{"title":"Radio","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our Radio collection. New Arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"incorrect-entertainment-or-trash-from-the-past-by-anthony-slide-paperback","title":"INCORRECT ENTERTAINMENT OR TRASH FROM THE PAST by Anthony Slide (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINCORRECT ENTERTAINMENT or Trash from the Past: A history of political incorrectness and bad taste in 20th Century American pop culture \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:1;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073786111 1 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"MS Mincho\";\n\tpanose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:128;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eCultural Historian Anthony Slide, who has been described by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a “one-man publishing phenomenon,” strikes again with a book guaranteed to contain something offensive for everyone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eChapters include subjects as varied as Camp, Fascism in Hollywood, Hedda Hopper, and the \u003ci\u003ePorkey's\u003c\/i\u003e movies. The latest topical jokes on Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Challenger disaster, alcohol, drug, and spousal abuse, communism, ethnicity, gays and lesbians and religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThey are all here in this quirky, outrageous, informative, and above all, entertaining overview of political incorrectness an bad taste in twentieth century popular entertainment, including film, theater, music, radio, television, and Vaudeville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eISBN 9781593930936\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBritish-born Anthony Slide is a former associate archivist of the American Film Institute and resident film historian of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is the author of more than seventy books on the history of popular entertainment and the editor of a further 125 volumes in the \"Filmmakers\" series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAmong his major works are \u003ci\u003eEARLY AMERICAN CINEMA, THE FILMS OF D. W. GRIFFITH, GREAT RADIO PERSONALITIES IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, GREAT PRETENDERS: A HISTORY OF FEMALE AND MALE IMPERSONATION IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, THE SILENT FEMINISTS: AMERICA'S FIRST WOMEN DIRECTORS, THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY: A HISTORICAL DICTIONARY, THE HOLLYWOOD NOVEL, NITRATE WON'T WAIT: A HISTORY OF FILM PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES, LOIS WEBER: THE DIRECTOR WHO LOST HER WAY IN HISTORY, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSILENT PLAYERS: A BIOGRAPHICAL AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF 100 SILENT ACTORS AND ACTRESSES\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e\u2028\u2028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Mincho';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIn 1990, in recognition of his work on the history of popular entertainment, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Bowling Green University. At that time, he was hailed by Lillian Gish as \"our preeminent historian of the silent film.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eQ\u0026amp;A with the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eReview of Magnificent Obsession: The Outrageous History of Film Buffs,Collectors, Scholars, and Fanatics by Anthony Slide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.altfg.com\/film\/anthony-slide-film-historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFORCES of GEEK Book Review:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/forcesofgeek.com\/2024\/03\/incorrect-entertainment-or-trash-from-the-past-review.html\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e \/\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\"''\"--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666043748523,"sku":"blp1787291465614","price":21.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/incorrect-entertainment-or-trash-from-the-past-by-anthony-slide-paperback_1.jpg?v=1787291470"},{"product_id":"the-bickersons-a-biography-of-radios-wittiest-program-paperback","title":"THE BICKERSONS: A BIOGRAPHY OF RADIO'S WITTIEST PROGRAM (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFinally - the definitive biography of The Bickersons! Lavishly illustrated, with a foreword by Blanche herself, Frances Langford, this book unearths material never before published:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A complete history of the program\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Biographies of the cast\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Scripts from Star Time, Old Gold \u0026amp; radio commercials\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A history of John, Blanche, Nature Boy \u0026amp; those grasping relatives\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The infamous Honeymooners\/Jackie Gleason court case\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Unused material\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And much more! