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18NewYearsOTRClassics

Heard
1944–1958
Episodes
18
Language
English

18 New Year OTR Shows, 1944-1958

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Comedy, science fiction, horror, detective, and variety shows from the first week (12/31 - 1/7) of the new year.

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1/5/44 - Mail Call, featuring Jack Benny, Judy Garland, and Johnny Mercer

'Mercer sings his new song, "G. I. Jive." J&J rehearse romance scene.'

1/2/45 - The Strange Dr. Weird - The Tiger Cat

'delightfully gruesome goody about a scientist with an animal growth serum'

1/3/46 - Rogue's Gallery - Murder at Minden

'Stark McVeigh is murdered after hiring Richard Rogue,leading to a counterfeiter's hideout.'

1/1/46 - Red Skelton - Bells and Resolutions

The king of icky-sweet humor rings in the new year with promises, promises.

1/7/46 - Jubilee, featuring Lionel Hampton and Lena Horne

The first tune is, "Slide, Hamp, Slide." Horne sings "Stormy Weather"

1/1/47 - The Great Gildersleeve - New Year's Costume Ball

Gildersleeve dresses as a pirate

1/7/47 - Mel Blanc - The Broken Prize Record of Caruso

Mel gets in hot water when he...

1/5/48 - My Friend Irma - The Great Irma

'Irma feels she's meant for greater things'

12/30/48 - Sealtest Variety Theater - New Year's Eve with Lionel Barrymore

'Dorothy Lamour's first tune is "Pretty Baby." Barrymore appears in a New Year's drama with Dot.'

12/31/49 - Bob and Ray - New Year's Eve Show

"The last show of the 1940's" focuses on 49's highlights.

1/2/50 - Candy…

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer, Delta Rhythm Boys

    · No. 72 · 30 min

  2. The Tiger Cat

    · No. 9 · 11 min

  3. Bells and Resolutions

    · 29 min

  4. Murder At Minden

    · 29 min

  5. LionelHampton LenaHorne

    · 30 min

  6. New Years Costume Ball

    · 30 min

  7. TheBrokenPrizeRecordOfCaruso

    · 24 min

  8. The Great Irma

    · No. 39 · 29 min

  9. New Year's Show

    · 29 min

  10. BobandRay NewYearsEveShow

    · 29 min

  11. NC-98012- Insurance Crash

    · No. 26 · 29 min

  12. The Torch Carriers

    · 30 min

  13. OurMissBrooks ExchangingChristmasGifts

    · 28 min

  14. ProfBarrett'sPlay

    · 28 min

  15. Montague's Father

    · 30 min

  16. Fibber McGee and Molly

    · 14 min

  17. Mighty Wurlitzer, the

    · 27 min

  18. Prime Difference

    · No. 124 · 20 min

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The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. 18NewYearsOTRClassics

    Old Time Radio · PDGazette2 · 18 episodes here · archive.org

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

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