Retro Radio Podcast

Lum is upset that his priority for his building project was turned down. If he were a war veteran he might qualify, a matter which leads into Lum talking about his war time service as Air Raid Warden. Abner contributes some of the mis adventures that must have taken place in the off the air life of Pine Ridge. Cedric has returned to shop for his Spring shoes again. He’s at least ready for Abner to measure his feet for the right size. Lum gets more bad news about his construction. Without having his priority, his contractors feel they’ll be losing money, and threaten to take legal action against him. When Mr Duncan phones, Lum expects the worst, but he has good news that he can get both a priority and a GI loan to pay for the place.

Audio quality is excellent. The phone lines are busy at 79 Wistful Vista. Fibber is celebrating, and wants to invite all his friends over. What makes him the luckiest person in town? Nobody can make it, so the McGees plan on stepping out. The new cook for the Tupe’s arrives, but Beulah tells how she came to the neighborhood. After a quick run in with the hall closet, Fibber leaves, and Billy Mills plays, My Heart Stood Still. Downtown the McGees talk about the Boogie Woogie music played in the clubs. A Doorman tries to advise the McGee’s to go elsewhere. Down the street, Alice Darling tells about her date, and night clubbing. The club hopping finds Harlowe Wilcox pitching the sponsor. Will the Pelican club be the perfect place? Uncle Dennis spots the McGees and tells about his time in ordering a meal at the clubs. The Kingsmen sing, Deacon Jones. Who knew there was so much night life in town? Doc Gamble is surprised to see Fibber out so late, and gets sentimental over his laundry. Will the McGee’s ever get to go dancing? Will Doc have advice on getting a good meal? Fibber jokes about old vaudeville friends. What ever happened to good old George Burns and Gracie Allen? Note: This is the first appearance of Beulah, who often got unusual reactions from the audience at her appearance. Considering the black house servant was actually voiced by a middle aged white man. Beulah would eventually move from a regular, to spinning off into her own radio show. Also, the club doorman is the same character who last week delivered a box of flowers, and claimed to be going into the Army the next day. It’s really Bill Thomopson who would be drafted before long.

After the battle at Fort Henry, the Sly Fox has invaded, and major Duncan is distraught over the thought of losing his beloved Cora. There Mohican friend Gingacook brings promising news, saying that they are getting closer to their quarry in their march through the wilderness. Hawkeye addresses the concern that their enemies may be aware that they’re being followed. But he’s fairly confident the Sly Fox figures he’s given them the shake. What they find instead is old David, a halfwit and a religious fanatic who seems to escape his captivity. Considered by the natives to be close to the gods, they allow him to roam free. The stroke of luck allows our heroes to devise a plan to infiltrate the Indian camp.

Danger is his stock in trade, so if it’s loaded with dynamite and needs to stay confidential, write to George Valentine. A woman writes to George about a family problem where an undesirable person wants to marry into the family with hopes of an inheritance. Later in George’s office, a detective friend of George’s named, Max pops in with the juicy information for the woman. George has trouble when a man tries to intercept him on the train as he goes to report to the woman. It’s the young husband to be, and he isn’t thrilled that George found out about his shady past. Has he really changed his wicked ways? It’s not for George to decide. A cab drops George and Brooksie off at the mysterious mansion. Their Irish escort and houseservant fills them in on some of the characters in the family. George begins to see a trend of nearly harmful accidents that center around Edie, the womans sister who she is trying to protect from being married. I’m beginning to wonder whether there’s a mystery here or not. The well meaning sister says she cares about her sister, but I think she just wants to keep the money in the family. After the mid show commercial, George and Brooksie settle in for the night. The plan is to stay for a morning boat ride, though the weather isn’t supposed to be good for it. Through the walls, George hears Edie crying, and goes to investigate. He finds the young boyfriend who he had the scuffle with on the train earlier, and confronts him about his side of the story. Does he actually care for Edie? The drama builds, the ttears flow, it’s prime time for something bad to happen. The emotional bubble is about to burst, but can George nudge it in a safe direction? The anticipated boat ride the next morning is a miserable one, and only made out of a force of habit. Will there be an accident? There’s a fire on the boat, and Lydia the older sister is murdered. Who did it, Edie, her young husband, the wierd old Irish house servant? George knows. Listen in and you will too.

Grandpappy Spears is in the Jot ‘Em Down store, trying to make a purchase of a hat for his woman, Charity. As the gents talk about the practicality of women’s hats, they remind listeners that Lum is facing legal troubles at not having filed paperwork on his construction projects. Lum has the answer to his problems, a government form to file to address his construction project. Abner tries to help him figure out the questions on the form. As the gents try to make sense of the construction jargon, grandpap enters with a problem with the hat he bought for Charity. Didn’t she like it?

