15 Minute Shows
Trip
Thanks, Trip
austotr
Ian
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Trip
wrote:
Light Comedy or mystery.
Thanks for the reply ...
Trip
austotr
included:
One other 15 minute show was the 1953-56 version of Fibber McGee and
Molly.
How about...Chandu the Magician, Speed Gibson of the International Secret
Police, and Hop Harrigan.
The one which comes to my mind is "Blackstone, the Magic Detective"
starring Ed Jerome.
I have a small collection of tapes of Perry Mason from the early forties
which
was presented in 15 minute shows well into the 1950's, maybe until 1955. It
was in serial, almost soap opera format.
A few that come to mind that are self-contained in one episode are:
Front Page Drama (1933 to about 1955)
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon (1938-1947)
Guess What (1937 syndicated)
I didn't see those previously mentioned, so I thought I would add them.
Front Page Drama did have a few multipart shows, but the vast majority
were self-contained. I think Mr. and Mrs. North was also a 15 minute
serial in the 1950's. There were many public service programs as well,
such as:
Guest Star
Treasury Star Parade
Navy Star Time
Here's to Veterans
the March of Dimes and American Red Cross shows, which sometimes
condensed 30 minute shows down to 15 minutes, such as Bob Hope, Jack
Benny, etc.
There are probably hundreds of 15 minute radio shows that were on the
air. some examples are: Amos and Andy (until 1948), Bill Stern's
"Colgate Sports Newsreel", "The Treasury Star Parade", "I Love a
Mystery', "The Family Doctor', "The Green Valley Line". to name a few..
Most news programs were 15 minutes so the half hour may have filled with
a musical programs. At 10:00PM in Chicago was news so to fill the half
hour we had a live musical program, Janette Davis And the Kings Men for
15 minutes or Smiling Jack Smith.or something sinilar.
All the Kids shows Orphan Annie, Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnightt, Don
Winslow of the Navy all were i5 minutes.
All the Soaps were fifteen minutes also.
Sky King was a 15 minute show before they started alternating with Jack
Armstrong in the 30 minute format.
I believe Tennessee Jed also was a 15 minute show.
There were many dozens of 15-minute programs with self-contained episodes
broadcast during the early-to-mid 1930s. THE ORIGINS OF SUPERSTITION is just
one example out of many.
Then again, "Yours Truly Johnny Dollar" was serialized as a 15 minute
show...even though the complete story usually ran only five or so days.
Would the later "Fibber McGee and Molly" and "Great Gildersleeve" shows
count? What about Henry Morgan's early 1940s show on WOR/Mutual?
This could go on forever. For starters:
Curt Massey-Martha Tilton Time
CBS World News Roundup
The World Tonight
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
Jack Berch & His Boys
The Howard Miller Show
The Cisco Kid
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
Lowell Thomas
Edward R. Murrow
Club 15
Peggy Lee
Beulah
Jack Smith Show
Elmer Davis
Don Gardiner
Fulton Lewis, Jr.
