More Old Time Radio�Return to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

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: Stumbled on this blog and thought I would share. The link to his page complete with audio is at the bottom. : ************ : More Old Time Radio�Return to Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear : by Dave Schuler on December 31, 2009 : I�ve been listening to more old radio Westerns as I�ve travelled back and forth between Chicago and St. Louis. : Luke Slaughter : This gritty 1950�s Western is clearly trying to capture the same spirit as Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel had tapped. It�s okay but it�s not up to the standards of those two. : Red Ryder : Here we�re getting back to the days of my youth. Somehow Red Ryder seemed better then. : Roy Rogers : If you�ve seen the television program, you�ve pretty much got the idea of this pasteurized, homogenized radio western. : Six Shooter : Jimmy Stewart managed to make every project he touched a little bit better and this western is no exception. I plan to get ahold of the rest of this series. : Sky King : This series preceded the kids� television show based on it. It�s interesting for a number of reasons. It has a modern day setting. The aviation element. Interestingly, this is just about the last regular aviation-based radio drama to be produced. The announcer/narrator was a talented kid named Mike Wallace. I wonder if he ever went anywhere in show business. : Straight Arrow : This is sort of an adaptation of Superman as a western. Mild-mannered Steve Adams transforms into Indian superhero Straight Arrow. I loved this as a kid and I still like it. : Tom Mix : I actually found the ads for Ralston cereal and promotions for various tie-ins�badges, whistles, etc.�more interesting than the program itself. One of the things I�ve noticed about the kid-oriented radio programs is that there�s a lot less sugar in what they�re advertising than in the ads in today�s kids� television programs. Signs of the times. : Wild Bill Hickok : This series appeared at the same time as the television series with the same cast, Guy Madison and Andy Devine.

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