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Christmas Radio Classics
- Narrated by: Jack Benny, Vincent Price, George Burns
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Radio/TV Program
- Release date: 08-02-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Radio Spirits
Regular price: $27.99
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Publisher's Summary
Come back to the tradition and warmth of Christmas in the Golden Age of Radio, with the great performers and shows of yesteryear.
Go shopping with Jack Benny. Go to the snow covered woods with Johnny Dollar. Go to Bethlehem with Family Theater. The voices of Vincent Price, George and Gracie, Bergen and McCarthy, Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Jimmy Durante, and more are lifted in story and song. They celebrate the yuletide with equal parts hope and hokum, silliness and sacrifice, merriment and mystery.
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Episodes Include: The Saint: Santa Claus Is No Saint 12-24-50; The Falcon: Unwelcome Christmas Present 12-24-50; The Jack Benny Show: Christmas at Jack's 12-26-43; A Box of Dates for Don 12-13-53; Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Parts 1 - 5 12-19-55 through 12-23-55; The Great Gildersleeve: Christmas Eve at Home 12-24-44; Fibber McGee and Molly: Fixing Toys 12-24-46; Columbia Workshop: The Day They Gave Babies Away 12-21-46; Family Theater: Ruth 12-23-53; Burns and Allen: Kay Kyser for Christmas 12-14-53; The Chase and Sanborn Hour: Christmas Show 12-19-48; Cavalcade of America: America for Christmas 12-25-44; Philco Radio Time: Christmas Show 12-25-46; Abbott and Costello: Christmas Show 12-24-47; Red Skelton: Christmas Show 12-25-49; Big Town: Prelude to Christmas 12-21-48; Richard Diamond, Private Detective: A Christmas Carol 12-24-49; Jimmy Durante: Guest Rose Marie 12-24-48; The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show: No Presents from Rexall 12-26-48.
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