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<p >We start off tonight with an episode of "The Bob Hope Show." It's December of 1945, and the war is over. Hope had spent much of it broadcasting from military bases, but now he is back at the NBC studios in...

<p >For our New Year's treat, here's "The Lux Radio Theater" adaptation of the classic 1947 film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir." The film is an unconventional romance of sorts starring Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney as the...

<p >More Christmas here on "Presenting the Transcription Feature." "Author's Playhouse" was an anthology radio drama that ran from 1941 to 1945 on various networks. It featured adaptations of popular short stories by...

<p >Welcome to December on "Presenting the Transcription Feature." That means Christmas-themed episodes all month. We'll start off with George Burns and Gracie Allen in the eponymous "The Burns and Allen Show."...

<p >"The Couple Next Door" was one of the many 15-minutes-a day, five-days a week programs that used to fill the airwaves. It was, like "Vic and Sade" a show about "nothing." It lacks the absurdism of "Vic and Sade,"...

<p >It's Halloween, and what says spooky goings-on more than … Jack Benny. Tonight, we have two episodes of very different shows, but both starring Jack Benny. We start off with "The Jack Benny Program." Everyone is...

<p >It's back-to-school time on this episode of "Presenting the Transcription Feature." And we all need to laugh, so here's two comedy episodes. First, we'll visit Ivy College, where the mellifluous British actor Ronald...

<h2 >"HORNET, SAVE THYSELF"<br />AIRED: MARCH 3, 1967</h2> <p >Britt is accused of murder after he kills a former employee in a room full of witnesses. Now, he must break ranks with Scanlon and go rogue as the Hornet in...

<h2 >"Bubi, Bubi, Who's Got the Ruby?" &<br /> "1001 Faces of the Riddler"<br />Aired October 12, 1968</h2> <p >Catwoman and Penguin are at odds over a priceless ruby and the Terrific Trio are caught in the middle in...

Episode 44 Jack C. Harris With the conclusion of our reviews of DC Comics' 1977 run of The Mighty Isis comic series, we're proud to present our interview with The Mighty Isis writer Jack C. Harris. Harris talks with us...

<p >We'll start off tonight with The One, The Only, Groucho! on "You Bet Your Life." Tonight, Groucho Marx interviews the usual assortment of unusual high school students, assistant district attorneys, housewives, and...

<p >For the Fourth of July, we're going to present two Independence Day-themed episodes of classic old time radio. First drama then comedy. "Family Theater" was a family-friendly anthology show featuring a mix of...

<p >It's summer time, and I want to present a couple of summer-themed and summer-adjacent radio shows. We'll start off with real American politician, writer, and newspaper publisher Will Rogers, Jr playing a fictional...

<p >The character of A.J. Raffles was created by E.W. Hornung in 1898. Hornung was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law, and he was inspired to write about a sort of anti-Sherlock Holmes. His Raffles is thief, to be...

<p >We begin with the "College Quiz Bowl," as students from Tulane go up against their counterparts from Northwestern. As always, some of the topics are very specific to the day, but we 21st Century residents should...