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Here's a list of past programs: June 2001: Sunday, June 10 7 pm: The Mysterious Traveler 3-27-44 "The Good Die Young" w/ Maurice Tarplin Abbott & Costello Part 1 11-18-43 w/Bud Abbott & Lou Costello and Guest: Lucille Ball 8 pm: Abbott & Costello (Part 2) The Whistler 9-25-44 "Married to Murder" w/ Bill Foreman 9 pm Gunsmoke 9-6-52 "The Brothers" w/William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard MacNear and Georgia Ellis Duffy's Tavern (Part 1) 4-12-46 w/Ed "Archie" Gardner and Guest: Marie McDonald 10 pm Duffy's Tavern (Part 2) Damon Runyon Theatre 10-9-49 "Joe Terrace" w/ John Brown 11 pm Suspense 1-6-44 "One Way Ride to Nowhere" w/Alan Ladd Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7-10-56 "The Shady Lane Matter" (Part 2 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, June 17 7 pm: Frontier Gentleman 9-14-58 "A Horse for Kendall" w/ John Dehner The Jack Benny Program(Part 1) 10-3-48 "Jack Hears an Echo" w/ Jack Benny and all his gang 8 pm: Jack Benny (Part 2) Crime Classics 11-25-53 "The Killing Story of William Corder and the Farmer's Daughter" w/ Lou Merrill 9 pm: Nick Carter, Master Detective 5-20-45 "Haunted Rocking Chair" w/ Lon Clark Burns & Allen (Part 1) 3-6-47 "Gracie the Detective" w/ George Burns & Gracie Allen 10 pm: Burns & Allen (Part 2) X Minus One 12-21-55 "Marionettes, Inc." w/Arthur Cole & Les Damon 11 pm: The Shadow 2-11-40 "Death is an Art" w/ Bill Johnstone Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7-11-56 "The Shady Lane Matter" (Part 3 of 5) w/Bob Bailey Sunday, June 24 7 pm: The Lone Ranger 1-17-49 "Joshua Biddle Returns" w/ Brace Beemer and John Todd The Great Gildersleeve (Part 1) 4-2-47 "New Piano Teacher" w/Hal Peary and Walter Tetley 8 pm: The Great Gildersleeve (Part 2) Dragnet 10-12-50 "The Big Quack" w/Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough 9 pm: The Green Hornet 10-3-40 "The Highway that Graft Built" w/Al Hodge The Charlie McCarthy Show (Part 1) 9-9-45 w/Guests: Keenan Wynn & June Kilgore 10 pm: Charlie McCarthy Show (Part 2) Lights Out! "Neanderthal" 11-3-42 w/Arch Oboler 11 pm: Suspense 2-17-44 "Life Ends at Midnight" w/ Fay Bainter Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7-12-56 "The Shady Lane Matter" (Part 4 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey July 2001: Sunday, July 1 7 pm: Escape! 10-1-47 "The Most Dangerous Game" w/Paul Frees & Hans Conried Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 1) "Cleaning The Closet" w/Jim & Marian Jordan 8 pm: Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 2) Boston Blackie 6-18-46 "The Hooded Gang" w/Dick Kollmar, Jan Minor and Maurice Tarplin 9 pm: Gangbusters 1940's "The Case of the Thornberry Brothers" w/Ralph Bell & Art Carney Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show (Part 1) 12-12-48 "Babysitter" w/Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis and Walter Tetley 10 pm: Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show (Part 2) Richard Diamond, Private Detective 6-26-49 "Tom Waxman Killed" w/Dick Powell 11 pm: The Shadow 3-24-40 "The Plot that Failed" w/Bill Johnstone Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 7-13-56 "The Shady Lane Matter" (Part 5 of 5) w/Bob Bailey Sunday July 8 7 pm: Box Thirteen 4-24-49"Find Me, Find Death" w/Alan Ladd, Sylvia Picker and Edmond MacDonald The Jack Benny Program (Pt. 1)10-10-48 "Jack Listens to the World Series" w/Jack Benny and all his gang 8 pm: The Jack Benny Program (Pt. 2) Rocky Fortune 2-2-54 "Football Fix" w/Frank Sinatra and Lou Krugman 9 pm: Tales of the Texas Rangers 7-22-50 "Apache Peak" w/Joel McCrea The Charlie McCarthy Show (Pt. 1)4-11-43 w/Edgar Bergen and guest Martha Raye 10 pm: The Charlie McCarthy Show (Pt. 2) The Black Museum 1952 "The Sash Cord" w/Orson Welles 11 pm: Suspense "Death Went Along For The Ride" 4-27-44 w/ Gene Kelly, Hans Conried and Joseph Cotton The Couple Next Door 1-1-58 "Hangover" w/Peg Lynch and Alan Bunce Sunday, July 