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Topic: Radio Comedy

Message 1 / 4
Clitheroe KidMar 23, 2008
 

 
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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Topic: Re: Radio Comedy

Message 2 / 4
Clitheroe KidMar 23, 2008
 

 
That can't be the whole answer. The Australian equivalent to the BBC is the
public service broadcaster ABC, which is also a publicly funded
non-commercial station. But ABC does not produce a comedy or light
entertainment output to match the BBC's.

In point of fact, ABC produces a lot of original programming. But hardly any
of it is light entertainment shows. When they want a comedy, a panel game,
or a quiz show they tend to acquire them from the BBC.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Bedford" <dbedford@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Radio Comedy


>
> 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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Topic: Re: Radio Comedy

Message 3 / 4
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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo!
> > Search.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 
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Topic: Re: Radio Comedy

Message 4 / 4
Dean BedfordMar 23, 2008
 

 
On Monday, March 24, 2008, at 02:02 AM, Clitheroe Kid wrote:

> That can't be the whole answer. The Australian equivalent to the BBC is
> the
> public service broadcaster ABC, which is also a publicly funded
> non-commercial station. But ABC does not produce a comedy or light
> entertainment output to match the BBC's.
>
> In point of fact, ABC produces a lot of original programming. But
> hardly any
> of it is light entertainment shows. When they want a comedy, a panel
> game,
> or a quiz show they tend to acquire them from the BBC.

Umm in point of fact the ABC does produce a lot of light entertainment
programmes. They just produce them for TV. Generally where a public
broadcaster does both TV and radio, radio is the poor relation. The
money goes into TV with radio filled up by the basics of news and sport
and documentaries. The exception to the poor relation rule is the BBC.

I didn't actually say I had "the whole answer" anyway. But seeing as you
raise it, what then is "the whole answer"? Remember the question raised
was why the BBC does better than the ABC in this area. Let's have your
original thoughts on this.