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Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #257 -- November 14, 2021 This is an Archive Show Originally broadcast July 7, 2014 Come and Cruise Down Memory Lane where we feature music, nostalgia and Old Time Radio Programs Here is our line-up for this week: 1. Adventures of Phillip Marlowe....06-20-50...."The Gold Cobra" 2. Jack Benny Show....10-29-50...."How Jack Met the Colmans" 3. Gunsmoke....07-30-55...."Tap Day For Kitty" To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro November 7, 2021 - Boomer Boulevard Archive Show from June 23, 2014 Welcome to the Best Old Time Radio Podcast! Come and cruise down Memory Lane and listen to some great music, nostalgia and old time radio programs! Here is this week's line up: 1. Dragnet....02-22-55...."The Big Slug" 2. Jack Benny Show....05-06-47....Guest: Hoagy Carmichael 3. Gunsmoke....07-09-55...."Uncle Oliver" To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Show #255 -- Archive Show from May 26, 2014 Here is our line-up of shows for this week: 1. Night Beat....04-16-50...."World of His Own" 2. Jack Benny Show....10-24-54...."Going to the Drive-In Movie" 3. Gunsmoke....06-25-55...."Army Trial" To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 17, 2021 - OTR Comedies NOTE: THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BROADCAST OF THE BEST OLD TIME RADIO PODCAST. The Jack Benny Show.... 03/09/49...."At the Races" Jack and Mary go to the racetrack where they unexpectedly meet Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume. Very funny episode. This will the the final daily broadcast of the Best Old Time Radio Podcast. Thanks so much for listening! To listen to more great old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 12, 2021 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - "The Juniper Tree" Jim Stanley is a quiet and honest man who owns a ranch just outside of Dodge City. One night, while he is playing roulette at the Cherokee Palace, trouble breaks out. As the story opens, Matt arrives to arrest Stanley and we learn he had been drinking, became upset over losing, grabbed some poker chips off a table and threw a whiskey bottle at Mingo, the saloon owner. As the Matt investigates, however, it becomes unclear if Jim Stanley is the real culprit. Do the accusations made by Mingo truly hold up? There appear to be many conflicting motives -- and it is up to the marshal to sort them out. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, John Dehner, Michael Ann Barrett, Paul Dubov, Vivi Janiss, Bill Lally Original Air Date: August 30, 1952 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - OTR Mystery The Line Up - "Hit and Run Driver" A woman is brutally run down by a hit and run driver. The car then backs up and intentionally runs her over a second time. There are two eyewitnesses: Mrs Atwater and Mr. Brooks. Mrs. Atwater says the driver was Melvin Parnell, who she picked out of the line up. Parnell is tall, lean and bald. Mr. Brooks says the driver was not Parnell, that the driver was fat and had lots of blonde hair. Lt Guthrie decides neither witness actually got a good look at the driver. The case will have to be solved the old fashioned way -- with good, sold detective work. Featuring: William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Peggy Webber, Ann Stone, Lillian Buyeff, Howard McNear, Lou Krugman, Sheldon Leonard, Larry Dobkin Original Air Date: August 3, 1950 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - OTR Dramas Night Beat: "Number Thirteen" Randy is robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by a very nervous old man. Later the same evening his wallet is returned by the thief's wife. The old woman, Mrs. Benson, explains that her husband is a retired mathematics professor who robbed Randy to get gambling money; he claims to have developed a system that will guaranty he wins at roulette. Realizing the danger the professor may be in, Randy tracks him to an illegal gambling club where they find the old man who has already been gambling at the roulette wheel for some time. It then becomes Randy's job to convince him he is literally playing a game of life and death. Featuring: Frank Lovejoy, Jane Morgan, Stan Waxman, Wilms Herbert, William Tracy, Gerald Mohr, Jack Kruschen Original Air Date: March 6, 1950 on NBC

