Radio Drama

trolls' bane · 08-05-2004, 05:29 PM

I thought I ran out of thread-starting ideas but I have one now! Who here likes radio drama? I listen to the KSURF radio theater almost every night. I love all those old comedies. I especially like The Advenures of the Great Gildersleeve, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Phil Harris and Alice Fae Show, and other comedies. Good mystery shows are the Saint, The Adventures of Phillip Marlow, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Then the western Have Gun Will Travel. My favorite is in the last 40 minutes, the Imagination Theater, a "double-feature movie for your mind." I think there's a site where you can listen to Imgaination Theater, so I'll come back with it.

***HOBBIT*** · 08-05-2004, 05:57 PM

Yes, I occasionally listne to radio drama.

I used to listen to Imagination Theater all the time (its Sunday night, right?).

http://www.transmediasf.com/imag.html

trolls' bane · 08-05-2004, 09:21 PM

Yeah, that's it. On KSURF it's every night, except weekends.

***HOBBIT*** · 08-05-2004, 10:48 PM

hmm - every night EXCEPT the weekends? That doesn't make much sense. Maybe they run reruns?

I don't know about that other radio drama, but imagination theater is a weekly thing. They have a new show every week. It wouldn't make much sense to play it every night.

sun-star · 08-06-2004, 03:12 AM

I like the afternoon dramas on Radio 4 - sometimes they're great, sometimes they're terrible, but they pass the time nicely. I like their classic serials too - at the moment I'm listening to Little Women.

trolls' bane · 08-06-2004, 05:35 PM

I don't think they're reruns. I have'nt heard the same ones more that once, but I've only been listening for a few months.

trolls' bane · 08-09-2004, 02:56 AM

Now I've got a few places on my signature. That and my website and discussion board.
I have'nt heard one in a while, and I missed Gildersleeve and Jack Benny

. They are both very funny.

Rosie Gamgee · 08-09-2004, 01:16 PM

I like The Saint, with, uh, I think it's Basil Rathbone. Cool. The Jack Benny show is funny, but that Dennis Day character really grates on me.

trolls' bane · 08-22-2004, 02:41 AM

LOL. On the George Burns and Gracie Allen show, Gracie's friend told her that she and George needed a vacation from eachother beacause (her friend claimed) they were nagging eachother and didn't know it. George came home later and greeted gracie, saying (It's way off, but you'll get the idea):
Hello, Gracie. You look beautiful today.
She replied:
Nagging, nagging. Always nagging.

Then, at the end of the show, she got back from her vacation in Twenty-Nine Palms, and claimed it was now Twenty-Seven Palms, because each time she had ever gone (which was twice) she hit a palm tree with her car

.

I like the Saint, but I still think I like Phillip Marlow better. They both always find it easy to turn the tables without any trouble at all even when their own gun is pointing at them.
My favorite suspense shows (not including those on IT) are the Whistler, Suspense coming in second.

dawningoftime · 09-02-2004, 04:57 PM

It's been a while since I've listened to some of the old time radio dramas. I took a whole class focused on them a couple years ago. I do listen to some modern day radio dramas such as Adventures in Odyssey and Left Behind. I prefer Adventures in Odyssey, though.

dawningoftime · 09-02-2004, 06:00 PM

It's been a while since I've listened to some of the old time radio dramas. I took a whole class focused on them a couple years ago. I do listen to some modern day radio dramas such as Adventures in Odyssey and Left Behind. I prefer Adventures in Odyssey, though.

trolls' bane · 09-02-2004, 08:06 PM

I never knew they had classes on the subject

!
Well, now that's new. where do you take these?

Lady Ravyn · 09-02-2004, 09:32 PM

i love old radio shows! btw, the saint has vincent price in it; though maybe basil rathebone did a previous version

that's my fav, but i also like the bob hope show, the bing crosby shows from WWII, the jack benny program, fibber mcgee and molly, and suspense! i didn't know anyone else listened to those sort of things!

trolls' bane · 09-02-2004, 09:36 PM

Well, i was rather surprised that anyone knew about them. Not exacly expected a tenth of these answers.

