Comments on: Government Motors

By: Mongo

Mongo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:27:47 +0000

And say Sayonara to Pontiac.

PS Don’t forget Fibber McGee and Molly, Virg!

By: Mongo

Mongo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:25:31 +0000

I’m trying to get my head around Hummer going to the ChiComs. Sheesh!

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:19:42 +0000

SCOTTthe BADGER, QM, et al.@6.0-7.1

Yes, I grew up with radio like youse guys, and remember them all fondly. From Johnny Dollar, our Miss Brooks, Jack Benny and the Vault (bit worked MUCH better on radio) Amos & Andy–a fave, Sky King of SongBird fame, Sgt Preston, the Shadow, Whistler–the whole gang. Memories….. and yes, it DID develop the imagination in a way that TV cannot. I remember the Charlie MaCarthy episodes when he and Mortimer used to fix up an old tub washing machine as a sub and descend to the depths in a pond in the back yard–can’t do THAT easily on tv. Same for the little scamp “JR”. on Red Skeleton who tricked the Devil into getting locked in his Bdrm closet (when he came for Jr because he, JR, had been especially nasty and the Devil admired him so much) and wouldn’t let him out despite the Devil’s pleas! Can’t do THAT on TV! LOL!!

BTW, anybody here remember a GREAT radio 2min (with pm repeat) daily radio show spoof of 30s & 40s radio called “Chicken Man”? –The Great White Winged Warrior who, by day a mild-mannered shoe salesman named Benton Harbor, fights crime and/or evil (the “and/or” bit was really in there!) on the weekends as Chicken Man… It’s all on CD now, a great listen…124 episodes.

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:54:40 +0000

But at least Wile E seemed to actually know what he was doing, it was his choice of ACME that led to his downfall.

Not like the people in charge now, that seem to think that thier wanting an outcome will create the desired outcome.

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:49:45 +0000

By “The Fiddler”, did you mean, “The Whistler”? “For I walk by night, and I know many things”. I love Old Time Radio, I have all 27 years of Jack Benny on MP3 disks, and all of The Great Guildersleeve, and Fred Allen, as well. Great stuff.

By: Quartermaster

Quartermaster — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:18:48 +0000

When my father was one his second tour in Germany we used to listen to many of the old radio shows on AFN. Fibber and Mollie, X minus 1, The Fiddler, and a few Amos and Andy, among others. I liked those better than the TV programs we used to get when we lived near Kaiserslautern. When my father went PCS to Echterdingen Airfield, outside of Stuttgart, no US TV, so we fell back on the radio.

I think kids today really lose a lot by getting TV. I didn’t miss TV at all with the radio shows. The writers really had to work hard, and they did a good job of it.