Old Time Radio's Greatest

Various (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 20
• Label: Media Bay
• ASIN: 1570194882
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,124 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction to the best of old time radio, January 2, 2006

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Edward Torpy (Reston, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old Time Radio's Greatest (Audio CD)

Contrary to what some of the previous reviewers have reported, this is a 20 CD set containing 40 half hour episodes from old time radio shows. With the exception of the strange ommission of The Shadow, this is a good list of what many consider to be the "Greatest Shows" from old time radio. However, while these are all great shows, the episodes included here are not the greatest episodes of these great shows. For example, Suspense belongs on this list, but the episodes included here are from the end of this show's great run and not from its glory days of the last 1940's. This is a very good set that's strongly recommended even if it isn't perfect. The following is a complete listing of the episodes in this set:

1) Amos 'n' Andy
- Andy's picture in detective magazine 02-22-53
- Mystic Knights of the Sea 03-08-53
- Car is buried under concrete 11-15-53
- Kingfish's tourist service 11-22-53

2) The Jack Benny Program
- Jack's scrapbook with Ronald & Benita Colman 01-16-49
- Don's contract 01-23-49
- Jack leaves for NY to do a TV show 04-01-51
- Jack takes a date to an underground restaurant 05-16-54

3) The Burns and Allen Show
- Guest: Harpo Marx 05-09-46
- Quiz show 09-26-46
- George and Jack Benny as gypsies 11-08-48
- Guest: Eddie Cantor 04-21-49

4) Dragnet
- The Big Safe 05-01-52
- The Big Gamble 05-08-52
- The Big Match 07-27-54
- The Big Stand 08-03-54

5) Escape
- The Lost Special 02-12-49
- The Orient Express 02-19-49
- Benchillina and the Fisherman 06-10-54
- Blood Waters 06-17-54

6) Fibber McGee and Molly
- Early golden wedding anniversary 03-06-45
- Fibber the poet 04-03-45
- Citizen test 06-03-47
- Picnic at Dugan's Lake 06-10-47

7) Gunsmoke
- The Preacher 11-13-55
- Dutch George 11-20-55
- Cows and Cribs 05-13-56
- Annie Oakley 08-19-56

8) The Lone Ranger
- Murder Masters 11-04-42
- Phantom Killer 11-06-42
- Thieves in the Night 11-09-42
- Mountain Trap 01-01-43

9) Suspense
- The Groom of the Ladder 03-13-56
- Gallardo 03-20-56
- Waxwork 03-01-59
- Mad Man from Manhattan 03-08-59

10) X-Minus One
- Hallucination Orbit 05-15-56
- The Defenders 05-22-56
- Venus Is a Man's World 02-06-57
- The Merchant of Venus 07-18-57