Rosie Gamgee · 09-09-2004, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawningoftime

It's been a while since I've listened to some of the old time radio dramas. I took a whole class focused on them a couple years ago. I do listen to some modern day radio dramas such as Adventures in Odyssey and Left Behind. I prefer Adventures in Odyssey, though.

Oh, I kind of like those. I think Focus On the Family does some good radio drama. Do you like their dramatizations (is that a word?) of the Chronicles of Narnia? They're very good, imo.

There was one episode of the Saint that I listened to a while ago, and I don't remember the name of it, but the Saint was in this really funny situation with this lady who wanted to shoot him, but wouldn't because she couldn't stand the sight of blood. Just as he's talking her out of shooting him, this other thug comes in and wants to shoot him, to which the Saint replies "I'll bleed!", and the thug goes "So WHAT?" I don't know, I thought it was hilarious.

dawningoftime · 09-10-2004, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

I never knew they had classes on the subject

!
Well, now that's new. where do you take these?

It was at my school, Grand Valley State University. One of the required classes for broadcasting majors is called Media and Society. It essentially means that the prof teaching the class can talk about what he feels passionate about. I just happened to have a prof who loved radio dramas. A couple of years ago at my church we also did a Christmas musical that took place in the 1940's and they included reinacments of some of the popular shows of the time...complete with sound effects. It was great.

As for some of the other stuff Focus on the Family has done I really haven't gotten a chance to listen to. I listened to some of the Chronicles of Narnia and it was all right. I just didn't like the story being narrated.

***Khamûl*** · 10-15-2004, 12:33 AM

During my Intro to Mass Communications class, we listened to a '40s radio drama called "The Blue Hour", which was a diamond, a club, and a perfume. I believe it was part of a series called "Suspense Theater" or something like that. It was pretty cool. The other Intro to Mass Comm class got to listen to "The Shadow". I must say that I'm not a huge fan, although it is pretty fun to listen to these little time capsules complete with commercials.

***IronParrot*** · 10-24-2004, 02:36 AM

I'm a big fan of Golden Age radio dramas. Suspense was always a good listen but very hit-and-miss from time to time. Dragnet, as you all know, is legendary. It's the radio comedies that really make my day, though, and for those purposes I always found The Jack Benny Show worthy of admiration.

trolls' bane · 07-14-2005, 04:27 PM

I just found a great site for listening to old time radio:
www.radiolovers.com

Lotesse · 07-14-2005, 04:35 PM

Speaking of radio shows, Peter Sellars was a big radio star in England back in the day, with a show called (I think) The Goon Show, or Goon Squad, or something like that. When I watched that movie "The Life & Death of Peter Sellars", that's where I heard this. Does anyone know about this show, does it sound familiar? It was a comedy show popular in England in the '40s and '50s, I think.

08-05-2004, 05:29 PM	#1
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Radio Drama I thought I ran out of thread-starting ideas but I have one now! Who here likes radio drama? I listen to the KSURF radio theater almost every night. I love all those old comedies. I especially like The Advenures of the Great Gildersleeve, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Phil Harris and Alice Fae Show, and other comedies. Good mystery shows are the Saint, The Adventures of Phillip Marlow, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Then the western Have Gun Will Travel. My favorite is in the last 40 minutes, the Imagination Theater, a "double-feature movie for your mind." I think there's a site where you can listen to Imgaination Theater, so I'll come back with it. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-05-2004, 05:57 PM	#2
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Yes, I occasionally listne to radio drama. I used to listen to Imagination Theater all the time (its Sunday night, right?). http://www.transmediasf.com/imag.html __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

08-05-2004, 09:21 PM	#3
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Yeah, that's it. On KSURF it's every night, except weekends. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-05-2004, 10:48 PM	#4
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	hmm - every night EXCEPT the weekends? That doesn't make much sense. Maybe they run reruns? I don't know about that other radio drama, but imagination theater is a weekly thing. They have a new show every week. It wouldn't make much sense to play it every night. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

08-06-2004, 03:12 AM	#5
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I like the afternoon dramas on Radio 4 - sometimes they're great, sometimes they're terrible, but they pass the time nicely. I like their classic serials too - at the moment I'm listening to Little Women. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