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eClassic Images\/Laura Wagner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            Ben Ohmart is also the author of the history of one of Philip Rapp’s most enduring creations, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Bickersons: A Biography of Radio’s Wittiest Program\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a foreword by Blanche herself, the late Frances Langford ($19.95, BearManor Media softcover). Debuting on radio’s \u003cem\u003eDrene Time\u003c\/em\u003e in 1946, the original skits of the squabbling married couple starred Don Ameche as John Bickerson and Frances Langford as Blanche. The skits were described by one critic as “character comedy with teeth in it,” as the two sparred as John tried in vain to get some sleep in between snores. The set-up was usually the Bickersons’ bedroom. John, tired from his long day at work, just wanted to get some sleep, but Blanche, feeling neglected, just wanted to talk—and fight. As played by Langford, known primarily as a singer, but surprising everyone with her great comic flair, the shrewish wife not only built “sheer terror” in her husband, but elicited a strange sort of desperate sympathy:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            JOHN: I’m not funny, Blanche—I’m just sleepy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            BLANCHE: What about me? I haven’t slept for so long I’m a nervous wreck. My face is full of lines—I’m losing my youth. You’ll be sorry. When I’ve changed into a withered old crone, you won’t like it so well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            JOHN: Oh, I do too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            BLANCHE: What?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            JOHN: I mean you’ll never look like a withered old crone. You haven’t changed since the day I married you. You look great.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            BLANCHE: That’s not true. You’re just trying to make me feel good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            JOHN: I am not!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            BLANCHE: You are too!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            JOHN: I am not! I wouldn’t make you feel good if it was the last thing I ever did!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            The show was simply unique for the 1940s and ‘50s. John Crosby, in his May 25, 1948 column, \u003cem\u003eRadio in Review\u003c\/em\u003e, was aware just how The Bickersons changed radio and comedy in general: “In a medium which strives so desperately to spread sweetness and light, in which every wife is an angel of tolerant understanding and every husband dumb but lovable, the bickering Bickersons are a very refreshing venture in the opposite direction.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            It was definitely comedy with an edge:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Are you satisfied with our married life?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Satisfied? I’ve had more than enough.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Would you miss me if I ran away?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Sure.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “How much would you miss me?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “How far you running?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “It wouldn’t hurt you to kiss me good night, you know.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “It hurts.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Well, if the house ever caught fire which would you save first? The cat, the canary, or me?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            “Me.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            Like the show, the author sets a breezy, light, often funny, tone as he reports on the characters and the main plot (or argument) points of the show. He utilizes his interviews, among them Phil Rapp’s sons Paul and Joel, Frances Langford, Martha Stewart (no, not that one), etc., very well. The many different incarnations of the Bickersons, starring at times Ameche, Langford, Lew Parker, Stewart, Betty Kean, Marsha Hunt, Virginia Grey, etc., are all comprehensively discussed. The most notable actors get small profile write-ups, which was most welcome in the case of the neglected Parker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            The most interesting chapter, however, was the one dealing with Rapp’s lawsuit against Jackie Gleason and his creation of the \u003cem\u003eBickersons\u003c\/em\u003e-like \u003cem\u003eHoneymooners\u003c\/em\u003e. Ohmart’s clear understanding of this case, supplemented by court records, is outstanding writing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            Ohmart effortlessly brings it all together in an entertaining insider’s look at one of radio’s funniest shows. The truth is, most people can identify with John and Blanche as they bicker their nights away. “Still,” writes Ohmart, “somehow, the Bickersons kept together for at least 8 years, and probably a lot longer. It was a real love-hate relationship that, in moments of extreme hardship, showed that John and Blanche really loved one another, despite the snoring, the lack of money and the craziness of all those grasping friends and relatives around them.