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Bugs Bunny Would Have Loved This Book!
Being the biggest Bugs Bunny fan in the whole entire Universe, I consider this required reading by everyone, including cartoon characters.

I was thrilled to discover that Mel Blanc is as humorous and fun to hang out with as his cartoons are to watch.Mel makes readers feel like they are getting a special tour of Warner Brothers and the now famous "termite terrace" where the animators work.

Mel's book is a delightful read and is written in a very intimate style that makes you feel like you are in the presence of good and wonderful friend. The true story about how Bugs Bunny saved Mel Blanc's life, after a near fatal car accident, is priceless.(So if you buy the book on Amazon, you're getting a great bargain.)

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves cartoons and Mel Blanc.Long live Mel and Bugs!

A Fun-Filled Life - Mel Blanc's Autobiography!
Like millions of Americans I owe Mel Blanc a debt of gratitude. For decades, whether voicing Bugs Bunny in a classic Warner Brothers cartoon, performing on the Burns & Allan radio show or announcing the train for 'Anaheim, Azusa and Cuc-amonga' on the Jack Benny TV show, Mel Blanc brought laughter and joy into my life.

Mel tells his story in this charming, straightforward and FUNNY autobiography. While Blanc was primarily known for voicing so many cartoon characters, he was featured on many classic radio shows of the 30s and 40s and was a member of Jack Benny's TV family. He takes us through his life in a breezy, informative fashion, sharing anecdotes about the many talented people he worked with. Wonderful reminiscences and laughs a-plenty throughout the book!

Highly recommended!

A pleasant book by a (seeingly) pleasant guy
Mel Blanc, best known as the voice of numerous animated characters ranging from Bugs Bunny to Woody Woodpecker, weighs in with a breeezy autobiography. The man loved his work and most of the folks around him (especially Jack Benny), but lets us know what a fellow's a little stinker, too.

I was reading especially for recollections of his about 10 years as a recording artist, which he entirely neglects to cover, but there are certainly sufficient good stories to make the book a fun read.

Excellent Autobiography
Beside an indepth view of "the film industry's cartoon genre(entertainment and the financial side of it)", Mel Blanc also gives an indepth look at his private life(incl a serious auto accident in 1961 in which he was in a semi-coma for 3 weeks) and the great rapport that he had with so many in the film industry and also Presidents*..(*Pg 261 :Re his long time friendship with President Ronald Regan),who along with First Lady Nancy Regan had been onetime acting colleagues).Due to Blanc's experience with Warner Bros. often having "historical references" in their films, Blanc's major complaint with the animated film industry which he had such a "deep affection for"(Pg 266) was that at the time of the books printing(1988) too little in his opinion were creative; too many animations (e.g. Bugs Bunny & Woody Woodpecker)were being plagarized.

radio, cartoons, television...
The one thing that has always amazed me about voice actors is how easy they make what they do look. i've been a fan of Mel's forever. the first time i saw him was on a rerun of "The Jack Benny Program" playing Jack's violin instructor, Professor LeBlanc. i then learned that he was the voice of Warner Brothers cartoons.

I HAD to see it for myself (i didn't believe my uncle's claims) and so one day i caught a Joan Lunden show on Lifetime called "Mother's Day" and out walked Mel in a Bugs Bunny shirt...and he was doing Bugs, Daffy, Foghorn, Porky, Tweety, Sylvester...and i was knocked backwards!

From that point forward i started to become a fan of voice actors, primarily the ones that didn't use their natural voice too much, such as Mel, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Paul Winchell, June Foray, Paul Frees, Bill Scott, Stan Freberg, etc.)...but i don't mind the ones who use their own voices, most of the time, because they're so distinct (John Stephenson, Casey Kasem, Gary Owens, Lorenzo Music, etc.)

