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Start giftingGolden Age of Radio
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Featuring eight episodes of seven classic radio programs, this compelling collection of nostalgia will entertain listeners of all eras. Featured in this set are a live quiz show— You Bet Your Life, hosted by comic legend Groucho Marx— a thrilling segment of X-Minus One (“ The C-Chute” ) written by science fiction icon Isaac Asimov, and the true crime program Gangbusters, hosted by former heavyweight champion boxer Jim Braddock, a friend of one of the detectives who investigated the case.
This recording also includes classic shows like the comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, the adventure series The Green Hornet, the western Red Ryder, and two episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes— including a dramatization of the first Holmes short story, “ A Scandal in Bohemia” — starring Sir Ralph Richardson as Dr. Watson and Sir John Gielgud as the consulting detective.The episodes included here are:
• You Bet Your Life: “ The Secret Word Is Clock”
• Fibber McGee and Molly: “ Criminals on the Loose”
• The Green Hornet: “ Words and Music”
• X-Minus One: “ The C-Chute”
• Gangbusters: “ The Case of the Jersey Butcher Bandits”
• Red Ryder: “ Trouble at Bouillon Bend”
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: “ The Blackmailer & Sherlock Holmes” and “ A Scandal in Bohemia”