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Re: Radio Comedy

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Dean BedfordMar 23, 2008
 

 
If you read Miriam's post again she is talking about the lack of
production of new programmes. She mentions old-time radio briefly and
refers to it as a lost art so you can take it she's aware of it, I think.

On Monday, March 24, 2008, at 01:55 AM, Clitheroe Kid wrote:

> Miriam,
>
> There are a million sites on the web where you can listen to or
> download the
> sort of radio shows you're talking about. Just enter the phrase "old
> time
> radio" into any search engine to find them.
>
> You'll find them to be a mixture of golden age (i.e. pre-1963) American
> radio shows, Canadian and British shows from the 1950s to the present,
> Australian shows, and even South African shows. Everything from Jack
> Benny
> and Bob Hope to Garison Keeler and current BBC shows.
>
> In case you think I'm kidding you - or exaggerating! - Google will
> produce a
> list of 1.29 million results in English in response to that search -
>
> http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=20&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=
> old+time+radio
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miriam" <delmelza@...>
> To: <just-a-minute@...>
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:53 PM
> Subject: [just-a-minute] Re: Radio Comedy
>
> > I agree with the funding and elist points for usa radio- the whole
> > point of usa radio ( tv) is to get the 'demo' audience the
> > advertisers want ( usually the 18-34 or 18-49 yr olds) and to make a
> > Profit from the advertising on their station.
> > There are a couple "quiz/comedy" shows on the noncommerical NPR
> > radio stations ( but it depends If your local station airs them)
> > "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" which is akin to the BBC's "The News Quiz"
> > and "Says You" which is word/triva quiz show. I was able to attend a
> > taping of "Says You" last yr when it came to Seattle.
> > As for radio Drama Seattle is also the home of "Imagination
> > Theater" which is synicated throughout the usa and has new and
> > orginal radio dramas- this has been running for over 20 yrs and still
> > publicly taped locally.
> > Another synicated radio drama series is Twilight Zone Radio- which
> > has the orginal TV scripts made for radio.
> > I guess Seattle is lucky as one station has a 4 hr block of dramas
> > with Imagination Theater, Twilight Zone, and 2 hrs of "When Radio
> > Was" ( old time radio) on sat and sun evenings
> > But that is all I know for sure. I think it is a shame that radio
> > comedy/drama is almost a lost art in the usa. Miriam
> >
> >
> >
> > -- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres
> > <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > that's true. I never thought of it that way before.
> > >
> > > Dean Bedford <dbedford@...> wrote:
> > > On Saturday, March 22, 2008, at 06:06 PM, wareek100 wrote:
> > >
> > > > Why is it that there is so much radio comedy (of a high standard)
> > on
> > > > British radio, when every were else (including Australia were i
> > am)
> > > > it seems to have retreated to just early morning radio
> > DJ/comedians
> > > > here in OZ the ABC puts on a different show every day of the week
> > from
> > > > the BBC Just a Minute, ISIHAC, Mark steel solutions etc.
> > >
> > > I think a possibility is that the BBC is a well-funded non-
> > commercial
> > > organisation that can take risks in a way that commercial radio
> > cannot.
> > >
> > >
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