Dan recieves a letter to meet a man who is in charge of building a tunnel under the river. There is trouble with sabotage that will cause him to finish well behind schedule. A situation like that could ruin his reputation, get him fired, and it may be years before he could secure another contract. Dan goes undercover into the tunnel to learn about the operation, and warned about the danger of getting the bends while moving from under the river back to the surface. Since Dan is a writer, his cover story is simple, he’s doing a story on Sand hogging, and writing about life in the tunnel. As the story develops, we learn a little about the life and procedures involved in digging a tunnel. The men, equipment, dangers, and concerns for safety. Dan is making progress with getting in close with the work crew when a threat comes in. Dan urges the company owner to take it to the cops, but he’s too afraid of the negative publicity. Now working as a sand hog, Dan gets a little too close to the saboteur for comfort and to get Dan out of the way, he is forced to the surface without proper decompression. It looks like the end for Dan Holiday when he is mistaken for being drunk, and the cops haul him in. Without immediate medical care, and being returned to a decompression chamber, he stands the real threat of dieing a painful death. Dan’s secretary gets worried about him and convinces the cops to get him to medical help. There’s still a mystery to solve. Does Dan have enough clues to figure this one out? Who has been causing the trouble? Just as importantly, why are they doing it?

Jack and Don talk about being the muscular outdoors type. Phil joins in the conversation to poke fun of each other’s athletic prowess, and their personal habits. Mary arrives and greets Don and Phil, but Jack seems to be ignoring her. Jack tells about his part in his upcoming film where he plays a kleptomaniac. He tells about his love interest. Mary has a comment of her own about Jacks love scenes. Mary tells about a movie idea for Jack that she had where she cast Jack in a movie where he is on a deserted island, and his leading ladies swim away, leaving him with nobody but an ape. Phil takes over and plays a tune. Kenny arrives to talk about movies as well. Jack has Mary phone a German gal so Jack can ask her to appear in his film, and he has some fun with dialects. Jack is trying to make an impression, but is clearly upset when the lady asks about bringing Phil along to their private rehearsal. Kenny sings, Love Walked in With You. Jack’s still mad over Phil, but tries to hide it. The play has Jack cast as a big time newspaper reporter on the track of big time mobsters. Mary, Kenny, and Phil are his reporters, who get all their late breaking stories by reading about them in rival newspapers. Scoop Benny runs the risk of bomb threats after laying it on hard with a local gangster. When he gets a ticking package in the mail, he seeks help to get rid of it. But will he be able to? Don closes with the parting commercial, and another recipe idea for Jello. . Trivia Alert: Early in the show Jack is teased about his hair piece. He never wore one in real life. Although some of his close friends did wear them, and never made it part of their act, or even hint that they wore one. PS: Still working on getting the backlog of unposted shows freed up and out on the web site. Sorry for the delay.

Bob Hope hosts the show, and tells about his recent touring at Army camps. Also he does a little teasing about a ski trip, even about some Valentines Day pranks, and jokes about couples in cars. After a dip in the mailbag, Benny Goodman’s Quartet play Contact Benny. Bob brings more greetings from the mailbag, with requests to hear sounds from home. The soundman presents an oil well pumping. More mail requests lead to Dennis Day singing, My Heart Tells Me. Bob, with Joan Wesley do a sketch of intense drama. Yeah, right. It’s spring, and a boy waits in the park for his girl. They talk about the sights of the city, the park, and about their families. Bob tells about trouble he has had at work. They are about to leave when they have trouble from the Irish cop, Dennis Day. Deanna Durbin teases Bob about a part in her next picture, where she catches Bob off guard with an adlib. She sings, Ave Maria. Bob reads a few more mailbag greetings, then calls on a return of Benny Goodman. After a quick adlib of his own Benny plays, I Found a New Baby. Bob parts with words, and thanks to the troops for doing what they’re doing. PS: Gotta love that Bob, and the way he supported the troops.

With overwhelming forces of the French Army surrounding them, General Monroe has decided to surrender Fort Henry. If he goes through with it, will the troops and civilians in the fort be subjected to savage brutality at the hand of the Iroquois’? As the sun sets, can the frontiersman, Hawkeye offer any assurance? In the woods, Hawkeye discusses the dire circumstance with major Duncan. The forest is full of danger as our hero’s comments on the night sound. Will their Mohican friends stand any chance of survival? Gingacook and his son, Onka have rejoined Hawkeye, but with the Oneida on their track, they’ll have to keep on the move. Paddling a canoe down the river, Hawkeye instructs the major in the art of reading signs in the wilderness. To the untrained eye, all is peaceful and serene, but the experienced woodsman points out the danger in time to evade an ambush.

Abner is once again showing off his lack of customer service skills, when US Quincey wonders at having hidden soap powder under the counter. Despite clearing up some troubles with his cunstruction projects, Lum is still having problems. Duncan’s father in law isn’t happy with the financing of the property. Grandpap is thrilled at the latest news, that you can send an airmail letter for only 5 cents. He also reports such valuable information that it’s the birthday of Boulder Dam. Cedric is back for his shopping for his Springtime shoes. Though it’s actually Fall, it takes him that long to decide on what he wants. A phone call for Lum has him disturbed as more paperwork is uncovered that he never filed for his building projexcts. Might he be looking at time in the penitentiary?

