2000 Plus2000 Plus is a fun, old school sci fi show from 1950. Good sound effects, entertaining stories usually dealing with paranoia over technology, aliens, and the like. | Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet premiered in October 1944, and was a domestic comedy based on the Nelsons’ home life. Ozzie and Harriet, aged thirty-seven and thirty-nine, were billed as “America’s Favorite Young Couple” and continued to be billed as such well into their forties (one of those things you could get away with over radio). The series was initially heard over CBS, but later switched to NBC, and finally ABC. The series was sponsored by International Silver and later by Heinz. For the first five years, the Nelsons’ sons David and Ricky were played by child actors, until a 1948 guest appearance by Bing Crosby pushed Ozzie towards having their sons play themselves, starting in 1949. | Aldrich FamilyThe Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy (July 2, 1939 – April 19, 1953),was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-ry-y-y-y! Hen-ry Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking adolescent voice, "Com-ing, Mother!" | Bold VentureSalty seadog Slate Shannon (Humphrey Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries, and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Lauren Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana. |
Box 13The premise of the program was that Dan Holiday was an author who wrote mystery novels. To get ideas for his novels he placed an advertisement in a newspaper saying "Adventure wanted, will go anywhere, do anything, Box 13." The ads always brought fun adventures of all kinds: from racketeer's victim to psychotic killer looking for fun. | Burns and AllenAn American comedy duo, Burns and Allen, was composed of George Burns and his wife and partner, Gracie Allen. | Dimension XDimension X was not the first adult science fiction series on radio but the acquisition of previously published stories immediately gave it a strong standing with the science fiction community, as did the choice of established writers within the genre. | Exploring TomorrowExploring Tomorrow is an American old-time radio series which ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 4 December 1957, until 13 June. An advertisement described it as the first science-fiction show of science-fictioneers, by science-fictioneers and for science-fictioneers - real science fiction for a change. |
Father Knows BestCreated by Ed James, Father Knows Best follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. | Fibber McGee and MollyFibber McGee and Molly (1935–1959) was a longtime husband-and-wife team radio comedy program. | Fort LaramieFort Laramie depicted what life must have been like on a cavalry post during the late 19th Century. The fort had 400 soldiers, along with many wives. The command was charged with supervising 4,000 Sioux Indians on a nearby reservation. | Frontier GentlemanFrontier Gentleman is different from other radio westerns in that the story centered not around some colorful character out of the old West, but it is about a foreigner. An Englishman who came to America to experience firsthand what it is like to live in the still wild and untamed frontier. As the series goes on, we'll find that Kendall is as good with a gun as he is with a pen. |
Have Gun Will TravelThe show followed the adventures of Paladin, a gentleman-turned-gunfighter played by John Dehner, who preferred to settle problems without violence, yet, when forced to fight, excelled. | Henry Morgan ShowThe show, opened to the theme of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, which was extended from 15-minutes to 30-minutes, aired six times a week when it was in its prime. All of Morgan's shows were ad-libbed, with no rehearsal or studio audience required. | Jack Benny ProgramThe Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 1961 Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy. | Life of RileyThe Life of Riley starring William Bendix as lovable, blundering, Chester A. Riley, was a radio situation comedy broadcast during and after wartime 40s. |
Lux Radio TheatreFor prestige, there was no greater radio show than the Lux Radio Theatre. Running from 1934 to 1955, it was a cultural phenomenon, starring the finest of Hollywood's elite players in adaptations of popular movies. | Mercury Theater on the AirThe finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. | NBC University TheaterNBC University Theater was a radio program that aired on NBC from 1948 to 1951. The show was created in partnership with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and the University of Chicago. The program was designed to bring classical literature to a wider audience through dramatized readings of famous works. | The Great GildersleeveThe Great Gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States from 1941 to 1958. Initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, it was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. The series was built around Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly. |
The SaintThe Saint was a radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character who was "a swashbuckling, devil-may-care Robin Hood type who, in his attempt to help people, remained just one step ahead of the police and crooks—both of whom he combatted". | The Six ShooterJimmy Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight Western drama to whimsical comedy. A trademark of the show was Stewart's use of whispered narration during tense scenes that created a heightened sense of drama, and relief when the situation was resolved. | X Minus OneX Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from 24 April 1955, to 9 January 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and one of the best science fiction series in any medium | Yours Truly Johnny DollarEach case usually started with a phone call from an insurance adjuster, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim: a suspicious death, an attempted fraud, a missing person, or other mysterious circumstances. Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale, usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course of his investigations. |