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New spins on old classics: We are living in a new Golden Age of audio content, so it's time to combine the old with the new. We listen to a Radio Show from the 30's - 60's and make a modern version of our own. So this podcast has historical elements, mixed with comedy improv! Great content for everyone to enjoy! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/support
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SmorgShow Theater is a collection of classic, old-time radio dramas from the golden age of radio. Sit back and relax, turn off your lights and let us transport you to a world where your imagination takes over. If you have a favorite radio show that you would like to hear us present, email us at feedback@smorgshow.com. Check out Smorgasbord Radio (The SmorgShow Podcast) for more of our creative antics.
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In this sequel to last year's presentation, Book II of Golden Age of Radio: A Sterling Anthology sees Destiny Costa (host of Destiny Costa's Ditch Your Demons) sit down with the unfuckwithable Sterling Golden for his final career interview. This no-holds-barred discussion sees Sterling tell the unvarnished story of his 15-year career and beyond, fr…
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I am back! Jarod is also back!! This time HE brings ME some Doctor Who radio drama!!! In January 2007, a new series of Eighth Doctor audio adventures was broadcast on BBC7. These starred McGann alongside Sheridan Smith as a new companion named Lucie Miller. There were eight 50-minute episodes in total; the first and last stories were two-parters, a…
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This special presentation explores the decade-plus career of longtime independent radio personality Sterling Golden. Through an evening of boozy conversation, host Racine In the City (The Mayor's Lounge Show) sits down with Sterling as he reflects on his story to date, from overcoming years of depression, to his days as a nightclub DJ amid the "ind…
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Today is a combination of the Name Jarod, The Book of Mormon Musical, and Dramatized Radio Shows! Hallowed Journey tells the dramatized stories from the Book of Mormon. Created in 1975 these dramas tell 184 stories richly portrayed by over 100 actors, enhanced with full sound effects and music. They were released through Covenant Communications, a …
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This time I invite Conor on the show to dive into this "Post Golden Age" Radio Show! In 1974 long-time radio producer Himen Brown convinced CBS to green-light a new anthology of Radio Dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Radio Drama had been declared "dead" twelve years before. CBS Radio Mystery Theater was meant to appeal to an audience that remembe…
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My good friend Sid Sharma and I discuss this classic radio show. Although we recorded it during the pandemic, I also want to recognize the Black Lives Matter movement currently happening in the US and beyond our boarders. Sid says it best in this episode, "Fight the good fight!" I support BLM and my friends (and all people) of Color now and forever…
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Ruth called in and we had an amazing time! From fan, to guest, I am so happy we covered Dark Fantasy in a fun Ruth and Richard way! Dark Fantasy was a horror/ suspense thriller old time radio program that consisted of thirty-one short episodes that aired from November 21, 1941 until June 19, 1942 broadcasting from Station WKY in Oklahoma City. As o…
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Kelly is back again! She's here to discuss all aspects of the season! What worked well? What didn't? You will find out on this special Season Finale :-) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/support…
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Shannon Skyped in to the Pod and we had a blast getting into the Drama! Against the Storm is a radio daytime drama which had three separate runs over a 13-year period; the initial run was on the NBC Red Network from October 16, 1939, to December 25, 1942, with revivals of the series on Mutual from April 25 to October 21, 1949, and ABC from October …
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My good friend Cagney and I talk about the Original True Crime type show, Gang Busters! It is one of the earliest crime shows on radio, was created by actor-producer Phillips Lord. Deemed as the only radio program that featured authentic police cases, it debuted on NBC Radio on July 27, 1935, under the title G-Men and Lord himself as the narrator. …
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My awesome guest this week is Sarah Hanchar from the podcast, “Hi! I Think You're Nice!” It's a podcast where nice people talk about nice things. On this episode of my Podcast we talk about ABC Mystery Time, specifically an episode where death gathers round the card table at a local chapter of The Suicide Club. Each episode focuses on different baf…
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Ryan is my guest! We have a couple swears in the discussion, but other than that it's clean lol! The two of us are sheltered in our homes, so we were able to have a deep dive into the world of Archie Comics and we learned a lot!!! A direct spin-off of the popular teenage comic strip created by Bob Montana, Archive Andrews was one of the first wanti…
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Gretchen Lilly calls in, and we talk about the famous Annie! I love what commenters are already saying about Little Orphan Annie: These episodes are for those people who enjoy harkening back to a much more nostalgic time. However, since I was a child, I squirmed whenever I saw orphan Annie cartoons in the newspaper. I just could not bear to see tho…
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Dan Forman helps me go over the 4th Detective show in a row! It was a fun one. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a radio series featuring Raymond Chandler's private eye, Phillip Marlowe. Robert C. Reinehr and Jon D. Swartz, in their book, The A to Z of Old Time Radio, noted that the program differed from most others in its genre: "It was a more …
