Philip Marlowe “The Bum’s Rush” 9/3/49 Oldtime Radio Crime Drama The Adventures of Philip Marlowe came to Radio in the Summer of 1947 as a Pepsodent Program replacement for their wildly popular show starring Bob Hope and his ensemble. Both CBS and Pepsodent promoted the first nine programs to the maximum extent. In all likelihood as much to promote Van Heflin himself, as to keep The Pepsodent Program’s time slot nice and cozy for Bob Hope’s return in The Fall of 1947.
Posts from ‘January, 2012’
Pulped! The New Pulp Podcast interviews Paul Bishop : SFFaudio
“Join Hosts Tommy Hancock and Derrick Ferguson as they discuss Sports Pulp, Crime Fiction, Old Time Radio Pulp, and more with Pulp and Crime Writer Paul Bishop!” Bish and the hosts talk about every kind of pulp fiction …
Writing when the cat lets me: People always hitting Cary Grant on …
One rule of old – time radio seemed to be that when in doubt, you hit Cary Grant on the head so he either loses his memory and identity or gets them back. I have two such shows
The Creaking Door – The Cat Woman – PodOmatic | Best Free …
The Creaking Door was an old – time radio series of horror and suspense shows originating in South Africa. The Old Time Radio Researchers Group reports 42 extant episodes in MP3 circulation