Gabriel Heatter
H. V. Kaltenborn
Henry J. Taylor
Larry LeSueur
Allen Jackson
Paul Harvey
Mutual Newsreel
Taylor Grant
Three Star Extra
Walter Winchell
Louella Parsons
Bill Stern
Norman Vincent Peale
Sidney Walton
Dave Garroway
Lanny Ross
Grand Slam
Mark Trail
Big Jon and Sparkie
Alex Dreier
Cedric Foster
Martin Agronsky
Pauline Frederick
Faith in Our Time
Bob Considine
Betty Crocker
Adventures in Science
Galen Drake
Victor Lindlahr
Tell Your Neighbor
Ted Malone
This Farming Business
Bob & Ray
Coke Time
Three Suns
Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show
My Son Jeep
Abe Lyman Orchestra
Baby Rose Marie
Jane Froman
Morton Downey
The Pickens Sisters
Singin' Sam
The Street Singer
Tastyeast Jesters
Trade & Mark
Frank & Ernest
Whispering Jack Smith
Country Doctor
Romance
Amos 'n' Andy
Easy Aces
Wheatenaville Sketches
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Rin-Tin-Tin
Boake Carter
Edwin C. Hill
D. W. Griffith's Hollywood
Aunt Jemima
Breen & DeRose
Little Jack Little
The Morin Sisters
The Southernaires
Skippy
Bobby Benson & the B-Bar-B Riders
Little Orphan Annie
Tom Mix
Smackouts
Wife Saver
Mary Lee Taylor
The Lady Next Door
The Singing Lady
Ida Bailey Allen
The Mystery Chef
Emily Post
Tony Wons Poetry
Betty Grable & John Payne
The Ink Spots
Smilin' Ed McConnell
Irene Rich Dramas
Lum 'n' Abner
Uncle Ezra's Radio Station
Dog Heroes
Dorothy Thompson Commentary
Religion in the News
Jimmy Fidler
Dale Carnegie
Hymns of All Churches
Ruth Lyon, Soprano
The Voice of Experience
Dick Tracy
Don Winslow of the Navy
Junior G-Men
Terry and the Pirates
Mary Margaret McBride
How to be Charming
Women in the News
I Love a Mystery
Morgan Beatty, News of the World
Mel Allen
Sheila Graham
Lassie
Dorothy Dix at Home
Junior Miss
Elmo Roper
Break the Bank
Double or Nothing
Grady Cole
CBS Farm News
Perry Como Show
Sammy Kaye Cameo Room
Don Cornell
Frank Sinatra
Fibber McGee & Molly
Three City Byline
Mike Malloy, Detective
Modern Romances
The Phrase that Pays
Second Chance
Wizard of Odds
Make Up Your Mind
Whispering Streets
Suspicion, Strange Dr Weird, Strange as it Seems, Strange, come to mind.
So there are a few of the replies on the Radio Digest back in June. Its
worth joining, great info.
Ian
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Trip
very much for your time and information.
Trip
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Trip <tr...@mailinator.com> wrote:
My favorite 15 minute shows are:
Strange Dr Weird, Here's Morgan, Moon Over Africa, Black Castle,
Blackstone, Blue Beetle, Bob & Ray, Chandu The Magician, Challenge Of
The Yukon, Police Headquarters, World Adventurers Club, Capt Midnight,
Dan Dunn, Guests Of Doom, I Love A Mystery, Jerry At Fair Oaks/Jerry At
The Circus, Speed Gibson, Magic Island, Shadow Of Fu Manchu, The
Unexpected, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar...
Purple Kat
One I liked was the Ripley's Believe It Or Not.. it appears they were
made to fill in 'around' a short show or new cast.
In the first bit they would give a teaser, then 'when you come back' -
they give the explanation.
Unfortunately I got VERY tired of the cheesy music on the show, and
haven't gotten back to listening to them.
Also, I need to find a free mp3 editing program so I can put the 2
'pieces' together without the cheesy music in the middle.
Katheryne
austotr
>
> One I liked was the Ripley's Believe It Or Not.. it appears they were
> made to fill in 'around' a short show or new cast.
> In the first bit they would give a teaser, then 'when you come back' -
> they give the explanation.
>
> Unfortunately I got VERY tired of the cheesy music on the show, and
> haven't gotten back to listening to them.
> Also, I need to find a free mp3 editing program so I can put the 2
> 'pieces' together without the cheesy music in the middle.
>
> Katheryne
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ is a good program and free.
The easiest is an mp3 player with FF function and skip through it, but if
you really want to 'doctor' the episodes, please don't leave them in an
accessible folder if you are in a share group. Otherwise some twit will
download them and think they have some previously unknown longer version and
rename them accordingly. They will then share them all over the net and it
will take years to remove them from circulation, if ever, because few will
realise they are 2 episodes combined due to only a small percentage actually
listening to what they download and share :) Believe me, it happens.
Ian
Grigs
> Besides Lum and Abner, what were some other daily 15 minute shows?
>
> Thanks, Trip
I'm a big fan of The Unexpected.
Spa...@whatever.com
<grigsby...@yahoo.com> wrote:
As I recall, almost all of the kiddy shows such as Little Orphan
Annie, Captain Midnight etc, were all 15 minutes.