With this book, "That's NOT All Folks!", we read the Mel Blanc story from his birth to 1988 (he passed away in 1989). we're informed of how he was raised in a melting pot and he started to mimic different dialects. he indirectly states that he's not a dialectition (one who specializes in dialects) because most of his dialects have his natural voice sprinkled through them...and so you might call his dialects "Americanized dialects".

another chapter worth discussing is his in depth story involving his near-fatal car wreck in 1961. all the events that took place after impact have been recounted to him by doctors, friends, and family because Mel was in a coma for nearly a year and that's how this information was gathered! he spends some time talking about his dislikes and the book also sheds some light on some behind-the-scenes gossip and it explains why Mel's name got to be listed under "voice characterizations by" on the opening credits of many Warner Brothers theatrical shorts when his frequent co-stars (most notably Arthur Q. Bryan, Stan Freberg, and June Foray) names were not.

Mel also tells the crisis that erupted after the death of Arthur Q. Bryan and how nobody wanted to voice Elmer Fudd and so Mel and Hal Smith took turns. there's also some trivia thrown in: did you know that Mel was the original voice for Woody Woodpecker in six cartoons and that the Walter Lantz studio continued to use Mel's woodpecker laugh long after Grace Stafford took over the role? so, if you ever see any Woody Woodpecker cartoons up through the early '80s and you hear that laugh, no matter who the credits say is talking Woody, it's Mel's laugh every time.

Mel devotes a chapter to his long-running role as Jack Benny's comedic stooge from 1939-1965 and he also talks about his years spent on other radio shows: "The Judy Canova Show"; "Burns and Allen"; "Point Sublime"; as Goo-Goo the duck on "The Joe Penner Show"; on up to his own short-lived radio show entitled "The Mel Blanc Fix-It Shop". Mel gives reasons as to why he thinks his radio show was short-lived.

In later chapters he talks about his days with Hanna-Barbera after Warner Brothers shut down their animation department in the mid '60s. Mel recalls one time he had a nasty encounter with the likes of Gale Gordon...i won't say what the tiff was over, you'll have to buy the book. Noel Blanc, Mel's only child, has learned the voices of his father's many characters and for a time it was thought that Noel would follow in Mel's footsteps but Noel instead became a behind-the-scenes figure on various projects and often represents his father in various classic cartoon panels or documentaries focusing on classic Warner Brothers cartoons.

And so, the ending of the book is about what Mel had hoped the future would bring. the book came out in 1988...and this edition is the original version. there's no "hidden" chapter or any reference to Mel's death...since it hadn't happened.

From that aspect, the book is eerie and sad because even at age 80 Mel was so full of life... the book is opened up by Rich Little of all people, praising Mel's vocal talents. ... Read more

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Laugh until your sides ache! This uproarious comedy stars Mel Blanc, the comedic genius that was also the voice of so many Warner Brothers cartoon characters. Mel plays two main characters, Mel Blanc, an addled young man who runs a fix-it shop and Zookie, Mel's helper in the shop. The show features Mary Jane Croft, Joseph Kearns, Hans Conried and Alan Reed. 18 episodes: Birthday Card Mix-Up 09-03-46 The Efficiency Expert 09-10-46 Mel Bakes a Cake 09-17-46 The Fishing Rod 10-08-46 Ballroom Tickets 10-15-46 Mel Breaks the New Radio 11-05-46 Mel Imitates Actors 11-12-46 Mel Impersonates Mr. Colby 11-19-46 The Thanksgiving Show 11-26-46 Betty's Christmas Present 12-10-46 Exchanging Gifts 12-17-46 Mel Plays Santa Claus 12-24-46 The Record of Caruso 01-07-47 The Masquerade Costume 01-28-47 The Fix-It Shop Is Sold 02-11-47 The Comedy Team 02-25-47 The Stuffed Pheasant 03-04-47 Ugga-Ugga-Boo Beauty Contest 03-25-47 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mel Blanc, Acme Corporation, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Filmography, Tiny Toon Adventures, Looney Tunes Golden Collection, the Golden Age of Looney Tunes, List of Warner Bros. Cartoons With Blue Ribbon Reissues, Associated Artists Productions, Warner Bros. Animation, List of Baby Looney Tunes Episodes, List of Bugs Bunny Cartoons, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3, the Bugs Bunny Show, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Sunset Productions, Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5, Censored Eleven, List of Looney Tunes Television Specials, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Kids Wb Fun Zone, List of Bugs Bunny Cartoons in Alphabetical Order, Taz-Mania, Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection, List of Looney Tunes Feature-Length Films, Shave and a Haircut, List of Cartoons Featuring Porky Pig, List of Daffy Duck Cartoons, the Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, to Hare Is Human, List of Cartoons Featuring Elmer Fudd, What's up Doc?, Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster, Bugs Bunny's Howl-Oween Special, List of Cartoons Featuring Sylvester, Cliff Friend, the Bugs Bunny Mystery Special, the Cat ... Read more

