwards, Nestor Paiva, Ivan Dixon, Richard Reinauer.
Hosted by Robert Young
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1965
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Cast: James Edwards, Nestor Paiva, Ivan Dixon, Richard Reinauer.
Hosted by Robert Young
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1965
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Diamond Dramas: The Pitt Diamond
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03/11/24 • 22 min
This episode of Diamond Dramas takes a look at British Governor Thomas Pitt's acquisition of what became known as the Regence Diamond.
Originated in Salt Lake City
Original Air Date: October 14, 1935
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Originated in Salt Lake City
Original Air Date: October 14, 1935
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