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Al Pearce Show
Al Pearce Show
14 Episodes
1 Volume
Al Pearce and his Gang, is a comedy show that changed much through its run due to an unstable relationship with networks and sponsors. Al Pearce got his start in show business when he was working as a real door-to-door salesman.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Grand Marquee
Grand Marquee
31 Episodes
1 Volume
It's like Valentines every week with Jim Ameche and Beryl Vaughn. Each episode brings us a new Romantic Comedy with a new situation and characters.

31 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lifebuoy Show (Al Jolson)
Lifebuoy Show (Al Jolson)
10 Episodes
1 Volume
Listen along as "The World's Greatest Entertainer" does what he does best in "The Lifebuoy Show," a musical comedy show starring Al Jolson.

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Poker and Gambling
Poker and Gambling
34 Episodes
1 Volume
We bet an arm and a leg you will enjoy this jackpot of gambling and poker themed old time radio shows.

34 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Its Higgins Sir
Its Higgins Sir
13 Episodes
1 Volume
This 1951 sit-com, an English butler, Higgins joins an American family, the Robertsons, with chaos and culture clash abound.

13 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Western Spoofs
Western Spoofs
59 Episodes
1 Volume
With an abundance of material to tease out of the western genre, many brilliant comedians created comedy skits with a western theme including Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Fred Allen and more.

59 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Mr Ace and Jane
Mr Ace and Jane
14 Episodes
1 Volume
This 1948 remake of Easy Aces features the comedic couple in a new thirty-minute sit-com format.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Heatwave
Heatwave
17 Episodes
1 Volume
When the weather outside heats up, so does the drama, crime, and even comedy in old time radio!

17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hollywoods Open House
Hollywoods Open House
25 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy music, famous guest stars, and entertaining radio plays as Motion Picture magazine brings you straight from the pages, Hollywood's Open House.

25 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jane Russell
Jane Russell
12 Episodes
1 Volume
By popular demand, this compilation contains the guest appearances of the the Beautiful Ms. Jane Russell--one of Hollywood's leading sex-symbols and a favored Pin-up girl.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hillbillies in Old Time Radio
Hillbillies in Old Time Radio
36 Episodes
1 Volume
includes a root-tooting good time on such shows as Kraft Music Hall, The Jack Benny Program, Martin and Lewis Show, and even an episode of Johnny Dollar in the backhills of Missouri.Let's get roundtuit and have a swell time at it!

36 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby
4 Episodes
1 Volume
This radio show allowed listeners everywhere to write in about their unusual hobbies so they could come on the radio and "lobby for their hobby." Many of the hobbies were actually people's professions like a female gorilla trainer, a scientist that makes robots, and a beekeeper (whose bees escaped during the show).

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Club Car Special
Club Car Special
10 Episodes
1 Volume
Club Car Special was presented by the Hearst News Paper Syndicate is a teaser of the upcoming Sunday's Newspaper. The old time radio show opens with a sketch dramatizing a cartoon, then a short review of some of the humorous articles.

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Henny Youngman
Henny Youngman
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Famous for his violin playing and comedic quips, Henny Youngman broke into the nightclub comedy circuit before making several appearances on old time radio.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Wednesdays with You
Wednesdays with You
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Have a laugh, hear a song, and enjoy spending Wednesday With You, this comedy variety show from 1945.

9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Magnificent Montague
Magnificent Montague
35 Episodes
1 Volume
Monty Woolley stars in this fun fish out of water sit-com.

35 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Its that Man Again
Its that Man Again
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Lampooning Comedy Extravaganza

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Lou Holtz Laugh Club
Lou Holtz Laugh Club
68 Episodes
1 Volume
Keeping the shows short worked in Syndication, and few fillers were as funny as The Lou Holtz Laugh Club. The shows were just a couple of minutes long, but they could keep you chuckling for hours.

