He's a real character! In fact, Red Skelton's a whole lot of real characters! He's Clem Kadiddlehopper and Sheriff Deadeye…he's Willie Lump-Lump and Cauliflower McPugg…and, of course, he's Junior The Mean Widdle Kid!Skelton's material is broad, his creations are wild, and his catch-phrases go straight for the breadbasket. Even his rehearsals -- some of which are included in this collection - are stunningly silly. Join Red, Rod O'Connor, Pat McGeehan, Lurene Tuttle, Dick Ryan, and Martha We...

Hard-boiled, good-looking, and just a bit of a wise guy -- that's Richard Rogue, the private investigator with the active imagination! Join movie favorite Dick Powell for sixteen two-fisted adventures.Ted von Eltz co-stars as Lieutenant Urban, with Lurene Tuttle as Betty Callahan. Peter Leeds joins the cast as Eugor, Rogue's alter ego, who only emerges when our hero is rendered unconscious! Filling out the gallery are radio favorites Gerald Mohr, Gloria Blondell, Lou Merrill, Paul Frees, H...

He's settling in with his new life and his new family in Summerfield U. S. A. -- and now Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve has a new job! How does a man whose only experience with plumbing is turning on the faucet end up as the new Water Commissioner? These 16 digitally restored and remastered episodes feature Walter Tetley as Leroy, Lurene Tuttle as Marjorie, Lillian Randolph as Birdie, Earle Ross as Judge Hooker, Dick LeGrand as Mr. Peavey, Shirley Mitchell as Leila Ransom…and Harold Peary as...

The ring of the silver spurs heralds the most amazin' man ever to ride the prairies of the early West."Join Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), his white horse Topper, and sidekick California Carlson (Andy Clyde) in exciting radio tales of action, suspense, raw shooting and quick courage.Listen and learn why, more than a half century later, Boyd's portrayal and infectious laugh still attract fans who rank him as one of the greatest Western heroes of the last century. Lurene Tuttle, Will Wrigh...

"William Spier, radio's outstanding producer/director of mystery and crime drama brings you the greatest private detective of them all: Sam Spade."With a quick mind and a quicker tongue (occasionally planted firmly in cheek), Dashiell Hammett's daring detective takes the case, takes a few punches, takes the dough (when there is any), and takes advantage of Effie's…good nature, in eight digitally restored and remastered capers.This set stars Howard Duff as Spade, with Lurene Tuttle as his f...

No bigger fad swept across postwar radio than that of the hard-boiled private detective -- and nobody had more fun with their wink-and-nudge take on the genre than the producers, writers, and cast of The Adventures of Sam Spade.Dashiell Hammett's legendary private eye had a sardonic sense of humor, which wavy-haired, rugged-voiced Howard Duff played to perfection. Produced and directed by William Spier, co-starring Lurene Tuttle, and featuring one episode with Stephen Dunne in the title ro...

Next stop: Summerfield! Join Fibber McGee's battling next-door neighbor as he sets out on a brand new life in this collection of early episodes of The Great Gildersleeve! Gildy's new family fast becomes the most important part of his life - and this bombastic bachelor quickly develops a strong sense of heart.Harold Peary stars as the great man, with Lurene Tuttle as Marjorie, Walter Tetley as Leroy, Lillian Randolph as Birdie, and Earle Ross as "the old goat" Judge Hooker in sixteen digita...

"I just want to be known as a clown." - Red SkeltonHe dood it! Who dood it? Red Skelton, that's who! Join Red and his alter-egos Clem Kaddidllehopper, Sherrif Deadeye, Willie Lump-Lump, and of course Junior the "Mean Widdle Kid" in this hilarious collection presenting some of Skelton's best work from 1948!Lurene Tuttle, Verna Felton, Pat McGeehan, Rod O'Connor and Anita Ellis are heard in these rare rehearsal recordings and original radio broadcasts, many of which have never before been av...

"Sometimes the best stories a reporter gets are the ones he can't print..." The city after dark is a world of crime and corruption, of mystery and vice, of a thousand stories waiting to be told. And, Frank Lovejoy, as newshound Randy Stone, is just the man to tell them.Prowling the streets alongside Lovejoy are radio favorites William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer, Lurene Tuttle, Larry Dobkin, Jeanette Nolan, Bill Johnstone, and more. Join them for 16 digitally remastered and restored...

A newspaperman of the people, by the people and for the people -- that's Randy Stone of the Chicago Star, pounding the city streets night after night on the trail of crime, corruption, and haunting human interest stories!Frank Lovejoy stars as Stone in these sixteen digitally restored and remastered episodes from 1950. Sheldon Leonard, Joan Banks, William Conrad, Lurene Tuttle, Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson, Bill Johnstone, and more portray the complex characters in his intriguing adventur...

Hard as nails and every bit as sharp, that's Jeff Regan, Investigator! Listen in as the top operative of the International Detective Bureau, and his boss Anthony J. Lyon, scratch the underbelly of postwar urban crime in twelve digitally restored and remastered episodes. Frank Graham and Paul Dubov star as Regan, alongside Frank Nelson, William Conrad, Arthur Q. Bryan, Lurene Tuttle, and more.EPISODES INCLUDE: "A Streetcar Named Schultz" 01-18-50; "The Barefoot Boy with Shoes Gone" 01-25-50...

Red Skelton's impressive gallery of comic characterizations didn't need to be seen to be hilarious! Through sound alone, he brought to life a "fellow from the country," an inept outlaw, a down-for-the-count boxer, a shady politician, a Brooklynese braggart...and a holy terror known as "Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid."To commemorate Skelton's centennial birthday, Radio Spirits presents this collection of previously uncirculated broadcasts. Three of these are rehearsal recordings, in which Red ...