Drama, comedy, music, horror, drama, and ballot counting (1930s)
 Scary hairy ghosts, rich with the blood and gold of helpless humans! Smart 19th centurions specializing in the subjects of the property of matter, theory of heat, and acoustics, to say nothing of optics! Fred Astaire dancing on air! Laughs, drama, and variety! It's all here, and it's all eligible for Social Security – the forgotten but not gone, rare 1930s old time radio shows!
There's music galore - listen to the soft coos and old time jazz with the likes of The Four Ink Spots, singing melody and harmony on their own radio show, the music remote of The Henry Busse Program, and Hickory House Jam Session. Lend an ear to Thrills, the musical program starring Gayne Whitman and sponsored by Union Oil. Then gear yourself up for Melody and Madness, the comedy and music show that always starts with "Will someone please wake Benchley? This laugh-along and sing-along program stars Robert Benchley and Artie Shaw's Orchestra, then later Lennie Hayton.
If your toe can't stop tapping, imagine how Fred must feel on The Packard Hour with Johnny Green, his piano and orchestra . This rare show broadcast in 1937 and starred Fred Astaire at the height of his toe tapping fame. Occasional interruptions by the 1936 presidential election ballot count make this show interesting and historical. Will Roosevelt win? Election jokes abound with Astaire, but between soft-shoe numbers of course. 
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Haven't had enough historical political programming for your taste? Then tune in to The Townsend Movement, a political broadcast that promotes the Townsend Movement and its supporters, a program which helped get the ball rolling for social security. This particular two-part program features Sheridan Downey, the democrat nominee for the US Senate from California and "the only endorsed candidate for this organization.
There is more adventure and drama ahead. Mary Pickford (the "best known woman in the world) and  Company star in the romantic comedy, "The Churchmouse. This dramatic program is Mary's first radio appearance, and sponsored by Royal Gelatin to boot. Then there is the exciting Pretty Kitty Kelly, an adventure show where Kitty is captured by Indians. If crime drama is your gumshoe, then Attorney at Law is a great dramatic program, one which held enough ears to sub for Fibber McGee and Molly in the summer of 1938.
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Variety highlights in this collection include Men of Vision, a show about men who have opened the eyes of the world. It is a show of dramatic highlights in lives of such men as Ben Franklin, Roger Bacon, and Galileo. One particular show focuses on the life and successes of Thomas Young, an early 19 th century philosopher, physician, archaeologist, linguist, mathematician, and founder of physiological optics. If that isn't a mouthful, then saunter on over to the saloon and listen to the tale of the Black Ghost. Mr. Ghost is an all-around mean-spirited ghoul, notorious for knocking over and robbing crippled men and taking their crutches.
But that's not all! There are more 1930s rarities in this collection – more laughs, spine tingles, rhythm, and adventure - than you can shake a stick at. See also: Ziegfield Follies of the Air.
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