As little Phyllus opens her birthday gifts, her uncle Willie gives her a more practical gift than the pony she wanted. Weather stripping. Should Phil get her the toy pony, or is it too expensive? Frankie arrives with the kind of gifts he likes. Drink mixes, coupons for tatoo jobs, and educatioinal books by IJ Grogan. Alice sings, It’s a Lovely Day. Insisting on getting the pony, Phil is lured into spending a few more dollars for a real pony. Feigning surprise at being in a bookie’s office the guys are soon recognized by the bookie. How do they expect to buy a pony here? Grogan just happens to have one for sale. His $28 thoroughbred is the answer. Phil has to get the rest of the birthdy decorations, so Frankie goes to get the pony. will a kangaroo do just as well? Phil calms the savage beast by singing, Gimme That Oldtime Religion. Not standing for the situation, Alice demands the kangaroo is taken out of the house. Phil and Remley man handle the animal into the closet, but will they be able to get Julius to get the beast outside, and taken away? By the time he discovers Zelda isn’t one of Frankies old girlfriends, the fight soon comes to an end, but where did Julius disappear?

CBS net. “The Case Of The Girl Who Sang Too Well”. Sponsored by: Anacin, Kolynos, Heet, Kriptin, Bisodol, Hills Cold Tabs. Murder plays the Palladium as big time vaudeville leads to a star performer’s disappearance. Bennett Kilpack, Frank Hummert, Anne Hummert (author). (OTRR) The mystery begins with a singing stage act. Lola, the beautiful and popular singer takes a break after her number. While the band plays a novelty number, she suddenly disappears. Mr. Keen is brought in to get to the bottomn of the matter. Why is she acting this way? Who is putting pressure on her, and why? Answer these questions, and maybe you can take over for Mr. Keen. (Audio enhanced for better listening enjoyment.)

facing the problem of having to fight their way to fort Henry, Hawkeye and Duncan figure out other ways to keep Cora safe. Instead of pushing on into the forest, our Band of travelers head to the mountains instead. From the vantage point on the mountain top, our travelers can see the Fort and the surrounding lakes. They watch the battle rage as cannons fire on the fort. Can Hawkeye formulate a plan to help with the battle at the fort? He relies on his Indian instincts, ground fog and the bravery of Korra and his Mohican friends. The French army line seem to be just too thick to break through. What would happen if our heroes get lost in the fog? Will they be forced to surrender? And the heated fighting Cora and Duncan managed to be intercepted by friendly troops and taken to her father. While discussing the chances of support from other forts, Hawkeye is escorted by a French soldier to the fort. If conditions are so bad inside the fort, why did the French let Hawkeye through the lines? Will they be forced to surrender soon?

It’s a droopy and gray afternoon in Summerfield that finds the Great Gildersleeve arriving home, if he can survive the slippery sidewalk. Leroy gets a little chewing out when he has left his toys out again. Gildersleeve fury quickly changes to sympathy when Leroy has a toothache. When Leroy is squeamish about going to the dentist, he trusts Gildersleeve to pull his sore tooth. Wow, what a trusting soul. It’s actually Leroys last baby tooth, and not a huge problem, but even Birdie gets sentimental over the passing of an era, and Leroy’s growing up. Gildy does all he can to calm Leroy’s fears over seeing a dentist, and an appointment is made. Next day, in the Water department, Gildy finds a note from his secretary Bessy, who stepped out for a malted milk. The judge arrives and Gildy is a little sarcastic with him as he tells about Leroy’s tooth. Gildy is surprised to learn that the dentist also scheduled him for an appointment, since it’s been so long since his last check up. Now who’s nervous and afraid over his dentist appointment? As Gildy drops in at Peavey’s drugstore, and he begins to do some serious worrying of his own over his dentist visit. The fortunes on the back of the weighing machine cards don’t help his spirits. After sharing a few ideas with Peavey, Gildy heads home. His imagination begins to run wild as he day dreams about what horrors the dentist might reveal. Leroy’s dentist visit goes well, but Gildy is still nervous about his. Can he get out of it? Can he find a distraction, or an excuse to avoid it? In the end Gildersleeve learns that he isn’t the only person with fears at going to a dentist.

Mr Duncan is on hand, and Lum promises to drive him to the lot that he bought for him. Without actually having a lot, Lum tries to think of ways to stall the man. Grandpap has some burning news that Abner won’t ever guess that involves widow Cobb and Lester Parks. Have they resolved their differences? Well I’ll be a polka dotted possum. The reunion just might work to Lum’s favor when a house comes on the market. Now the Childress family will have a ready made place, and Mr Duncan will have a nearly built house on the lot that Lum bought for the Childres’.