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRadiogram\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            Phil Rapp's creation of radio's celebrate Bickersons is surely one of the most popular treasures to come out of old-time radio. But beyond its OTR origins, the term \"bickerson\" has taken a life of its own. In fact, describing someone as a \"bickerson\" conjures up a certain image in 21st century America, namely that of a shrewish, fighting, well, you know, a person who just bickers. What is amazing is how these two bickering characters managed to transcend their old-time radio roots and to continue into early television, into the comedy record fad of the 1960s, and into radio commercials well into the 1970s since several actors and actresses played the parts of John and Blanche Bickerson. Moreover, it remains amazing that its popularity stems from a series that, indeed, was rarely any more than a skit on any number of variety programs through the years. And being as common as \"bickerson\" is, it may surprise one to realize that until now no author has undertaken the task of telling the story of this famous comedy sketch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            When someone hands you a large cache of radio related papers and scripts, it seems that the natural thing to do is sort it out, and publish some document of it so that it can be shared with others. Ben Ohmart, the one-man band behind the well-respected small publishing house BearManor Media, found himself with just such a task. Boxes and boxes of scripts, letters, contracts and odds and ends from two programs written by Philip Rapp, The Bickersons and Baby Snooks, were handed to Ben, and BearManor has to date put together several volumes of scripts from the two shows, and has also presented a definitive history of The Bickersons, titled \u003cem\u003eThe Bickersons: A Biography of Radio's Wittiest Program\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            In his introduction, Ben explains his love for the show, telling about how the Bickersons themselves served as his introduction to old-time radio (it was also one of the first shows I heard, making me wonder if Ben and I acquired the same set of cassettes way back when). Because of his obvious respect and adoration for the show, The Bickersons often skirts the line of biography\/research work and love letter. Indeed, there's no doubt at all that Ben Ohmart really thinks a lot of this show, and while there are some who may not get it, there are a good number of people who do, and they're the ones who will be attracted to this work and will naturally get the most out of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            The book is bursting with material, ranging from a complete history of the program in all of its various incarnations, biographies of the talented actors and actresses who performed on the show (some written by Laura Wagner), script excerpts, unused gags, and a section dealing detailing the various court cases that Rapp took up with seemingly any comedian who dared to perform a comedy skit about fighting spouses. In general, some of Rapp's litigation seems legitimate whereas others appear to be a little less than that. There is also a lovely foreword written by Francis Langford in 2004 just before her death. Many black and white illustrations are also included, some appearing quite clear and others less so, but always viewable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            If you're a fan of the show, you're obviously going to be attracted to this book, and if you're the kind of person who wants a well-rounded OTR related library, you're going to want it as well. But, if you're a student of comedy, you should read it. It's a fascinating study about how a talented author could take people doing something obnoxious and unlovable and make them all the same somehow endearing. It's a frequently fascinating and entertaining read and is typical of the sort of works that Ben Ohmart and BearManor Media have carved a niche for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e            After reading the book, it's still debatable if The Bickersons really was \"radio's wittiest program,\" but there's never an ounce of doubt about the respect that the comedy series deserves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dm2Y80jSHi0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--\"''\"--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666043781291,"sku":"fwv1787291465792","price":20.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/the-bickersons-a-biography-of-radios-wittiest-program-paperback_1.jpg?v=1787291471"},{"product_id":"bob-and-ray-and-tom-by-dan-gillespie-paperback","title":"BOB AND RAY AND TOM by Dan Gillespie (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eISBN 1593930097\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis handy hilarious handbook reveals the reason radio ranked Bob and Ray as American’s #1 comedy team in just two words: Tom Koch. Actually, the book is 68 pages, which may seem like a two-word booklet, but in reality is the result of insidious inspiration: we want its convenient size to fit inside your pocket or to be easily concealed behind the covers of more respectable books in public.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were an American comedy team during the Old Time Radio era that spanned five decades. Their format characteristically satirized media, as they conducted radio and television interviews with off-the-wall dialogue presented in a generally deadpan style as a serious broadcast. Informal on the air banter and improvised comedy routines echoed through the studios of NBC, CBS, and Mutual networks, and on New York City stations WINS, WOR, and WHN, and they were popular on National Public Radio (NPR) up until 1987.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Some of their radio episodes were released on recordings, and others were adapted into graphic story form for publication in Mad magazine. Bob and Ray disguised their voices as a variety of recurring characters, creating a multi-layered world that parodied the real-life world of radio broadcasting.