The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter Cronkite
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157019243X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 586 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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This collection also includes a wonderful audio foreword detailing the history of radio by Walter Cronkite.. You'll hear Orson Welles' legendary "War of the World's", Abbott and Costello's famous "Who's on First?" routine, Jack Benny's hilarious "Money or Your Life" show and many more oldtime radio favorites! This unparalleled collection includes a booklet containing rare photographs and a detailed history on each of the 60 greatest old-time radio shows of the 20th century and a foreword written by Walter Cronkite. It is with great pride that Radio Spirits has teamed with Walter Cronkite in selecting The 60 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows of the 20th century
This wonderful collection sets out to rectify that problem, offering 60 shows from that golden age of radio. Retro buffs will be delighted by the vintage radio ads that accompany the broadcasts. The advent of the VCR has made the movies of the 1930s and 1940s available to a contemporary audience, but radio shows from that era have remained elusive. These unbelievably enthusiastic pitches for cigarettes and hair tonics are fascinating, occasionally hilarious reminders that these were very different times: in one 1946 broadcast, Camel Cigarettes boasts of the cartons of smokes it donated to veterans' hospitals. (Running time: 30 hours, 20 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland. The collection also has tremendous historical cachet, providing an intriguing glimpse of the sensibilities of a bygone era. The range of entertainment--the set contains 20 hour
"Valuable living history" according to F. Behrens. Radio Spirits, Inc. is in the process of making available on tapes (and a few on CDs) to a video-oriented public just about every popular radio show of the century that will end on New Year's Eve of 2000. Not only is their catalogue bursting with individual programs, but they have boxed sets of 60 shows each on 20 cassettes packaged by type: science fiction, detective, comedy, and so on. Their latest offering in that format is titled -- and lest . Asap7"Five Stars" according to Asap72. Great. said Five Stars. Great. Four Stars ROBERT R. FOWLER GOOD