Fred Allen's Old Time Radio Home: June 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Top Secret 50-08-06 Disaster In London

After the Baroness successfully retrieved a package from a dead Nazi spy, she discovers the package contains a deadly virus meant to poison the London water supply and kill millions. A courier is sent to carry the package to safety, unfortunately the man sent turned out to be a traitor, and the virus is back in the hands of spies.

Ilona Massey stars as the Baroness Karin Geza

Running time - 29:49 min

Sunday, June 26, 2016

The Six Shooter 54-04-22 Johnny Springer

A hotel owner is robbed and murdered, but before he died, he said he thought it might be a man from a Wanted poster named John Springer, so Britt and the sheriff ride out to track him down.

Jimmy Stewart as Britt Ponset

Running time - 29:47 min

Father Knows Best 52-07-03 Vacation Arrives

It's a hectic time at the Andersons while they prepare to go on vacation at Round Lake.

Running time - 29:34 min

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Fibber McGee And Molly 39-05-30 Escaped Convicts

After reading about escaped convicts, Molly hurries home followed later by Fibber who hears the voices of criminals inside and believes the convicts are in the house with Molly.

Running time - 28:07 min

Jack Benny Program 42-11-01 Jack and Phil Go Target Shooting

The cast is performing from the Camp Elliott Marine Base in San Diego. Phil tells about the Halloween party he had, then sings "I get the neck of the chicken." Mary reads a poem about the marines. Jack, Phil, and Mary go target shooting at the rifle range, and Jack and Phil have a bet on the best shot, with Jack using his flintlock.

*Note: Static runs through first half of show, but still audible.

Running time - 29:30 min

Friday, June 24, 2016

Charlie McCarthy Show 43-12-05 Bert Lahr, Fats Waller & Jane Powell

Bergen learns Charlie has been doing well in School, and Charlie says it's because he's in love with Jane Powell. Professor Bert Lahr discusses child rearing. Fats Waller sings "Ain't Misbehavin'" and is interviewed by both Bergen and Charlie.

Jane Powwell and Charlie McCarthy

Running time - 21:30 min

Milton Berle Show 48-03-23 Salutes the Coming of Spring

Berle takes questions from the audience, then interviews a not so famous opera singer. Milton claims to be a song writer, and performs a skit about how he got started.

Running time - 28:06 min

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

2000 Plus 51-12-26 The Temple of the Pharaohs

A Earth space ship crosses through some sort of vortex and finds itself transported back in time to around 3,000 B.C., and crash lands in Egypt. The Pharaoh's son has been kidnapped, and the ship's crew uses their knowledge and technology to rescue the child and ends a threat against the Pharaoh's own life.

Running time - 29:24 min

Martin & Lewis Show 51-10-12 George Raft

Guest George Raft joins Dean and Jerry in George's version of the Martin and Lewis film "That's My Boy."

Running time - 29:30 min

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Shadow 38-09-04 The Black Buddha

The Shadow investigates the death of a man who bought a Buddha statuette and was found stabbed to death, and the Shadow has trouble capturing the culprit who has marked both the Shadow and Margo Lane for death.

Running time - 29:27 min

Burns and Allen 48-01-08 George and Jack Benny as Gypsies

Gracie convinces George that the only way for people to appreciate the musical talents of both George and Jack Benny, would be to perform a concert disguised as gypsies.

Running time - 29:54 min

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Fibber McGee And Molly 40-02-06 Fibber's Birthday

Fibber's day starts off badly when he falls out of bed and right out of the window, but after that everyone treats him so nice he can't stand it.

Running time - 28:52 min

Jack Benny Program 47-05-25 Allen's Alley

Rochester opens the show instead of Don Wilson for the last show of the season. When members of the cast say they like Fred Allen's program, Jack decides to do a parody of Fred by taking a trip down to "Benny's Boulevard," to ask the question "Who is the better comedian, Fred Allen or Jack Benny?", where he encounters the real Fred. Jack introduces Jack Parr as his summer replacement.

Running time - 29:30 min

Sherlock Holmes 46-01-21 Telltale Pigeon Feathers

Sherlock is unknowingly brought into a case by his brother Mycroft who gets word of a spy ring operating in London.

Running time - 28:55 min

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Mr and Mrs North 50-01-03 Accidents on the Ice-Rink

While enjoying a day at the ice-rink, the Norths witness a skater's accident and find that the accident was made to happen and that the skater and her father have been experiences a string of intentional accidents.

Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin as Mr. and Mrs. North

Running time - 23:47 min

The Judy Canova Show 43-08-24 A Date with Mickey Rooney

Judy tells about seeing the premiere of "This Is The Army." Judy sings "Just Because." Judy believes she has a date with Mickey Rooney and goes out to buy a new evening dress. Judy sings "You Are My Sunshine."

Running time - 23:46 min

Friday, June 17, 2016

Bob Hope Show 43-02-09 Guests Dorothy Lamour, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake

News report delays the start of the program about the president requiring certain workers to work 48 hours per week, with overtime, for the war effort. Bob is at Camp Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center, Arcadia, California, and jokes about a tank he rode in. Bob jokes with Staff Sergeant James Arnold. Dorothy Lamour, Paulette Goddard, and Veronica Lake make fun of Bob. Bob tries to get a film role at Colonna Productions playing Tarzan.

Running time - 29:10 min

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Life of Riley 44-11-05 Piano Lessons for Junior

Riley tries to get Junior to learn the piano, but Junior gets a friend to play for him to fool his parents.

