DRAGNET & YOU BET YOUR LIFE
First up, on “Dragnet,” a movie set is the scene of a murder. Jack Webb’s Sergeant Friday hits the soundstage and talks with gaffers,...
Episode 001: Let's Take it From the Top
The Chronic Rift makes a comeback in 2018! (Why not? Everything else is. If American Idol can do it, why can’t we? Don’t answer that!)...
INFORMATION, PLEASE & THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM
For New Year’s, we sum up all of 1939. First it’s “Information Please” from January of that year. The guest is Alexander Wolcott, the...
THE BOB HOPE SHOW & THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
We present two Christmas-themed comedy programs this time. First up, on “The Bob Hope Show,” guest Gregory Peck debates with Bob about...
THE PHIL HARRIS/ALICE FAYE SHOW & GE COLLEGE QUIZ BOWL
Real-life bandleader for “The Jack Benny Show,” Phil Harris, and his wife, Alice Faye, had their own sitcom radio show during the 1940s –...