Thursday Night - Old Time Radio

This week, our Presenter isMatt Cox.
Let us read what Matt will be playing for us.

This time on Cruising The Classics as promised, we’ll continue with our look at the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne. This time a full hour adaption of The House Of The Seven Gables. This novel among others influenced HP Lovecraft and had many English critics comparing it with Jane Eyre.
Herman Melville himself wrote Hawthorne at its 1851 publishing that it was his best work. The story is considefred Gothic fiction and involves a cursed family after a man is wrongly accused during the Puritanical witch trials of the late seventeenth century. We’ll be going back to June 13 of 1974 to listen to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. I promise your body will have time to stop shivering during the nostalgic commercial breaks. After the rpresentation I’ll be in for questions aand thoughts. Looking forward to Thursday Matt Cox host

Host: John Beaulieu
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Joy Jackson will play an oldtime radio program and another program produced by the American Radio Theater.

This week, our Presenter is John Gassman.
Let us read what John will be playing for us.

I’m John Gassman and on Radio out of the past for this time, we’ll listen to a salute to and featuring remarks by Al Jolson from 10-01-46.
this is a 51 minute program and so the entire Radio out of the past show will run a bit longer on this evening.
Following the salute, we’ll hear from Nero Wolfe featuring Francis X Bushman as Wolfe and Eliott Lewis as archie.
the show is Nero Wolfe 12-15-46 The Shakespeare Folio

Host: John Beaulieu
E-Mail: john.beaulieu@verizon.net

Our Presenter for this week is Larry Gassman. Let us read what Larry will be playing.

This time we take a look at a radio show that dealt with a newspaper and a reporter who covered the Night beat.

In the audition show, he was Hank Mitchell and the program was recorded on 05/19/1949 and was called “The Ted Carter Murder”.

The last program we have in the series featured Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone. The program was called: “Night Beat: from 09/25/1952
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Host: John Beaulieu
E-Mail: john.beaulieu@verizon.net

Our Presenter for this week is Rick Spurgeon. Let us read what Rick will be playing.

His career bracketed radio’s heyday. A gaff in his early broadcasting days which should have hurled him into oblivion instead launched him to the top of his profession. He was an announcer but soon became a second banana to stars such as Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Dinah Shore and others. He was too popular to work for any one network or sponsor. Even though he was thought of more as an entertainer, he never lost his touch as a serious broadcaster, covering such events as Admiral Byrd’s flight over the south pole. He even had a movie career in preparation for the day when he’d be forced to tackle television, which he easily conquered. And don’t forget his own short-lived radio sitcom. You know who we’re talking about, don’t you?

Host: John Beaulieu
E-Mail: john.beaulieu@verizon.net

this week kelly sapergia will be our presenter and I’m sure he’ll have two great programs for us. next week, it will be what once was radio. I’ll be stepping out of my element as I prepare you for halloween. so join me in the fred bertelsen room this week for some friendly chat and kelly’s program and next week for another what once was radio. we’ll be looking for you.

Host:John Beaulieu
E-Mail: john.beaulieu@verizon.net