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Radio, Someone Still Loves You
This internship has been amazing. I never expected it to be as enjoyable and fascinating as it was. I learned more than I could ever hope to sum up in a single post, or even multiple posts for that matter. I have a new respect for old radio shows, for a whole culture for that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out
The two most memorable programs I digitized today were very different from each other. One was an episode of “Red Ryder.” I have grown up watching “A Christmas Story” on TBS, which broadcasts the movie for 24 hours straight, beginning at 8 PM on Christmas Eve. The plot of the movie, for those [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )You made ‘em laugh
Queen really knew what they were talking about with this line. I digitized an episode of “Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge” from 1941. The program was a game show, based on music. The show I listened to was broadcast from an army base.
What came across was a sense of fun; the points were [...]
Through wars of worlds – invaded by
Ants. Killer ants that is. I digitized an episode of “Escape” entitled “Leinengen vs. The Ants.” It was an action/adventure show. The episode was about a plantation in the Amazon about to be over-run by flesh eating ants that destroy anything and everything in their path. Leinengen refused to leave his plantation, despite the warnings [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Those Old Time Stars
I digitized an episode of “Burns and & Allen.” While I would like to be able to write about some grand realization, or some stunning historical insight, it is not going to happen. I was enjoying the show too much. The show was so funny. It was difficult to keep myself from laughing out loud. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )And Now A Word From Our Sponsor
The semester’s almost over, and I’m really busy with papers. I do not normally procrastinate, however, I was re-reading some of previous posts and I realized something. While I did keep my readers up to date on my search for my summer internship, I never mentioned how I ended up working at the library.
Last [...]
It’s Only Monday, but I’ve got Friday on my Mind
Joe Friday, he carries a badge. (Go ahead, hum the theme if you want to)
I digitized an episode of “Nightbeat” followed by an episode of “Dragnet.” While both are investigation dramas, I was struck by how bad “Dragnet” was.
Randy Stone, who has the night beat for a newspaper in Chicago, has flair. He’s like [...]
Breakthroughs
Based on my early frustrations, I never thought I would reach a point when working with reel to reel would be easy. Just when I thought I had a handle on it, I would find something else that could go wrong. However, today I did not need any help, which I feel is a huge [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Truer words were never spoken, based on what I worked on today. I digitized a fascinating old relic titled “Halls of Ivy.” For the first time, I actually snickered while I was listening to the program. It was so cheesy and corny. The show takes place at Ivy College, in Ivy USA. The focus of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hitler
I digitized four reels of a speech given by Hitler. There was an English translation given by the United States correspondent. The speech was given in 1939, shortly after the invasion of Poland. I wondered what it must have been like for the people who had to translate the speech, and for the person who [...]
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