Retro Radio Podcast

We open to a scene of George racing to the studio in a cab, and with a cute girl next to him who isn't Gracie. Elsewhere, the show is on the air, but Gracie isn't as worried as the cast. George makes excuses about his late appearance, but Gracie suspects he was actually with a girl, but she isn't even concerned at that, as much as George's lie about being sick. Mr Lee, the precocious Spanish guitarist, as well as the over educated sound man have some advice for George's imagined ailment. The Smoothies sing, Have You Ever Been Embarrassed. Elsie Tralafaz phones in to ruin George's story about being sick, and the cast decide to hold it over his head. They all have fun raking George over the coals with the doctor when he arrives. Not to mention the medical jokes break out in force. Artie plays a swinging dance tune, King for a Day. Elsie arrives, and teamed up with Gracie and the cast, they make George squirm. Since Gracie is upset that George is looking for a new partner for radio, jokes about radio and performers emerge, and Gracie does a short spoof of their show with Elsie in the lead. Note: Artie Shaw makes a crack about George being a wolf, and wishing it could happen to him. Artie had a reputation with the ladies, and had several marriages to famous starlets and celebrities. The part of Elsie is played by Mary Kelley, a long time friend of Gracie and former girlfriend of Jack Benny.

On a hot day in the city, an immigrant man who runs a produce stand may soon need help from Philip Marlowe. Though Marlowe would rather just pick up the items he needs from the merchants, he ends up with a lot of gossip. Trying to mind his own business, Marlowe soon has a brush with trouble. Dom is the son of one of the vendors, and has fallen into bad company. After a fender bender, Philip decides to have a beer while he waits. A thump on the head awaits when Dom, and his gang buddy don't like Marlowe snooping around. Before he can go home, and just rest his head, Marlowe has another encounter with Dom, but the message he gives the young thug sends him running home. Who is Helena, and why did she have such an affect over Dom? Can Marlowe help with the family problem that he has uncovered?

1963's Not so hits that entered at and stayed at the bottom of the top 100 and have since been forgotten.

Assigned to Homacide detail, a nightwatchman has been killed, and it's up to Joe Friday to bring down the criminal. On the scene, Joe is joined by partner, Frank Smith to see what clues might be gathered. Did the man have any enemies? Trouble with a coworker? Moving on to the man's apartment, more information is discovered about the quiet man. Has there been a falling out among friends? Joe gets the crime lab involved to examine evidence found at the scene. How does an apparent excess in alcohol and women play into the picture? There's plenty of clues for Joe to track down, and he does his best to find answers to all those questions. One common thread to the mystery is a woman with bright red hair. Friday interrogates the woman to see how things are connected. The story comes out, and the hard evidence Joe needs is soon forthcoming.

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At a small town college, the new president of the campus is face with making sure all his departments are operating in the black. Most departments are easily held to their budgets, and provide valued services to various government and commercial corporations. The Social Sciences is a different story. What do they do? How can they be made to become more financially secure? An experiment is devised, and a lowly ladies sewing circle becomes the guinnea pig to try out a new formula to success. Using a new constitution and bylaws with the formula for growth, the 6 month test period begins. The system involves a heavy recruiting program, where nobody is allowed to retire. The idea is to keep the group snowballing in size, until a natural breaking point is reached. The theory is that the club will then fall apart naturally when no new members are recruited for a straight 2 month period. The club president takes the new concept, and runs with it. The club can’t grow all that much… can they? It’s just a small town. The member recruitment spirals out of control, and goes cross state lines, then to other countries. What next, the globe? Note: A fun episode that reminds me a lot of viral videos, or todays multi level marketing deals that rely on recruiting new members, and having no real product, other than the new dues that come in. However, the ladies actually do have a product. They outgrow their sewing circle to take on real estate, civic development, and charitable aid.

Commemorating victory throughout the world. Bing Crosby hosts, and to kick off peace braking out all over the world, a scrapbook of memories over the past few years on the show are gathered. Playlist: * To help him, Dinah Shore sings, I'll Walk Alone. * Bette Davis appears and talks with Jimmy Durante. Will she be able to help him climb into a higher social status? Jose Iturby meets Jimmy, and the two piano players swap jokes. * Marlena Dietrich takes the stage to say a few words to the troops. Followed by another salute to the troops, and their efforts in the war is presented. * Bing introduces Ginny Simms to sing, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To. * Bing calls out Frank Sinatra for some jokes on age, weight, and sons. They sing a medley to include: You Are My Sunshine, Sonny Boy, You're the Tops, and others that they take liberties with lyrics to continue the teasing each other. Frank sings, What is America to Me. * A roll call of performers who appeared to support the troops is called off. All the big names on the radio, and entertainment industry. * After the station break Bing sings, San Fernando Valley. * Harry Vonzel presents sounds from home. A sigh from Lucille Ball, the sound of a bugler being shot, and more. * GI Jill presents Johnny Mercer to sing his hit, GI Jive. * Edward G Robinson and Orson Wells recreate famous words spoken into the microphone over the last few years. * Bing salutes his pal Bob Hope, who couldn't make the festivities. * Danny Kaye sings about the troubles he went through to see a move. * Carmen Miranda sings, Chico Chico. * Claudette Colbert introduces Ed "Archie" Gardner from Duffy's tavern. The two discuss the atmosphere, and food found in the tavern. Will the pair have an acting career together? * A final parting word is a prayer of thanksgiving to the lord for the price paid for peace.