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OMG Kelly returns for a guest spot! We had a limited time together, so we made a Podcast! It's the 3rd in a line of Detective stories so we cover: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! Each story started with a phone call from an insurance adjuster, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim: a suspicious death, an attempted fraud, a missing person, o…
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Continuing in our line of Detectives, Eric Studer and I listen to The Falcon. It premiered on the American Blue Network in April 1943 and continued on the air till around September 1952. The introduction to the show began with "The Adventures of the Falcon." Then continuing with a ringing phone call to the Falcon, also known as Michael Waring, from…
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This episode actually references the Corona Virus effect. Jack is my special guest! Richard Diamond Private Detective is our show of choice! The series was unusual in that there are many episodes which featured hard-boiled fisticuffs and gunfights. Then the series shifts to Richard Diamond showing up at his girlfriend Helen Asher’s (Virginia Gregg)…
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My friend and I talk about a scary show! Also we have reference to a Cruise Ship, but it was recorded before Corona was causing havoc so that was a coincidental subject. NBC Presents: Short Story was a half-hour program offering dramatizations of contemporary American short stories by famed writers. It ran from 1951 to about 1953! If you like Edgar…
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Today's special guest is my good friend, Allison!!! We listen to: The Baby Snooks Show. It was an American radio program starring comedian and Ziegfeld Follies alumna Fanny Brice as a mischievous young girl who was 40 years younger than the actress who played her when she first went on the air. It's a fun one. --- Send in a voice message: https://p…
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My Guest today is Noah Bruckshen and we had a blast! My Friend Irma tells the story of a extremely dim-witted blonde stenographer named Irma Peterson, played by Marie Wilson, and the daily high-jinx that she gets into with her screwy friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/messageSupport this …
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Michael Pirkle is our special guest as we cover Space Patrol. The radio version ran from 4 October 1952 to 19 March 1955, for 129 episodes. The same cast performed on both shows. The writers, scripts, and directors were reused between the radio and TV incarnations, but the radio broadcasts were not limited by studio sets and became more expansive i…
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Season 3 is here! We have Minki Bai as a guest. A reviewer in Variety called Templeton "that perennial summer replacement favorite." His radio program, Alec Templeton Time was first broadcast from 1939 to 1941, returning in 1943 and 1946–47. It was sometimes known as The Alec Templeton Show. It was fun to discuss and improvise our own version! --- …
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Kelly and I did it! Season 2 finished at last!!! You have to listen to see what we are doing for Season 3! We are grateful to our listeners and their support! :-) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/richard-templeman/support…
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Today we welcome guest host Dhira Brown to the show!!! We cover a Western series based on her suggestion. Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series was rated number three or number four in the Nielse…
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We have Jacob Chapman back on the show!!! This week we are talking about Our Miss Brooks. It was an American situation comedy starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952-56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. In 19…
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New year, New decade (really) so the time for a new Old Time Radio tale for us is in order. Kelly and I listen to Escape!!! It aired 1947 - 1954 "Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you… Escape!" One of radio's greatest series of high adventure, the radio show Escape will t…
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In todays special Holiday Episode, not only do we have a great guest star: Austin, but we cover the December 24th episode of The Jack Benny Program! The show starred no less than Jack Benny himself, and was a comedy series than went on-air for more than 30 years in both radio and television. It premiered on NBC Blue on May 2, 1932, and had its last…
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We welcome Jacob Chapman to the show as a guest star as we cover The Zero Hour! Chosen by the Mutual Broadcasting system for having a theme of tales of mystery, adventure and suspense, it was a 1973 to 1974 two-season radio drama anthology series hosted and scripted by Rod Serling and produced by JM Kholos. The series used old top radio stars such …
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We cover Dragnet and this is our first Crime Genre! This series was broadcasted from June 3, 1949 to February 26, 1957 on NBC at various times and days, starring Dragnet starred Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Various partners throughout the show's run were Sergeant Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and Office…
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Kelly and I are back at it again! It is a special one too! "Five Minute Mysteries" was broadcast on the MBS (Mutual Broadcasting System) from 08-10-1947 thru to 03-27-1950. Listening carefully to every word spoken about these terrific (but brief) mysteries was essential, as each mystery was very well written. We have a fun version of our own to off…
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The Saint was a radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character described as a Robin Hood type person who, in his attempt to help people, remained just one step ahead of the police and crooks—both of whom he combatted. It was created by author Leslie Charteris. As the program's introduction said, The Saint who's alias is Simo…