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, August 9, 2021 - OTR Comedies Burns & Allen Show - Friar Club's Speech for Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan is scheduled to be toasted at the Friar's Club and George is scheduled to give one of the speeches. Gracie decides he needs some help with the background information. Despite George's instructions, Gracie and Blanche secretly go to the actor's home to interview him about his early life and career in a very funny sequence. Later, when Reagan stops in at the Burns household, he and Bill Goodwin get into a contest over which of them has the best line to meet women -- and they test them out on Gracie! Featuring: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ronald Reagan, Bea Benaderet, Hal March, Marvin Miller, Bill Goodwin, Harry Lubin Original Air Date: January 25, 1950 To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, August 5, 2021 - OTR Westerns Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man" Before Kendall leaves Cheyenne he decides to take one last tour around town. Upon entering Dan's Bloody Bucket Saloon, he meets one Chain Carrigan -- a small Irishman wearing a derby hat who is known as the "cat man." It is Chain's intention to travel to Deadwood and sell his collection of 62 cats in order to rid the town of rats. Kendall decides to ride along with Carrigan and along the way discovers the Irishman is a bit of a con man -- resulting in a series of adventures as they travel to Deadwood on a wagon loaded down with crates of cats. Featuring: John Dehner, Joseph Kearns, Marsha Wentworth, Harry Bartell, Barney Phillips, Charlotte Lawrence Original Air Date: August 10, 1958 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Dragnet - "The Big Talk" A watch salesman from Seattle attending a jewelry convention in Los Angeles shows up at police headquarters to report a robbery. He detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith that his collection of expensive sample watches was stolen at gunpoint by two men posing as buyers. When Friday and Smith start working the case, however, they find the salesman's story doesn't hold up. Did he steal the watches himself? Was he working an insurance fraud with his employer? Or was he actually the victim of a pretty girl he met in a bar the night before? Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander Original Air Date: March 22, 1955 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - OTR Dramas Suspense - Self Defense Barbara Newell is a woman who marries for money, but when she meets Alex Maynard at a party, she decides almost instantly that it is love that she wants most. As the episode opens, Barbara runs into Fred Dexter, an old boyfriend that she hasn't seen in six years. That was when Barbara dumped him in order to marry someone with money. Now Fred wants to rekindle their relationship, but Barbara still has no feelings for him. When Alex expresses his love for Barbara, she knows that she must take matters into her own hands. Her husband must die, and she knows just who to frame for his murder: Fred Dexter. Featuring: Marsha Hunt, Gerald Mohr, Wally Maher, Joseph Kearns Original Air Date: October 16, 1947 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro August 2, 2021 - OTR Comedies Life of Riley - "Riley the Gambler" When Riley catches Junior gambling on a slot machine in the back of Mike's Cigar Store, he decides that Junior must be taught that gamblers never truly win. To teach his son a lesson, he decides to gamble the money he is saving to buy Junior a bike; when the money is lost Junior will learn the heartbreak all gamblers eventually come to know. Problems begin, however, when Riley wins on the slot machine and parlays the winnings on a horserace - where he wins again! His original nickel has turned into over $700 and it is Riley who gets the gambling fever. Featuring: William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, John Brown, Scotty Beckett, Ann Todd, Jerry Hausner Original Air Date: April 27, 1946 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Saturday, July 11, 2021 - OTR Grab-Bag Here is the line-up for this week's grab-bag: 1. The Whisperer....09-09-51...."Woman On Ice" 2. Rudy Vallee Show....09-24-46....Guest: Eve Arden 3. You Bet Your Life....05-12-58....Groucho Marx, Candace Bergen 4. Sears Radio Theater....04-23-79...."Abilene" To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 29, 2021 - OTR Westerns Gunsmoke - The Sins of the Father Big Dan Daggitt is a mountain man. When he comes into Dodge and checks into the Dodge House he is accompanied by his wife. Everything is fine until Mr. Dobie, owner of the Dodge House, discovers that Mrs. Daggitt is an Indian -- and not just any Indian. She is the daughter of Yellow Horse -- an Indian renegade who was responsible for the deaths of many settlers. Dobie unites the townspeople against the Daggitts while Matt makes every effort to maintain law and order. Sadly, he is not successful. Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Clayton Post, Joe Duval Original Air Date: January 22, 1955 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "A Seaside Sabbatical" When Phil receives a telegram from one Dale Higgins asking him to meet in a restaurant in Long Beach, Marlowe is puzzled; he knows no Dale Higgins. But since money is low and he needs a case, he heads down to Ocean Blvd. When he gets to the restaurant, a man answering to Higgins meets him and advises him the emergency is over, pays the detective for his time, and Marlowe heads for home. That's when a frantic woman approaches him, calls him by name, and repeats that she is in trouble and desperately needs his help. Her name? Dale Higgins. Featuring: Gerald Mohr, Jean Bates, John Dehner, Irene Tedrow, Lee Millar, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Howard McNear. Original Air Date: September 15, 1950 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - OTR Dramas Hollywood Star Playhouse - "Exhibit A" When a woman exits a bus in a deserted part of town late one night she is attacked and brutally murdered. The crime gets wide notoriety and comes to be known as the "blonde torso murder." Steve Harkin is a troubled man. His wife has left him and he feels isolated and insignificant. If only he could do something to make people notice him he is sure his wife, Helen, would return to him. Steve goes to the police and Lt. Dunham to confess to the murder. At first Dunham thinks Steve a kook, just like a line-up of other would-be confessors he has interviewed. But then Steve presents presents exhibit A and his false confession backfires. He is arrested and tried for murder. Featuring: Mel Ferrer, William Conrad, Harry Bartell, Herb Rawlinson Original Air Date: November 11, 1950 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: B

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Monday, July 26, 2021 - OTR Comedies Fibber McGee & Molly - Childhood Sled When Molly cleans the attic of a lot of junk that has gathered over the years, she sets it out on the back porch for the junkman to pick up. When McGee learns that his childhood sled is included in that stack of "junk" he quickly retrieves it. That sled, which was a gift when he was in the third grade, becomes the subject of Fibber's childhood memories. It also becomes a launching pad for observations from each of the visitors that happen to drop in the McGee's home at 79 Wistful Vista Lane that day. Fun childhood memories. Featuring: Jim & Marion Jordan, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon, Harlow Wilcox, The Kingsmen, Billy Mills Orchestra Original Air Date: February 10, 1948 on NBC To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Thursday, July 22, 2021 - OTR Westerns Fort Laramie - "Lost Child" Major Barlow has been sent from Washington to survey all posts in the frontier territories. From the outset it is obvious that his ideas on dealing with the Indians on the reservations with harsh discipline, as prisoners of war, varies widely from that of both Major Daggett and Captain Quince. When a local man reports that his son has been kidnapped by the Cheyenne, Major Barlow wants an immediate and merciless response. Captain Quince, on the other hand, wants a cool-headed response in order to first obtain all the facts. How will he balance his reaction with the orders he is given? Featuring: Raymond Burr, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Clayton Post, Ralph Moody, Jack Moyles, Dick Biehl Original Air Date: April 1, 1956 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - OTR Mysteries Gang Busters - "The Tennessee Valley Killer" In a courthouse square of a small town in a tobacco growing region of North Carolina, Mr. Clark, a local farmer meets a stranger, Troy Blankenship, on a park bench. Both men have something in common -- they raise fighting roosters. After a spirited discussion, they arrange for a showdown between their prized game cocks for later in the evening. Blankenship, however, has two accomplices who will not be at the cock fight. While the whole town turns out to watch the inhumane blood sport, they will be robbing a safe. It ends up Blankenship is an escaped felon who has been committing an assortment of crimes in several states throughout the Tennessee Valley -- even murder. Featuring: Arthur Vinton, Wil Geer, Don Gardner Original Air Date: December 20, 1947 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestol

Best Old Time Radio Podcast with Bob Bro Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - OTR Dramas Escape! - A Diamond as Big as the Ritz John Unger is a student at an exclusive boarding school. He is invited to spend his summer vacation at the home of Percy Washington, a school-mate. On the way Percy tells John his father is the richest man in the world and owns "a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel." When he arrives at the mountain home John appreciates everything Percy has told him is true. He soon learns, however, the wealthy family will do anything, no matter how ruthless, to keep both their home and their diamond a secret from the outside world. Les Crutchfield adapted the script from a story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Featuring: Jack Edwards Jr, Denny Merrill, Linda Mason Original Air Date: July 21, 1947 on CBS To hear more of the best old time radio programs, visit our website: https://bestoldtimeradio.com Contact: Bob@bestoldtimeradio.com