Anniversary - Posts - Page 8

“Atsa funny thing—when I’m-a say it, itsa come out different…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 21st 2017

Describing himself at one time as “a reformed introvert,’ writer Cy Howard decided to get into radio after quitting a $70-a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 6th 2017

Mention “Milton Berle” to any baby boomer and chances are they’ll immediately think of the frenzied mirthmaker who entertai

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 31st 2017

In addition to Jim and Marian Jordan’s star turns as Fibber McGee and Molly on The Johnson Wax Program in the 1930s, the c

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 25th 2017

No less an authority than TV Guide declared Father Knows Best to be “the quintessentially comforting 50s sitcom.” A generat

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 7th 2017

On this date in 1947, the CBS Radio Network decided to complement its celebrated “outstanding theatre of thrills” with an

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 6th 2017

On this date in 1944, the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy got underway in one of the most pivotal bat