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the early 1950s, the two had their own 15-minute television series, entitled simply Bob \u0026amp; Ray on NBC with Audrey Meadows as a cast regular. During the second season, the title changed to Club Embassy, and Cloris Leachman joined the cast as a regular.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bob and Ray also hosted a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman game show, The Name's the Same, which was emceed originally by Robert Q. Lewis. In 1971, Bob and Ray lent their voices to the children's television program, The Electric Company, in a pair of short animated films. In 1979, they returned to national TV on the original Saturday Night Live.  Bob and Ray also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show several times in the late 1950s and early 1960s; they appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and on The David Letterman Show throughout the 1970s and 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bob and ray starred in a pair of two-man stage shows: The Two and Only on Broadway in 1970, and A Night of Two Stars at Carnegie Hall in 1984. They also did extensive work in radio and television commercials, and enjoyed supporting roles in the feature films Cold Turkey (1971) with Dick Van Dyke and Author! Author! (1982).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"I love it . . . I will put it next to my Capt. Marvel necktie, Porky Pig soap dish, and my bottomless Don Knotts calendar!\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e– Gary Owens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!--\"''\"--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666043814059,"sku":"eew1787291472246","price":14.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/bob-and-ray-and-tom-by-dan-gillespie-paperback_1.jpg?v=1787291477"},{"product_id":"mel-blanc-the-man-of-a-thousand-voices-hardback","title":"MEL BLANC: THE MAN OF A THOUSAND VOICES (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2013 Best Book of the Year - Classic Images\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMel Blanc needs no introduction to cartoon and radio fans. He was The Master of the funny voice. For the first time ever, here is the ultimate biography, encompassing Noel Blanc's unpublished biography, with an introduction by Bugs Bunny, plus a complete (and Huge) credit list and discography. Over 700 pages. Indexed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttp:\/\/martingrams.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/mel-blanc-man-of-thousand-voices.html\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ben gives us a 700 plus page deep dive into all things Mel Blanc. For a refresher, Blanc was the voice of most of the Warner Brothers cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Sylvester and Tweety bird, Yosemite Sam and all the other favorites you probably remember from your childhood. Beyond the Warner Brothers canon, Blanc occasionally did the Woody Woodpecker laugh, and voiced Barney Rubble and Dino for The Flintstones. Add in countless characters for radio and television, including a lot of work with his friend Jack Benny, and it’s easy to understand how a serious cataloguing of his legacy would end up in a hefty sized book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Naturally, the book is chock-full of behind-the-scenes anecdotes revealing how Blanc came up with all those voices. For example, Blanc didn’t like carrots so he kept a bucket handy whenever he had to do Bugs Bunny chopping on carrots. Apparently, no other vegetable could duplicate the sound so Blanc would do his chomping and then spit out the remains in the bucket. In the ‘60s, Blanc was surprised to find his characters singing Beatles and Rolling Stones songs as in Yosemite Sam doing “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We get a considerable amount of insight into Blanc’s personal life, especially as one principal source for the book was his son, Noel. I doubt few readers can read the account of Blanc’s recovery from a near fatal car crash and not be affected by just how resilient Blanc was in getting back to work while still being laid up. In fact, few readers will put down this book without feeling a sense of admiration for the man, his talent, his values, the whole package.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you’re like me and missed this volume when it first came out, it’s never too late to appreciate the life and legacy of a major contributor to many of our childhood hours watching TV and laughing at all those immortal characters Mel Blanc helped bring to life.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Bookpleasures.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666049253547,"sku":"jao1787291628028","price":37.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/mel-blanc-the-man-of-a-thousand-voices-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291633"},{"product_id":"i-love-the-illusion-the-life-and-career-of-agnes-moorehead-2nd-edition-hardback","title":"I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2nd edition (hardback)","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"wainpz-sltir0-dp58kw-oxlysd\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\"\u003eI Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2nd edition (hardback)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe definitive biography of an amazing personality...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"BEST BOOK OF 2006!