Overview
Radio Spirits proudly presents 20 of the best old—time radio shows—selected by broadcasting legend, Walter Cronkite.Featuring an audio foreword by Mr. Cronkite, he shares with us the best episodes from Big Town, Gunsmoke, Dimension X, The Mercury Theater on the Air, The Shadow, Suspense, Dragnet, The Lone Ranger, The Eddie Cantor Show, and many others.
Delight in the infamous "War of the Worlds, "Abbott & Costello's hilarious "Who's on First?"routine, and Jack Benny's funny "Your Money or Your Life?"show. Abbott & Costello Show: Who's On First—4-17-47 Big Town: Death Rides The Highway with Edward G RobinsonBurns And Allen with Jack Benny—1-8-48 Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show: Mae West—12-12-37
Command Performance: Dick Tracy In B—Flat—2-15-45 Dimension X: Martian Chronicles—8-18-50 Dragnet: . 22 Rifle For Christmas with Jack Webb—12-22-49
Eddie Cantor Show: Guests Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Groucho Marx—6-9-43 Fibber McGee and Molly: I Can Get It For You Wholesale—12-9-41 Fred Allen Show: Guest Jack Benny—5-26-46 Gunsmoke: Photographer with William Conrad—5-6-56 Inner Sanctum: Shadow Of Death with Richard Widmark—10-2-45 Jack Benny Program: Your Money Or Your Life?—3-28-48 Lone Ranger: Origin of the Lone Ranger with Brace Beemer—6-30-48 Lux Radio Theatre: Jazz Singer with Al Jolson—6-2-47 Mercury Theatre: War Of The Worlds—10-30-38
The Saint: Corpse Said Ouch—8-6-50 The Shadow: Death House Rescue—9-26-37 Sherlock Holmes: The Laughing Lemur of Hightower Heath—10-26-47
Suspense: Sorry, Wrong Number with Agnes Moorehead—8-21-43