Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio
A podcast featuring old time radio comedy shows in original broadcast order with commentary.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 806
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Jack Benny Show - "School Days"
Jack Benny and the gang go back to school with some great impersonations of radio, stage, and movie stars of 1934. There are two partial episodes of Jack Benny combined to make one regular size episo…
00:32:19 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
The Aldrich Family - "The Haircut"
Henry’s mom is never quite satisfied with his haircut, so she makes him go to the barber three times on the same day. In the end, it works out rather well for him.
Originally aired on October 5, 1952.…
Originally aired on October 5, 1952.…
00:30:20 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
The Life of Riley: "The Riley’s First Date"
Peg tells Junior the story of her first date with Riley.
Originally aired on November 17, 1950. This is episode 293 of The Life of Riley.
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Originally aired on November 17, 1950. This is episode 293 of The Life of Riley.
Please email questions and comments to [email protected]…
00:29:54 |
Fri 01 Nov 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "The House of Benny"
After doing a comedy sketch on the House of Rawchild, Jack Benny get a request to do a sketch on the House of Benny.
Episode 142 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 31, 1934…
Episode 142 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 31, 1934…
00:30:59 |
Wed 30 Oct 2024
The Aldrich Family - "He-man Or Mouse"
When Henry’s girlfriend begins to take interest in football star Bill Turner, Henry tries to sign up for a course on how to bulk up.
Originally aired on October 5, 1952. This is episode 552 of The Ald…
Originally aired on October 5, 1952. This is episode 552 of The Ald…
00:30:37 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
The Life of Riley: "Riley Wins a Hudson Guessing the Number of Beans in a Jar"
When a local store offers a new Hudson automobile for the person that can correctly guess the number of beans in a bowl, Chester A. Riley becomes a bean-counter.
Originally aired on November 10, 1950.…
Originally aired on November 10, 1950.…
00:32:26 |
Sat 26 Oct 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "The House of Rawchild"
Jack Benny and the gang do a sketch based on the movie, "The House of Rothschild."
Episode 141 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 24, 1934.
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Episode 141 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 24, 1934.
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00:25:08 |
Fri 25 Oct 2024
The Aldrich Family - "The Barter System"
When Henry and Homer do some work for a farmer, they get paid with 12 bushels of corn.
Originally aired on September 21, 1952. This is episode 551 of The Aldrich Family.
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Originally aired on September 21, 1952. This is episode 551 of The Aldrich Family.
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00:30:43 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
The Life of Riley: "Babs' Elopement"
When Riley finds out that Babs' boyfriend is worth one million dollars, he puts them on the fast-track to a wedding.
Originally aired on November 3, 1950. This is episode 291 of The Life of Riley.
Plea…
Originally aired on November 3, 1950. This is episode 291 of The Life of Riley.
Plea…
00:30:10 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "To New York on the Twentieth Century Limited"
Jack Benny is heading back to New York by train on the Twentieth Century Limited.
Episode 138 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 3, 1934.
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Episode 138 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 3, 1934.
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00:22:18 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
The Aldrich Family - "Looking for Tuxedos For School Formal"
Henry Aldrich needs a tux for the High School formal dace and Homer Brown needs tickets. So naturally, they try to talk each other’s fathers into paying for it all.
No information as to when this epis…
No information as to when this epis…
00:26:28 |
Wed 16 Oct 2024
The Life of Riley: "Riley Wants to Win a New Stove in a Cake Baking Contest"
Peg needs a new stove, but her less than honest husband, Chester A. Riley, thinks she can win one by baking a chocolate cake.
Originally aired on October 27, 1950. This is episode 290 of The Life of R…
Originally aired on October 27, 1950. This is episode 290 of The Life of R…
00:30:59 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "Who Killed Mr. Stooge?, Part 5"
On this episode of the Jack Benny show, we get to hear him play his violin and hear the gang do another murder mystery sketch.
Episode 136 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on July …
Episode 136 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on July …
00:30:19 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
The Aldrich Family - "Anniversary of First Date"
It is Homer Brown’s anniversary of his first date with Agnes. Naturally, things get blown way out of proportion.
No information as to when this episode originally aired.
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No information as to when this episode originally aired.
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00:29:08 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
The Life of Riley: "Collection Agency"
Chester A. Riley is trying to dodge a bill collector from the Gold Coast Collection Agency. Then he encounters another revoltin’ development when he learns the name of the business owned by the fathe…
00:30:02 |
Sat 05 Oct 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "Home Cooking at Don’s" and "Jack Is Taking a Taxi to the Show"
In today’s episode, we get some of two Jack Benny shows.
Episodes 126 and 127 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on May 11 and 18, 1934.
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Episodes 126 and 127 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on May 11 and 18, 1934.
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00:32:23 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
The Aldrich Family - "Searching for Ancestors"
When Charlie Clark starts bragging about his relatives and ancestors, Henry Aldrich starts to dig up his family tree to find someone famous.
No information as to when this episode originally aired.
Ple…
No information as to when this episode originally aired.
Ple…
00:27:03 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
The Life of Riley: "Riley's First Car"
Chester A. Riley finally buys a car, but when it comes to passing his driving exam, well, that’s another matter.
Originally aired on October 13, 1950. This is episode 288 of The Life of Riley.
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Originally aired on October 13, 1950. This is episode 288 of The Life of Riley.
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00:30:50 |
Fri 27 Sep 2024
The Jack Benny Show - "The Hills of Kentucky"
On this episode of the Jack Benny show, we get to hear him and the gang do a sketch in honor of the Kentucky Derby which was to be run the next day, May 5, 1934.
Episode 125 of The Jack Benny Show. Th…
Episode 125 of The Jack Benny Show. Th…
00:22:10 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
The Aldrich Family - "Ice Fishing in January"
When Henry and Homer want to go ice fishing, things don’t go exactly as planned, but with Henry Aldrich, do they ever?
No information as to when this episode originally aired.
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No information as to when this episode originally aired.
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00:24:16 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
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