REPS Podcast Old Time Radio On Demand

Hear Old Time Radio on demand with radio's premiere old time radio show Same Time Same Station hosted by John and Larry Gassman. The program is a feature of the REPS Podcast and is a celebration of old time radio with interviews accompanied by the greatest old time radio shows.

Episode 117 Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this hours program we will hear two Sherlock Holmes broadcasts. Sherlock Holmes from 10/03/48 Episode (004) Frightened Bookkeeper. Starring John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes. Lastly, starring Ben Wright and Eric Snowden, we hear Sherlock Holmes from 03/22/50 (Episode 27) The Duke Of Hollywell.
Episode 116
We continue to feature Elvia Allman as our performer of the month. Here she appears in a show that was heard only on the Armed Forces Radio network. GI Journal from 01/05/45 Episode) (077) Guest – Jack Carson.
We next look at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as we listen to stories he wrote. Escape from 02/12/49 Episode (055) Lost Special.
Episode 115
In the second hour of this weeks program we turn to mystery and suspense with two classic radio programs. First its Inner Sanctum Mysteries from 02/26/1946 I walk in the Night.
Then we hear Suspense - Mission Completed (episode 361) 12/1/1949 CBS Radio.
Episode 114
In this weeks episode we’ll hear Bob Hope from NBC March 7, 1939 featuring Judy Garland and Elvia Allman our actress of the month.
Then we’ll hear The Stan Freberg Show ( episode # 6) from 8/18/1957 “The Radio Censor”.
Episode 113
The Screen Guild Theater from 01/25/43 Across The Pacific starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sidney Greenstreet. Screen Guild Theater went on the air in 1939 as the Gulf Screen Guild Show sponsored by Gulf. By 1943 the program was sponsored by Lady Esther.
For our salute to Valentine’s day we’ll hear Abbott & Costello from 02/10/44 Episode (051) Robinson Crusoe with Charles Laughton.
Episode 112
We continue to feature Elvia Allman as our performer of the month. We listen to her in a show starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake. Mr. and Mrs. Blandings from 04/29/51 The Girls Of Today.
As mentioned last week, we lost Patty Andrews recently. So, we’ll hear: The Andrews Sisters from 11/14/45 episode (07) Mills Brothers.
Episode 111
Angela Maxine O’Brien was born 01/15/37. She is better known as Margaret O’Brien, and She just celebrated her 76th birthday. By the time she began working in radio with The Screen Guild Theater and Lux Radio Theater she still had not learned to read scripts. So, she memorized, and other cast members would stand by in case she forgot her lines, which rarely happened. We will hear her when she was 7 years of age and appeared on The Lux Radio Theater from 06/19/44 Episode (444)Lost Angel.
Episode 110
Our actor of the month is Elvia Allman. Elvia was a tremendous actress who worked on many shows including Burns and Allen and Bob Hope. We’ll hear her this week on “Burns And Allen” from 08/31/43 Singing Contest. Guest Frank Sinatra.
We also feature an early program which may have shaped the Joe Friday character in “Dragnet”. It was heard on “Suspense” from 03/13/47 Episode (236) You Take Ballistics. It starred Howard Da Silva and Jack Webb.
Episode 109
Lon Clark starred for years in a program reading comics to the kids. We hear Lon as The Comic Weekly Man from 08/13/50 episode (173) Man With Bread in His Mouth. First Comic Snookums. We believe that the actress reading the girl parts is Cecil Roy. Lon Clark reads all of the male parts and is excellent.
Lon Clark, Margot Stevenson, and Bill Nadell took part in a panel.
Episode 108
George Burns is our performer of the month for the month of January. In February the performer of the month will be actress Elvia Allman. In part one of this weeks episode we’ll hear: “Eddie Cantor – It’s Time To Smile” from 06/09/43 Episode (118) Guest Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Groucho Marx. It is Eddie’s 29th Wedding anniversary in this broadcast.
Next we will listen to “Radio City Playhouse” featuring Jan Miner from 12/27/48 episode (21) Strange Identity.

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Spend A Day With Jack Benny

John and Larry Gassman are our resident radio historians. Their contribution to preserving the legacy of old time radio cannot be measured. They began hosting Same Time, Same Station in 1980 on California radio station KPCC-FM. The show continues to this day and features old time radio programs and interviews and can be heard on the REPS Podcast.

John and Larry Gassman are big time fans of Jack Benny and feature Benny quite often on their radio program. If you love Benny as much as we do consider spending an afternoon listening to some of the great radio moments featuring the legendary comedian as featured on Same Time Same Station and available on demand.

