Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio

A podcast featuring old time radio comedy shows in original broadcast order with commentary.

History Comedy

Update frequency: every 2 days
Average duration: 30 minutes
Episodes: 806
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

The Life of Riley: "Riley Installs a Time Clock"

When Riley comes home after working second shift and finds his family is still out for the evening, he responds in typical Riley fashion and puts them on a time clock.

Originally aired on March 16, 19…

00:29:41 | Sat 08 Feb 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "Jack and Johnny Are in Jail"

Jello Everybody. On his way to the studio, Jack takes out a telegraph pole with his car while doing 72 miles an hour. So the show is broadcast from jail and the courtroom.

Episode 203 of The Jack Benn…

00:30:38 | Fri 07 Feb 2025

The Aldrich Family - "Henry Buys a Bracelet"

What kind of message is being sent when a teenage boy buys an expensive bracelet for a teenage girl?

Originally aired on April 19, 1953. This is episode 581 of The Aldrich Family.

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00:30:28 | Thu 06 Feb 2025

The Life of Riley: "Louella Is A House Guest"

When Riley inadvertently burns down the home of their flirty neighbor, Louella, he feels obligated to let her stay in their spare room. His wife, Peg, has a different opinion on the matter.

Originally…

00:30:26 | Wed 05 Feb 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "Kenny Baker’s Debut"

Jello Everybody. We take quite a jump from our last episode, which was from January of 1935 to this episode. Thirty-some episodes are missing. But this episode highlights a new singer on the show, Ke…

00:30:48 | Thu 30 Jan 2025

The Aldrich Family - "Latin Homework"

Today, you’ll see that nobody is paying attention to anything, but most especially, Henry and Homer just keep doing the wrong things when it comes to their Latin class.

Originally aired on March 15, 1…

00:32:25 | Wed 29 Jan 2025

The Life of Riley: "Riley Has Tonsilitis"

Most people get their tonsils out once, if at all. Chester A. Riley got his out three times. How? Listen to the end of the show for an explaination.

Originally aired on February 23, 1951. This is epis…

00:33:05 | Tue 28 Jan 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "The Count of Monte Jell-O"

Jello Everybody. Another literary classic falls prey to Jack Benny and his talented cast as we listen to an episode entitled “The Count of Monte Jell-O.”

Episode 159 of The Jack Benny Show. The progra…

00:23:55 | Sat 25 Jan 2025

The Aldrich Family - "The Lost Watch"

On the very day his aunt is coming for dinner, Henry Aldrich loses the watch she gave him.

Originally aired on December 7, 1952. This is episode 562 of The Aldrich Family.

Please email questions and co…

00:30:07 | Thu 23 Jan 2025

The Life of Riley: "Riley's Case of Nerves"

Chester A. Riley is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, so his wife, Peg, decides to take him to Palm Springs.

Originally aired on February 16, 1951. This is episode 306 of The Life of Riley.

Please e…

00:30:04 | Sat 18 Jan 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "Rose of the Rio Grande"

Jello Everybody. Today Jack and the gang take us south of the border down Mexico way with a sketch entitled “Rose of the Rio Grande”.

Episode 154 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired …

00:21:55 | Thu 16 Jan 2025

The Aldrich Family - "Henry's Father Is Sick"

Henry Aldrich inadvertently gives his school principal the wrong idea when he asks to leave school early to take care of his sick father.

Originally aired on November 30, 1952. This is episode 561 of …

00:30:11 | Tue 14 Jan 2025

The Life of Riley: "Charleston Dance Lessons"

Chester A. Riley takes dance classes with their flirty neighbor, Louella. The only problem is that he has to pose as her husband to get the lessons for free.

Originally aired on February 9, 1951. This…

00:30:09 | Fri 10 Jan 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch"

Jack and the gang do a very loose adaptation of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch entitled “Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch."

Episode 152 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on Novemb…

00:24:15 | Wed 08 Jan 2025

The Aldrich Family - "Debating Team"

Henry Aldrich goes out for the debate team because he wants to get to know a certain girl a little bit better. Unfortunately for Henry, she quits the team the day he joins it.

Originally aired on Nove…

00:32:00 | Tue 07 Jan 2025

The Life of Riley: "Babs Blackballed at the Sorority"

Babs wants to get into a hoity toity sorority, but snobby Helene Bidwell threatens to blackball her unless she stops seeing a certain young man.

Originally aired on February 2, 1951. This is episode 3…

00:31:08 | Fri 03 Jan 2025

The Jack Benny Show - "Charlie Chan in Radio City"

Jello Everybody. When Jack gets a letter from a fan saying that they should get Charlie Chan to solve their mysteries, guess what detective shows up?

Episode 151 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs o…

00:22:59 | Wed 01 Jan 2025

The Aldrich Family - "New Suit"

Henry Aldrich wants a new suit, but what his mother ends up getting him creates the wrong kind of sensation as he walks through the high school halls

Originally aired on November 9, 1952. This is epis…

00:31:01 | Mon 30 Dec 2024

The Life of Riley: "Tillie Boomer"

Today’s program is a flashback to a time when Chester A Riley becomes engaged to both Peg and his boss’s daughter, Tillie Boomer.

Originally aired on January 26, 1951. This is episode 303 of The Life …

00:29:57 | Fri 27 Dec 2024

The Jack Benny Show - "An Old-Fashioned Christmas"

Jello Everybody and Merry Christmas! Today Jack and the gang exchange Christmas gifts and have some visits from some interesting guests.

Episode 237 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally air…

00:31:32 | Wed 25 Dec 2024

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