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  • The Great Gildersleeve, Volume 1: An Audio Double Feature of Holiday Hilarity Starring Harold Peary

    "More Old Time Entertainment"

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    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    The shows are fun to listen to. Never childish or offensive as so many shows these days seem to be.


    What does Harold Peary and Bill Mills bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    A natural fit into their roles.


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    No - they are just fun to listen to..


    Any additional comments?

    Entertainment today should look back to these shows and learn what quality is all about. Entertainment without offensive language and stupid storylines.

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    The Great Gildersleeve, Volume 1: An Audio Double Feature of Holiday Hilarity Starring Harold Peary

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    • By Renaissance eBooks
    • Narrated By Harold Peary, Bill Mills
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    Holiday hilarity and history with the Great Gildersleeve - radio's most lovable windbag! The inimitable Harold Peary, with his melodious baritone voice and trademark warbling laugh, achieved stardom portraying Gildersleeve on the first ever spin-off series in broadcast history!

    Heather says: "More Old Time Entertainment"

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    Christmas Radio Classics: Comedy Vol. 2
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    • Duffy's Tavern , Father Knows Best , Life of Riley , more

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    This Christmas comedy collection contains seven classic radio programs from the '40s and '50s.

  • 4.4 (19 ratings)
    A Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas
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    This collection contains four Christmas radio classics from Fibber McGee and Molly.

  • 4.7 (17 ratings)
    A Great Gildersleeve Christmas
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    This collection contains five Christmas radio classics from The Great Gildersleeve.

  • 4.4 (10 ratings)
    The Bob Hope Christmas Show, 1953: Comedy and Music with Hope and Sinatra Plus Special Commentary
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    The Bob Hope Christmas Show, 1953: Comedy and Music with Hope and Sinatra Plus Special Commentary

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    • Narrated By Frank Sinatra, Bill Mills, Bob Hope
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    Here is The Pepsodent Radio Show, starring Bob Hope, for Christmas 1953! Filled with comedy, music, and warm Christmas cheer, it's a nostalgic look back at one of America's great entertainers in the process of establishing what became a true American tradition for many many years: The Bob Hope Christmas Specials.

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  • 4.1 (45 ratings)
    Classic Christmas Radio Plays
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    • Campbell Playhouse , Author's Playhouse , Lux Radio Theatre , more

    Classic Christmas Radio Plays

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    • Narrated By Orson Welles, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Hara, and others
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  • 4.2 (14 ratings)
    Bob Hope Show: Christmas 1941
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    This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on December 23, 1941. It is especially poignant considering that it was Christmas, and just two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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  • 4.0 (10 ratings)
    A Jack Benny Christmas Vol. 2
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    This collection contains five Christmas radio classics from The Jack Benny Program.

  • 3.6 (33 ratings)
    Christmas Radio Classics: Comedy Vol. 1
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    • Abbott & Costello , Amos 'n' Andy , Baby Snooks

    Christmas Radio Classics: Comedy Vol. 1

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    This Christmas comedy collection contains six classic radio programs from the '30s, '40s, and '50s.

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  • 3.6 (21 ratings)
    A Jack Benny Christmas Vol. 1
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    A Jack Benny Christmas Vol. 1

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    This collection contains four Christmas radio classics from The Jack Benny Program.

    Mark says: "still sparkles"
  • 3.7 (20 ratings)
    Jack Benny Spoofs
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    Jack Benny Spoofs

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    Jack Benny continues to get the laughs with this collection of six spoofs that highlight both fairy tales and classic radio shows. This hysterically humorous collection is a must-have for any comedy or Jack Benny fan. A brilliant, talented comic, Benny continues to captivate audiences of all ages with his laugh-out-loud situational comedies and parodies.

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  • 3.5 (17 ratings)
    Jean Shepherd: Pomp and Circumstance
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    Jean Shepherd, author of A Christmas Story, again demonstrates his broad knowledge, unusual turn of mind, and humor, in this series of programs. From monologues of tragedy in the world of children, the seemingly minor disappointment of not being chosen for a game or a team, to commentary on tall tales and Midwest humor, these shows will captivate everyone fascinated by the style of Jean Shepherd - from subtle to bombastic - and the mind behind the style.

  • 3.7 (16 ratings)
    Garrison Keillor in Conversation with Roger Rosenblatt at the 92nd Street Y
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    A Grammy and Peabody winner, Garrison Keillor is the author of more than 15 books and is the creator, host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac, heard on public radio stations across the country. Keillor's new novel is Pontoon.

