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By Matthew Perry
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Gildy. Phil and Alice

Old Time Radio Forever • By Matthew Perry • Jan 21, 2019

Gildy. Phil and Alice

Old Time Radio Forever • By Matthew Perry • Jan 21, 2019

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1:13:40
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War News/Abbott and Costello/Fibber McGee
War news from this date in 1942 and two shows from the same year. I hope you enjoy the added news programs to put you into the time period. 
1:16:42
January 5, 2021
Casey Crime Photographer/Have Gun Will Travel
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1:01:45
January 4, 2021
Christmas Gunsmoke and Dragnet
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1:02:09
December 21, 2020
My Favorite Husband and Father Knows Best
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57:26
December 16, 2020
Burns and Allen Christmas at Santa's Workshop
From Christmas Eve 1950
31:27
December 4, 2020
Bing Crosby Christmas Philco Radio Show
From Christmas Eve 1947
32:52
November 30, 2020
Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas 1942
From the 1942 season join husband and wife team as they misplace Christmas
32:49
November 29, 2020
Life of Riley- Making Each other Jealous
From the 1944 season
31:56
November 17, 2020
Broadway is my Beat
THe Tommy Mannon Case
31:06
November 16, 2020
Aldrich family
Movie star
30:31
November 12, 2020
Orson Welles Stars in the Black Museum
The Canvas Bag
26:14
September 20, 2020
Gangbusters!
Crime drama 
29:36
August 17, 2020
Broadway is my Beat
Silks Bergen 
30:08
July 13, 2020
Philip Marlowe- The Pigeon's Blood
From 1949
28:03
May 13, 2020
Burns and Allen
From 1945 with special guest, Jack Benny
30:58
April 22, 2020
Our Miss Brooks- Walter's Radio
From 1950
31:35
March 30, 2020
Aldrich Family and Fred Allen
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59:37
March 13, 2020
Sherlock Holmes and the Whistler
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58:01
March 11, 2020
Suspense! Double Feature
The Cross-eyed Bear from 1943, and the Defense Rests from 1944
57:46
March 2, 2020
Comedy Hour: My Favorite Husband and Jack Benny
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1:02:12
February 18, 2020
Western Hour: Gunsmoke and the Texas Rangers
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1:02:22
February 9, 2020
Comedy Hour Abbott and Costello along with Herald Perry Show
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1:05:45
January 31, 2020
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Philip Marlowe
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57:43
January 30, 2020
Fibber McGee and Molly- Visit From Uncle Dennis
From November of 1940
31:33
January 29, 2020
Casey Crime Photographer
From 1943, the King of the Apes
32:44
January 20, 2020
Jean Shepherd- Hippo
From WOR in the 1960s
27:43
January 15, 2020
Life of Riley
From 1945
32:05
January 6, 2020
Christmas Jack Benny 1938
From Christmas Day 1938
31:16
December 23, 2019
Christmas- Phil Harris and Alice Faye
From December 26, 1948
30:49
December 15, 2019
78th Anniversary Special of Pearl Harbor
NBC roundtable from Dec 7, 1941
32:56
December 5, 2019
Jack Benny Thanksgiving
1953
26:47
November 27, 2019
Gildersleeve Servicemen for Thanksgiving
1942
31:12
November 26, 2019
November 10, 2019
00:47
November 10, 2019
Suspense! Life Ends at Midnight
From 1944
32:21
November 10, 2019
Lux Radio Theatre- The Thin Man
From 1942 starring WIlliam Powell
1:01:18
November 9, 2019
Gunsmoke- The Mortgage
From 1952
31:38
November 7, 2019
The Great Gildersleeves- Gildy Arrives in Summerfield
From fall of 1941
31:12
November 5, 2019
FIbber McGee Antique Furniture
1939 season
30:37
November 5, 2019
Nero Wolfe
From the 1950 series
31:30
November 3, 2019
The Mercury Theatre on the Air Dracula
Doesn't get any better for Halloween night
57:54
October 29, 2019
