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Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On Halloween Eve 1938, Orson Welles put on a radio play of 'War of the Worlds' and terrorized an uneasy American public on the brink of World War II, perpetuating the greatest hoax in history and changing media forever. This book brings to life this fateful night and follows the life and career of Welles before and after the historic broadcast"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
44 videodiscs (DVD) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eminent psychiatrist Frasier Crane leaves Boston to start life afresh in Seattle and finds himself on the radio airwaves as the host of his own call-in advice show. When he's not dealing with problems of his troubled listeners, he's embroiled in skirmishes at home.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (5 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This collection contains twelve of the greatest mystery shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio! You'll hear Richard Widmark starring in Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Orson Welles in The Black Museum, Peter Lorre in Mystery in the Air, William Conrad in The Whistler, Ernest Chappell in Quiet, Please!, Everett Clarke in Lights Out, Harry Bartell in Escape, and Fredric March in a tale well calculated to keep you in Suspense, plus such others...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (4 1/2 hr.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"All the puns, one-liners, knock-knocks, bar jokes, lawyer jokes, light-bulb jokes, third-grade jokes, chicken-crossing-the-road jokes, ethnic jokes, political jokes, regional jokes, blonde jokes, Yo' Mama jibes, and more from eight years of sometimes-annual Joke Shows, during which Garrison, cast, and guests expose their live audience and radio listeners to near-toxic levels of levity"--Container
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (5 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This collection contains twelve of the greatest western shows ever broadcast during the golden age of radio, including many first episodes from their series. You'll hear William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, John Dehner as the man called Paladin on Have Gun--Will Travel, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans on The Roy Rogers Show, Gene Autry on Gene Autry's Melody Ranch, Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince on Fort Laramie, and Jack Mather in The...
12) Hidden kitchens
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 audio discs (3 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents a collection of small kitchen stories first heard on NPR's Morning Edition. They explore the world of street-corner cooking, kitchen rituals, visionaries, and how communities come together through food.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (approximately 3 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This extended session of Laughter Therapy explores the history of all things funny, presenting a cornucopia of comedy from the pioneers of vaudeville and the silent film era, to the wildly creative innovators that transformed television in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, to the modern practitioners that continue to bend the boundaries of comedy today. Chronically serious? Prepare to be cured by this collection of revealing profiles and interviews with...
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
20 sound discs (20 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
Three radio drama series. "I love a mystery" is the tale of three soldiers of fortune, Jack Packard, Doc Long and Reggie Yorke who had formed the A-1 detective agency. They were adventurers who traveled the world in search of action, thrills and mystery, battling the evils of the natural and the supernatural and rescuing women in distress. Their exploits continue in the "I love adventure" radio drama series. "Adventures by Morse" is centered on the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs ( 5 hr., 50 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Created in 1934 by American mystery author Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe is one of the most iconic private investigators in crime fiction. As Watson did for Holmes, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's confidential assistant, narrates the cases of the detective genius. Wolfe was an armchair detective who rarely left his luxurious brownstone in New York, so Archie would collect the facts and report back. Wolfe would probably not have taken on many cases had he not needed...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 audio discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
According to NPR, a 'driveway moment' is when a listener is so riveted by a radio piece that he or she will stay in their idling car to hear the show all the way through. Drawn from NPR programs such as "All things considered" and "Morning edition", National Public Radio hosts and listeners present their favorite driveway moments.
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