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    Jack Benny continues to get the laughs with this collection of six spoofs that highlight both fairy tales and classic radio shows. This hysterically humorous collection is a must-have for any comedy or Jack Benny fan. A brilliant, talented comic, Benny continues to captivate audiences of all ages with his laugh-out-loud situational comedies and parodies.

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  • Burns and Allen: Home Fires 11.17
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    In the spring of 1947, Gracie turned her eye toward things that are fresh and new: a new hat, a new hemline, and a new home. The real estate wrangling of Beverly Hills most brilliantly befuddled wife finds the Burnses bunking with various members of the cast, occupying a janitor's apartment, and even living seperately at the YMCA/YWCA. All's well that ends well...but, until then it's hilarious!

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  • Abbott & Costello in the Catskills: An Authentic Recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt Variety Show, Recorded Before a Live Audience in the Catskills
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    Abbott & Costello in the Catskills: An Authentic Recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt Variety Show, Recorded Before a Live Audience in the Catskills

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    • By Joe Bevilacqua
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    Abbott & Costello in the Catskills is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills. In this New Oldtime Radio Hour, Lou Costello (Bob Greenberg) follows Bud Abbott (Joe Bevilacqua) to the Catskills when Abbott is hired as sole master of ceremonies of a Catskills variety show. Meanwhile, guest stars George Burns and Cab Calloway miss their train forcing Abbott to sing and dance in their place!

  • Our Miss Brooks: Volume Two
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    • Eve Arden , Jeff Chandler , Gale Gordon , Richard Crenna

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    Pay attention class! Here are 18 more entertaining episodes of America's most engaging English Teacher - Our Miss Brooks!Today's lessons have less to do with language and more to do with love, as the falteringly forward Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) continues her quest for the romantically reserved Mr. Boynton (Jeff Chandler). Overseeing, and undermining, our heroine is the peevish Principal Conklin (Gale Gordon). And, dutiful student Walter Denton (Richard Crenna) is always on hand - along with side-kick Stretch Snodgrass - for Miss Brooks misadventures.

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  • Jack Benny: Drawing a Blanc
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    • Jack Benny , Mel Blanc , Mary Livingstone , Phil Harris , Dennis Day , Eddie Anderson , Don Wilson

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    A woebegone old car, a harried department store clerk, a monosyllabic man in a sombrero, and a train announcer whose line ran somewhere between Orange County and the Twilight Zone are all memorable characters from The Jack Benny Program, and all the products of a single talented throat: Mel Blanc. "The Man of a Thousand Voices" was Carmichael the Polar Bear, who lived improbably in Jack's cellar.

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    This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show, broadcast from the Hollywood Canteen, originally aired on October 13, 1942.

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  • The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show: Money, Beauty & Brains
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    The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was one of radio’s brightest lights; a hilarious situation comedy featuring a friendly sardonic and sarcastic edge that set it apart from its contemporaries. Featuring Phil Harris, fresh off plying his comedic and musical talents on The Jack Benny Program, and his movie-star wife, Alice Faye. The show also starred Elliott Lewis as the remarkable Frankie Remley - one of radio’s most unforgettable characters - a humorously irresponsible con-artist with an endless thirst for the good stuff.

  • Bob Hope Show: Guest Star Al Jolson
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    This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on April 8, 1947.

  • The Best of Duffy's Tavern: The Golden Age of Radio, Old Time Radio Shows and Serials
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    The Best of Duffy's Tavern: The Golden Age of Radio, Old Time Radio Shows and Serials

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    Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy which ran for 10 years, often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who co-created the show, Ed Gardner. In the show's familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone....

  • Classic Christmas Radio Plays
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    Father Peyton of the Holy Cross Fathers wanted to inspire his country with a radio program. Footing the expense of the show himself, he arranged for some of the biggest names in radio and film to donate their services, and for a network to provide the broadcast time. The series that resulted featured heartwarming stories for audiences nationwide. The commercial breaks were filled only with an earnest, non-sectarian appeal for family prayer, reminding listeners that "The family that prays together stays together."

