Harold Peary Radio Tribute

Hello MPIR Fans and Friends,
It's a Happy Birthday tribute to Harold (Hal) Peary on the MPIR Comedy stream.

Harold (Hal) Peary (July 25, 1908 – March 30, 1985) was an American actor, comedian and singer in radio, film, television and animation remembered best as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a supporting character on radio's Fibber McGee & Molly that moved to its own radio hit, The Great Gildersleeve, the first known spinoff hit in American broadcasting history.

A listener requested The Arthur Godfrey show, and I always try to honor all requests. The MPIR Comedy stream is featuring a few episodes for your listening enjoyment. Usually I play Arthur Godfrey on the MPIR History Capsule stream, if you want more Godfrey you can find them there all for your listening enjoyment.

Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname, The Old Redhead. At the peak of his success, Godfrey helmed two CBS-TV weekly series and a daily 90-minute television mid-morning show, but, by the early 1960s, his presence had been reduced to hosting the occasional TV special and his daily network radio show.

One of the medium's early master commercial pitchmen, he was strongly identified with many of his sponsors, especially Chesterfield cigarettes and Lipton Tea. Having advertised Chesterfield for many years, during which time he devised the slogan "Buy 'em by the carton", Godfrey terminated his relationship with the company after he quit smoking, five years before he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1959. Subsequently, he became a prominent spokesman for anti-smoking education.

The MPIR Comedy stream is also featuring episodes of Fibber McGee & Molly, It's Higgins Sir, Our Miss Brooks, and Groucho Marx of You Bet Your Life.

The MPIR History Capsule is featuring the following: AFRTS If Freedom Fails, Arthur Godfrey Show, Calvacade America, Command Performance, Country Music Time, Grand Ole Opry, Inheritance, Soldiers Of The Press, CBS You Are There.

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All Streams Updated

Hello MPIR Fans,

All the streams have been updated with some outstanding old time radio shows for your listening enjoyment.

The main mystery stream is featuring episodes of: The 21st Precinct, Broadway Is My Beat, Dangerous Assignment, Dragnet, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Let George Do It, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Screen Directors Playhouse, Suspense, The Line Up, The Whistler, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Lux Radio Theater.

The MPIR Comedy stream is featuring episodes of: Abbott & Costello, Burns and Allen Show, The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee & Molly, Halls of Ivy, The Jack Benny Program, Life of Riley, Our Miss Brooks, The Jimmy Durante Show, The Mel Blanc Show. Just as today, some series go on summer vacation. So I'm running re-runs of some of my favorite episodes.

The MPIR History Capsule stream is featuring: Lots of period music, and such programs as GI Jive, Command Performance, Behind The Mike, Can You Imagine That, Guess What Quiz Show, Inheritance, Hello Americans, Mr President, The Sound of War, Strange As It Seems.

The MPIR Old Time Radio Dial stream is featuring a mix bag of historical shows, and mystery, comedy, and period musical shows.