68 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Topper
Topper
4 Episodes
1 Volume
What do you do if you think you’re at the top of your game, but the ghosts who live in your house keep making life “interesting”? Find out in The Adventures of Topper.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
15 Episodes
1 Volume
Robert Benchley was one of the great American humorists of the first half of the Twentieth Century.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Life with the Lyons
Life with the Lyons
116 Episodes
2 Volume
A real life family starring in a situation comedy as themselves. That was the concept behind Life With the Lyons.

116 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Barrel of Fun
Barrel of Fun
7 Episodes
1 Volume
This music and comedy show stars Charlie Ruggles, the versatile comedian who quips such smart smacks.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Hear the other dummy on the radio in this terrific Ventriloquist series.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Random Rarities 06
Random Rarities 06
59 Episodes
1 Volume
an OTRCAT.com original collection of rare never released shows from the golden age of radio including A & P Gypsies!

59 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Birds on the Radio
Birds on the Radio
128 Episodes
2 Volume
Hear from our feathered friends about birds who tell us secrets, Birds which scare us, and birds that are good to eat!

128 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
December Bride
December Bride
3 Episodes
1 Volume
An unlikely old time radio sit com about a guy who likes his Mother-in-law!

3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Comic Weekly Man
Comic Weekly Man
120 Episodes
3 Volume
Based on what is published in the weekly paper, The Comic Weekly Man entertains us with a dramatized reading of the Sunday comics, complete with sound effects and music. Young and old alike would follow along with the print copy in hand.

120 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Pick and Pat
Pick and Pat
15 Episodes
1 Volume
A buddy comedy minstrel-type radio program in the vein of Amos n' Andy and Two Black Crows.

15 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Birthday Collection
Birthday Collection
210 Episodes
5 Volume
Everyone. and just about everything has a birthday, and nearly every day is the important anniversary of something or someone important in your life. These fun birthday celebrations of famous celebrities, historical figures, and even Gracie Allen's grandpa.

210 5
Add To Cart: $15.00
Gleason and Armstrong
Gleason and Armstrong
103 Episodes
1 Volume
A "Road Trip/Buddy Movie" presented as a syndicated radio serial.

103 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Does the Team Think
Does the Team Think
19 Episodes
1 Volume
When you ask a panel of British comics for their opinions, the answers are bound to be side-splitting.

19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Life O Riley in Hollywood
Life O Riley in Hollywood
13 Episodes
1 Volume
Although this program from the early '30s has nothing to do with the popular sitcom starring William Bendix, it is great fun!

13 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
That Brewster Boy
That Brewster Boy
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Family old time radio sitcom featuring precocious son and the trouble he and his friends get into.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fun With Revuers
Fun With Revuers
7 Episodes
1 Volume
The show is fast moving and highly entertaining, moving from ensemble numbers to monologues to duets to sketches to solos and back to the ensemble.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Skippy Hollywood Theater
Skippy Hollywood Theater
34 Episodes
1 Volume
Popular and Fun Broadcast-one of the First to Use Prerecorded Programs!

34 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Log Cabin Jamboree (Jack Haley)
Log Cabin Jamboree (Jack Haley)
19 Episodes
1 Volume
Song and dance man Jack Haley hosts Log Cabin Jamboree a fun variety and music show.

19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Circus
Circus
335 Episodes
5 Volume
The drama of life under the Big Top has always made for great radio stories from all genres.

335 5
Add To Cart: $25.00
Practical Jokers
Practical Jokers
33 Episodes
1 Volume
Everyone loves a practical joke...unless you are the victim. Practical jokes abound in all genres of radio history from comedy to mystery to variety to western.

33 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Minstrel Shows
Minstrel Shows
473 Episodes
13 Volume
Minstrelsy is considered the first truly American form of entertainment, and as such provides the forms and traditions which would eventually form vaudeville and ultimately the Hollywood movies and TV shows which shape and inform the rest of the world's opinion of American culture.

473 13
Add To Cart: $65.00
Dogs in OTR
Dogs in OTR
54 Episodes
1 Volume
A downright doggone good collection of canine-themed shows from the friendly mutt to the scary werewolf.

54 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Myrt and Marge
Myrt and Marge
24 Episodes
1 Volume
Popular nighttime drama cum daytime soap, Myrt and Marge was created by an over-the-hill vaudevillian.