A story that features Denny. With Bulldog Drummond out of town, his assistant shares how he solved his own mystery. A call sets Denny and Inspector Hogan on the matter of murder. One of a vaudeville trio of sharpshooters is found dead, but Hogan writes it off as a death caused by the man's diabetes. Thinking otherwise, Denny hires his own assistant from an employment agency to investigate the case. Its off to the Orpheum theater to interrogate the remaining pair in the vaudeville act. Denny and Hubert try to come up with a motive, and a method for the murder. A search turns up a suspicious bottle. Are they jumping the gun in sharing their findings with the woman in the trio, Miss Cooper? When bodies pile up, the case takes a surprise turn for Denny. Telegrams from the absent Drummond set him down the correct path to nabe a killer, and expose the truth. Instead he finds himself in mortal danger, but Drummond again comes through from afar.

Waiting in jail, Lum has it pretty comfortable. Cedric pops in to have town marshal Abner let him deliver a cake to Lum. Abner sure hopes its a chocolate one, that's his favorite. Why does Cedric insist on

Those crazy people are back, and George and Gracie have their swinging cast with them. Bud Easton, the Smoothies, Artie Shaw and his orchestra. Gracie talks with George about dancing. Everything from foxtrots, to rhumba,,.to ballet. Mr Lee, the Spanish guitar player gets in on the teasing, as the talk drifts to the theater. George remembers a few vaudeville moments with Gracie before The Smoothies sing, Alabama Bound. George introduces their version of the hit film, Goldrush Macie, which of course features Gracie in the lead role, and the reason for the name change. With interuptions by Mr Lee, and the disgruntled Harvard educated sound man, not to mention some last moment changes to the play by Gracie, the sketch is looking like it won't be getting off the ground. With all the delays, why not one more? Burns and Allen recieve a special award from the state of Minnesota. Artie Shaw plays a swinging tune. The play begins, and the drama of Gold Rush Gracie in the Brown Derby kicks off. Gracie has to get married, or she'll lose her gold mine. Will someone man jup, and marry her? Gracie closes in song, I'm Nobody's Baby.

Abner talks with his poppa, Phinus, about his worries that made him do the unthinkable, and arrest his best friend. Lum seems to be taking it all in stride, and sings the blues in his jail cell. Deciding too take advantage of his turn of luck, being arrested though trying to do the right thing, Lum feels he needs more creature comforts. Comfortable chairs, feather beds, and some of Lizabeth's best cooking. How else will he be able to concentrate on writing his memoirs? As Lum reviews the jovial way BJ Webster went along with his courtroom drama, Lum begins to get suspicious over who could have tipped him off to his plan for helping grandpap.

Averting using questionable means, Lum is certain he has BJ Webster over a barrel. No matter how you look at it, the springs belong to grandpap, and BJ loses. On a side note, and in supporting the war effort, the gents discuss the proper way that ration stamps are to be used. When Lum leaves to take care of business at the county seat, Abner is bursting at the seams to tell his secret to grandpap . How is the new rationing stamp system going? Finally, BJ Webster tells Abner about his own charge against Lum. For misusing the fines he levied on the court case, Lum is being charged on embezzlement. Now its up to constable Abner to serve the arrest papers.

An entire village of 600 people has totally disappeared, and the men who might hold the answer have been murdered. A movie production crew is on hand to get on the nerves of the cowboys who are trying to solve the mystery, as they pitch ideas about a story for their next movie based on the strange incident. Though it annoys his friend sheriff Mike, Tom hatches a plan to use Harliquinn Dane and the film crew to his advantage in the mystery. Hank is a returning soldier who had his girlfriend disappear in the vanished town. Tom tries to make sense of the facts he has at hand. A fake movie producer, disappearances, and truth masquerading as lies. Suddenly, Mary appears and she’s hurt badly. What is the meaning of this latest development? What does she know about the missing Smithville?

More great songs from1962 that didn't quite become the smash successes the artist would have liked, however they did chart either briefly or low on the charts.

After a night on the town, we learn how well Ozzie has contained himself after only one beer. Not to mention the skills at hosting parties. Jokes, dancing, and the way that Ozzie feels tha Harriet exaggerate too much. As she heads to the kitchen, David enters to chat with his dad about Harriet’s stretching the truth. What kind of plan does Ozzie have in mind to cure his wife? Tal tales are told at the meal table. Fabulous feats at feasting are stopped when Gloria the maid enters with her own stretched truth. Will it phase Harriet at all? The King Sisters sing, I Don’t Care. Sharing his troubles to the neighbor girl, Emmy Lou, Ozzie decides on a more aggressive solution. Harriet wants to have an antique dealer assess their furniture, so Ozzie decides to how her how silly it is to exaggerate by inflating all the prices on their living room furniture. Be prepared for his plan to backfire. The assessor turns out to be from the tax office. Exaggerating gets Ozzie deeper into trouble, can it somehow get him out of it?