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Episode 230 – Swing Hostess, part 2

Posted in comedy, musical on November 21st, 2012 by admin

Judy and Benny get closer, but still don’t know who each other are. Will Phoebe take her charade far enough for all true identities to come out? Part 2 of 2.

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MarthaTilton.com
“And the Angels Sing” @ YouTube
With Jack Benny @ YouTube

Episode 229 – Swing Hostess, part 1

Posted in comedy, musical on November 13th, 2012 by admin

An aspiring singer (Martha Tilton) gets a job as a jukebox phone operator, unaware that a demo she recorded could make another woman a star. 1944. Part 1 of 2.

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Telephone Jukebox @ Automat Lunch
A history of phone music on demand

Episode 217 – No Time For Sergeants, part 2

Posted in comedy, television on July 17th, 2012 by admin

When Will (Andy Griffith) starts looking unlikely to get classified, Sergeant King (Harry Clark) schemes to find another way to get him out of his hair. Will a night on the town do the trick? Part 2 of 2.

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No Time For Sergeants the movie @ Turner Classic Movies
Trailer for A Face In the Crowd @ YouTube

Episode 216 – No Time For Sergeants, part 1

Posted in comedy, television on July 9th, 2012 by admin

In his début starring role on television, Andy Griffith plays a dim Georgia country boy who enjoys his new military life while efforts to take advantage of his low intellect keep backfiring. Performed live, 1955. Part 1 of 2.

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Andy Griffith Obituary @ New York Times
“What It Was, Was Football” @ YouTube
No Time For Sergeants @ Wikipedia
Gomer Pyle USMC @ Wikipedia

Episode 210 – Judge Priest, part 2

Posted in comedy on April 23rd, 2012 by admin

The Judge (Will Rogers) has his position of the bench threatened in an assault trial that will reveal a very big secret. Part 2 of 2.

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Stepin Fetchit: Hollywood’s First Black Film Star @ NPR
Stepin Fetchit @ Wikipedia
“The Coon Caricature” via Ferris State Unversity
Review of Stepin Fetchit bio @ WillRogers.com
Hattie McDaniel @ Wikipedia
Hattie McDaniel accepts her Oscar @ YouTube

Episode 209 – Judge Priest, part 1

Posted in comedy on April 16th, 2012 by admin

Will Rogers stars as a common-sense widower with his own way of running a courtroom in a post-Reconstruction Kentucky small town. 1934. Part 1 of 2.

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Will Rogers @ Wikipedia
Official Site of Will Rogers
“Old Judge Priest” stories (as PDF, plain text, and for Daisy, Kindle and more) @ Internet Archive

Episode 206 – The Fatal Glass of Beer

Posted in comedy, short on March 26th, 2012 by admin

In this spoof of melodramas set in the frozen North, prospector Snavely (W.C. Fields) returns home via dogsled to his cabin, where he and his wife are reunited with their son who left for the city only to land in prison. 1933.

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“Driven to Drink: The Films of W.C. Fields” @ Modern Drunkard
Review @ Booze Movies

Episode 205 – The Dentist

Posted in comedy, short on March 19th, 2012 by admin

In this short, W.C. Fields has the title role as an irascible man dealing with a freakish golf game, strange patients and a daughter who wants to run off with the iceman. 1932.

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W.C. Fields @ Wikipedia
W.C. Fields bio @ The Canteen
The Dentist @ DoctorMacro.com

Episode 202 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 3

Posted in comedy, drama, fantasy, romance, war on February 27th, 2012 by admin

During his brain surgery, Peter (David Niven) goes on trial not just for his life, but for his right to love June (Kim Hunter). Part 3 of 3.

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The Powell and Pressburger Pages
A Matter of Life and Death @ Turner Classic Movies
Kim Hunter @ Wikipedia

Episode 201 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 2

Posted in comedy, drama, fantasy, romance, war on February 20th, 2012 by admin

Peter (David Niven) meets June’s friend Frank (Roger Livesey), a village doctor with an expertise in neurology who tries to reconcile the world of Peter’s brain with the Other World where his trial is imminent. Part 2 of 3.

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David Niven @ Wikipedia
David Niven @ BFI
“Stairway to Heaven” trivia @IMDB

Episode 200 – A Matter of Life and Death, part 1

Posted in comedy, drama, fantasy, romance, war on February 13th, 2012 by admin

In World War II, the life of a doomed British airman (David Niven) is saved by mistake, and he falls in love with an American radio operator before the mistake is realized. Part 1 of 3. 1946.

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Article @ Turner Classic Movies
The BFI 100
Time Out‘s 100 Best British Films: #6
Total Film‘s 50 Greatest British Films Ever

Episode 199 – Lonely Wives, part 2

Posted in comedy, video available on February 7th, 2012 by admin

The morning after, Richard returns home and Felix is released from being locked up in his bedroom. But who spent the night with who’s wife? Part 2 of 2.

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Esther Ralston Obituary @ The Independent
MFTB172 – To the Last Man, part 1
Maude Eburne @ Wikipedia

Episode 198 – Lonely Wives, part 1

Posted in comedy, video available on January 23rd, 2012 by admin

A married lawyer (Edward Everett Horton) goes from hard-charging to skirt-chasing when the clock strikes 8pm, and sees a way to escape his mother-in-law when a man who can impersonate him arrives. Of course, it’s not that simple. 1931. Part 1 of 2.

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MFTB 01 – Ask Dad
Edward Everett Horton @ Wikipedia
A Fractured Fairy Tale @YouTube
MFTB 14 – Here Comes Mr. Jordan, part 1

Episode 197 – Shake, Rattle and Rock! part 2

Posted in comedy, musical on January 17th, 2012 by admin

When Bugsy makes trouble at the concert, Garry must defend rock’n’roll, his career and his reputation with the kids in a television courtroom trial. With music from Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner and Tommy Charles. Part 2 of 2.

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Margaret Dumont @ Wikipedia
Margaret Dumont: Smiling Without Smiling
With Groucho Marx in Duck Soup