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Golden Radio Hour
Classic radio comedy could be built around a family, a tavern, a small town, a college campus or a complete parody of broadcasting itself. This collection brings the major comedy program guides together while preserving their very different styles.
Program guides that represent this listening collection especially well.
PROGRAM GUIDEA landmark radio comedy following Fibber and Molly McGee in the fictional town of Wistful Vista, surrounded by recurring neighbors, running gags,…
PROGRAM GUIDEA pioneering situation comedy following the pompous but good-hearted Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve as he raises his niece and nephew and becomes part…
PROGRAM GUIDEA character comedy set around New York's Duffy's Tavern, where fast-talking manager Archie schemes, argues with the regulars, and tries to impress…
PROGRAM GUIDEA family situation comedy about Jim and Margaret Anderson and their children, using everyday household problems and generational misunderstandings for warm comedy.
PROGRAM GUIDEBob Elliott and Ray Goulding's long-running satirical comedy, built from deadpan sketches that spoofed broadcasting, advertising, interviews, soap operas, and everyday American…
PROGRAM GUIDEA long-running rural comedy centered on Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, proprietors of the Jot 'Em Down Store in the fictional community…
PROGRAM GUIDEA warm campus comedy starring Ronald and Benita Colman as college president Dr. William Todhunter Hall and his wife Victoria, mixing academic…
PROGRAM GUIDEA late-1940s variety and comedy program hosted by Dorothy Lamour, combining sketches, music, celebrity guests, and an increasing emphasis on comedy during…
Representative recordings from the existing Golden Radio Hour episode archive.
Fibber takes over the kitchen to make his own hot chili sauce and treats the recipe like another one of his great domestic projects.
Gildersleeve travels to Summerfield to handle an estate and immediately antagonizes a fellow train passenger, only to learn the man is the judge overseeing his case.
Archie adopts a philosophy of kindness that is misread by everyone at the tavern as evidence he has only three days to live.
A rainy day traps Jim at home with mounting household chaos, pushing him toward an uncomfortable realization about himself before an eccentric relative arrives to complicate matters further.
Lum and Abner set out to capture a loose lion with an improvised big-game hunting plan involving an elephant, a hunting book and predictably questionable preparations.
Gene Kelly and Dorothy Lamour play a romantic comedy sketch aboard a train, while Dennis Day sings and later joins Lamour for a separate comedy turn.
Long-running character comedies such as Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve and Lum and Abner sit beside the deadpan satire of Bob and Ray and the guest-driven format of Sealtest Variety Theater.
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