Classic Radio 10-13-26 - Buck Privates and Double or Nothing

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Now, the greatest radio shows of all time.

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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.

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

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Good evening, friends of the NSXM.

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Oh, we're going to have some fun today. We're going to have a Lux Radio Theater adaptation of Buck Privates starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. We're also going to have Double or Nothing starring Walter O'Keefe in a 1949 episode of the program. And we'll also have coming up episodes of Lum and Abner and Claudia. That's what's coming up on this Tuesday. This is the 13th day of October, 286th day of the year, 79 days left until 2026 Bids adieu. The cornerstone of the US Executive Mansion was laid on this date in 1792 You know it now as the White House.

In New York City on this date in 1843, Henry Jones and 11 others founded the B'nai Brit, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world. A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approved a proposed Constitution on this date in 1845 If Congress would approve it, it made Texas a US state and it did. The Georgia Institute of Technology founded in Atlanta on this date in 1885, the Ramblin Wreck of Georgia Tech.

And it was on this date in 1960, Pittsburgh Pirates' second baseman Bill Mazuroski became the first person to end a world series with a home run.

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Here's the swing and a high five. Back to the wild, goes better.

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Broadcaster Chuck Thompson with a call as the Pirates beat the New York Yankees four games to three in the 1960 World Series. Edward Albee's play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, opened on Broadway on this date in 1962

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Where are they?

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If we've got guests, where are they?

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They'll be here soon.

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They go home to get some sleep first or something?

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They'll be here.

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The opening of the play with the original cast, Arthur Hill as George and Uta Hagan as Martha. The candidates for vice president met in a debate broadcast from Atlanta on this date in 1992

Democrat Al Gore and incumbent Republican Dan Quayle attacked each other, but independent candidate Ross Feroz running mate, retired Admiral James Stockdale, stole the show.

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Why am I here?

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Stockdale, a POW in the Vietnam War, he served as president of both the Naval War College and the Citadel. He passed away in 2005 of Alzheimer's at the age of 81, but he was a star on this date in 1992 The Senate rejected ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on this date in 1999

The cheering as in Santiago, Chile on this date in 2010, 33 miners emerged from an underground cave where they had been trapped for 69 days. A surprise on this date in 2016

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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.

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Bob Dylan awarded the Nobel Prize on this date 10 years ago today. Passing away on this date in history, be Benadera.

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Dear Cousin Jay and Ann All, We are purely delighted to hear how Ellie May has a fella. It couldn't happen to a nicer girl, and she is lucky she is held up so well for her age. He is an interesting looking man.

We hope you are keeping well and getting plenty of good nourishment like we always get here in the hills in spite of everything. PS. Enclosed is a picture of Jethreene and Jasper Depew, her gorgeous new beau.

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A 1962 Kellogg's Corn Flake commercial with Bea Benaderich as a... Was it Cousin Pearl? I believe it was.

But you know, we knew her in radio for her many roles, including probably one of my favorites.

Oh gosh, she was my favorite husband. She was in that. She did the show with Gail Gordon, Granby's Green Acres, Bebber McGee and Molly, The Great Gilder Sleeve, just a lot of shows. And then on television, of course, she was the Kate Bradley in her leading television role, Petticoat Junction. Bea Benaderich passing away on this date back in 1968 Also passing away on this date, chocolate tycoon Milton S. Hershey, actor Clifton Webb, comedian Lenny Bruce, Ed Sullivan, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Lee Bok To, and Gary Collins. Birthdays on this date of those who are no longer with us, include Killer Kowalski.