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Classic Radio Theater for May 17, 2021 Hour 1 - Irma in the New York Professional Women's Club? May 16, 2021

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My Friend Irma starring Marie Wilson, originally broadcast May 17, 1948, 73 years ago, New York Professional Women's Club. Jane has been accepted into the, "New York Professional Women's Club." Irma wants to be a member too.

Classic Radio Theater for May 17, 2021 Hour 2 - The ORIGINAL Radio Magazine from 1958 May 16, 2021

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Monitor, radio’s original magazine program, originally broadcast May 17, 1958 hosted by Peter Roberts and Walter Kiernan including Alex Dreier and Fibber McGee and Molly. Alex Dreier (from Chicago) comments on the South American recession and anti-Americanism. Miss Monitor gives a time check. Johnny Erp interviews a referee at the Indianapolis 500 about the use of signal flags. Fibber McGee tries to impress Teeny with his old army uniform. Ed Arnow interviews golfer Harvey Ward, Jr.

Classic Radio Theater for May 17, 2021 Hour 3 - Shoplifter in Culver City May 16, 2021

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Night Watch starring Donn Reid, originally broadcast May 17, 1954, The first call is about a shop-lifting suspect. A woman has been caught trying to steal shirts, and then is detained on a narcotics charge. A prowler is apprehended, but it turns out to be just a drunk. A suspect in a market stickup is interrogated. Also part 4 of the five- part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story the Medium Well Done Matter, originally broadcast May 17, 1956. The Medium well-done: appears!

Classic Radio Theater for May 16, 2021 Hour 1 - New York, A Tapestry For Radio by Norman Corwin May 15, 2021

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Columbia Presents Corwin, originally broadcast May 16, 1944, 77 years ago, New York, A Tapestry For Radio. A description of the world's greatest city at war. Martin Gable narrates the story by Norman Corwin.

Classic Radio Theater for May 16, 2021 Hour 2 - Will Gildy and Leila live in a haunted house? May 15, 2021

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The Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Peary, originally broadcast May 16, 1943, Haunted House. Leila has gotten the nesting instinct and thinks the Burton house would make an ideal home for the Gildersleeves! Also The Couple Next Door, originally broadcast May 16, 1960, Betsy Biting her Fingernails.

Classic Radio Theater for May 16, 2021 Hour 3 - Philo Vance and the Manicure Murder Case May 15, 2021

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Philo Vance starring Jackson Beck, originally broadcast May 16, 1950, The Manicure Murder Case. A scientist named Edgar Wilson has been shot and is dying. But first, he stops for a manicure! Also part 3 of the five-part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story the Medium Well Done Matter, originally broadcast May 16, 1956. A thing or two about a killer, and a medium not so well-done.

Classic Radio Theater for May 15, 2021 Hour 1 - The Black Art May 14, 2021

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast May 15, 1945, 76 years ago, The Black Art starring Simone Simon. A murderer about to be hanged is rescued by a woman with strange powers. This is the last program hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson.

Classic Radio Theater for May 15, 2021 Hour 2 - Chad Remington on the Open Range May 14, 2021

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Frontier Town starring Reed Hadley, originally broadcast May 15, 1953, Open Range. A Texan homesteader is defending himself again rancher Sy Davenport. On whose land has a fence been built? Also Lum n Abner, originally broadcast May 15, 1935, Squire Skimp heads to Chicago. Squire Skimp offers to help dispose of all the hogs...for a price!

Classic Radio Theater for May 15, 2021 Hour 3 - George Valentine and the Anthill May 14, 2021

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Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey and Virginia Gregg, originally broadcast May 15, 1950, The Anthill. A slot machine mechanic has been shot and is near death. Who is the secretive Mr. Black who is behind the slots? Also part 2 of the five-part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story the Medium Well Done Matter, originally broadcast May 15, 1956.

Classic Radio Theater for May 14, 2021 Hour 1 - Willard Waterman's Blue Alibi May 13, 2021

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The Whistler, originally broadcast May 14, 1950, 71 years ago, Blue Alibi. The wife of a city official tries to get him to break off with racketeers who have been paying him graft. Willard Waterman and William Conrad feature in the show.

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