The War of the Worlds, The Mercury Theater on the Air
The Most Infamous Radio Play in History
1:03:45
October 28, 2019
Our Miss Brooks Halloween Episode
1949's Halloween Party 
32:18
October 28, 2019
Sherlock Holmes
From the Rathbone/Bruce Era
24:49
October 27, 2019
Lights Out
1937 State Executioner 
23:19
October 26, 2019
Johnny Dollar
Edmund O'Brien the Gravedigger from 1950
32:18
October 26, 2019
Inner Sanctum
The Lonely Sleep
28:16
October 25, 2019
The Mel Blanc Show
From 1948, the Missing Piece of Bread
26:37
October 23, 2019
This is your FBI
The Misery Chisler from 1945
31:02
October 22, 2019
Jean Shepherd 1965- Tornado Hits the Mill
The master storyteller
44:52
October 21, 2019
Suspense! The Hitchhiker
From 1942
30:31
September 27, 2019
Phil Harris and Alice Faye Los Angeles Traffic
From 1953 season
30:46
September 26, 2019
Philip Marlowe King in Yellow
King in Yellow from 1948
30:47
September 25, 2019
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murderer
1949
31:15
September 24, 2019
Fibber McGee and Molly: The Escaped Convicts
Fibber McGee and Molly: The Escaped Convicts
30:35
September 24, 2019
Father Knows Best
From the First Season of the future television hit
30:55
September 18, 2019
The Whistler
From Season one of it's original run
32:11
September 9, 2019
My Favorite Husband
Lucille Ball before her big television break
32:22
September 1, 2019
Have Gun, Will Travel
This week we hear of Hayboy's Revenge 
28:10
June 10, 2019
The Green Hornet
Join rich playboy Brit Reid and his faithful valet Kato as they investigate the murder across the bow, on Old Time Radio Forever
31:15
June 7, 2019
1 Hour Comedy Block!
On this Memorial Day weekend we sit back and enjoy the comedic chops of Jack Benny and Eve Arden on Old Time Radio Forever
1:06:45
May 26, 2019
The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Program
From the first season i n 1948 we hear Frank, and Phil go to work. 
33:10
May 24, 2019
Suspense!
The Devil's Angel 
31:22
May 19, 2019
Correction: Abbot and Costello
First file didn't convert correctly. Here is the episode in it's entirety! 
33:13
May 17, 2019
Abbott and Costello: The English Butler
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello meet the English Butler
33:13
May 14, 2019
Episode 15 Bob Hope
Bob Hope from Carlisle Airforce Base
31:19
May 4, 2019
Episode 14 The Kraft Music Hall with Bing Crosby
April of 1944, Bing's Guest, his movie co-star Bob Hope
34:59
May 2, 2019
Fred Allen
Old Blue Eyes visits Allen's Alley
31:49
April 29, 2019
Jean Shepherd
THis week we explore the weird story telling of Jean Shepherd.
25:52
April 21, 2019
Dragnet
Sgt. Joe Friday in "The Big Knife"
34:46
March 31, 2019
The Saint
Vincent Price as Simon Templar
31:01
March 23, 2019
The Whisler
Join us this week as we explore one of my personal favorites, the Whistler
34:47
March 17, 2019
Episode 8: My Friend Irma
Irma, Jane, and their comic misadventures
32:04
February 17, 2019
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
The coolest insurance man of all time
1:00:59
February 8, 2019
Gildy. Phil and Alice
Join Matt and his daughter Lilly for their favorite show, the Great Gildersleeve. Also listen to the audition show for Phil Harris and Alice Faye
1:13:40
January 21, 2019
Episode 5: Box 13 and Broadway is my Beat
A novelist starving for adventure and a grizzled New York detective are our focus this week. 
1:07:46
January 13, 2019
Episode 4: The Six Shooter and Gunsmoke
We head to the American West this week with two acclaimed Westerns. 
1:05:12
December 31, 2018
Episode 3: Philip Marlowe and The Shadow
Detectives this week with Marlowe and Lamont Cranston
1:00:55
December 23, 2018
Episode Two: Fibber McGee and the Aldrich Family
Join us this week for two great situation comedies.
1:02:57
December 18, 2018
Episode One: Christmas Special. Great Gildersleeve and Our Miss Brooks
Episode One: Christmas Special. Great Gildersleeve and Our Miss Brooks
1:03:33
December 17, 2018