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Jews have a centuries-old tradition of telling jokes, from the ghettos of Europe to Hollywood and the Catskills. Jewish jokes are entertainment, the oral history of a culture, insightful social criticism, and survival tactic rolled into one. In 2008, Hollywood director and producer Sam Hoffman launched a website called Old Jews Telling Jokes. It’s just what it says: Jewish men and women over 60 sharing their favorite stories, tales, riddles, and punchlines.

In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine poetic feeling of a body of verse which is still, it is to be feared, unfamiliar to a large number of those to whom it would bring refreshment and delight. (Summary from introduction)

In 1939, Miami-based Private Detective Michael Shayne was first published in paperbacks by Davis Dresser (writing under the pseudonym Brett Halliday) and quickly became a sensational hard-boiled private eye who would appear in 77 novels and 300 short stories enduring from the 1930s through the 1970s.Shayne quickly made the leap to films with Lloyd Nolan playing Shayne in seven well-made B-movies between 1940 and 1942. There was another film series made in 1946-47 from the poverty row PRC films starring Hugh Beaumont.Shayne was also big over radio. The first series of Michael Shayne ...

Brought to you by Penguin. *NARRATED BY BBC RADIO 1 PRESENTER, GREG JAMES* A brilliantly warm-hearted celebration of the lost art of having fun When Greg James was ten years old, his nylon shell suit-clad idols the Chuckle Brothers ('to me, to you') signed an autograph (from them, to him) with...

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Delivered Daily. Nick Carter, Master Detective was a popular old-time radio detective drama that aired from 1943 to 1955. The series was based on the long-running Nick Carter detective stories, which originated in dime novels in the late 19th century and continued in pulp magazines. Find more classic radio series and OTR internet radio stations at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Subscribe Free @ Spreaker | Apple | YouTube | Spotify | iHeart | AmazonNick Carter was depicted as a sharp-witted, no-nonsense detective who solved complex crimes using logic, deduction, and sometimes physical confrontation...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Old Sedan Chair by Austin Dobson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 29, 2022 ------ Henry Austin Dobson commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist, as a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It was about 1864 that he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest works were his best. (Summary by Wikipedia )

Pat Novak for Hire aired from 1946-48 on KGO Radio, and1949 on ABC Radio.Jack Webb (1946 and 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) played Pat Novak, a wisecracking freelancer who rents boats “and anything else that sounds like money.”The plot of most Pat Novak episodes could be summarized as follows:The show begins with Novak talking about the sign he put out, “Pat Novak for Hire,” and then the soliloquy turns into a discussion of what a forsaken hole the San Francisco Waterfront is, and how lowdown corrupt and awful everyone and everything around Pat Novak is.Novak is then approached by ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of The Old Byway by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 18, 2023. ------ This Weekly poem presents the poet's image of a summer's day in an abandoned part of the woods.- Summary by David Lawrence

Here are five of the most loved Fairy Tales retold in verse by the English humourist and writer, Tom Hood (1835 - 1874). The tales are; The Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and Hop o' my Thumb. Summary by Noel Badrian.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 29 recordings of When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 3rd, 2010.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of A Letter From A Girl To Her Own Old Age by Alice Meynell. This was the weekly poetry project for July 12th, 2009, and was recorded to celebrate the 21st birthday of Lucy Perry, who co-ordinated this project.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Growing Old by Matthew Arnold. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 17, 2011.Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. (summary from Wikipedia)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 different recordings of You are Old, Father William by Lewis Carroll. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 20th, 2008.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Clark Gable, Jack Webb, Charles Laughton, and many more. Volume 46: Audio Table of Contents: The Abbott & Costello...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like George Burns, Gracie Allen, Sydney Greenstreet, and many more. Volume 48: Audio Table of Contents: The Adventures...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Lionel Barrymore, Agnes Moorehead, Orson Welles, and many more. Volume 47: Audio Table of Contents: The Adventures...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Sydney Greenstreet, and many more. Volume 44: Audio Table of Contents: The Adventures...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Groucho Marx, Milton Berle, Maureen O'Sullivan, and many more. Volume 45: Audio Table of Contents: The Aldrich...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lucille Ball, and many more. Volume 43: Audio Table of Contents: The Adventures of...