24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Sweeney and March Show
Sweeney and March Show
27 Episodes
1 Volume
An incredibly funny sketch duo who got together late in the Radio Era.

27 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Johnson Family
Johnson Family
29 Episodes
1 Volume
One-man Show put on by Jimmy Scribner, who Plays All African American Characters in the Southern Town of Chickazola!

29 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Texaco Town
Texaco Town
78 Episodes
2 Volume
Starring Deanna Durbin and more: Texaco Town is a variety show filled with the vaudeville zaniness.

78 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Clowns in OTR
Clowns in OTR
44 Episodes
1 Volume
This multi-genre collection includes clowns that make you laugh, clowns that make you cry, and clowns that make you scream.

44 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fountain of Fun
Fountain of Fun
11 Episodes
1 Volume
Music and variety shows for teenie boppers were often set in the location of an old time Soda Parlor at the corner drugstore.

11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Ventriloquist and Dummies
Ventriloquist and Dummies
31 Episodes
1 Volume
You can never be sure their lips aren't moving on the radio, but these ventriloquists and their dummies are entertaining, insulting, and creating meyhem on the airwaves!

31 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Front And Center
Front And Center
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Music and variety program hosted by pin-up Dorothy Lamour accompanied by the male quartet, The Crew Chiefs

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Weather Collection
Weather Collection
110 Episodes
3 Volume
all shows have extreme weather from snow storms to hurricanes as a central plot device in the story line.

110 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Junior Miss
Junior Miss
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Family situation comedy about a teenage girl and her family growing up in a New York apartment.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Joe Besser
Joe Besser
9 Episodes
1 Volume
You Crazy, Youuuuuu! Joe Besser developed his own comic persona that was as silly as it was loveable. Best known for his two-reel short features and becoming one of the Three Stooges, Joe was also a favorite of Old Time Radio!

9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Royal Gelatin Hour
Royal Gelatin Hour
50 Episodes
2 Volume
Crooner Rudy Vallee became one of the earliest mass-media pop stars in this 1930's comedy variety old time radio show. Rivaled in popularity by only Amos & Andy,The Royal Gelatin Hour broadcast introduced writers and comedians (including Edgar Bergen) to the world via radio.

50 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Jackie Gleason Les Tremayne Show
Jackie Gleason Les Tremayne Show
3 Episodes
1 Volume
Variety show with a little known actor Jackie Gleason who would later star in The Honeymooners.

3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Chico Marx
Chico Marx
5 Episodes
1 Volume
The oldest of the Marx Brothers, Chico Marx used his con artist gag and his smart hustler skills to bring the brothers to stardom.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Vallees Varieties (Rudy Vallee and John Barrymore)
Vallees Varieties (Rudy Vallee and John Barrymore)
69 Episodes
2 Volume
A rare Rudy Vallee old time radio show with John Barrymore and guest stars like Orson Welles and the beautiful Billie Burke.

69 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Get Rich Quick Schemes
Get Rich Quick Schemes
96 Episodes
2 Volume
laugh along with Kingfish and other characters from old time radio shows are doing to earn easy money fast and quick.

96 2
Add To Cart: $10.00
Taxi
Taxi
19 Episodes
1 Volume
South Africa's take on New York City cab drivers and their lives from the exciting to the mundane.

19 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Corns A Poppin with Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Corns A Poppin with Spike Jones and His City Slickers
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Featuring Spike's brand of musical mayhem, he would "tour" the musical history of great American cities

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Dick York
Dick York
11 Episodes
1 Volume
Best known as Darrin Stephens Bewitched, Dick York began his long career in acting at age 15 with the CBS Radio Program, "That Brewster Boy."

11 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Jokes and Pranks Bundle
Jokes and Pranks Bundle
1000 Episodes
16 Volume
16 disks full of pranks and jokes!

1000 16
Add To Cart: $60.00
Random Rarities 11
Random Rarities 11
37 Episodes
1 Volume
It is lucky to have saved these rare old time radios once lost in the vaults of time.

