Radio comedy - Posts - Page 25

Happy Birthday, Robert Young!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 22nd 2018

During his lengthy career in show business, Robert George Young—born on this date in 1907—cultivated a characteristic that’

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 7th 2018

Old-time radio fans know that when Orson Welles made the decision to abandon his role as Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) a

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 21st 2018

At the beginning of each weekly broadcast of the radio sitcom Life with Luigi, the program’s announcer would introduce Luig

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 14th 2018

In movies, television—and especially on radio—actor William Bendix frequently played a typical blue-collar working stiff.

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

From 1941 to 1949, Columbia Pictures entertained devoted moviegoers with a series of films based on a character created by

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 20th 2017

Irene Dunne is acknowledged by many classic movie fans to be the greatest actress who never won an Academy Award. It wasn’