Search - Walter Cronkite :: The Greatest Old-time Radio Shows Of The 20th Century

Excellent Starter Collection

Edward Torpy | Reston, VA | 03/16/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the 20 CD version of "The Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century, selected by Walter Cronkite" (there is also a 10 CD set and a 30 CD set). Unlike most other Radio Spirits collections, this one appears to be a genuine attempt to collect the very best episodes from the greatest shows of radio's golden age. So if you're new to old-time radio, this is a great place to start. But if you already have a lot of Radio Spirits collections, you'll end up with a lot of duplicate copies of these classic episodes.



- Walter Cronkite Audio Foreword

- Mercury Theater on the Air: The War of the Worlds (10/30/38)

- The Abbott & Costello Show: Who's on First? (4/17/47)

- Baby Snooks and Daddy: Report Card Blues (5/1/51)

- Escape: Leinengen vs. the Ants (1/14/48)

- Fibber McGee and Molly: I Can Get It for You Wholesale (12/9/41)

- On a Note of Triumph by Norman Corwin (5/13/45)

- Suspense: Sorry, Wrong Number (8/21/43)

- The Jack Benny Program: Your Money or Your Life? (3/28/48)

- The Lux Radio Theatre: The Jazz Singer (6/2/47)

- Grand Central Station: Miracle For Christmas (12/24/49)

- Have Gun, Will Travel: From Here to Boston (11/27/60)

- Columbia Presents Corwin: Fourteen August (8/14/45)

- The Adventures of Superman: Origin Retold (9/25/45)

- The Lone Ranger: Origin Show (6/30/48)

- Command Performance: Dick Tracy In B-Flat (2/15/45)

- Dragnet: .22 Rifle For Christmas (12/22/49)

- The Shadow: White God (7/10/38)

- Arthur Godfrey Time (10/21/53)

- Walter Winchell Show (3/27/49)

- X-Minus: One Nightfall (12/7/55)

- The Eddie Cantor Show: guests Jack Benny, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx (6/9/43)

- Escape: Three Skeleton Key (3/17/50)

- Columbia Presents Corwin: The Undecided Molecule (7/17/45)

- Dimension X: Martian Chronicles (8/18/50)

- We Hold These Truths by Norman Corwin (12/15/41)

- The Cavalcade of America: Native Land Part 1 (9/22/41)

- Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Shadow of Death (10/2/45)

- Chase and Sanborn Show: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Mae West (12/12/37)

- The Fred Allen Show: guest Jack Benny (5/26/46)

- Lights Out: Cat Wife (4/6/38)

- The Burns and Allen Show: guest Jack Benny (1/8/48)

- Let's Pretend: Melilot (8/23/47)

- The Adventures of Sam Spade: Death Bed Caper (6/20/48)

- The Great Gildersleeve: McGee's Christmas Gifts (12/21/41)

- Gunsmoke: Photographer (5/6/56)

- Quiet Please: Thing on the Fourble Board (8/9/48)"