Besides pure entertainment, listening to old time radio offers a look at the mindset of American culture., One example is the war effort.
I never knew that when FDR delivered his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war, that he prayed. I learned that from listening to old time radio,
Actors, from Orson Welles to Fibber McGee to Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve are heard explicitly speaking to winning the war and encouraging not only the boys over there, but also the folks at home to willingly and totally make the sacrifices that had to be made to achieve victory.
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I never knew that when FDR delivered his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war, that he prayed. I learned that from listening to old time radio,
Actors, from Orson Welles to Fibber McGee to Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve are heard explicitly speaking to winning the war and encouraging not only the boys over there, but also the folks at home to willingly and totally make the sacrifices that had to be made to achieve victory.
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I have faint memories of hearing Gunsmoke on car radio on Sunday drives. Taking a drive on Sunday was a thing my Daddy forced us to do. Sometimes we went somewhere cool, like Gatlinburg. Most of the time, we seemed to wander aimlessly through the land.
I have no memory of hearing radio programs like Jack Benny or The Shadow in our home. We got television when I was five and I remember Howdy Doody, Pinky Lee and Winky Dink. And Romper Room, which even as a child, I thought was lame.
I got XM radio in order to listen to Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour. Turned out, I did not get to hear a lot of Bob, due to the times his show played. But, I discovered channel 82 that plays OTR shows24 hours. I often have it on.
Right now, I have found a website that has over 300 episodes of "Vic and Sade" which has, for a time, replaced "Johnny Dollar" as my favotite OTR show.
I have no memory of hearing radio programs like Jack Benny or The Shadow in our home. We got television when I was five and I remember Howdy Doody, Pinky Lee and Winky Dink. And Romper Room, which even as a child, I thought was lame.
I got XM radio in order to listen to Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour. Turned out, I did not get to hear a lot of Bob, due to the times his show played. But, I discovered channel 82 that plays OTR shows24 hours. I often have it on.
Right now, I have found a website that has over 300 episodes of "Vic and Sade" which has, for a time, replaced "Johnny Dollar" as my favotite OTR show.
don-o:
http://www.otrr.org/jimbo/vicandsade/Vic%20and%20Sade%2037-11-28%20%28x%29%20Congress%20and%20the%20Supreme%20Court.mp3
Here's an episode where the Gook family discuss civics. NB: Vic and Sade is unlike any OTR you have ever heard.
http://www.otrr.org/jimbo/vicandsade/Vic%20and%20Sade%2037-11-28%20%28x%29%20Congress%20and%20the%20Supreme%20Court.mp3
Here's an episode where the Gook family discuss civics. NB: Vic and Sade is unlike any OTR you have ever heard.
I read this days ago and it has been on my mind since then. I am going to have to look up some of those shows. I would love to hear the Green Hornet, and Shadow Knows sounds. I bet I would have "this feeling running up and down my leg"...LOL