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Best of Old Time Radio 66 PreShow and Ceremony 1943 Academy Awards Mar 18, 2009

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Pre-Show and Ceremony for the Academy Awards 1943

Best of Old Time Radio 65 Informations Please Mar 11, 2009

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Information Please. May 17, 1938. Blue Network. Sustaining. The first show of the series. The first question is, "How many miles are there in a light year?" Irving Mansfield asks one of the questions from the audience. Clifton Fadiman (host), Bernard Jaffe (panelist), Marcus Duffield (panelist, columnist), Harry Overstreet (panelist, Professor of Philosophy, City College), Franklin P. Adams, Irving Mansfield, Howard Claney (announcer).

Best of Old Time Radio 64 Allen Young Show in Alan Wants to be a Reporter Mar 03, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Alan Young Show Alan Young, an English born actor, learned the craft in Canada. He suffered from asthma as a young child and listened to a lot of radio while he was stuck at home. Young's first Canadian show was called Stag Party. He was virtually the entire show, but after asking for a raise (from $15/week), he was fired, but soon broke into American radio. His summer replacement show for Eddie Cantor was "routine situation comedy" laced with "rapid-fire gags." It leads to his new show and the same year he was signed for the Jimmy Durante Show in 1948. The Alan Young Show ran between 1944-1949, when it was canceled, Young toured the US comedy circuit with his bagpipes and jokes in hand. He had a hot and cold career on the radio and perhaps best known for his 1961-65 TV role of Wilbur Post, the man who talked to Mr. Ed, the talking horse. Alan Young had a supporting role in the 1960 film The Time Machine. Later Alan Young worked doing a voiceovers for the very Scottish Scrooge McDuck in the animated show, Duck Tales.

Best of Old Time Radio 63 Allen Young Show in Alan Writes an Opera Feb 24, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Alan Young Show 12/12/44Alan Young, an English born actor, learned the craft in Canada. He suffered from asthma as a young child and listened to a lot of radio while he was stuck at home. Young's first Canadian show was called Stag Party. He was virtually the entire show, but after asking for a raise (from $15/week), he was fired, but soon broke into American radio. His summer replacement show for Eddie Cantor was "routine situation comedy" laced with "rapid-fire gags." It leads to his new show and the same year he was signed for the Jimmy Durante Show in 1948. The Alan Young Show ran between 1944-1949, when it was canceled, Young toured the US comedy circuit with his bagpipes and jokes in hand. He had a hot and cold career on the radio and perhaps best known for his 1961-65 TV role of Wilbur Post, the man who talked to Mr. Ed, the talking horse. Alan Young had a supporting role in the 1960 film The Time Machine. Later Alan Young worked doing a voiceovers for the very Scottish Scrooge McDuck in the animated show, Duck Tales.

Best of Old Time Radio 62 Danny Kay Show, First Episode Feb 17, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Danny Kay Show, First Episode 1/6/45

Best of Old Time Radio 61 Eddie Arnold Feb 10, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Eddie Arnold 2/27/46

Best of Old Time Radio 60 Treasury Star Parade Feb 03, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Treasury Star Parade

Best of Old Time Radio 59 Academy Award Theater presents The Life of Louis Pasteur Jan 27, 2009

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Best of Old Time Radio presents Academy Award Theater production of The Life of Louis Pasteur