And The Story Of A Christmas Story

In which Dan and Tom finally get to do that episode focusing on Jean Shepherd. Listen as they go on about the man behind the story behind the movie that some folks will sit and watch for 24 hours. From creeping meatballism to the Red Ryder BB Gun to the myth of a man making myths. Enjoy.

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Our Show Of Shows Podcast presents the Bob And Ray Episode. Who are they, why are they, where can you find their works? All these questions will be answered here.

Our Show of Shows is proud to present the Cinnamon Bear Podcast, a serialized seasonal special that follows the quest for the Silver Star. From November 26th thru December 25th you can get the next exciting episode if you subscribe to http://www.tomwsmf.com/podcasts/cinnamonbear.rss

While Dan and Tom work up the next series of shows they are offering up weekly shows from the various Old Time Radio productions they have talked about over the years.

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Years ago, when we recorded Season One, we finished up with an episode about movies on old time radio. Then, disaster struck; Tom had an apartment fire, and his hard drive was destroyed. This was so disheartening that we spent the next several years… you know, not doing a podcast.

Then one fine day, we decided to reboot the show, and a do-over of the Hollywood episode was at the top of our to-do list. And we’re glad we did! It’s leaner and meaner than the original episode, and when I recorded the ridiculous, over-the-top intro, I made Tom laugh out loud, so I’d say it’s pretty good.

Get your popcorn and soda ready as we explore shows ranging from The Maltese Falcon on Lux Radio Theatre to the Millennium Falcon on NPR’s Star Wars!

We’re about to release the last episode of this season of our little podcast, and we’ll promptly begin recording new episodes for release in Autumn. In the meantime, Tom just came up with a great idea for our “Summer replacement series.” We’re going to pick individual episodes of the various old time radio series we’ve talked about so far, and release those into our podcast feed. That would include…

Fibber McGee and Molly (Dan’s favorite episode, “Skating at Dugan’s Lake”)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (an hour-long compilation of one story arc)

Gunsmoke

Various shows discussed in our “British Sampler” and “Radio Vs. Nazis & the Klan” episodes

Some choice Orson Welles content

…along with The Adventures of Hercule Poirot, The Les Paul and Mary Ford Show, Broadway is My Beat, Yiddish Radio, The Damon Runyon Theatre, and more.

In the Autumn, we plan to return to our bi-weekly podcast, but on alternate weeks, we’ll drop in single episodes of the shows we’ll be talking about in our next episode. Why didn’t we think of this before?

Don’t forget to email us with comments or suggestions for future episodes.

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Dan and Tom take a look at Yiddish Radio, the community radio stations that not only fostered a people but helped spread an emerging musical morphing.

Links From The Episode

https://www.yiddishradioproject.org/exhibits/

https://archive.org/details/cd_music-from-the-yiddish-radio-project_yiddish-radio-project

https://storycorps.org/listen/yiddish-melodies-in-swing/

https://archive.org/details/Singles_And_Doubles_Singles_T-Z/

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Another Gem From The Vaults…this time Tom and Dan hit the mean streets of New York’s dark corners with an evolving cast of characters from the series Broadway Is My Beat.

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Stop me if you heard this one before…the grand pappy of multi track recording cuts an amazing radio show in his apartment with his talented wife. Pioneering the skills that would go on to foster a new musical era all while tossing about the mad bants, Les Paul and Mary Ford made a series of radio shows that while short lived still astounds. Dan and Tom look into this series on the most recent episode of Our Show of Show Podcast