15 7 p.m.: Adventures of Sam Spade Detective 6-27-48 "Bail Bond Caper" w/ Howard Duff and Lurene Tuttle The Aldrich Family (Part 1) 10-23-41 "Henry Forgets to Mail a Letter" w/ Ezra Stone, Jackie Kelk and House Jamison 8 p.m.: The Aldrich Family (Part 2) Lights Out! 11-10-42 "Bon Voyage" w/ Arch Oboler 9 p.m. Gunsmoke 9-13-52 "Home Surgery" w/William Conrad and Parley Baer Abbott & Costello (Part 1) 12-2-43 w/Bud Abbott & Lou Costello and Guest: Veronica Lake 10 p.m.: Abbott & Costello (Part 2) Dragnet 11-9-50 "The Big Mother" w/Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough 11 p.m.: The Shadow 10-6-40 "Ghost Town" w/Bill Johnstone The Strange Dr. Weird 11-21-44 "Journey into the Unknown" w/Maurice Tarplin Sunday, July 22 7 p.m.: Adventures of Philip Marlowe 11-28-48 "Hard Way Out" w/Gerald Mohr Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 1) 10-24-44 "Bank Statement Error" w/Jim & Marian Jordan 8 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 2) Dimension X 4-29-50 "No Contact" w/Luis Van Rooten & Donald Buka 9 p.m.: This Is Your F.B.I. 12-8-50 "Floating Stickup" w/ Stacy Harris and Bill Woodson My Friend Irma (Part 1) 1-12-48 "Lucky Couple Contest" w/Marie Wilson, Cathy Lewis and John Brown 10 p.m.: My Friend Irma (Part 2) The Saint 9-3-50 "Baseball Murder" w/ Vincent Price 11 p.m.: Suspense 6-29-44 "The Walls Came Tumbling Down" w/ Keenan Wynn Vic & Sade 6-4-41 "Grand Old Lodge Lady" w/ Art Van Harvey & Bernadine Flynn Sunday, July 29 7 p.m.: The Lone Ranger 1-19-49 "Ring No. 1" w/Brace Beemer and John Todd Burns & Allen (Part 1) 11-20-47 "Gracie Has Romantic Notions" w/George Burns & Gracie Allen 8 p.m.: Burns & Allen (Part 2) Escape 10-15-47 "A Shipment of Mute Fate" w/Jack Webb 9 p.m.: The Big Story 1-7-48 "A Manhunt in Manhattan" w/Bob Sloane Life with Luigi (Part 1) 6-19-49 "Pasquale's Birthday" w/ J. Carroll Naish and Alan Reed 10 p.m.: Life with Luigi (Part 2) Casey, Crime Photographer 8-29-46 "Red Raincoat" w/Staats Cottsworth 11 p.m.: The Shadow 10-13-40 "The Isle of the Living Dead" w/ Bill Johnstone Bill Stern, Sports Newsreel 4-17-43 w/ Guest: Madeleine Carroll August 2001: Sunday, August 5 7 p.m.: Broadway Is My Beat 8-25-49 "Val Dane" w/ Larry Thor Duffy's Tavern (Part 1) 4-11-44 w/ Guest: Carol Landis w/ Ed Gardner 8 p.m.: Duffy's Tavern (Part 2) The Green Hornet® 6-15-41 "Man Wanted For What?" w/ Al Hodge 9 p.m.: Tales of the Texas Rangers 7-29-50 "Trigger Men" w/ Joel McCrea Great Gildersleeve (Part 1) 4-9-47 "The Cradle Robber" w/ Hal Peary 10 p.m. Great Gildersleeve (Part 2) Rocky Fortune 2-9-54 "Social Director" w/ Frank Sinatra 11 p.m. Suspense 7-13-44 "The Beast Must Die" w/ Herbert Marshall Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1-9-56 "The Todd Matter" (Part 1 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, August 12 7 p.m. The Saint 9-10-50 "The Horrible Hamburger" w/ Vincent Price Jack Benny (Part 1) 10-17-48 "Sorry, Wrong Number" w/ Jack & Guest: Barbara Stanwyck 8 p.m.: Jack Benny (Part 2) Nick Carter, Master Detective 8-2-43 "Murder in the Crypt" w/ Lon Clark 9 p.m. Gunsmoke 9-20-52 "Drop Dead" w/ William Conrad Our Miss Brooks Part 1 7-24-49 "Pensacola Popovers" w/Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Richard Crenna and Jeff Chandler Sunday, August 12 4AM Our Miss Brooks (Part 2) Philo Vance Detective 7-20-48 "Merry Murder Case" w/ Jackson Beck 11 p.m. The Shadow 1-26-41 "Ghost of Caleb MacKenzie" w/ Bill Johnstone Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1-10-56 "The Todd Matter" (Part 2 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, August 19 7 p.m. Nightbeat 5-15-50 "The Night Watchman" w/ Frank Lovejoy Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show Part 1 1-2-49 "Phil is Drafted" w/ Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis and Walter Tetley 8 p.m. Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show (Part 2) Cavalcade of America 8-7-44 "Walk in the Sun" w/Frank Lovejoy & Everett Sloane 9 p.m. Richard Diamond, Private Detective 7-2-49 "Hat & No Body" w/ Dick Powell Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 1) 3-10-42 "Fibber Builds a Footstool" w/ Jim & Marian Jordan 10 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly (Part 2) Dragnet 4-3-52 "The Big Streetcar" w/ Jack Webb and Ben Alexander 11 p.m. Suspense 7-20-44 "Of Maestro and Men" w/ Peter Lorre Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1-11-56 "The Todd Matter" (Part 3 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, August 26 7 p.m. Gangbusters 1940's "The Rumbold Vault Robbery" Burns & Allen (Part 1) 11-27-47 "French Singer" w/ George Burns & Gracie Allen 8 p.m.: Burns & Allen (Part 2) The Third Man 1952 'The Swindle" w/ Orson Welles 9 p.m.: The Lone Ranger 1-21-49 "The Black Box" w/Brace Beemer and John Todd The Abbott & Costello Show (Part 1) 1-6-44 w/Bud Abbott & Lou Costello and Guest: Judy Canova 10 p.m.: Abbott & Costello (Part 2) Boston Blackie 9-10-46 "Marked For Murder" w/Dick Kollmar, Jan Minor and Maurice Tarplin 11 p.m.: The Shadow 2-23-41 "Chess Club Murders" w/ Bill Johnstone Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1-12-56 "The Todd Matter" (Part 4 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Here's what's coming up on When Radio Was... September 2001: Sunday, September 2 7 p.m.: The Green Hornet 6-21-41 "Walkout for Profit" w/ Al Hodge My Favorite Husband (Part 1) 10-23-48 "Quiz Show" w/ Lucille Ball & Richard Denning, with Gale Gordon and Frank Nelson 8 p.m.: My Favorite Husband (Part 2) The Falcon 7-24-52 "Broken Key" w/Les Damon 9 p.m.: Have Gun, Will Travel 11-30-58 "Foot to Wickenburg" w/ John Dehner The Fred Allen Show (Part 1) 3-10-46 w/Fred Allen and all his gang and guest: Carmen Miranda 10 p.m.: Fred Allen Show (Part 2) Michael Shayne, Detective 11-12-46 "The Party" w/Wally Mahr 11 p.m.: Suspense 7-27-44 "The Black Shawl" w/Maureen O'Sullivan Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1-13-56 "The Todd Matter" (Part 5 of 5) w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, September 9 7 p.m.: Richard Diamond Private Detective 9-24-49 “$200,000 Loot – Secret Plans” w/ Dick Powell Duffy’s Tavern Part 1 2-22-44 w/ Guest: Phil Baker “Take It or Leave It Quiz Show” w/Ed Gardner 8 p.m.: Duffy’s Tavern Part 2 The Whistler 10-2-44 “Not If I Kill You First” w/ Bill Foreman 9 p.m.: Dimension X 5-6-50 “Knock” w/ Arnold Moss & Luis Van Rooten Charlie McCarthy Show Part 1 10-21-45 w/ Guest: Fred Allen 10 p.m.: Charlie McCarthy Show Part 2 Philo Vance Detective 6-14-49 “Combination Murder Case” w/ Jackson Beck 11 p.m.: The Shadow 3-16-41 “Ghost Walks Again” w/ Bill Johnstone The Beulah Show 2-3-54 “Beulah Becomes a Writer” w/ Amanda Randolph Sunday, September 16 7 p.m.: Gunsmoke 9-27-52 “The Railroad” w/ William Conrad and Parley Baer Jack Benny Part 1 10-24-48 “Colman’s over for Dinner” w/Jack & Ronald & Benita Colman 8 p.m.: Jack Benny Part 2 I Was A Communist for the F.B.I. 2-4-53 “The Sleeper” w/Dana Andrews 9 p.m.: Escape 10-22-47 “The Fall of the House of Usher” w/ Paul Frees Father Knows Best Part 1 1-12-50 “Elusive Card Game” w/ Robert Young 10 p.m.: Father Knows Best Part 2 The Green Hornet 7-5-41 “Murder Across the Board” w/ Al Hodge 11 p.m.: Suspense 8-31-44 “The Black Path of Fear” w/ Brian Donlevy Challenge of the Yukon 9-10-43 #300 “The Tell-Tale Bullet” w/ Jay Michael as "Sgt. Preston" Sunday, September 23 7 p.m.: Adventures of Philip Marlowe 1-15-49 “The Black Halo” w/ Gerald Mohr Burns & Allen Part 1 5-9-46 w/ Guest: Harpo Marx 8 p.m.: Burns & Allen Part 2 Box Thirteen 5-1-49 “Much Too Lucky” w/ Alan Ladd 9 p.m.: Gangbusters 1940’s “The Park Avenue Pilferers” w/ Arnold Moss Baby Snooks & Daddy Part 1 5-1-51 “Report Card Blues” w/ Fanny Brice and Hanley Stafford 10 p.m.: Baby Snooks & Daddy Part 2 This Is Your F.B.I.12-15-50 “Jungle Killer” w/ Stacy Harris and Bill Woodson 11 p.m.: The Shadow 11-8-42 “Wailing Corpse” w/ Bill Johnstone The Unexpected 5-30-48 “The Cripple” w/ Marjorie Reardon Sunday, September 30 7 p.m.: Dragnet 4-10-52 “The Big Show” w/ Jack Webb and Ben Alexander Abbott & Costello Part 1 12-16-43 w/ Guest: Lynn Bari 8 p.m.: Abbott & Costello Part 2 Nick Carter, Master Detective 9-27-43 “The Glass Coffin” w/ Lon Clark 9 p.m.: The Lone Ranger 1-24-49 “Matilda’s Kittens” w/ Brace Beemer and John Todd Fibber McGee & Molly Part 1 3-24-42 “Fibber Writes a Song” w/ Jim & Marian Jordan 10 p.m.: Fibber McGee & Molly Part 2 Tales of the Texas Rangers 8-5-50 “Quick Silver” w/ Joel McCrea 11 p.m.: Suspense 9-7-44 “Voyage Through Darkness” w/ Olivia DeHaviland The Couple Next Door 1-2-58 “Kendalls are Suing” w/ Peg Lynch & Alan Bunce Sunday, October 7 7 pm: Dragnet 11-2-50 “The Big Church” w/ Jack Webb Vic and Sade Part 1 7-4-46 “The Women’s Auxiliary” w/ Art Van Harvey & Bernadine Flynn 8 p.m.: Vic and Sade Part 2 Black Museum 1952 “The Champagne Glass” w/ Orson Welles 9 p.m.: Have Gun, Will Travel 12-7-58 “Ella West” w/ John Dehner Life With Luigi Part 1 6-26-49 “Life Insurance Policy” w/ J. Carroll Naish 10 p.m.: Life With Luigi Part 2 Richard Diamond Private Detective 4-5-50 “The Ivory Statue” w/ Dick Powell 11 p.m.: Sunday, October 7 5AM The Shadow 2-28-43 “Touch of Death” w/ Bill Johnstone Strange Dr. Weird 11-28-44 “Murder Comes Home” w/ Maurice Tarplin Sunday, October 14 7 p.m.: Casey, Crime Photographer 9-5-46 “The Handkerchief” w/ Staats Cottsworth Fibber McGee & Molly Part 1 4-7-42 “Cleaning Closet for Scrap Drive” w/ Jim & Marian Jordan 8 p.m.: Sunday, October 14 2AM Fibber McGee & Molly Part 2 The Six Shooter 9-27-53 “The Coward” w/ James Stewart 9 p.m.: The Lone Ranger 1-26-49 “Choctaw Pass” w/ Brace Beemer and John Todd Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show Part 1 1-9-49 “Lost Ring” w/ Phil Harris & Alice Faye 10 p.m.: Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show Part 2 Mercury Summer Theatre 6-7-46 “Around the World in 80 Days” w/ Orson Welles 11 p.m.: Suspense 2-16-43 “In Fear & Trembling” Vic & Sade 10-31-41 “Broken Alarm Clocks” w/ Art Van Harvey & Bernadine Flynn Sunday, October 21 7 p.m.: Broadway Is My Beat 11-5-49 “Mei Ling” w/ Larry Thor Jack Benny Part 1 10-31-48 “Trick or Treat” w/ Jack & Ronald & Benita Colman 8 p.m.: Jack Benny Part 2 Boston Blackie 9-17-46 “The Rental Racket” w/ Dick Kollmar and Maurice Tarplin 9 p.m.: Nick Carter, Master Detective 10-18-43 “State Prison Evidence” w/ Lon Clark Burns & Allen Part 1 5-25-43 “George for School Board of Beverly Hills” w/ George Burns & Gracie Allen 10 p.m.: Burns & Allen Part 2 Mysterious Traveler 2-16-44 “Accusing Corpse” w/ Maurice Tarplin 11 p.m.: The Shadow 10-3-43 “The Crystal Globe” w/ Bret Morrison Bill Stern, Sports Newsreel 11-1-43 w/ Guest: Lou Little Sunday, October 28 7 p.m.: Murder at Midnight 8-18-47 “Black Swan” w/ Raymond Morgan Our Miss Brooks Part 1 7-31-49 “Connie Threatens to Quit” w/ Eve Arden 8 p.m.: Our Miss Brooks Part 2 Creeps By Night 1944 “The Strange Burial of Alexander Jordan” w/ Edmund Gwenn 9 p.m.: The Whistler 10-16-44 “Tale the Dead Man Told” w/ Bill Foreman Great Gildersleeve Part 1 10-31-51 “Halloween Show – Lost Boy” w/ Willard Waterman 10 p.m.: Great Gildersleeve Part 2 Escape 10-29-47 “Pollack the Porrah Man” w/ Barton Yarborough 11 p.m.: Suspense 10-26-44 “The Nightman” w/ Virginia Bruce Strange Dr. Weird 12-12-44 “The Man Who Talked to Death” w/ Maurice Tarplin Sunday, November 4 7 p.m.: Hermit’s Cave 1942 “The House with a Past” w/ Mel Johnson Ozzie & Harriet Part 1 10-31-48 “Haunted House” w/ Ozzie & Harriet Nelson 8 p.m.: Ozzie & Harriet Part 2 Lights Out! 12-15-42 “Knock at the Door” w/ Arch Oboler 9 p.m.: Inner Sanctum 11-12-45 “The Wailing Wall” w/ Boris Karloff My Favorite Husband Part 1 10-28-49 “Halloween Surprise Party” w/ Lucille Ball & Richard Denning 10 p.m.: Sunday, December 16 1AM Damon Runyon Theatre 11-28-50 “Dancin’ Dan’s Christmas” w/ John Brown Fibber McGee & Molly Part 1 12-23-52 “Doc’s Surprise Party” w/ Jim & Marian Jordan Sunday, December 16 2AM Fibber McGee & Molly Part 2 12-23-52 “Doc’s Surprise Party” w/ Jim & Marian Jordan