Running time - 28:45 min

Monday, June 13, 2016

Have Gun, Will Travel 59-02-01 A Matter of Ethics

Paladin is hired by a man charged with murder, to keep him from being lynched before he can make it to trial.

Starring John Dehner as Paladin

Running time - 24:17 min

Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show 52-10-19 Phil the Television Star

Phil has become obnoxious after finding success in television by letting it go to his head. Alice and Elliot scheme to bring Phil back down to Earth.

Running time - 29:35 min

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Charlie McCarthy Show 44-04-02 Orson Welles and Jane Powell

Charlie and Bill Goodwin play jokes on each other. Orson Welles has written an Easter play for Charlie to perform in.

*Incomplete

Running time - 21:48 min

Jack Benny Program 39-01-15 Jack's Screen Guild Theater Performance

Jack takes Mary to the drugstore for a bite to eat and gets frustrated at the service. The cast talks about Jack's performance for the Screen Guild Theater. Jack argues with Phil who is getting his own show.

Running time - 29:30 min

Friday, June 10, 2016

Roy Rogers Show 53-02-12 The Greedy Trapper

Roy and Pat set out in the midst of a blizzard to rescue a trapper, only to learn about his claim jumping partner.

Running time - 25:34 min

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Danny Kaye 45-01-20 The Blues

Danny visits an auction and accidentally buys a milking machine, but Eve Arden demands he take it back. Danny plays a Scotland Yard inspector out to solve The Case Of The Missing Toothpick.

Running time - 29:25 min

Hall of Fantasy 53-06-15 The Jewels of Kali

A group of treasure hunters launch an expedition to India to find a rumored lost temple of Kali and the priceless jewels said to be held by the idol of Kali. The group recovers the jewels, but a curse has killed all members of the group but one, and now the last member is being hunted by the Hindu Goddess herself.

Running time - 23:01 min

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Blue Beetle 40-08-14 Underworld Goes Underground

A series of accidents have been occurring to a construction company during an underground tunnel project, so the Blue Beetle investigates and finds a rival company behind all the trouble.

Running time - 25:18 min

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Fred Allen Show 47-03-23 Suing Fred over Copyrights

Fred visits Allen's Alley to ask "Is there any invention you wish hadn't been invented." Fred finds himself in hot water when guests Rogers and Hammerstein sue Fred for plagiarism for using their play "Oklahoma" on his own show.

Running time - 26:27 min

The Great Gildersleeve 42-06-14 Gildy Produces a Play

The Sumerfield Little Theater Group his having a play and Gildy ends up in charge, but the production gets quite hectic when Gildy is forced to play several parts himself.

Running time - 29:51 min

Fibber McGee And Molly 40-06-18 Fibber Models a Dress

Molly is making a new dress and convinces a reluctant Fibber to wear it while she works on it. Naturally, friends keep stopping by and teasing him.

Running time - 29:33 min

Bulldog Drummond 45-04-23 Dinner Of Death

At a banquet in honor of a crime reporter, both the reporter and the district attorney are poisoned, and a racketeer they were both investigating is the prime suspect, but Drummond exposes the true murderer.

Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond

Running time - 27:36 min

The New Edgar Bergen Hour 56-01-29 Stan Erwin

Charlie is starting a sweater manufacturing company, by using rabbits instead of sheep. Professor Kirkwood recites a poem for his wife. Mortimer is happy because the seven years of bad luck for breaking a mirror is finally up. Edgar interviews Stan Erwin, a member of the Nevada State Assembly to talk about what's going on in Las Vegas. Charlie and Gary Crosby perform a Pony Express play.

Running time - 57:42 min

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Sherlock Holmes 59-05-12 The Man With The Twisted Lip

Holmes takes the case of the disappearance of a husband who is feared to have been murdered by a dirty beggar.

Running time - 25:28 min

Jack Benny Program 43-03-07 Host George Burns and Gracie Allen

Jack is out sick so he has Don ask George Burns and Gracie Allen to do Jack's show for him. George is glad to do it, but Gracie, who plans on being a great pianist at Carnegie Hall, refuses to do the show.

Running time - 29:30 min

Friday, June 3, 2016

The Shadow 38-08-14 The Hospital Murders

Patients are mysteriously disappearing from the hospital and Lamont is asked to help, so he uses Margo as bait for the person or persons responsible to be trapped by the Shadow.

Running time - 29:26 min

Life of Riley 43-07-25 Riley Wants to Build a House

While the family is tired of renting, Riley has decided to build his own home at a cost of $6,000, but the cost may be a problem. Audition program.

Running time - 27:49 min

Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Man Called X 48-08-22 Burma Peninsula

Thurston travels to Burma after hearing about the murder of the leader of a group of displaced persons from Poland who are having trouble with the local people, and must find a way to prevent a massacre and martial law.

Running time - 29:33 min

Abbott & Costello 45-06-28 Return to Paterson

Lou goes back to his hometown and the city wants home to make a speech for Lou Costello Day in conjunction with Garbage Disposal Week, so Professor Mellonhead instructs him to improve his public speaking.

Running time - 30:35 min

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 51-03-02 The Hasty Will

Mr. Wolfe receives a client who hires him to make a Will official, with Archie as witness. The client soon turns up missing with speculations of kidnapping, murder, or even suicide. The case is solved with the revelation of embezzlement.

Running time - 29:15 min

Fred Allen - Texaco Star Theater 41-05-21 What's Wrong With Radio

News of the Week looks at the psychology of marriage. Fred interviews Dr. Rockwell who has a cure for humanity's ills. Kenny Baker wants Fred to write a book about him. The Texaco Workshop play is interrupted by a couple with complaints about radio.

Running time - 1:01:15

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