February 27, 2016

Arch Obler’s Lights Out

We feature a scary episode of LIGHTS OUT with Arch Obler on this week’s show. “He Dug it Up” is from February of 1943. We’l also hear DRAGNET, PHIL HARRIS AND ALICE FAYE, FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY, and ESCAPE

Episode Segments:

H360: Dragnet OTR Detective: Dragnet 11-10-53 “The Big Kid” starring Jack Webb. A teen-age gang war is about to erupt: “The Orchids” vs. “The Pink Rats.” Cast includes: Ben Alexander. Spon. by Chesterfield (cigarette commercials deleted) NBC. OTR Comedy Part 1: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 1-8-50 “Red Paint on the Poodle” starring Phil Harris & Alice Faye. Mr. Scott’s dog and a can of red paint have an unfortunate confluence. Cast includes: Anne Whitfield, Elliott Lewis, Gale Gordon, Jeanine Roos, Robert North, Stan Freberg and Walter Tetley. Bill Forman (ann). Spon. by Rexall. NBC.
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H360: I Was a Communist for the FBI OTR Comedy Part 2: The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 1-8-50 “Red Paint on the Poodle” starring Phil Harris & Alice Faye. Mr. Scott’s dog and a can of red paint have an unfortunate confluence. Cast includes: Anne Whitfield, Elliott Lewis, Gale Gordon, Jeanine Roos, Robert North, Stan Freberg and Walter Tetley. Bill Forman (ann). Spon. by Rexall. NBC. OTR Espionage: I Was A Communist for the FBI 5-24-53 “Abby as in Abigail” starring Dana Andrews. Cvetic plans to use the Red Cross as a front for the Party. He then has to prevent a blood hijacking. Truman Bradley (ann). Syndicated by Ziv.
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H360: Lights Out OTR Mystery: Lights Out! 2-9-43 “He Dug It Up” hosted by Arch Oboler. An ancient stone coffin buried in the peaceful English countryside becomes an instrument of death. Inside the coffin is a woman with the head of a lion…and she’s alive! Frank Martin (ann). Spon. by Ironized Yeast. CBS. OTR Comedy Part 1: Fibber McGee & Molly 11-28-39 “Dodging the Finance Company” starring Jim & Marian Jordan. Fibber and Molly are having a hard time dodging the finance company. Cast includes: Hal Peary, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph and Frank Nelson. Harlow Wilcox (ann). Spon. by Johnson’s Wax. NBC.
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H360: Escape OTR Comedy Part 2: Fibber McGee & Molly 11-28-39 “Dodging the Finance Company” starring Jim & Marian Jordan. Fibber and Molly are having a hard time dodging the finance company. Cast includes: Hal Peary, Bill Thompson, Isabel Randolph and Frank Nelson. Harlow Wilcox (ann). Spon. by Johnson’s Wax. NBC. OTR Mystery: Escape 5-2-48 “John Jock Todd” starring Wilms Herbert. A taciturn Scotsman, who says he is not a fighting man, arrives at a trading post in Africa where he is to work for the next four years. The doc boss begins tormenting him beyond endurance. Cast includes: Jack Kruschen, Tony Barrett, Don Diamond and Paul McVeigh. Sustaining. CBS.
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