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We cover the iconic Shadow Radio Show! The program, loosely adapted from the popular pulp magazine series, told the story of Lamont Cranston, a wealthy young man-about-town who used his hypnotic powers to cloud men's minds so that they could not see him, fighting crime as an Invisible Avenger known only as The Shadow. --- Send in a voice message: h…
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We cover a new (to me) show called Theatre Five. It was a radio drama series, presented by ABC between 1964 and 1965. The series used an anthology format, presented a number of short (20-minute) radio plays, across a number of genres, a number of which reflected topical issues contemporary with its airing. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https:…
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Today we go Sci-Fi with X Minus One! This is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 on NBC. It is well known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era! X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American ra…
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Our first ever guest star is introduced, who is it? Why it is Bennett Lewis and he's amazing! As expected, we have another great episode and this week we cover: The Unexpected! This was actually a 15-minute terror melodrama that aired in 1958. It featured weird stories with very unexpected twists, hence the title. The goal was to shock the listener…
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We listen to a different episode of Old Time Radio days, and it is Suspense! In fact it was one of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, and subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills." The show focused on suspense-thriller type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. The formula for the show usually …
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We discuss an Old Time Radio Show and then make our own version! Our first episode covers the Radio Show: My Favorite Husband. It was first broadcast as a one-time special on CBS Radio on July 5, 1948. Their new series Our Miss Brooks had been delayed coming to the air, so to fill in the gap that week CBS aired the audition program (like a pilot) f…
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In our 11th installment of SmorgShow Theater, we re-enact ‘Knock at the Door’, which originally aired in 1942 on the ‘Lights Out’ radio drama series that centered around horror and the supernatural. This tale is narrated by Ella who describes her descent into madness – how she married a nice fellow and mama’s boy Jay who adores his mother to the po…
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We are so excited to finally present our latest radio play that we have been working on since August. Normally the SmorgShow players re-enact classic radio dramas, but in this episode, we aim to deliver something a bit different. This time, we present to you a radio adaptation of “Rope”, a 1948 American psychological crime thriller directed by Alfr…
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As we prepare for Christmas and to close out 2016, we present to you the 10th installment of SmorgShow Theater. "Letter from Cynthia" is a re-enactment of an episode from "The Whistler" old-time radio drama series. Originally aired on 12-25-1949, "Letter from Cynthia" finds a medical intern receiving a letter from a lost love, the love he lost to h…
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The SmorgShow players recreate the classic radio drama, "Sorry, Wrong Number" by Lucille Fletcher which originally aired on the Suspense radio program on May 25, 1943. Mrs. Stevenson is a spoiled, bedridden daughter of a millionaire. The telephone is her sole connection with the outside world. One day, while listening to what seems to be a crossed …
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This episode of the SmorgShow Podcast includes the latest installment of SmorgShow Theater where the SmorgShow Players re-enact Ray Bradbury’s classic short story, ‘The Ravine’. Written around 1936 during Mr. Bradbury’s formative high school years, ‘The Ravine’ emerged as a true story of his childhood fears of a dark, foreboding ravine that existed…
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This is a segment from episode #74 of the SmorgShow Podcast. This episode originally streamed live at exactly 100 years after the Titanic struck the iceberg. We travel back in time and take a special look at voyage of the RMS Titanic for this special 100th anniversary of that tragic night of April 14-15, 1912.Our special episode is chock full of fa…
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SmorgShow Theater is proud to present Frank Capra's classic, "It's a Wonderful Life" on the 65th anniversary of the original release. The main cast includes:Chris Bockay - George BaileyAlly Bockay - Narrator, The Bailey Kids, Tilly, Mrs. HatchKim Bockay - Mary Hatch-BaileyGeoff Wells - ClarenceDave Jackson - Joseph, Burt the Cop, Nick the Bartender…
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This holiday season we present our special production of “A Christmas Carol”, by Charles Dickens. We brought in a large cast of actors to play the many characters of the classic story. This was by far our most ambitious production which would not have been possible to pull together if we had not previously done the other old-time radio dramas from …
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SmorgShow Theater Presents Ray Bradbury’s ‘Zero Hour‘, originally broadcast on April 5, 1955 as a part of the Suspense radio series. Dave Jackson from the original Chris and Dave Smorgasbord radio show narrates this science fiction installment of SmorgShow Theater.It is a typical day in the New York home of the Morris family, and Mrs. Morris is bus…
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The SmorgShow Players return to the stage to present, “The Sisters” by George Wells." Originally broadcast in 1944, the story begins with the purchase of a coffin for someone who has not yet died. Lydia Haskell explains that she has had a premonition of her own death and wants to plan her own funeral arrangements. The mortician and the police don't…
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