Hear an Afternoon with Jack Benny on the REPS Podcast

Hear:
*The Fred Allen program from 1936 that started the long running Benny-Allen feud.
* The feud was started when Allen asked 10 year old Stuart Canin to play The Bee on his radio program. John and Larry interview Stuart and ask him about his memories about that eventful broadcast.
*The Jack Benny Show: 4/24/38 Snow White and the 7 Gangsters. Next, from 2/15/42. Jack can’t get a date on his birthday.
*The Jack Benny Show 4/06/47 Jack Tries to get Sam Goldwyn to so THE LIFE OF JACK BENNYand from 3/06/49 A DAY AT THE RACES.
*Jack Benny Appears on Mail Call from 3/07/45 Episode (135). It is the Premier of Jack Benny’s new movie, The Horn Blows At Midnight. It stars Jack Benny, Paulette Goddard, Claudette Colbert, Jinx Falkenberg. “Mail Call” was another show broadcast by Armed Forces Radio exclusively to our men and women overseas. Next we sample “Suspense” from 01/18/54 Episode (535) The Face Is Familiar also starring Jack Benny,
*Hotpoint Holiday Hour from 12/25/49 again starring Jack Benny in The Man Who Came To Dinner.
*An interview with his daughter Joan Benny. The remainder of the program features shows an excerpts in which Joan appeared. We’ll hear Jack Benny from 05/09/41 Special Salute On His 10th Anniversary In Radio. Jack Benny from 12/25/49 Trimming the Christmas Tree. Joan Benny guests selling Girl Scout Cookies.
*We continue on with the Jack Benny program featuring shows in which Joan Benny made guest appearances. From 3/12/50 we hear “Sagebrush Soap Contest”. Then it’s the Jack Benny program from 10/15/50 “Jack dreams he is married to Mary”. And it’s the Jack Benny program from 02/14/54 (Recorded 02/11/54). This is the unedited version of the program in which Joan Benny read Mary’s lines in front of the audience. Mary’s lines were to be dubbed in later for the broadcast. However, in this instance, Joan read Mary’s part, but the scenes were not used on the program when it was broadcast.
*In May of 1932 Jack Benny began in radio with a program which would last 23 years. We’ll hear his first radio show from 05/02/32.
*Interview with Irving Fein. Irving was the manager for both Jack Benny and George Burns until their deaths. In 2006, Frank Bresee interviewed Fein for Yesterday USA. We’ll hear that interview.
*At about 45 minutes into episode 083 of the REPS Podcast we'll hear "A Salute To Heart Sunday” with Jack Benny as guest from 1959.
*The Jack Benny Show from 01/01/50. In this episode Jack can’t make Mary’s New Years Party and ends up alone after being stood up by his date.
*Jack Benny is guest on Eddie Cantor – It’s Time To Smile from 06/09/43 Episode (118)It is Eddie’s 29th Wedding anniversary in this broadcast.

Hear a Benny Afternoon on the REPS Podcast!

To request your favorite old time radio shows send John and Larry an email.

Email John Gassman: johngassman@roadrunner.com
Email Larry Gassman: lgsinger@sbcglobal.net.

Play: I love Lucy -The Untold Story

I'm excited to announce that I'll be directing a live, full-cast performance of my original radio play, "I Love Lucy: The Untold Story", Sunday, March 3, 2013, at 4pm, at Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation, 16019 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

It's a humorous look behind the scenes at the creation of TV's most beloved sitcom, based on my dad's memoir, "Laughs, Luck...and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular of Sitcom of All Time." Since its New York premiere in 2011, the play has had successful productions on both coasts, as well as a nationwide broadcast on SiriusXM Radio.

Our phenomenal cast features such talented performers as Charlene Tilton (Dallas's "Lucy Ewing"), Dick Van Patten (star of "Eight Is Enough"), Phil Proctor (founder of the legendary Firesign Theater comedy troupe), William Schallert ("Dad" on "The Patty Duke Show"), Second City alum Lance Kinsey ("Lt. Proctor" in all the "Police Academy" films), and musical guest Dora Pearson (lead female vocalist for Sha Na Na). Also featured are Tommy Cook ("Little Beaver" on "The Adventures of Red Ryder"), Ivan Cury (star of "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders"), Stuffy Singer ("The Jack Benny Program"), Gregg Berger ("Odie" on "Garfield & Friends"), and Alan Oppenheimer ("The Six Million Dollar Man").

The show, which runs about 45 minutes, will be performed in the style of old-time radio, with the actors and singers standing at microphones, scripts in hand, plus sound effects and recorded music.

After the show, refreshments will be served, and you'll have the opportunity to mingle with members of the cast.

Proceeds benefit Kehillat Israel's "Sages" seniors program. There is no charge to attend the event, but any donations are welcome. (The suggested donation is $18) Free parking is available.

Seating is limited. Reserve your tickets now at www.ourKI.org. Cast lineup subject to change.

For further information, please contact Kehillat Israel's Director of Programs & Marketing, Matt Davidson, at 424.214.7454 or mdavidson@ourKI.org

We're going to have a lot of fun on March 3rd, and I really hope to see you there.

- Gregg Oppenheimer greggoppenheimer.wordpress.com gopp@aol.com

P.S. If you can't make the March 3rd performance, be sure to check out the full-cast recording of "I Love Lucy: The Untold Story" now available at iTunes, at Amazon.com, at Audible.com, and at Audiobooks.com. All royalties from sales of the recording benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Stan Freberg set to Appear at the REPS Showcase Old Time Radio Convention

The REPS Showcase is returning this June 2013 to the Bellevue Coast Hotel. The Showcase is a fantastic event for all lover's of Old time Radio and it just got better!

Just Announced:
Stan Freburg will be joining REPS for this special event. This could be a once in a life time chance to meet, up close and in person, this legendary and very talented star! More information is forthcoming so stay tuned! More details to be posted at REPS SHOWCASE soon!