The Glowing Dial - Show # POD09 Premieres!

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD09
running from September 21 to October 11, 2014
episode running time: 3 hrs. 3 min. 52 sec.

Big John and Greg present a tribute to those daring detectives!

Command Performance - "Dick Tracy In B Flat or For Goodness Sakes, Isn't He Ever Going To Marry Tess Trueheart?"
originally aired Thursday, February 15, 1945 on AFRS
Starring: Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Colonna, Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, Cass Daley.
Harry Von Zell announcing.
Sustained

The Abbott & Costello Show - "Sam Shovel in She Rubbed Him Out"
originally aired Thursday, January 13, 1949 on ABC
Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Veola Vonn, Norman Abbott, Sidney Fields, Hal Winters.
Michael Roy announcing.
Sustained

The Shadow - "The Three Ghosts"
originally aired Sunday, October 31, 1937 on MUTUAL
Starring: Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead.
Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: Blue Coal

Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons - "The Case Of The Frightened Child"
originally aired Thursday, November 16, 1944 on CBS
Starring: Bennett Kilpack, Jim Kelly.
Larry Elliott announcing.
Sponsor: Whitehall Pharmical for Anacin, Hill's Nose Drops and Cold Tablets, Kolynos Toothpaste

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The cast of Dick Tracy in B Flat on Command Performance.

Bing Crosby

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Orson Welles as The Shadow

Bennett Kilpack as Mr. Keen, Tracer Of Lost Persons

The Glowing Dial - Show No. POD08 Premieres!

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD08
running from August 31 to September 20, 2014
episode running time: 2 hrs. 56 min. 50 sec.

Big John and Greg prove that they DO know Jack!

The Jack Haley Show (The Wonder Show) - "Pony Bill Haley"
originally aired Friday, October 21, 1938 on CBS
Starring: Jack Haley, Lucille Ball, Virginia Verrill, Artie Auerbach,
Ted Fio Rita & His Orchestra.
Gale Gordon announcing.
Sponsor: Wonder Bread

The Jack Benny Program (The Grape Nuts Flakes Program) - "Jack Opens Swimming Pool For The Season"
originally aired Sunday, April 18, 1943 on NBC
Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Loretta Young.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sponsor: Grape Nuts Flakes

The Jack Carson Show - "Frank Sinatra"
originally aired Wednesday, February 13, 1946 on CBS/AFRS
Starring: Jack Carson, Norma Jean Nilsson, Arthur Treacher, Diana Barrymore, Frank Sinatra, Freddy Martin & His Orchestra.
Del Sharbutt announcing.
Sponsor: Campbell Soup (AFRS version presented here)

The Jack Paar Show - "Singing Cowboy Parody"
originally aired Sunday, July 27, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Jack Paar, Hans Conreid, Page Cavanaugh Trio, Trudy Erwin, Jerry Fielding & The Orchestra..
Hy Averback announcing.
Sponsor: Lucky Strike

The Jack Kirkwood Show - "A Visit To The Movie Theater"
originally aired Thursday, December 6, 1951 on AFRS
Starring: Jack Kirkwood, June Hutton.
AFRS version presented here.

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Jack Haley

Jack Benny

Jack Carson

Jack Paar

Jack Kirkwood

The Glowing Dial - Show No. POD07 Premieres!

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD07
running from August 10 to August 30, 2014
episode running time 2hrs. 23min. 32sec.

Big John and Stu present a tribute to radio station WXYZ, Detroit, MI!

Ned Jordan, Secret Agent - "Adventure Of The True Light Cult"
originally aired Tuesday, 1940 on WXYZ/MUTUAL
Starring: Jack McCarthy, Dick Osgood, Shirley Squires.
Bob Hite announcing.
Sustained

The Green Hornet - "The Highway That Graft Built"
originally aired Wednesday, October 16, 1940 on WXYZ/Blue Network-ABC/MUTUAL
Starring: Al Hodge, Tokutaro Hayashi (Raymond Toyo), Leonore Allman, Gilly Shea, Rollon Parker.
Sustained

The Lone Ranger - "Trail Of The Broken Horseshoe"
originally aired Friday, May 2, 1941 on WXYZ/MUTUAL
Starring: Brace Beemer, John Todd.
Sustained

Challenge Of The Yukon (Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon) - "Self-Defense Or Murder?
originally aired Saturday, December 4, 1943 on WXYZ
Starring: Jay Michael.
Bill Morgan announcing.
Sustained

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Jack McCarthy (pictured here as "The Green Hornet") also played "Ned Jordan, Secret Agent"

Al Hodge played "The Green Hornet"

Brace Beemer as "The Lone Ranger"

Jay Michael played Sergeant Preston in "Challenge Of The Yukon"

The Glowing Dial - Show No. POD06 Premieres!

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD06
running from July 20 to August 9, 2014
episode running time: 2hrs. 43min.

Big John and Stu are playing games with you!