Suspense 12-17-61 “Yuletide Miracle” w/ Larry Haines Sunday, December 16 3AM Screen Guild Theatre 12-24-39 “Blue Bird” w/ Shirley Temple Red Skelton Show Part 1 12-24-46 “Red’s Xmas Book of Satire” w/ Red Skelton Sunday, December 16 4AM Red Skelton Show Part 2 12-24-46 “Red’s Xmas Book of Satire” w/ Red Skelton This Is Your F.B.I. 12-21-50 “The Return of St. Nick” w/ Stacy Harris Sunday, December 16 5AM The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 12-24-45 “The Night Before Christmas” w/ Basil Rathbone Vic & Sade 8-6-42 “Christmas Cards w/ Art Van Harvey & Bernadine Flynn Sunday, December 23 1AM The Return of Nick Carter 12-25-43 “Nick Carter’s Christmas Adventure w/ Lon Clark My Friend Irma Part 1 12-20-48 “Irma’s Christmas Party” w/ Marie Wilson Sunday, December 23 2AM My Friend Irma Part 2 12-20-48 “Irma’s Christmas Party” w/ Marie Wilson Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 12-23-56 “Missing House Matter” w/ Bob Bailey Sunday, December 23 3AM Dragnet 12-21-50 “.22 Rifle for Christmas” w/ Jack Webb Jack Benny Part 1 12-24-39 “Christmas Open House at Jack’s House” w/ Jack Benny Sunday, December 23 4AM Jack Benny Part 2 12-24-39 “Christmas Open House at Jack’s House” w/ Jack Benny Boston Blackie 12-22-48 Stolen Rings at Christmas Time” w/ Dick Kollmar Sunday, December 23 5AM Suspense 12-21-50 “Christmas for Carole” w/ Dennis Day Guest Star 12-25-49 w/ Frank Sinatra & Dorothy Kirsten w/ Jeff Alexander’s Orchestra Sunday, December 30 1AM Screen Director’s Playhouse 12-23-49 “Miracle on 34th Street” w/ Edmund Gwenn Great Gildersleeve Part 1 12-24-44 “Christmas Eve” w/ Hal Peary Sunday, December 30 2AM Great Gildersleeve Part 2 12-24-44 “Christmas Eve” w/ Hal Peary Theatre Royale 12-24-53 “A Christmas Carol” w/ Laurence Olivier Sunday, December 30 3AM The Green Hornet 11-17-46 “Chain of Evidence” w/ Robert Hall Our Miss Brooks Part 1 1-1-50 “New Year’s Eve” w/ Eve Arden Sunday, December 30 4AM Our Miss Brooks Part 2 1-1-50 “New Year’s Eve” w/ Eve Arden X Minus One 10-3-57 “The Wind is Rising” w/ Les Damon Sunday, December 30 5AM The Shadow 10-20-46 “Blood Money” w/ Bret Morrison Bill Stern, Sports Newsreel 12-30-49 w/ Guest: Morton Downey Sunday, January 6 1AM Box Thirteen 1-17-49 “Speed to Burn” w/ Alan Ladd Charlie McCarthy Show Part 1 4-4-48 w/ Guests: Barbara Bel Geddes & Rudy Vallee & Ken Murray Sunday, January 6 2AM Charlie McCarthy Show Part 2 4-4-48 w/ Guests: Barbara Bel Geddes, Rudy Vallee & Ken Murray / Dragnet 2-8-53 The Big Press w/ Jack Webb Sunday, January 6 3AM The Green Hornet 10-5-46 The Wrapped Book w/ Robert Hall / The Jack Benny Program Part 1 9-25-49 w/ guests Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Red Skelton & Amos ‘n’ Andy Sunday, January 6 4AM The Jack Benny Program Part 2 9-25-49 w/ guests Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Red Skelton & Amos ‘n’ Andy / Boston Blackie 7-14-44 Star of the Nile w/ Chester Morris Sunday, January 6 5AM Suspense 9-30-42 One Hundred in the Dark w/ Frank Readick / Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 4/11/46 Ned’s Wife w/ Jay Michael Sunday, January 13 1AM The Saint 9-18-49 Schizophrenic Psychiatrist w/ Vincent Price / The Burns & Allen Show Part 1 1-18-44 Guests: William Bendix and Herbert Marshall Sunday, January 13 2AM The Burns & Allen Show Part 2 1-18-44 Guests: William Bendix and Herbert Marshall / Gangbusters 1930’s The Tennessee Triggermen Sunday, January 13 3AM Casey, Crime Photographer 12-4-47 Serpent Goddess w/ Staats Cottsworth / The Great Gildersleeve Part 1 2-23-49 Taking up singing w/ Hal Peary Sunday, January 13 4AM The Great Gildersleeve Part 2 2-23-49 Taking up singing w/ Hal Peary / Escape 12-13-49 Bordertown w/ Jack Webb Sunday, January 13 5AM The Shadow 12-20-38 Hounds in the Hills w/ Orson Welles / The Strange Dr. Weird 5-15-45 Revenge from the Grave w/ Maurice Tarplin Sunday, January 20 1AM Gunsmoke 4-26-52 Billy w/ William Conrad / Fibber McGee & Molly Part 1 4-18-39 Molly wants a budget w/ Jim & Marian Jordan Sunday, January 