37 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Passport to Romance
Passport to Romance
7 Episodes
1 Volume
Sail on the SS Harmonia with crew members and aspiring singers Nancy Sparks and Chuck Piper as they sing their way over the high seas.

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fruitcake
Fruitcake
5 Episodes
1 Volume
The original Christmas old time radio collection that about what nobody wants: fruitcake.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Fabulous Mr Tweedy
Fabulous Mr Tweedy
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Starring Frank Morgan, this show is light heartedly funny and is strikingly similar in tone to the beloved show, Our Miss Brooks.

9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Black Crows (Two Black Crows)
Black Crows (Two Black Crows)
14 Episodes
1 Volume
Black-face comedy was a standard of vaudeville and early radio. Although their blatant stereotyping would be considered offensive in racially sensitive times, the characters were genuinely funny if taken at face value. The Two Black Crows was one of the better programs from the minstrel tradition, although it never achieved the popularity of Amos 'n' Andy.

14 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare
16 Episodes
1 Volume
The Music and Comedy Duo starred in this Early Radio Show Sensation

16 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Doctor in the House
Doctor in the House
13 Episodes
1 Volume
Uproarious Sit Com Staged in a Teaching Hospital!

13 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Texaco Star Theater
Texaco Star Theater
95 Episodes
3 Volume
Texaco Star Theater is a personality filled Hollywood variety show with and all-star cast of vocalists, hosts, comedians, and guests.

95 3
Add To Cart: $15.00
Wacky Women
Wacky Women
273 Episodes
4 Volume
Features the kookiest women of old time radio. There are some members of the fairer sex can be less than sensible and at times downright wacky. From silly sisters to mental missies, this collection includes a wide variety of fun, exciting, and sometimes weird women!

273 4
Add To Cart: $20.00
Cousin Willie
Cousin Willie
5 Episodes
1 Volume
Ever had one of"those" cousins? The type that come for a visit and stay and stay... One of "those" cousins showed up on the door step of the Sample family in this 1953 summer sit-com.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hans Conried
Hans Conried
249 Episodes
6 Volume
The well-known voice actor successfully made the leap from radio to television. His voice range and ability allowed him to work on comedy, detective, and drama radio shows. A bit on a ham, he tended to steal the show in every performance.

249 6
Add To Cart: $30.00
Bakers Theater of Stars
Bakers Theater of Stars
5 Episodes
1 Volume
The Bakers of America produced some quality drama, comedy, and suspense with big stars and original scripts.

5 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Golf
Golf
43 Episodes
1 Volume
featuring golf-themed old time radio shows from a variety of genres including comedy, drama, and even science fiction. Broadcasts from Bill Stern, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, and even Charlie McCarthy!

43 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Frank Watanabe and the Honorable Archie
Frank Watanabe and the Honorable Archie
20 Episodes
1 Volume
akin to Amos and Andy, featured the Japanese-American houseboy and his master's world traveling adventures.

20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Detectives Black and Blue
Detectives Black and Blue
6 Episodes
1 Volume
An early comedy detective show featuring two unlikely heroes, Detectives Black and Blue aren't too clever but they seem to solve crime in spite of themselves.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hoofers
Hoofers
22 Episodes
1 Volume
This rare 1934 old time radio show about two dancers competing in the world of vaudeville.

22 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Crazy Mamas
Crazy Mamas
47 Episodes
1 Volume
OTRCAT.com original collection features hand-picked episodes with a variety of crazy mama and insane mother-in-laws.

47 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Last Nighter
Last Nighter
20 Episodes
1 Volume
Last Nighter is a pun filled radio show with music from Jimmy Grier and His Orchestra. Listen carefully because the jokes are plentiful and quick.

20 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Magic Collection
Magic Collection
39 Episodes
1 Volume
This collection includes magic themed old time radio shows from multiple genres including comedy, drama, mystery and detective shows.

