Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
CBC Television Audition Tape of Alex Trebek (1969)
Looks like Peter Gzowski sitting on the left too.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
The Twilight Zone with special guest stars Cliff Robertson and Frank Sutton (1962)
The tormented ventriloquist is one of my favorite formulas in showbiz history. From The Great Gabbo to Dead of Night to The Devil Doll to Magic - it's always enjoyable. And this time with the heel from Gomer Pyle no less.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
What Can I Do - George Kirby (1965)
Comedian/impressionist George Kirby had a beautiful voice - you'd have to in order to be able to imitate Ella Fitzgerald's singing voice perfectly. In 1965 he recorded a straight soul tune for Chicago's Chess Records. Here it is - and please ignore the dumb visuals the YouTuber has accompanying the fine tune.
Friday, October 31, 2008
The House on Haunted Hill starring Vincent Price (1959)
Probably the best movie available in the public domain for Halloween viewing.
Studio One: The Night America Trembled (1957)
Edward R. Murrow revisits the bedlam that ensued the evening The Mercury Theater's War of the Worlds aired. See if you can spot the youthful but familiar faces of Ed Asner, Warren Beatty, Warren Oates and John Astin.
The Mercury Theatre: Dracula starring Orson Welles (1938)
Radio stations around the world tonight will be re-running the perennial classic War of the Worlds, but we prefer to break with the tradition and play an episode of the same program that is probably even more appropriate for Halloween.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Jack Benny Show: Halloween Episode (1948)
Listen to Jack Benny go trick or treating on the Lucky Strikes program here.
The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
Another excellent sci-fi drive-in flick to get you in the mood for All Hallows' Eve.
The Adventures of Archie Andrews: Hallloween Episode (1948)
Yes, it's time for your "weekly visit to Riverdale." This is the Halloween episode of the fifteen minute radio program based on Archie Comics starring the young Bob Hastings as Archie. This episode originally aired sixty years ago today.
Listen to Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica celebrate Halloween.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Fred Allen Show with guest Boris Karloff (October 18th, 1945)
Listen to this hilarious Halloween edition of The Fred Allen Show here.
The Raven starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (1935)
This is one of the best of the classic Universal horrors as far as I am concerned and you can download this whole movie. The option should appear by waving your cursor over the video after you have pressed play. If not you can go here.
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