20 2AM Fibber McGee & Molly Part 2 4-18-39 Molly wants a budget w/ Jim & Marian Jordan / Academy Award Theatre 7-24-46 Foreign Correspondent w/ Joseph Cotten Sunday, January 20 3AM Lights Out 7-27-46 Battle of the Magicians / The Red Skelton Show Part 1 10-7-41 Satire on law enforcement Sunday, January 20 4AM The Red Skelton Show Part 2 10-7-41 Satire on law enforcement / Pat Novak, For Hire 8-3-47 Gambling Ring w/ Ben Morris Sunday, January 20 5AM Suspense 11-10-42 Will You Make A Bet With Death w/ Ted de Corsia / The Unexpected 1948 Jailbreak w/ Barry Sullivan Sunday, January 27 1AM Mr. District Attorney ‘1950S Case of the Desert Killer / The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show Part 1 1-5-47 w/ guest Charles Boyer Sunday, January 27 2AM The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show Part 2 1-5-47 w/ guest Charles Boyer / Tales of the Texas Rangers 1-7-51 Dead Head Freight w/ Joel McCrae Sunday, January 27 3AM Pete Kelly’s Blues 8-29-51 Shy Woman w/ Jack Webb / Duffy’s Tavern Part 1 6-8-45 Guest: Jinx Falkenberg w/ Ed Gardner Sunday, January 27 4AM Duffy’s Tavern Part 2 6-8-45 Guest: Jinx Falkenberg w/ Ed Gardner / Calling All Cars 3-17-39 Flight to the Desert Sunday, January 27 5AM The Shadow 12-12-37 Death Triangle w/ Orson Welles / Bill Stern, Sports Newsreel 1-29-53 Guest: Jerry Colonna Sunday, February 3 1AM The Lone Ranger 7-5-54 Young Investigator w/ Brace Beemer / The Stan Freberg Show Part 1 7-14-57 (Program 1 of 15) Sunday, February 3 2AM The Stan Freberg Show Part 2 7-14-57 (Program 1 of 15) / The Whistler 4-1-46 Three Times a Sinner Sunday, February 3 3AM Dangerous Assignment 7-26-50 Elusive Guerrillas w/ Brian Donlevy / The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Part 1 8-12-45 Vase problem Sunday, February 3 4AM The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Part 2 8-12-45 Vase problem / This Is Your FBI 3-14-47 Fugitive Pirate w/ Stacy Harris Sunday, February 3 5AM Suspense 12-9-43 The Night Reveals w/ Robert Young and Margo / Blackstone the Magic Detective 1-23-49 Phantom Intermezzo Sunday, February 10 1AM The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 10-20-50 Stamped for Murder w/ Sydney Greenstreet / The Burns & Allen Show Part 1 11-2-43 w/ guest, Jack Benny Sunday, February 10 2AM The Burns & Allen Show Part 2 11-2-43 w/ guest, Jack Benny / The Screen Guild Players 7-2-45 Standing Room Only w/ Ray Milland Sunday, February 10 3AM Have Gun, Will Travel 12-27-59 About Face w/ John Dehner / The Abbott & Costello Show Part 1 3-1-45 w/ guest, Frank Sinatra Sunday, February 10 4AM The Abbott & Costello Show Part 2 3-1-45 w/ guest, Frank Sinatra / X Minus One 12-12-57 Haunted Corpse w/ Edgar Staley Sunday, February 10 5AM The Shadow 2-27-38 Plot Murder w/ Orson Welles / Vic & Sade 12-7-42 Miss Nagle wants to break up Lee street w/ Art Van Harvey & Bernadine Flynn Sunday, February 17 1AM Dragnet 2-22-53 The Big Smoke w/ Jack Webb / The Life of Riley Part 1 2-6-44 Riley rents a house w/ William Bendix Sunday, February 17 2AM The Life of Riley Part 2 2-6-44 Riley rents a house w/ William Bendix / Big Town 12-01-48 Lost and Found w/ Edward Pawley Sunday, February 17 3AM The Lone Ranger 7-7-54 Mysterious Mission w/ Brace Beemer / The Jack Benny Program Part 1 10-2-49 First show for CBS w/ Jack and all his gang Sunday, February 17 4AM The Jack Benny Program Part 2 10-2-49 First show for CBS w/ Jack and all his gang / The Mysterious Traveler 5-2-50 S.O.S. w/ Maurice Tarplin Sunday, February 17 5AM Suspense 1-13-44 Dime A Dance w/ Lucille Ball / The Couple Next Door 2-10-58 House for sale w/ Peg Lynch Sunday, February 24 1AM Gunsmoke 11-29-52 Kitty w/ William Conrad / Fibber McGee & Molly Part 1 1-11-44 1943 Income Tax Return w/ Jim & Marian Jordan Sunday, February 24 2AM Fibber McGee & Molly Part 2 1-11-44 1943 Income Tax Return w/ Jim & Marian Jordan / Nightbeat 4-10-50 I Know Your Secret w/ Frank Lovejoy Sunday, February 24 3AM Box Thirteen 11-21-48 Diamond in the Sky w/ Alan Ladd / The