\" - Classic Images\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"The perfect holiday gift, be it for Halloween or Christmas...One of THE most comprehensive and intelligently-written biographies out there, Bewitched-related or otherwise....This book NEEDS to be read. Plain and simple, without question. Bar-none.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Herbie J. Pilato, author of \u003c\/em\u003eBewitched Forever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovers of old-time radio hold a special place in their heart for Agnes Moorehead. She was one of the busiest and most definitive actresses of that medium. The bottom line is that Agnes Moorehead is one of the few actresses who succeeded in every realm of show business: stage, radio, film, and television. The respect of her peers can be summed up in these statistics: four Academy Award nominations, seven Emmy nominations - with one win - two Golden Globe nominations - with two wins - and the Best Actress award from the New York Film Critics. 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Subsequent generations have enjoyed, adapted and expanded on his adventures leading him to become perhaps the most enduring character in fiction.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThat long run has been helped by his adventures in a variety of media, most notably film and television. But what about radio? Holmes has had a long career in radio on both sides of the Atlantic, indeed the radio adventures of Sherlock Holmes are almost as old as radio itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eHe debuted on air in 1922 and just a few years later Holmes and Watson were featuring in a regular weekly series on NBC in the USA. That series ended in 1936 but when Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce made the first of their career-defining fourteen films as Holmes and Watson there was a certain inevitability about Holmes’ return to the American airwaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe subsequent series ran for seven years and almost two hundred and twenty half hour radio shows. When Rathbone quit the role—in both radio and film – the show limped on for a few years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis book tells the story of those shows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Tells the story of Holmes and Watson on American radio from 1920 to 1950. 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The book fills a notable gap on my shelves.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- The Sherlock Holmes Journal\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666049319083,"sku":"jfy1787291628305","price":14.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-on-american-radio-softcover-edition-by-ian-di_1.jpg?v=1787291633"},{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-on-american-radio-hardcover-edition-by-ian-dickerson","title":"SHERLOCK HOLMES AND HIS ADVENTURES ON AMERICAN RADIO (HARDCOVER EDITION) by Ian Dickerson","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eISBN  9781629335087\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s been over a hundred and twenty-five years since the adventures of Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print and captivated a generation of readers. Subsequent generations have enjoyed, adapted and expanded on his adventures leading him to become perhaps the most enduring character in fiction.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThat long run has been helped by his adventures in a variety of media, most notably film and television. But what about radio? Holmes has had a long career in radio on both sides of the Atlantic, indeed the radio adventures of Sherlock Holmes are almost as old as radio itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eHe debuted on air in 1922 and just a few years later Holmes and Watson were featuring in a regular weekly series on NBC in the USA. That series ended in 1936 but when Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce made the first of their career-defining fourteen films as Holmes and Watson there was a certain inevitability about Holmes’ return to the American airwaves.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe subsequent series ran for seven years and almost two hundred and twenty half hour radio shows. When Rathbone quit the role—in both radio and film – the show limped on for a few years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eThis book tells the story of those shows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Tells the story of Holmes and Watson on American radio from 1920 to 1950. A great detail of material is lost, of course, but Mr Dickerson — who discovered and edited the scripts that Leslie Charteris and Denis Green wrote for The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in the mid-1940s — has unearthed far more than would have been possible even twenty years ago. Despite the industry’s standard practice of not crediting the supporting actors, Mr Dickerson has managed to put names to several voices. The book fills a notable gap on my shelves.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- The Sherlock Holmes Journal\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47666049351851,"sku":"kvv1787291628521","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/4930\/0651\/files\/sherlock-holmes-and-his-adventures-on-american-radio-hardcover-edition-by-ian-di_1.jpg?v=1787291633"}],"url":"https:\/\/trendedgefashion.shop\/collections\/radio.oembed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}