  • Baby Snooks: Why, Daddy?: Baby Snooks
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    Fanny Brice described Snooks as "my kind of youngster, the type I like. She has imagination. She's eager. She's alive. With all her deviltry, she still is a good kid, never vicious nor mean." Perhaps, but Daddy and Robespierre may beg to differ. Neither Daddy's time, pet projects, nor peace of mind are safe from Snooks' reliably relentless intrusions. As for how she treats her younger siblings and what she thinks of them…well, the fact that she tries to trade them for cats pretty much says it all! And, corporal punishment doesn't seem to have much effect on this cheeky child.

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    The Bickersons reigned supreme for five years as America's favorite radio couple. Like their name suggests, they spent many a night bickering, mainly over the fact that Blanche has to suffer through John's buzz saw-like snoring. The interplay between husband and wife, as they sarcastically banter back and forth, is what makes this show so great and why listeners continue to praise this "combative comedy."

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    This collection features six episodes of the classic NBC radio show starring Bob Hope: William Bendix, Mickey Rooney, Burt Lancaster, Esther Williams, Grace Kelly, and Jerry Colonna.

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    In the spring of 1947, Gracie turned her eye toward things that are fresh and new: a new hat, a new hemline, and a new home. The real estate wrangling of Beverly Hills most brilliantly befuddled wife finds the Burnses bunking with various members of the cast, occupying a janitor's apartment, and even living seperately at the YMCA/YWCA. All's well that ends well...but, until then it's hilarious!

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    The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was one of radio’s brightest lights; a hilarious situation comedy featuring a friendly sardonic and sarcastic edge that set it apart from its contemporaries. Featuring Phil Harris, fresh off plying his comedic and musical talents on The Jack Benny Program, and his movie-star wife, Alice Faye. The show also starred Elliott Lewis as the remarkable Frankie Remley - one of radio’s most unforgettable characters - a humorously irresponsible con-artist with an endless thirst for the good stuff.

  • Jack Benny: Picture Parodies
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    Lights! Microphone! Action! Hilarious Hollywood spoofs were a beloved feature on many classic Jack Benny radio shows. Regular cast members and guest stars alike were recruited to send up cinema classics like Casablanca, High Noon, and Sunset Boulevard. Celebrities could count on large laughs - and, looking good next to Jack's lovably vainglorious and miserly self - while poking fun at their most famous films.

  • Our Miss Brooks: Volume Two
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    • Eve Arden , Jeff Chandler , Gale Gordon , Richard Crenna

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    Pay attention class! Here are 18 more entertaining episodes of America's most engaging English Teacher - Our Miss Brooks!Today's lessons have less to do with language and more to do with love, as the falteringly forward Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) continues her quest for the romantically reserved Mr. Boynton (Jeff Chandler). Overseeing, and undermining, our heroine is the peevish Principal Conklin (Gale Gordon). And, dutiful student Walter Denton (Richard Crenna) is always on hand - along with side-kick Stretch Snodgrass - for Miss Brooks misadventures.

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    A woebegone old car, a harried department store clerk, a monosyllabic man in a sombrero, and a train announcer whose line ran somewhere between Orange County and the Twilight Zone are all memorable characters from The Jack Benny Program, and all the products of a single talented throat: Mel Blanc. "The Man of a Thousand Voices" was Carmichael the Polar Bear, who lived improbably in Jack's cellar.

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    The Best of Fred Allen

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    Six of the funniest hour-long episodes by comedy master Fred Allen, from his live radio show. This wonderful blast from the past presents each episode exactly as it aired on the radio - including the commercials! Fred Allen was an American comedian whose absurdist, pointed radio show, made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio.

  • The Best of Duffy's Tavern: The Golden Age of Radio, Old Time Radio Shows and Serials
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    The Best of Duffy's Tavern: The Golden Age of Radio, Old Time Radio Shows and Serials

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    Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy which ran for 10 years, often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who co-created the show, Ed Gardner. In the show's familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone....

  • Abbott & Costello in the Catskills: An Authentic Recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt Variety Show, Recorded Before a Live Audience in the Catskills
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    Abbott & Costello in the Catskills: An Authentic Recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt Variety Show, Recorded Before a Live Audience in the Catskills

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    Abbott & Costello in the Catskills is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills. In this New Oldtime Radio Hour, Lou Costello (Bob Greenberg) follows Bud Abbott (Joe Bevilacqua) to the Catskills when Abbott is hired as sole master of ceremonies of a Catskills variety show. Meanwhile, guest stars George Burns and Cab Calloway miss their train forcing Abbott to sing and dance in their place!