It was produced with a young audience in mind but just couldnt last beyond the first year of its life. The general mills radio adventure theater has been moved i broke into the greatful dead forum and requested the files be moved to otr. And a segment i call fade in, a conversation with austin beach of broken bard studios. It proved to be fairly successful and another 8 weeks of original programs were. Comprised of adventure novels by some of the finest authors throughout modern history, the series began airing two episodes per weekend, saturday and sunday, during prepostsupper time in most parts of the nation. Damon runyon theater, family theater, favorite story, firesign theater, lux radio theater, mercury theater, nbc theater, radio city playhouse, screen directors guild, screen guild, sears radio theater, studio one, theater five. Himan brown, already producing the cbs radio mystery theater for the network, added this twiceweekly saturdays and sundays anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. Marshal goes back to the netflix marvel superhero television shows. You can stream them at home, or download them on your smartphone and. The venerable russell horton performed the part of nolan. Its like mystery science theater 3000 for the radio, minus the robots and.
General mills radio adventure theater music, videos, stats. Click here to view a selection of downloadable resources from currclick which could accompany the red badge of courage. It usually aired on weekends on stations which cleared it. Their story, the meteorite was originally broadcast april 11, 1977. The series was an attempt at the way radio was, 15 years after dramatic radio left the air in 1962.
The general mills radio adventure theater radio echoes. Many first rate radio actors are heard throughout these episodes. General mills radio adventure theater times past old. The general mills radio adventure theater was an anthology radio drama series with tom bosley as host, which aired on the cbs radio network in 1977. A national broadcast network that provides entertainment for the blind, supports old time radio listen, radio theater channel radio theater channel. Remembering the cbs radio mystery theater chuck miller.
The general mills cbs radio adventure theater great program from the 1970s adapting classic literature in a 45 minute radio drama format. Use updown arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Shooting his way out of the daredevil, season 2, frank castle aka the punisher discoveries more ties between his military history and the death of his family, which means the punishing is far from over. General mills radio adventure theater old time radio mp3 cd 52episodes various on. Check out oliver twist by general mills radio adventure theater on amazon music.
Lets listen to all those wonderful shows, just like we used to in the good old days. Still, many of these productions remained lesser known to the extent that anyone starting a similar revival would think they were doing something unique. Himan brown, already producing the cbs radio mystery theater for the network, added this twice. Program logs the original old time radio otr www pages. Cbs general mills adv theater 52 shows old time radio. The definitive mutual radio theater radio log with elliott.
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The mutual radio theater debuted mar 3, 1980 and was to run for weeks on almost 300 stations. The admin jeff kaplan is a fan of theirs and often sees things there first. Oliver twist by general mills radio adventure theater on. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from general mills radio adventure theater. The general mills adventure theater the series was an attempt at the way radio was, 15 years after dramatic radio left the air in 1962. Listen free to adventure otr on iheartradio podcasts. Callimachi, along with the series producer andy mills, spends. Adventure theater online using any of the 3 radio players below. Cbs general mills adv theater 52 shows old time radio in.
Often paired with the cbs radio mystery theater during its first season, the program offered a different genre of drama for each days broadcast. The general mills radio adventure theater wikipedia. Otr, digital deli, and radio echos each list most of the known episodes of general mills radio adventure theater. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in february 1977 and. The shows were then to be repeated over the summer and fall. The mutual radio theater, the sears radio theater, nprs ear play, and the general mills adventure theater. General mills was looking for a lowercost alternative to television advertising and himan brown was looking to expand into the juvenile market with his. Hosted by tom bosley this is the, general mills radio adventure theater, and the. The popularity of the cbs radio mystery theater spawned a small revival of radio dramas the general mills radio adventure theater followed the same format, tailoring the stories for a. Also known as the cbs radio adventure theater, this show was a companion series to the cbs radio mystery theater, and likewise produced by himan brown. Join us each week only on the old time radio network. On may 8, 1977, a threeact radio play was broadcast as an episode of famous radio man himan browns the general mills radio adventure theater. General mills radio adventure theater old time radio mp3.
I recently found a small trove of 1970s radio scripts. The general mills radio adventure theater was an anthology radio drama series with tom bosley as host, which aired on the cbs radio network in the series had it origins in the meeting of two minds. Stewart regularly updates his logs, so check back every so often for those updates. The radio adventures of doc savage the great detectives. General mills radio adventure theater otr old time radio show mp3 on cdr 52 episodes. Short readings that present large philosophical ideas is the general gist of this podcast. Cloak and dagger old time radio shows otr mp3 cd cdr 22. The definitive general mills radio adventure theater radio. Stewart wright has contributed many broadcast logs on old and newtime radio drama series. General mills radio adventure theaterold time radio. Play free podcast episodes ondemand with iheartradio. High adventure old time radio shows otr otrs mp3 on cdr 92 episodes. February 20, 1977 please give a thumbs up and subs.
You can refer to that material here, here, here and here. Its called the general mills radio adventure theater, and will run just under an hour each night, and will premiere promptly at 6. Survival test by general mills radio adventure theater. Tom bosley, howard cunningham of tvs happy days 1974, was host of the series. Ones media general mills radio adventures theater otr2cdgeneralmillsrat old time radio 2 cdrom 52 mp3 total time. Welcome to otr world classic old time radio shows from bygone eras. Sears radio theater was a radio drama anthology series which ran weeknights on cbs radio in 1979, sponsored by the sears chain. The definitive general mills radio adventure theater radio log. The general mills radio adventure theater was a 1977 anthology radio drama series with tom bosley as host. And indeed, general mills radio adventure theater premiered on february 5, 1977. The resurgence of radio during the 1970s and 1980s brought some truly great moments and this was one of them. To download, rightclick here and then click save join the journey into patreon to get a new outfield excursions episode featuring sword of the valiant miles okeefe, sean connery, peter cushing and all other future episodes, plus other extras and rewards. Cbsrmt proved so successful to late evening radio audiences that himan brown created radio adventure theater for general mills in 1977, targeted to a younger weekend morning audience for two years.
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