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Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
A podcast featuring old time radio comedy shows in original broadcast order with commentary.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/classic-comedy-of-old-time-radio--5818299/support.
Episodes
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Code of the Hills"
Jello again. Jack celebrates his 4th anniversary on the air with visits from prior cast members and a sketch about a hillbilly feud.Episode 218 of The Jack…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "Betty's Screen Test"
Betty thinks that her performance of Camille is so amazing that a Hollywood talent scout wants to get her into pictures.Originally aired on May 18, 1950. This…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley and the Ballet"
Riley forgets Peg’s birthday but redeems himself when he gets her tickets to the ballet. That is until their flirty neighbor, Louella, gets in the…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Boston Tea Party"
Jello again. Jack and the gang travel to Boston to broadcast their show. Along the way, they attend an interesting version of the Boston Tea Party.Episode 217…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "The Golf Challenge"
Jim thinks he’s a shoo-in to win the local golf tournament, until he tries to lift something a bit too heavy.Originally aired on May 11, 1950. This is episode…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Junior Wins the Soap Box Derby"
Junior wins the soap box derby but gets disqualified when Riley lies and claims he designed the car.Originally aired on May 18, 1951. This is episode 318 of…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "I Got a Heavy Date" and "Everybody's Not So Hot"
Jello again. Today we get a 10 minute snipet and a 16 minute snipet from two different shows. Episodes 216 and 220 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "An Uncontrolled Dog"
Kathy brings home a stray dog, but even after they return the dog to its owner, the dog keeps coming back.Originally aired on May 4, 1950. This is episode 37…
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The Life of Riley: "Riley and the Black Chiffon Nightgown"
Riley thinks that a pickpocket stole his pay envelope. So, he borrows $60 from his flirty neighbor, Louella, because he is afraid to face his wife, Peg, with…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Ah, Wilderness"
Jello again. In today’s episode, Jack and the gang do a spoof of Ah, Wilderness! Which is a comedy play by Eugene O'Neill.Episode 215 of The Jack Benny Show…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "Income Tax"
When Margaret invites her old flame to dinner, Jim decides to do his income tax.Originally aired on March 9, 1950. This is episode 29 of Father Knows…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley and the Marriage Certificate"
When Riley wants to take a job in Arabia, he runs into a snafu when asked to produce his marriage certificate.Originally aired on May 4, 1951. This is episode…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Clown Hall Tonight"
Jello again. In the 1930’s, there were two big comedians on the radio. Jack Benny and Fred Allen. Fred Allen’s show was called Town Hall Tonight. So, Jack does…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "Jim’s Birthday"
When his family is keeping quiet about his birthday because they have planned a huge surprise party for him, Jim thinks they forgot all about it.Originally…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Babs Wants Privacy"
Riley will not allow Babs to go out with any guy, and when she brings one home, Riley hovers like a helicopter. So, Babs solves the problem by moving…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Cinderallen"
Jello again. Jack and the gang present their retelling of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella.Episode 213 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "A Weekend in the Country"
The kids want to get away to a cabin in the mountains for a snow-filled weekend. If only real life were that simple.Originally aired on February 16, 1950. This…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "A Kiss in the Dark"
When the Power goes out, someone kisses Riley. He thinks it was Louella, so he panics.Originally aired on April 20, 1951. This is episode 314 of The Life of…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Jack Is Guest of Honor at the French Embassy Dinner"
Jello again. Jack and the gang are broadcasting from Washington DC and Jack gets invited to a high-class dinner with some of the most important people in the…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "The Day Father Received The Christmas Bills"
After father receives all the bills from their Christmas spending, he launches a family-wide campaign to save money and stop wasting time. Until he realizes…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Civil Service Exam"
An old acquaintance from Brooklyn visits Riley and brags about his cushy government job. So, Riley does whatever it takes to pass the civil service…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "The Gang Visits the Central Park Zoo"
Jello again. Today, Jack and the gang explore New York and visit an iconic location – The Central Park Zoo.Episode 210 of The Jack Benny Show. The program…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "Safety Campaign"
The Anderson’s teenage son, Bud, is acting way too nice. At the same time, Jim is trying to avoid a phone call from the judge because he is afraid he’ll have…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Old Man Riley"
When faced with being 40 years old, Riley freaks out and tries to turn back the hands of time.Originally aired on April 6, 1951. This is episode 312 of The…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Eternal Triangle"
Jello Everybody. We get another glimpse at the eternal triangle today. In 1934, Jack and the gang did a sketch about the eternal triangle. Today’s episode puts…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "New Year's Eve"
Jim Anderson makes a New Year’s resolution to keep his temper. Naturally, circumstances conspire to make his day one bad thing after another.Originally aired…
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The Life of Riley: "Riley, the Rent Collector"
Riley agrees to become a rent collector in order to pay off his four months of past due rent. The only problem is that he and his family become outcasts in…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Drug Store" and "Lil' Nel"
Jello Everybody. Today we get two 10 minute snipets from two shows. In one, you hear Jack talk about being a druggist. In the other, Jack tries to marry off…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
Father Knows Best - "Audition Show"
Betty, the oldest daughter, announces that she is getting married at the age of 17.Originally recorded on December 20, 1948. This is the audition episode of…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Basketball Game Bribe"