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Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 - July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best known for his work with Warner Bros. during the so-called "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices," Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential persons in his field.Blanc began his radio career in 1927 as a voice actor on the KGW program The Hoot Owls, where his ability to create voices for multiple characters first attracted attention. Blanc moved to sister station KEX in 1933 to produce and host his Cobweb And Nuts program.Moving to Warner Brothers-owned KFWB in Hollywood, California, in 1935, Blanc joined The Johnny Murray Show; then, in 1936, he moved to CBS Radio and The Joe Penner Show. Beginning in the late 1930s, Blanc was a regular on the NBC Red Network show The Jack Benny Program in various roles, including Benny's automobile (a Maxwell in desperate need of a tune-up), violin teacher Professor LeBlanc, Polly the Parrot, Benny's pet polar bear Carmichael, the tormented department store clerk, and the train announcer.One of Blanc's most memorable characters from Benny's radio (and later TV) programs was "Sy, the Little Mexican," who spoke one word at a time. The famous "Sí...Sy...sew...Sue" routine was so effective that no matter how many times it was performed, the laughter was always there, thanks to the comedic timing of Blanc and Benny. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the so-called "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. ... Read more

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This publisher steals copyrighted work!
Alphascript Publishing literally copies articles and stories from web sites such as Wikipedia, then "publishes" them as their own. Google Alphascript for yourself and see what people say about them. It's pathetic. ... Read more

