In Sunday’s Hi & Lois, Chip warns his dad against becoming involved with an old flame. Can Chip can be counted on to tell his mom, or will he blackmail his father, leading to him having another fling with Becky?
The Fun of OTR
A couple of years ago I talked about my mother‘s voice training during the years of classic radio entertainment. Later that year I met Ann Robinson, who starred in the classic film The War of the Worlds. I wanted to talk about one of the all-time greatest radio actors, Les Tremayne, who played an Army general in the movie, and Ann happily obliged.
When I was in college, I enjoyed listening to CBS Radio Mystery Theater. On AM radio, the new productions provided a real feeling of the Old-Time Radio experience from before it was old. In 1975 the unmistakable voice of Les Tremayne was heard in “The Ides of March.” The radio play was later adapted into a Sandra Bullock vehicle, The Premonition.
https://youtu.be/riGqt4m0SM0
A Gaggle Gag
What I’d Say If I Were On Twitter
“The Internet really has sped things up. It takes only a minute for me to sort the two Sunday papers I get, and not much longer than that to read the tiny comics sections.” Hmm… that’s 170 characters. Ten too many? I’d better trim it down.
“The Internet has sped things up. It takes only a minute to sort the two Sunday papers I get, and not much longer than that to read the tiny comics sections.” There, only 156 characters.
I’m not on Twitter, but I’m on Facebook, and every time I go there it asks, “What’s on your mind, Doug?” How about what was on my mind 55 years ago?
Audio for the Aged
M4A. “Medicare for All”? Yeah, but it’s also “MPEG 4 Audio,” that’s sort of an update to MP3. Now you know.
Refreshing
Venerable institution gets a logo refresh for the online age. I like the clever representation of a vacuum tube and phono cartridge stylus.