
When Radio Ruled #87 – Halloween 2023
Old Time Radio Ghost Stories from 1938.
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Dracula starring Orson Welles
With Guest Appearances from Fibber McGee and the Ghost of Harry Houdini

When Radio Ruled #87 – Halloween 2023
Old Time Radio Ghost Stories from 1938.
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Dracula starring Orson Welles
With Guest Appearances from Fibber McGee and the Ghost of Harry Houdini

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live April 20 through May 4 1938.
Featuring:
The Cast of the Lone Ranger
The Cast of Blair of the Mounties
Fred Allen
Harry Von Zell
Charles Atlas
Winston Churchill
The Cast of Columbia Workshop
Jack Benny
Phil Harris
Mary Livingston
Georgie Jessel
Norma Talmadge
Portland Hoffa
Featured Songs Include:
Stop and Reconsider – the Town Hall Quartet
Crazy People – The Merry Macs
In a Little Red Barn – The Merry Macs
The Jonah Song – Town Hall Quartet
You Couldn’t Be Cuter – Town Hall Quartet
Good Night Ladies – The Merry Macs
DixieLand Band – Town Hall Quartet
Shade of the New Apple Tree – The Merry Macs
In this episode:
Lots of Musical Numbers!
Fred Allen tears a phone book in half!
The Unique Musical Stylings of the Merry Macs!
Winston Churchill speaks about Art and Politics!
And More!!
Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live April 3 through April 18, 1938.
Featuring:
Jack Benny
Don Wilson
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
Mary Livingston
Kenny Baker
Phil Harris
Fred Allen
Portland Hoffa
Harry Von Zell
Harry Morgan
Robert Taylor
Fanny Brice
Featured Songs Include:
Dear, Dear, What Can the Matter Be? – The Merry Macs
I’m Coming Home – The Town Hall Quartet
The Gypsy in my Soul – The Merry Macs
Why? Because! – Judy Garland & Baby Snooks
College Swing – Judy Garland
Cryin’ for the Caroline – Judy Garland
In this episode:
Jack Benny Goes to Oxford, if he can find it!
The Jack Benny/Fred Allen feud heats up!
Judy Garland sings and Swings!
Harry Morgan and Fanny Brice as Napoleon and Josephine!
And More!!