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Kapitel: Mel Blanc, Space Jam, Road Runner Und Wile E. Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Chuck Jones, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Tiny Toon Abenteuer, Michael Maltese, Acme, Comic-Stars Gegen Drogen, Leon Schlesinger, Foghorn Leghorn, Schweinchen Dick, Marvin Der Marsmensch, Tex Avery, Tazmania, Speedy Gonzales, Friz Freleng. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 - August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, creating the characters of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developing Porky Pig and Chilly Willy (this last one for the Walter Lantz Studio) into regular cartoon characters. His influence was found in almost all of the animated cartoon series by various studios in the 1940s and 1950s. Avery's style of directing encouraged animators to stretch the boundaries of the medium to do things in a cartoon that could not be done in the world of live-action film. An often-quoted line about Avery's cartoons was, "In a cartoon you can do anything," . He also performed a great deal of voice work in his cartoons, usually throwaway bits (e.g. the Santa Claus seen briefly in Who Killed Who?), but Tex did fill in for Bill Thompson as Droopy, although the individual cartoons where Avery did this have never been specified. Tex Avery was born to George Walton Avery (b. June 8, 1867 - d. January 14, 1935) and the former Mary Augusta "Jessie" Bean (1886 - 1931) in Taylor, Texas. His father was born in Alabama. His mother was born in Buena Vista, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. His paternal grandparents were Needham Avery (Civil War veteran) (October 8, 1838 - after 1892) and his wife Lucinda C. Baxly (May 11, 1844 - March 10, 1892). His maternal grandparents were Frederi...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Milton Friedman, Mel Blanc, Frank Sinatra, Jack Kirby, George Dantzig, Marlon Brando, Frank Capra, Burt Lancaster, Cecil B. Demille, Willie Dixon, Henry Fonda, Eve Arden, Clara Bow, Steve Allen, Roy O. Disney, the Amazing Criswell, W. Mark Felt, Lucille Ball, Mary Astor, John Ritter, Harry Caray, Shelley Winters, Mel Tormé, Paul Frees, Stella Adler, Max Fleischer, John Phillips, Eddie Anderson, Janet Leigh, Phil Silvers, William Fawcett, Mel Ferrer, Red Buttons, Klaus Kinski, Mary Brian, Ethel Barrymore, Gene Barry, Brion James, Jeanette Nolan, Elfi Von Dassanowsky, Tom Wilson, Leo Gordon, Tommy Bond, Dale Evans, Michael Blodgett, E. Lynn Harris, William A. Seiter, Artie Ortego, Herschel Burke Gilbert, Gilda Gray, Andy Hallett, Ken Annakin, Billy Barty, Edwina Booth, Mrs. Leslie Carter, David Vanole, Leonard Schrader, Leonard Rosenman, Herbert G. Klein, Johnny Arthur, Richard Deacon, William Boyd, Earl Wild, Peter R. Hunt, Dean Jagger, August Coppola, Harry Carey, Niven Busch, Virginia Christine, Stafford Repp, Helen Forrest, Lillian Disney, George Louis Mcghee, Alan Reed, Jack Arnold, Bill Scott, Allen Funt, Alvy Moore, Stephen Elliott, Edward Dillon, David Brian, Robert Swink, Hardie Albright, Conrad Hilton, Jr., Nelson Gidding, Tim Mcintire, Arthur Franz, Otis Young, Lew Cody, James Burke, Bill Lancaster, Dorothy Vernon, D'urville Martin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 600. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: William Mark Felt, Sr. (August 17, 1913 December 18, 2008) was an agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director. After denying his involvement with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for 30 years, Felt revealed himself on May 31, 2005, to be the Watergate scandal's whistleblower, "Deep Thro...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1967935 ... Read more

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Chapters: Orson Welles, Mel Blanc, Garrison Keillor, Gracie Allen, Richard Crenna, Lionel Barrymore, Jack Benny, Marlene Dietrich, George Burns, José Ferrer, Eve Arden, Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Pamela Hayden, Edgar Bergen, Jack Webb, James Baskett, Ricky Nelson, Andy Devine, Art Carney, Bobby Driscoll, Lucille Ball, Gene Tierney, Stan Freberg, Dolores Del Río, Richard Cromwell, Eddie Albert, Natasha Richardson, John Lithgow, John Larkin, Agnes Moorehead, Jonathan Harris, Shirley Booth, Bebe Daniels, Spring Byington, Debra Paget, Richard Widmark, Robert Young, Lionel Stander, Victor Buono, Eddie Anderson, Robert Cummings, Alice Faye, Winifred Phillips, Winnie Waldron, Fanny Brice, Ed Wynn, Bud Collyer, Daws Butler, Edward Everett Horton, Jeff Chandler, Don Ameche, Irna Phillips, Mercedes Mccambridge, Hugh Beaumont, Bea Benaderet, Mary Wickes, Marguerite Namara, Ann Harding, Francis X. Bushman, Corey Burton, David Birney, June Foray, Joan Davis, Conrad Nagel, Karen Steele, Howard Mcnear, Phillips Lord, William Bennett Kilpack, Gale Gordon, Marjorie Main, Lurene Tuttle, Howard Petrie, Joan Alexander, Gerald Mohr, Harold Peary, Irene Tedrow, George "Gabby" Hayes, William Conrad, Madge Kennedy, William Bendix, Michael E. Burgess, Uncle Cyp and Aunt Sap Brasfield, Butterfly Mcqueen, Frances Langford, Andrew Garfield, James Lipton, Dan Nainan, Ethel Owen, Ozzie Nelson, Madeline Lee Gilford, Skip Young, Ed Bishop, Bob Lemond, Janet Waldo, Morris Ankrum, Florence Halop, Gil Stratton, Hal Smith, John Dehner, Elvia Allman, Jester Hairston, Arthur Q. Bryan, Brock Peters, Ken Nordine, Bill Thompson, Thelma White, Irene Ryan, E. G. Marshall, Ezra Stone, Harriet Nelson, Mary Jane Croft, Fred Foy, Ruth Mcdevitt, Parley Baer, Jim Backus, Penny Singleton, Pert Kelton, Olan Soule, Barbara Jo Allen, Miriam Wolfe, Ed Begley, Joseph Kearns, Jane Ace, Paula Stone, Ray Collins, Virginia Gregg, Earle Graser, Cass Daley, Elliott Lewis, John Fiedler, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22196 ... Read more

