Name Your Favorite!

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Old Time Radio: Fibber's Hall Sink: Name Your Favorite!
By ScottN on Monday, December 17, 2001 - 6:03 pm:

All the other boards have this topic...

I'm partial to The Six-Shooter, but then, I'm a Jimmy Stewart fan. I also like Tales of the Texas Rangers.


By John A. Lang on Monday, December 17, 2001 - 6:37 pm:

Bob & Ray


By Todd Pence on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 1:19 pm:

Mysterious Traveler, as I said before


By BF on Wednesday, December 19, 2001 - 5:33 pm:

The Shadow is my favorite. I also like Duffy's Tavern, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Benny, and The Green Hornet.


By Gordon Lawyer on Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 7:15 am:

As the Moderator, I should probably reply as well.

Adventure: Escape, The Green Hornet
Comedy: Abbott and Costello, The Great Gildersleeve
Detectives: Johnny Dollar, Dragnet, Nick Carter
Horror, Mystery, and Suspense: The Mysterious Traveler, Suspense, Lights Out, The Whistler
Westerns: Have Gun, Will Travel, Gunsmoke
Guilty Pleasures: The Shadow, Space Patrol


By Butch Brookshier on Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 10:51 pm:

The 2 I liked listening to when were "The Whistler" and "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen".
Just so anyone doesn't think I'm even more ancient than I really am, I should explain that I heard these back in the late 60's when I lived in Germany (my Dad was in the Air Force), on Armed Forces Network.


By ScottN on Sunday, December 23, 2001 - 11:55 am:

I also like Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (and his wonder dog, Yukon King!).


By GlassOnion on Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 9:51 pm:

I was always partial to the Great Gildersleeve, and of course "Duffy's Tavern," but I was "weaned" on Fibber McGee and Molly...

I used to work for Radio Spirits, which is one of the big re-packagers of Old Time Radio, doing digital restoration of old programs. I cleaned up the whole "Cinnamon Bear" series, which I think is really excellent, and I also worked on the Smithsonian's "All-time Favorites" box set, and really liked the "Whistler" episode "A Law Of Physics" --particularly because the plot hangs on an element that would not even make anyone blink with today's technology--a car phone!

Sorry, I worked on too many "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" episodes to be able to enjoy 'em any more. "Our Miss Brooks" was pretty nasty too.


By MikeC on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - 1:03 pm:

I own the Smithsonian "All-Time Favorites" set. Good job, sir.

Adventure: Escape
Comedy: Jack Benny, by far. Phil Harris-Alice Faye is very underrated too.
Detectives: Johnny Dollar. The Philip Marlowes are good too.
Horror: Suspense is the grand-daddy here, although Escape could play the horror game just as (if not more) effectively. Inner Sanctum and Lights Out trail, although I'd rather listen to Inner Sanctum anyday.


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