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Old Time Radio enthusiasts rejoice!

I found a great site with over 11 thousand episodes of 160 different OTR series. This is a treasure trove of nostalgia all on one site! The best part of it, it's free!

Now for those of you at work who may be bored and by a computer I urge you to check out the Old Time Radio Network.

I first got into OTR last summer when I was bored out of my skull and decided to look up nostalgia sites. I found one that had downloads of OTR shows and lots of great information. I was hooked right then and there.

Since i'm sure all my readers (the one or two of you out there) are like me and not old enough to remember or even know of this stuff I will reccomend some shows on the site I linked.

Comedy:

Amos n' Andy: I'm sure you've at least heard of the piss poor Sam Jackson/Nick Cage movie of the same name but this is a completely different show. It's about two down and out black guys who move to New York. The hijinks ensue from there. I know it's not politically correct these days to like this show but the humour is just very good. (tho I do cringe at times) Despite the fact that the show was done by two white guys they treated their characters with respect and the situations in the show are pretty universal.

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy: Charlie McCarthy is the ventriloquest (sp) doll made famous by Candice Bergen's father. It was a pretty amusing show with surprisingly sharp humour. Unfortunately this site only has 6 eps but I have an MP3 disc here with quite a few shows on it. There's an infamous adam and eve sketch that they did with Mae West that caused oodles of controversy. Thankfully that episode is on the site so I urge you to check that one out at least. W.C. Fields was also a great guest on that show as he and Charlie would insult each other to no end.

Fibber McGee and Molly: Another great show from the golden days. This started off as more of a slice of life program that evolved into a comedy. Fibber McGee would always find himself in a pickle due to his blustery nature and telling "small" fibs at times. The two enduring parts of the show was Fibber McGee's closet which he'd open and tons of stuff would fall all over him without fail. The other enduring thing about the show was The Great Gildersleeve which leads into my next comedy pick....

The Great Gildersleeve: This was a spinoff of Fibber McGee and Molly and it was just as popular, if not more so then the original show. Gildersleeve is the epitome of the guy with bravado, bluster and overconfidence that always gets busted. You have to hear this show to believe it. I've heard some episodes where I actually had a long 1-2 minute laugh.


I think that'll be all for tonight. I will do more comedy picks tomorrow and eventually we'll go through crime/mystery shows and lastly westerns.