Summary: Presents episodes from various radio shows broadcast during the 1940s and early 1950s. Digitally remastered from original recordings, they represent a broad spectrum from radio's golden age.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Radio Spirits, Inc. 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: In 1940, American was still staggering its way out of the Great Depression and war clouds were rolling in from Europe. In the early months of that year, the upcoming Presidential campaign spotlight turned to perhaps the unlikeliest but certainly the most entertaining, candidate of all. On February 28, 1940, Gracie Allen declared her pioneering female candidacy for President of the United States...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Radio Spirits Inc. 2008
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN ALLSummary: Presents twelve radio episodes, digitally restored and remastered from recordings of comedy shows broadcast during the golden age of radio. Includes Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?" routine.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Radio Spirits, Inc. 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents twelve radio episodes, digitally restored and remastered from recordings of comedy shows originally broadcast between 1942 and 1952, when radio was at its peak.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Radio Spirits, Inc. 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 817 EISContents: Please stand by -- Ernie Kovacs : theme song (Tony DeSimone Trio) -- Mack the knife : opera (Wolfgang Neuss) -- Song of the Nairobi trio (Robert Maxwell) -- Polka from The golden age / Shostakovich -- Oye negra : piano duet / John Camacho, Noro Morales (Ferrante and Teicher) -- Hot cakes & sausage : song (Ernie Kovacs and the Tony DeSimone Trio) -- Saxophobia : saxophone -- Jalousie/Sentimental...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KOVSummary: The Ozzie and Harriet radio show starred Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their sons, David and Ricky along with their fictitious neighbor, "Thorny". This family-friendly, fun, and entertaining program launched October 8, 1944 and ran until June 18, 1954. In total 402 radio episodes were produced. Relive the "good old days" with 30 episodes of this classic radio sitcom
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022