Classic Radio 10-05-26 - Henry as Debt Chairman, Edgar and Charlie's Anniversary, and Cowboy Love Tales

Wyatt Cox (0:10)

Now, the greatest radio shows of all time.

SPEAKER_2 (0:14)

Suspense, The Shadow Node, Washington Calling, David Harding, Counter-Spy, Classic Radio Theater, The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Dragnet, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger.

Wyatt Cox (0:28)

Now, step back into our time machine with your host, Wyatt Cox.

SPEAKER_2 (0:34)

Good evening, friends of the NSXN.

Wyatt Cox (0:38)

A funny Monday as we stand out to start off on a Sunday in 1952 with The Aldrich Family and the Edgar Bergen Show. We'll also have the Burns and Allen Show from 1943 and yours truly, Johnny Dollar and Claudia. That's all coming up on this Monday. This is the fifth day of October. It is the 278th day of the year. We have 87 days remaining.

Wilbur Wright piloted the Wright Flyer 3 on this day in 1905 in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes. That was a world record that stood for three years till 1908

A six-month strike by Hollywood set designers turned into a bloody riot on this day in 1945, at the gates of Warner Brothers Studios, Hollywood's Black Friday. The first televised White House address given by President Truman on this day in 1947 In the address, Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe. Earl Warren sworn in on this day in 1953 as the 14th Chief Justice of the US. Premiering on this date in 1956, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.

The show lasted until May of 1963 on an irregular basis, primarily around the times when they premiered the new lines of Cars. The Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do, in Britain on this date in 1962 It would be another year or so before they really hit big in the US. The first broadcast on this date in 1969 of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

SPEAKER_4 (3:17)

Is this the right room for an argument?

SPEAKER_5 (3:19)

I've told you once.

SPEAKER_7 (3:22)

No, you haven't.

SPEAKER_9 (3:24)

When?

SPEAKER_7 (3:24)

Just now. No, you didn't.

SPEAKER_5 (3:26)

Yes, I did.

SPEAKER_9 (3:26)

I did.

SPEAKER_7 (3:27)

I didn't. I'm telling you, I did.

SPEAKER_6 (3:29)

You did not.

SPEAKER_7 (3:29)

I'm sorry, is this a five-minute argument or the full half hour?

SPEAKER_9 (3:33)

Oh!

SPEAKER_6 (3:33)

Oh, just the five-minute one. Fine.

SPEAKER_7 (3:38)

Thank you.

Anyway, I did. You most certainly did not.

SPEAKER_12 (3:41)

Now, let's get one thing quite clear.

Wyatt Cox (3:43)

I most definitely told you.

Wyatt Cox (3:45)

You did not.

SPEAKER_7 (3:45)

Yes, I did.

Wyatt Cox (3:46)

You did not.

SPEAKER_7 (3:46)

Yes, I did. Didn't.

Wyatt Cox (3:47)

Yes, I did. Didn't. Yes, I did.

SPEAKER_4 (3:49)

Look, this is an argument.

SPEAKER_15 (3:50)

Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_4 (3:51)

No, it isn't. It's just contradiction.

SPEAKER_15 (3:52)

No, it isn't.

SPEAKER_4 (3:53)

Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_15 (3:53)

It is not. It is.

SPEAKER_4 (3:55)

You just contradicted me.

SPEAKER_5 (3:56)

No, I didn't. Oh, you did.

SPEAKER_9 (3:57)

No, no, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_4 (3:59)

You did just there. No, no, no, no, no, nonsense.

SPEAKER_5 (4:01)

Oh, look, this is futile.

SPEAKER_12 (4:02)

No, it isn't.

SPEAKER_9 (4:03)

I came here for a good argument.

SPEAKER_12 (4:04)

No, you didn't. You came here for an argument.

SPEAKER_4 (4:05)

Well, an argument is not the same as contradiction.

SPEAKER_5 (4:08)

Can be.

SPEAKER_7 (4:08)

No, it can't.

SPEAKER_5 (4:09)

An argument is a collective series of statements to establish a definite proposition.

SPEAKER_7 (4:13)

No, it isn't. Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_19 (4:14)

It isn't just contradiction.

SPEAKER_7 (4:16)

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.

SPEAKER_6 (4:19)

But it isn't just saying, no, it isn't.

SPEAKER_7 (4:20)

Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_5 (4:21)

No, it isn't. Arguments are an intellectual process.

SPEAKER_6 (4:25)

Contradiction is just the automatic game-saying of anything the other person says. No, it isn't. Yes, it is.

SPEAKER_9 (4:30)

Not at all.

SPEAKER_5 (4:30)

No, look.

SPEAKER_6 (4:31)

Thank you.

Wyatt Cox (4:33)

John Cleese and Graham Chapman from Monty Python's Flying Circus about the argument clinic. And who could forget that sketch about your favorite meat product?

SPEAKER_9 (4:43)

The Spam, Eggs, Sausage and Spam. That's not got much Spam in it.

SPEAKER_17 (4:47)

I don't want any Spam.

Wyatt Cox (4:50)

45 episodes aired over four seasons from 1969 to 1974 and created a franchise that has lasted for decades. PBS became a television network on this date in 1970 I honestly love you. First reached number one of the billboard charts on this date in 1974, giving Olivia Newton-John her first top selling single in the US. The leader of Poland's Solidarity Labor Movement, Lech Balensa, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on this date in 1983