Twenty Questions - The Mouse That Ran Up The Clock
originally aired Sunday, March 10, 1946 on MUTUAL
Starring: Bill Slater (host), Fred Van Deventer, Florence Rinard, Bobby McGuire, Herb Polasie, E.J. Kahn (panelists)
Robert Martin announcing.
Sustained

The Ask-It-Basket - What Is A Ruminant?
originally aired Thursday, September 21, 1939 on CBS
Starring: Jim McWilliams (host).
Panelists are: a stenographer, a sailor, a buyer, a student.
Del Sharbutt announcing.
Sponsor: Colgate

Truth Or Consequences - 6th Anniversary Celebrity Show
originally aired Saturday, March 23, 1946 on NBC
Starring: Ralph Edwards (host), Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Phil Harris, John Charles Thomas, Dinah Shore, George Montgomery, Rudy Vallee,  William Bendix, Basil Rathbone, Charlie Cantor, Ken Carpenter, Harlow Wilcox,  Jimmy Wallington, Truman Bradley, Don Wilson.
Jay Stewart announcing.
Sponsor: Proctor and Gamble for Duz

Can You Top This? - Complaints
originally aired Saturday, January 11, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Ward Wilson (host), Senator Ford, Harry Hershfield, Joe Laurie, Jr., Peter Donald.
Charles Stark announcing.
Sponsor: Colgate/Palmolive

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"Twenty Questions" on the radio

Max Liebman, James Carmine and Bill Slater of "Twenty Questions"

Radio Ticket for "The Ask-It-Basket"

Ralph Edwards of "Truth Or Consequences"

"Can You Top This?" Newspaper Ad

Peter Donald of "Can You Top This?"

Actor Bob Hastings passes away

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Bob Hastings. Bob had a list of portrayals a mile long and was a fine actor. As far as old time radio goes, I remember him best from an episode of “X Minus One” entitled, “Tunnel Under The World” by Frederick Pohl. Great story with a great twist ending. Of course, television audiences probably remember him best from “McHale’s Navy” where he played Lt. Elroy Carpenter.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob at a Friends Of Old Time Radio convention in the late 1990s. He was a lot of fun and had some great stories to tell about his days in radio and television. He will be missed.

Here’s an L.A. Times article on Bob’s passing: http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-hastings-20140703-story.html

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Episode POD06 of The Glowing Dial will premiere July 20, 2014 with a tribute to Game Shows!

The Glowing Dial - Show No. POD05 Premieres!

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD05
running from June 29 to July 19, 2014
episode running time: 2hrs, 38min, 59sec.

Big John and Greg celebrate Independence Day

The Great Gildersleeve - Fourth Of July Speech
originally aired Wednesday, July 2, 1952 on NBC
Starring: Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Earle Ross, Mary Lee Robb, Gloria Blondell, Lillian Randolph.
John Hiestand announcing.
Sponsor: Kraft Foods

The Magnificent Montague - July Fourth
originally aired Saturday, June 30, 1951 on NBC
Starring: Monty Wooley, Anne Seymour, Pert Kelton, Art Carney, Johnny Gibson, John Griggs, Anne Pitoniak.
Don Pardo announcing.
Sponsor: Chesterfield, Anacin, RCA Victor

CBS Is There (You Are There) - Philadelphia, July 4, 1776
originally aired Sunday, March 21, 1948 on CBS
Starring: John Charles Daly, Ken Roberts, Ned Calmer, Bud Collier.
Sponsor: Sustained

Mystery House - The Thirsty Death (Audition Show)
originally recorded Monday, July 3, 1944 for NBC
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Lurene Tuttle, John Carradine.
Ken Carpenter announcing.
Sustained

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Mary Lee Robb, Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley

Monty Wooley

John Charles Daly

Bela Lugosi

John Carradine

The Glowing Dial Show POD04

The Glowing Dial
Latest Episode # POD04

Big John and Stu celebrate Father's Day

Father Knows Best - Father's Day Trip
originally aired Thursday, June 15, 1950 on NBC
Starring: Robert Young, June Whitley or Jean Vander Pyl, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nillson, Eleanor Audley, Herb Vigran, Sam Edwards.
Bill Forman announcing.
Sponsor: General Foods (Maxwell House Coffee)

Life Of Riley - Father's Day Bathrobes
originally aired Saturday, June 19, 1948 on NBC
Starring: William Bendix, Barbara Eiler, John Brown, Bobby Ellis,
Paula Winslow, Francis "Dink" Trout, Alan Reed.
Ken Niles announcing.
Sponsor: Proctor & Gamble (Prell)

The Jack Benny Program - Father's Day
originally aired Sunday, June 16, 1940 on NBC
Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris,
Verna Felton, Ezra Stone.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O

Adventures Of Father Brown - The Case Of The Mystified Mind
originally aired Sunday, July 8, 1945 on MUTUAL
Starring: Karl Swenson, Barry Thompson, Mitzy Gould, Bobby Readick, Bill Griffis, Will Geer, Gretchen Davidson, Vinton Hayworth, Gladys Thornton.
John Stanley announcing.
Sustained

running time: 2 hours, 28 Minutes, 03 Seconds

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