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This is an MP3 Audio CD of Mel Blanc, an oldtime radio show from the 1940's. If you love agood comedy, you'll love these. You get all these (and many others in the same genre):01 The Birthday Cards02 The Efficiency Expert03 The Cake Contest04 Mr Colby's Water Heater05 Muscle Man Contest06 Sally and Marylou07 The Postman's Ball08 Songwriter09 Community Chest Show10 The New Radio11 The Lodge Initation12 The Astrologer13 Thanksgiving Party14 Mel and Betty Elope15 Betty's Christmas Present16 Christmas Shopping (With Audience Warm Up)17 Mel Plays Santa Claus18 Zebra of the Year Show19 The Broken Caruso Record20 Foreign Relatives22 Masquerade Ball23 Betty's Suitors24 Mel's Birthday25 The Missing Slice of Bread26 Vaudeville Team27 Councilman Colby28 The Art Critic29 Two Loves Has Mel30 Miss Ugga Ugga Boo31 April Fools32 Easter Egg Hunt33 Society Party34 Literary Discussion35 Mel Plays James Mason36 Phony Oil Stock37 Higher Education38 Trial Separation39 Zookie Paints the Supermarket40 Summer Cottage41 Graduation Speaker42 Show at the SupermarketPlus many more related shows from the same era. Relive the magic of oldtime radio! This is an mp3 audio CD, so it won't play on a standard cd player. You'll need to download the files to your ipod or other mp3 player or play them on your computer or use a mp3 CD player. This listing is in compliance with existing copyright laws and Amazon's policies. These are public domain oldtime radio shows legally produced by our company. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rudolph Valentino, Mel Blanc, Paul Muni, Peter Lorre, John Huston, Janet Gaynor, Cecil B. Demille, Dee Dee Ramone, Fay Wray, Hattie Mcdaniel, Bugsy Siegel, Victor Fleming, Adolphe Menjou, Clifton Webb, Peter Finch, Louis Calhern, Tyrone Power, Florence Lawrence, Nelson Eddy, Norma Talmadge, William Desmond Taylor, Douglas Fairbanks, Marion Davies, Karl Dane, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, June Mathis, Maila Nurmi, Bebe Daniels, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Johnny Ramone, Carl Switzer, Nelson Riddle, Art Pepper, Don Adams, B. Reeves Eason, Ann Savage, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Eleanor Powell, Adrian, Mildred Harris, Estelle Getty, Barbara La Marr, Gregg Toland, Harvey Henderson Wilcox, Gene Stratton-Porter, Edgar G. Ulmer, Constance Talmadge, Harry Cohn, Renée Adorée, Peggy Shannon, James Cruze, Agnes Ayres, Darla Hood, Kenneth Harlan, J. Peverell Marley, Virginia Rappe, Bronisław Kaper, Henry B. Walthall, Victor Young, Franz Waxman, James Gleason, Steve James, Julia Faye, Leon Schlesinger, Eva Tanguay, Gladys George, Joseph Schildkraut, Rhea Mitchell, Sylvia Ashley, Louis Wolheim, Joan Hackett, Vito Scotti, Dark Cloud, Zoltan Korda, Charles Avery, Cass Daley, Bobby Dunn, Josef Swickard, Maude Fealy, Ed Gardner, Jesse Louis Lasky, Viola Dana, William Beaudine, Iron Eyes Cody, Harrison Gray Otis, Hannah Chaplin, Edwin Carewe, Erich Zeisl, William C. Demille, Tully Marshall, Jean Wallace, Ford Sterling, Arthur Charles Miller, Molly Dodd, Tom Forman, Arthur Lake, Andrew Arbuckle, Charles B. Middleton, Natalie Talmadge, Henry Lehrman, Estelle Taylor, Harold Switzer, Elmo Lincoln, Frank Keenan, Gertrude Astor, David Horsley, Gloria Dickson, Ben Lyon, George D. Wallace, Walter Jurmann, Frank Alexander, Fred J. Balshofer, Egon Brecher, Jeanie Macpherson, David White, Alan Crosland, Charles Chapl... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1687 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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This value packed collector package features 60 programsfrom 60 different series. Enjoy the most popular radio stars includingBurns&Allen, Jack Benny, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet andmany,many more. An anectdotal guide is included to give you a morein-depth look at the shows included in the package. This collectionmakes a wonderful gift. Read the reviews below and see how ourcustomers love this collection. ... Read more

