BONUS - Holiday Hoopla!
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2024
⏱️ 236 minutes
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Summary
Just in time for Christmas, here's a king-sized holiday special - a stocking stuffed with old time radio comedy, drama, and westerns to get you in the spirit of the season. Enjoy Christmas comedies from Fibber McGee and Molly (originally aired on NBC on December 19, 1944); The Mel Blanc Show (originally aired on NBC on December 10, 1946); The Jack Benny Program (originally aired on NBC on December 21, 1947); and The Jimmy Durante Show (originally aired on NBC on December 24, 1948). Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan star in a radio recreation of the big screen classic "Christmas in Connecticut" presented by The Screen Guild Theatre (originally aired on CBS on August 5, 1946). Plus - a powerful Christmas tale from Quiet Please - "Berlin 1945" (originally aired on ABC on December 26, 1948); a western retelling of a holiday classic from Jimmy Stewart as The Six Shooter ("Britt Ponset's Christmas Carol," originally aired on NBC on December 20, 1953); and the story of one of the most enduring, beloved Christmas carols in "All is Bright" from The CBS Radio Workshop (originally aired on CBS on December 26, 1953).
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Get this and get it straight. |
| 0:02.1 | Crime is a sucker's road. |
| 0:03.9 | And those who travel |
| 0:04.6 | it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. |
| 0:12.3 | The story you were about to hear is true. |
| 0:15.2 | Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 0:18.6 | The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective. |
| 0:21.7 | The Adventures of the Saints, |
| 0:23.5 | starring Vincent Price. |
| 0:25.5 | Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures |
| 0:27.7 | of the man with the action-packed expense account. |
| 0:30.6 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator... |
| 0:33.4 | Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. |
| 1:06.3 | ... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Happy holidays and welcome to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. |
| 1:13.6 | One of my favorite shows to do each year is my annual Halloween special, where I get to go outside the world of radio detectives and showcase other genres from the Golden Age of Radio. |
| 1:21.6 | This year, with Christmas coming, I decided I'd start a new tradition and roll out a king-size special to celebrate the season. |
| 1:31.9 | So today, here are eight old-time radio shows, ranging from comedies to dramas, from westerns to a piece of Christmas history, |
| 1:42.3 | all designed to get you in the holiday spirit. We'll kick things |
| 1:46.8 | off with Fibber McGee and Molly, and a holiday episode from December 19, 1944. Then the Screen |
| 1:56.2 | Guild Players present a radio recreation of the classic holiday film Christmas in Connecticut. |
| 2:04.2 | And stepping into the roles played on screen by Barbara Stanwick, Sydney Green Street, and Dennis |
| 2:09.5 | Morgan are Jane Wyman, Leon Belasco, and a future U.S. president named Ronald Reagan. |
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