Riley thinks that the principal of his son’s school is a gambler trying to bribe Junior to throw the championship basketball game.Originally aired on March 23…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Benny of the Northwest Mounted"
Jello Everybody. Today, Jack and the gang head north to the frozen tundra in this episode entitled, “Benny of the Northwest Mounted.”Episode 206 of The Jack…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "The Delivery Bicycle"
When Henry’s boss wants the store’s delivery bicycle returned immediately, with Henry on it to make some urgent deliveries, it just happens to conflict with…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley Installs a Time Clock"
When Riley comes home after working second shift and finds his family is still out for the evening, he responds in typical Riley fashion and puts them on a…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Jack and Johnny Are in Jail"
Jello Everybody. On his way to the studio, Jack takes out a telegraph pole with his car while doing 72 miles an hour. So the show is broadcast from jail and…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Henry Buys a Bracelet"
What kind of message is being sent when a teenage boy buys an expensive bracelet for a teenage girl?Originally aired on April 19, 1953. This is episode 581 of…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Louella Is A House Guest"
When Riley inadvertently burns down the home of their flirty neighbor, Louella, he feels obligated to let her stay in their spare room. His wife, Peg, has a…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Kenny Baker’s Debut"
Jello Everybody. We take quite a jump from our last episode, which was from January of 1935 to this episode. Thirty-some episodes are missing. But this episode…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Latin Homework"
Today, you’ll see that nobody is paying attention to anything, but most especially, Henry and Homer just keep doing the wrong things when it comes to their…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley Has Tonsilitis"
Most people get their tonsils out once, if at all. Chester A. Riley got his out three times. How? Listen to the end of the show for an explaination.Originally…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "The Count of Monte Jell-O"
Jello Everybody. Another literary classic falls prey to Jack Benny and his talented cast as we listen to an episode entitled “The Count of Monte…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "The Lost Watch"
On the very day his aunt is coming for dinner, Henry Aldrich loses the watch she gave him.Originally aired on December 7, 1952. This is episode 562 of The…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley's Case of Nerves"
Chester A. Riley is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, so his wife, Peg, decides to take him to Palm Springs.Originally aired on February 16, 1951. This is…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Rose of the Rio Grande"
Jello Everybody. Today Jack and the gang take us south of the border down Mexico way with a sketch entitled “Rose of the Rio Grande”.Episode 154 of The Jack…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Henry's Father Is Sick"
Henry Aldrich inadvertently gives his school principal the wrong idea when he asks to leave school early to take care of his sick father.Originally aired on…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Charleston Dance Lessons"
Chester A. Riley takes dance classes with their flirty neighbor, Louella. The only problem is that he has to pose as her husband to get the lessons for…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch"
Jack and the gang do a very loose adaptation of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch entitled “Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch."Episode 152 of The Jack Benny Show…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Debating Team"
Henry Aldrich goes out for the debate team because he wants to get to know a certain girl a little bit better. Unfortunately for Henry, she quits the team the…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Babs Blackballed at the Sorority"
Babs wants to get into a hoity toity sorority, but snobby Helene Bidwell threatens to blackball her unless she stops seeing a certain young man.Originally…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Charlie Chan in Radio City"
Jello Everybody. When Jack gets a letter from a fan saying that they should get Charlie Chan to solve their mysteries, guess what detective shows up?Episode…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "New Suit"
Henry Aldrich wants a new suit, but what his mother ends up getting him creates the wrong kind of sensation as he walks through the high school hallsOriginally…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Tillie Boomer"
Today’s program is a flashback to a time when Chester A Riley becomes engaged to both Peg and his boss’s daughter, Tillie Boomer.Originally aired on January…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "An Old-Fashioned Christmas"
Jello Everybody and Merry Christmas! Today Jack and the gang exchange Christmas gifts and have some visits from some interesting guests.Episode 237 of The Jack…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Christmas Eve With The Family"
Henry Aldrich becomes obsessed with getting a certain piece of jewelry for a girl because he thinks she is buying him a wallet for Christmas. Will he learn the…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Riley, the Scoutmaster"
Chester A. Riley runs into some opposition and a hard reality check when he makes Junior’s Boy Scout troop do all the housework that he told Peg that he would…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Russia Through a Keyhole"
Jello Everybody! Today Jack and the gang discuss what to get people for Christmas and then they transport us to Russia for an adventure with a Cossack named…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "Roadside Stand"
Who can find a way to make money and turn an entire household upside down by selling ice-cold fruit punch at a roadside stand in the dead of winter? Henry…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Anniversary Tiff"
Instead of a romantic anniversary celebration, Chester A. Riley finds every way possible to make his wife, Peg, as mad as a hornet.Originally aired on January…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Jack Benny Show - "Through Romantic Hawaii"
Jello Everybody. Today Jack and the gang take us on their travel log through the Hawaiian Islands.Episode 150 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Aldrich Family - "The Thanksgiving Turkey"
The Aldrich Family is in full holiday crisis mode when the grocery store runs out of turkeys the day before Thanksgiving.Originally aired on November 23, 1952…
- Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
The Life of Riley: "Peg's Father Comes to Visit"
When Peg’s father comes for a visit, he convinces Riley to demand a raise, with disastrous results.Originally aired on January 5, 1951. This is episode 300 of…