Funny Old Radio Stuff

[PennsyHoosier]

Follow this link to a great Red Skelton skit on "Railroads":

http://www.radiocrazy.com/shows2/R/redskelton/Railroads.mp3

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by PennsyHoosier

Follow this link to a great Red Skelton skit on "Railroads":

http://www.radiocrazy.com/shows2/R/redskelton/Railroads.mp3

I have tried several times to access this link,but won't seem to work.When I first seen your post thought about another post about using old tv shows for background noise.What search engine were you using to find this?

[fec153]

Wow!!! FORBIDDEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats what I got, In big bold letters.
Flip

[Anonymous]

Funny? Old? No way!!! Just remember that many of us were raised with these radio shows -- there was no such thing as a TV in every room at one time. In fact, most homes didn't even have televisions. And, believe it or not, we didn't have computers, either. We would listen to the radio and , as incredible as it may sound, use our imaginations to "see" what was happening! So, pleaase, don't use those words when you talk of nostalgia.

[Anonymous]

Try copying the URL into the 'Play URL' box on WinAMp or a similar program.

The skit starts about 7:45 into the program.

There is a public radio station that plays 4 hours of old time radio every night, including the Red Skelton program on occasion. I listen online. http://www.wrvo.org/

Wayne

[Jetrock]

Well, Jack P, if it was a Red Skelton show, I imagine it was intended to be funny, and if it was a radio show, I imagine it was old. If something isn't old, how can one be nostalgic about it?

Like, say, those funny old steam engines?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jetrock

If something isn't old, how can one be nostalgic about it?

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Wayne

[PennsyHoosier]

I love the old radio programs. And I still listen to the radio much of the time. Little TV for me (it's all boring). Great thing about the computer is that I can listen to radio from all over the world.

[PennsyHoosier]

Eek! Sorry about the problem with the link. I got he FORBIDDEN message, too. However, by copying the link into winamp, like Wayne suggested, it worked fine.

Sorry about that again.

[Jetrock]

PennsyHoosier: If you want to check out modern-day radio shows, try www.kdvs.org which is a college station in Davis, CA--in addition to various music they have actual new "radio shows" like Joe Franke (which is syndicated) and some college-produced radio plays.

[PennsyHoosier]

Thanks, Jet. I'm listening to it right now. Good quality!

[dinwitty]

it seems Rad Skelton was a bit of a model railroader, his collection was sold on EBAY, and I just bought one of his engines from someone who was displaying his 2-10-4 pennsy engine.