Great Gildersleeve Part 1 5-17-42 An old college chum Visits w/ Hal Peary Sunday, February 24 4AM The Great Gildersleeve Part 2 5-17-42 An old college chum Visits w/ Hal Peary / Escape 1-17-48 Leinengen vs. the Ants w/ William Conrad Sunday, February 24 5AM The Shadow 12-21-39 The Cat That Killed w/ Bill Johnstone / The Bickersons 1940’s w/ Don Ameche & Frances Langford Sunday, March 3 1AM Let George Do It 5-14-46 The First Client w/ Bob Bailey / The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show Part 1 11-6-49 Harry Hart TV pilot w/ Phil Harris and Alice Faye Sunday, March 3 2AM The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show Part 2 11-6-49 Harry Hart TV pilot w/ Phil Harris and Alice Faye / Tales of the Texas Rangers 3-18-51 Death By Adoption w/ Joel McCrea Sunday, March 3 3AM Rocky Jordan 11-6-49 Black Ball w/ Jack Moyles / The Stan Freberg Show Part 1 7-21-57 (Program 2 of 15) Sunday, March 3 4AM The Stan Freberg Show Program Part 2 7-21-57 (Program 2 of 15) / Broadway Is My Beat 7-28-49 The Paul Thomas Case w/ Larry Thor Friday 3-1 SUSPENSE THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR W/ BRIAN DONLEVY YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE CRONIN MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 1 OF 5 Monday 3-4 GUNSMOKE KENTUCKY TOLMANS W/ WILLIAM CONRAD THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE POT ROAST FOR DINNER W/ HAL PEARY PART 1 Tuesday 3-5 THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE POT ROAST FOR DINNER W/ HAL PEARY PART 2 NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE MURDER GOES TO COLLEGE W/ LON CLARK Wednesday 3-6 RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE LELAND L. LEEDS AND THE KING TUT IDOL W/ DICK POWELL THE LUM AND ABNER SHOW BULLDOGGING LUM W/ CHESTER LAUCK AND NORRIS GOFF PART 1 Thursday 3-7 THE LUM AND ABNER SHOW BULLDOGGING LUM W/ CHESTER LAUCK AND NORRIS GOFF PART 2 TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS DEATH IN THE CARDS W/ JOEL MCCREA Friday 3-8 THE SHADOW REVENGE IS MURDER W/ BRET MORRISON YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE CRONIN MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 2 OF 5 Monday 3-11 DIMENSION X THE POTTERS OF FIRSK W/ WENDELL HOLMES THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST PAUL HENREID PART 1 Tuesday 3-12 THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST PAUL HENREID PART 2 DRAGNET THE BIG DREAM W/ JACK WEBB Wednesday 3-13 THE DAMON RUNYON THEATRE BUTCH MINDS THE BABY W/ JOHN BROWN LIFE WITH LUIGI PIETRO NEEDS AN OVERCOAT W/ J. CARROLL NAISH PART 1 Thursday 3-14 LIFE WITH LUIGI PIETRO NEEDS AN OVERCOAT W/ J. CARROLL NAISH PART 2 THE GREEN HORNET KILLER CARSON W/ ROBERT HALL Friday 3-15 SUSPENSE WEEKEND SPECIAL DEATH W/ AGNES MOOREHEAD YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE CRONIN MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 3 OF 5 Monday 3-18 THE FALCON THE CASE OF THE AMOROUS BOOKKEEPER W/ LES DAMON THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM VIOLIN LESSON W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 1 Tuesday 3-19 THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM VIOLIN LESSON W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 2 LIGHTS OUT DEATH ROBBERY W/ BORIS KARLOFF Wednesday 3-20 THE WHISTLER TERROR STRICKEN W/ BILL FORMAN THE LIFE OF RILEY BABS ELOPES WITH SIMON W/ WILLIAM BENDIX PART 1 Thursday 3-21 THE LIFE OF RILEY BABS ELOPES WITH SIMON W/ WILLIAM BENDIX PART 2 THE CISCO KID SECRET MISSION W/ JACK MATHER Friday 3-22 THE SHADOW EVIL IN THE HOUSE W/ BRET MORRISON YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE CRONIN MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 4 OF 5 Monday 3-25 FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY FISH DINNER W/ JIM AND MARIAN JORDAN PART 1 THE SIX SHOOTER RINK LARKIN W/ JAMES STEWART Tuesday 3-26 FIBBER MCGEE AND MOLLY FISH DINNER W/ JIM AND MARIAN JORDAN PART 2 THIS IS YOUR FBI THE CURIOUS FISHERMAN W/ STACY HARRIS Wednesday 