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Includes details and history for each show
Old Time Radio's Greatest Shows clearly and fully lives up to its title as it showcases sixty of the finest radio program series to constitute the "Golden Age" of radio broadcasting. Ranging from Burns And Allen; The Lone Ranger; Dragnet; and Dimension X; to The Screen Director's Assignment; The Green Hornet; The Quiz Kids; and Songs By Sinatra; the 30 hours of programming in this magnificently presented anthology covers all of the diverse genres of popular radio programing from comedies, mysteries, and dramas, to science fiction, westerns, and variety shows. This superbly presented sampler is enhanced with a sturdy album case and a booklet which includes details and history for each show. A perfect introduction for new generations of listeners (as well as appreciative nostalgic old-timers!), Old Time Radio's Greatest Shows is very highly recommended for personal and community library audiobook collections.

A Veritable Whitman's Sampler of OTR
If you're looking to get your feet wet in collecting recordings of American old-time radio, this is an excellent place to start. Every genre of '30s and '40s radio (except possibly news) is represented in thiswell-done collection.A great place to start what can become a lifelonghobby.

OTR Bargain
A very good deal, especially for those who are not sure which shows may be of interest to them. The booklet is excellent and contributes to the enjoyment of the programs. Many hours of entertainment for a very smallinvestment.

A very good place to start
If you're new to the subject of old time radio, this collection is a great place to start; find out about particular interests (e.g., westerns, mysteries, etc) and seek out new ones.P.S. "The Whistler" and "Bergen and Mccarthy" are the best of OTR, hands down!

WHAT A DEAL!!!
Just what it says: episodes from 60 of radio's greatest half-hour shows. Benny, Hope, Fibber & Molly, X-One, Suspense, Escape, even Quiz Kids! All top quality sound, with dates and magazine-sized "liner notes"! The best collection available; great for nostalgic listening or introducing latecomers to the magic of radio. Twenty cassettes, thirty hours. ... Read more

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"The Firing of Julius LaRosa" - October 19, 1953.Starring Arthur Godfrey and Julius LaRosa.Arthur Godfrey's on-air firing of his popular young vocalist led to the professional decline of the biggest star in the history of radio and television."All American" - January 26, 1953.Starring Jack Benny, Tony Curtis and Mel Blanc.Network censors accidentally made a line funnier (and dirtier) when they censored a line referring to actress Veola Vonn's voluptuous bust, resulting in the longest laugh of the radio season."The New Hotel" - February 18, 1956.Starring William Conrad, Parley Baer and Howard McNeer.Gunsmoke was radio's first and greatest "adult western," bringing a gritty realism to the genre. "The New Hotel" is an exceptional example of the wild and ribald rehearsals fondly recalled by the cast members as "Dirty "Saturday's." ... Read more