08-06-2004, 05:35 PM	#6
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I don't think they're reruns. I have'nt heard the same ones more that once, but I've only been listening for a few months. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-09-2004, 02:56 AM	#7
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Now I've got a few places on my signature. That and my website and discussion board. I have'nt heard one in a while, and I missed Gildersleeve and Jack Benny . They are both very funny. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-09-2004, 01:16 PM	#8
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I like The Saint, with, uh, I think it's Basil Rathbone. Cool. The Jack Benny show is funny, but that Dennis Day character really grates on me. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

08-22-2004, 02:41 AM	#9
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	LOL. On the George Burns and Gracie Allen show, Gracie's friend told her that she and George needed a vacation from eachother beacause (her friend claimed) they were nagging eachother and didn't know it. George came home later and greeted gracie, saying (It's way off, but you'll get the idea): Hello, Gracie. You look beautiful today. She replied: Nagging, nagging. Always nagging. Then, at the end of the show, she got back from her vacation in Twenty-Nine Palms, and claimed it was now Twenty-Seven Palms, because each time she had ever gone (which was twice) she hit a palm tree with her car . I like the Saint, but I still think I like Phillip Marlow better. They both always find it easy to turn the tables without any trouble at all even when their own gun is pointing at them. My favorite suspense shows (not including those on IT) are the Whistler, Suspense coming in second. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-02-2004, 04:57 PM	#10
dawningoftime Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90	It's been a while since I've listened to some of the old time radio dramas. I took a whole class focused on them a couple years ago. I do listen to some modern day radio dramas such as Adventures in Odyssey and Left Behind. I prefer Adventures in Odyssey, though. __________________ Audio Editor

09-02-2004, 06:00 PM	#11
dawningoftime Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90	It's been a while since I've listened to some of the old time radio dramas. I took a whole class focused on them a couple years ago. I do listen to some modern day radio dramas such as Adventures in Odyssey and Left Behind. I prefer Adventures in Odyssey, though. __________________ Audio Editor

09-02-2004, 08:06 PM	#12
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I never knew they had classes on the subject ! Well, now that's new. where do you take these? __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

09-02-2004, 09:32 PM	#13
Lady Ravyn Thief Queen of Entmoot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: oh, I just wander around, aimlessly... Posts: 1,060	i love old radio shows! btw, the saint has vincent price in it; though maybe basil rathebone did a previous version that's my fav, but i also like the bob hope show, the bing crosby shows from WWII, the jack benny program, fibber mcgee and molly, and suspense! i didn't know anyone else listened to those sort of things! __________________ smooch Proud Member of the Evil Mooters and upstanding citizen of the Planet Bob! And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be... My Space! Cynicism is what happens when a person opens their eyes; stops blinking in the sun, and starts wondering "why". Question everything, believe only that which you yourself deem true. Go ahead- Call me cynical.

09-02-2004, 09:36 PM	#14
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, i was rather surprised that anyone knew about them. Not exacly expected a tenth of these answers. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

10-15-2004, 12:33 AM	#17
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	During my Intro to Mass Communications class, we listened to a '40s radio drama called "The Blue Hour", which was a diamond, a club, and a perfume. I believe it was part of a series called "Suspense Theater" or something like that. It was pretty cool. The other Intro to Mass Comm class got to listen to "The Shadow". I must say that I'm not a huge fan, although it is pretty fun to listen to these little time capsules complete with commercials. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

10-24-2004, 02:36 AM	#18
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	I'm a big fan of Golden Age radio dramas. Suspense was always a good listen but very hit-and-miss from time to time. Dragnet, as you all know, is legendary. It's the radio comedies that really make my day, though, and for those purposes I always found The Jack Benny Show worthy of admiration. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-14-2005, 04:27 PM	#19
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I just found a great site for listening to old time radio: www.radiolovers.com __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

07-14-2005, 04:35 PM	#20
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Speaking of radio shows, Peter Sellars was a big radio star in England back in the day, with a show called (I think) The Goon Show, or Goon Squad, or something like that. When I watched that movie "The Life & Death of Peter Sellars", that's where I heard this. Does anyone know about this show, does it sound familiar? It was a comedy show popular in England in the '40s and '50s, I think. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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