3-27 THE LONE RANGER TROUBLE AT THE RAFTER H W/ BRACE BREEMER THE STAN FREBERG SHOW (PROGRAM 3 OF 15) PART 1 Thursday 3-28 THE STAN FREBERG SHOW (PROGRAM 3 OF 15) PART 2 BOLD VENTURE THE QUAN YEN STATUE W/ HUMPHREY BOGART AND LAUREN BACALL Friday 3-29 SUSPENSE THE DARK TOWER W/ ORSON WELLES YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE CRONIN MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 5 OF 5 (CONCLUSION) Sunday, April 14 3AM TARZAN BLACK IVORY W/ LAMONT JOHNSON LIFE WITH LUIGI COLD SEASON W/ J. CARROLL NAISH PART 1 Sunday, April 14 4AM LIFE WITH LUIGI COLD SEASON W/ J. CARROLL NAISH PART 2 THE SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS PARDON MY PAST W/ JOHN HODIAK Sunday, April 14 5AM CALLING ALL DETECTIVES THE SHADOW DEATH RIDES A BROOMSTICK W/ BILL JOHNSTONE Sunday, April 21 1AM THE BLACK MUSEUM THE JACKET W/ ORSON WELLES THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST WILLIAM POWELL ALLEN PART 1 Sunday, April 21 2AM THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST WILLIAM POWELL ALLEN PART 2 PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE MARCIA HALPERN W/ JACK WEBB Sunday, April 21 3AM GUNSMOKE DOC QUITS W/ WILLIAM CONRAD THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM QUIZ KIDS VS JELLO KIDS W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 1 Sunday, April 21 4AM THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM QUIZ KIDS VS JELLO KIDS W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 2 BOX THIRTEEN LOOK PLEASANT PLEASE W/ ALAN LADD Sunday, April 21 5AM SUSPENSE THE KETTLER METHOD W/ GLORIA STUART SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON A SWILL O' GUNPOWDER W/ JAY MICHAEL Sunday, April 28 1AM DRAGNET THE BIG SCRAPBOOK W/ JACK WEBB THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE THREE ROLES IN THE TOWN'S PLAY PART 1 Sunday, April 28 2AM THE GREAT GILSERSLEEVE THREE ROLES IN THE TOWN'S PLAY PART 2 THE THIRD MAN CIGARETTES W/ ORSON WELLES Sunday, April 28 3AM THE LONE RANGER THE SHOW WAGONS W/ BRACE BEEMER THE STAN FREBERG SHOW (PROGRAM 4 OF 15) PART 1 Sunday, April 28 4AM THE STAN FREBERG SHOW (PROGRAM 4 OF 15) PART 2 GANGBUSTERS THE RUMBOLDT VAULT ROBBERY Sunday, April 28 5AM THE SHADOW VALLEY OF THE LIVING TERROR W/ BRET MORRISON THE STRANGE DR. WEIRD TIGER CAT W/ MAURICE TARPLIN Sunday, May 5 1AM THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE THE LONESOME REUNION W/ GERALD MOHR DUFFY'S TAVERN ARCHIE'S PHILOSOPHY W/ ED GARDNER PART 1 Sunday, May 5 2AM DUFFY'S TAVERN ARCHIE'S PHILOSOPHY W/ ED GARDNER PART 2 FRONTIER GENTLEMAN THE SHELTON BROTHERS W/ JOHN DEHNER Sunday, May 5 3AM THE FIRST NIGHTER PROGRAM REFRESHER COURSE W/ THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM KIT CARSON BENNY W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 1 Sunday, May 5 4AM THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM KIT CARSON BENNY W/ JACK AND ALL HIS GANG PART 2 I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI AMERICAN KREMLIN W/ DANA ANDREWS Sunday, May 5 5AM SUSPENSE THE SEARCH FOR HENRY LAFEVRE W/ PAUL MUNI YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE MCCORMICK MATTER W/ BOB BAILEY PART 1 OF 5 Sunday, May 12 1AM THE GREEN HORNET PAROLED FOR REVENGE W/ ROBERT HALL THE FRED ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST, GEORGE JESSEL PART 1 Sunday, May 12 2AM THE FRED ALLEN SHOW W/ GUEST, GEORGE JESSEL PART 2 STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD ASK THYSELF BRENDA JOYCE Sunday, May 12 3AM THE LONE RANGER BOOTS AND THE RODEO W/ BRACE BEEMER THE RED SKELTON SHOW W/ RED SKELTON PART 1 Sunday, May 12 4AM THE RED SKELTON SHOW W/ RED SKELTON PART 2 PHILO VANCE, DETECTIVE THUNDERING MURDER CASE W/ JACKSON BECK

Trivia question: Jan Minor played Boston Blackie's girlfriend "Mary Westley." What did Mary do for a living, and for extra credit, what character did Jan Minor immotalize on television in the 1970s? (The answer next month.)

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