Old Time Radio Sampler: Late-1940s
Vložit
- čas přidán 15. 04. 2022
- This is part of my favorite time period in Old Time Radio. The late-1940s was near the end of radio's golden age in entertainment, but it also saw the medium at its peak. The programs will speak for themselves.
You can listen to thousands of Old Time Radio programs provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group: archive.org/details/@otrrarch... - Hudba
I grew up in the 60s in Brooklyn n.y. but I always enjoy these old 40s radio shows, sometimes I wish I'd have grown up in that era.
During the Fred Allen show they made jokes about meat shortages in the U.S. and commercials made mention of difficulties buying fats and oils. Things were much worse in Europe at that time (1947) and a lot of our agricultural products went over seas, hence the shortages at home. It reminded me that my father, who fought in Europe with the 14th Armored Division, sent food and medical supplies to a German family in Munich he befriended when the war ended. They even sold him a BMW mortorcycle which he used to travel around the beautiful Bavarian countryside. (He gave it back to them when he left Germany.) Back in the States, he kept in touch with this family, and for a decade he mailed them everything from money, to medical supplies, to food.They were especially grateful when he sent them lard, an essential ingredient for baking and cooking, and which was a very scarce commodity in post-war Germany. My dad didn't like to talk about the violence he experienced, but he enjoyed reminiscing about his German family and the adventures he had on that motorcycle!
Your 'Dad sounds like a great guy.
@@patriciahowes4584 He was a better man than me. The men and women who made it through the Depression and WWIi, and then went on to build modern America were some really remarkable people. I look at them with admiration and gratitude.
My dad came of age in the late '40s, and as a USAF lieutenant was among the thousands of Allied troops who were the Occupation. As an officer he had spousal privilege, brought his wife to his units' station in Bitburg (a tiny town no one ever heard of till 1985). I was born there. My parents also stayed in touch with the German family in whose house they rented rooms, also sending helps of one kind or another. They were surprised and happy when in tghe 1960s they heard that the husband of the couple who had welcomed them, was elected Burgermeister (mayor).
This first program, The Whistler stars one of the great radio actors of the era, Frank Lovejoy...whoa, it also stars the great radio actress Bea Benaderet! Great radio!
Wasn't Lovejoy great! He was a good screen actor too, and died too young, "in harness" i believe---of an attack of some sort, during a filming, in the early 1960s. He was really terrific on radio.
Awesome i need a OLD radio to listen to even today just something about a OLD radio makes any program or ballgame sound much more exciting.
This is full of great stuff. There's a whole song about a guy who comes too early, The Whistler is fantastic, the ads are all hilarious. Keep up the good work.
Hey Buddy, take it easy with that dirty language :--P
A whole song about a guy who---are we sure this is family-friendly? Geez!
@@beerye9331 if it's in the radio show then what's the problem?
I love this stuff!!! Thanks for posting!
Thank you for the podcast
Good 👍
Im driving with this on bluetooth. Wheres the signal gas station? I wanna try their go farther gasoline!
lmao
Are you listening to this? A little weird like me! Where do you come from ? me Canada ;)
Saudi Arabia here
New Jersey
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
استمر لاترقف
“I am the hhhwistleter”
افضل يوتويبر
ديم