39 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Nebbs
Nebbs
4 Episodes
1 Volume
situation comedy based off the popular and well-loved comic strip characters of the same name by Sol Hess.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Love on the Line
Love on the Line
18 Episodes
1 Volume
In this 1940's broadcast teenage, lovebirds, Paul and Peggy, ring each other on the telephone in this fun old time radio comedy.

18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Ziegfeld Follies of the Air
Ziegfeld Follies of the Air
6 Episodes
1 Volume
Experience the music and laughs of the famous Ziegfeld Follies entertainers like Helen Morgan, and Will Rogers.

6 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Hap Hazard
Hap Hazard
4 Episodes
1 Volume
A summer replacement for Fibber McGee and Molly, Hap Hazard throws bad puns around at a rate that would embarrass Fibber himself.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Scattergood Baines
Scattergood Baines
3 Episodes
1 Volume
is the "shrewd and jovial hardware merchant who finds himself draw into just about everything that happens around him.Scattergood Baines is the best loved, most cussed at, and by all odds the fattest man in the modern, bustling town of Coldriver."

3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
News Huddlines
News Huddlines
18 Episodes
1 Volume
Spoof of news and current events starring Roy Hudd

18 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Nonsense and Melody
Nonsense and Melody
23 Episodes
1 Volume
A fun variety program that was decidedly nautical bent, with the action taking place aboard the mythical SS Hysteria.

23 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Tax Time
Tax Time
36 Episodes
1 Volume
Will Rogers said that the difference between Death and Taxes is that Death doesn't get worse every time Congress is in session! Here is something to enjoy until your Refund check arrives.

36 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Request Performance
Request Performance
9 Episodes
1 Volume
Enjoy the laughs and gags of the "Civilian Version" of Command Performance.

9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
4 Episodes
1 Volume
was originally a comic strip created by Sgt. George Baker during WWII. The comic strip followed Sad Sack troubles and foibles of a misfit in military life. The situation comedy radio show picks up with Sad Sack returning home to make a civilian life.

4 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Young Love
Young Love
7 Episodes
1 Volume
is a situational comedy about two naive lovebirds who get married while in college.The couple, Jimmy aka Einstein and Janet, decide that they don't want to wait to get married and try to find room in the course schedule to elope.Jimmy quips, "If we got married, we wouldn't have anything to fight about."

7 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Life of Bliss
Life of Bliss
17 Episodes
1 Volume
written to be a light-hearted and simple comedy, this British comedy show became a hit around the world.

17 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Komedie Kapers
Komedie Kapers
49 Episodes
1 Volume
includes light hearted comedy sketches with music and joke telling from the 1930s.

49 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Real McCoys
Real McCoys
3 Episodes
1 Volume
Hear the hilarious hijinks ensue when an Appalachian family moves to California in The Real McCoys.

3 1
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Bill Kemp Show
Bill Kemp Show
12 Episodes
1 Volume
part of the 'Live and Lively' line-up on ABC radio, 1958.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Tonight at Nine-Thirty (9:30)
Tonight at Nine-Thirty (9:30)
12 Episodes
1 Volume
This San Francisco-based radio drama includes a variety of entertainment from suspenseful thrillers to lighthearted comedies utilizing the local writing and acting talent from the city by the bay.

12 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Wayside Theater
Wayside Theater
9 Episodes
1 Volume
features unique romantic comedy tales which allow you a vacation of the mind in the most unusual of locals like Mexico, a taxi cab, and even night school.

9 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Friends and Neighbors
Friends and Neighbors
24 Episodes
1 Volume
Harry and Thelma Duff in a funny South African Situation Comedy!

24 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Over Here
Over Here
6 Episodes
1 Volume
All Star Show to Support War Bonds!

6 1
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Results Inc
Results Inc
3 Episodes
1 Volume
A Hard Boiled Detective can't take himself too seriously if he is going to make it on the mean streets, but Johnny Strange of Results Inc goes for the laughs as much as he goes for his gun!

3 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
Travels of Mary Ward
Travels of Mary Ward
10 Episodes
1 Volume
the human experience behind the Montgomery Ward Catalogue

10 1
Add To Cart: $5.00
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