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National Comedy

Attorneys-at-lawless: Old-time radio listening, 21-24 May

  • Flywheel Shyster & Flywheel
  • May 24, 2012
Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel: The Ocean Cruise (NBC Blue, 22 May 1933)Before “success” was no longer the secret word for Groucho...
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The Office: Season eight review

Season eight of The Office saw big changes for the show. Most notably, it was the first season to begin with Michael Scott not being the boss, and...
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The first hit spinoff: Old-time radio listening, 15-16 May

The Johnson Wax Program with Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve: From Wistful Vista to Summerfield (Audition Program; NBC, 16 May 1941)"The Johnson...
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High-flying Birdie: Old-time radio listening, 12 May

The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy Stays Home Sick (NBC, 1948)In her signature role of housekeeper Birdie Lee Coggins on The Great Gildersleeve, Lillian...
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Reductio ad absurdum, you betchum: Old-time radio listening, 11 May

  • Vic & Sade & Bob & Ray
  • May 12, 2012
Even by their own quietly high standard, today's installments of Vic & Sade and Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network are the kind of...
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LA is Paradise

  • LA is Paradise
  • May 11, 2012
LA is Paradise is Pancake Juggler Scot Nery’s new comedy show about our cityof Los Angeles and brings together LA’s finest performers,...
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The Office episode review: 'Free Family Portrait Studio'

  • Free Family Portrait Studio
  • May 10, 2012
So, here we are. The season eight finale. It has been a, shall we say, uneven season. There have been some strong episodes, sure, but it has also...
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"There is no violence or rough stuff": Old-time radio listening, 10 May

  • Texaco Star Theater with Fred Allen
  • May 10, 2012
Texaco Star Theater Starring Fred Allen: The Courting of Nasty and Nell (CBS, 1942)This is not quite Marlene Dietrich's first old-time radio...
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'Nice Girls Crew' screening at the L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival

Sheetal Sheth, Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen star in "Nice Girls Crew", a raunchy "Bridesmaids‐meets Arrested Development", no...
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Eli Manning, Lorne Michaels bring Super Bowl star power to 'Saturday Night Live'

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has faced down some tough challenges on the football field, and now he is taking on a challenge that many...
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