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Columbus Day Collection

This horizon-busting collection contains great shows about when Columbus sailed the ocean blue with old time radios shows from genres such as comedy, historical, and suspense.

Columbus Day

15 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 6 hours, 1322 min)
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7 Audio CDs


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"You Are There: Columbus Discovers America"



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Columbus Day
Did you know that: in Spain, the day Columbus arrived in the Americas is called "Fiesta Nacional (National Day)?"  On the day that the rest of the U.S. celebrates Columbus Day as a national holiday, Hawaii instead commemorates Discoverers Day, observing the day on which Polynesian discoverers made it to that island?

Linda DarnellThere are a lot of interesting facts about Columbus Day, Autumn's first national holiday, celebrated the second Monday in October, to commemorate Columbus's arrival in the Americas on Oct 12, 1492.  Yet another is that it was first celebrated in Colorado in 1906 and made a federal holiday in 1937.  

Columbus was, of course, trying to reach the East Indies when he sailed his ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria across the Atlantic.  His first landing in the Americas was in one of the Bahaman Islands, possibly San Salvador.

The land of old-time radio is home to quite a few programs themed around Columbus Day.  This horizon-busting collection contains great shows.

On Oct. 12, 1940, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, the cantankerous and funny ventriloquist and dummy team, brought in Linda Darnell and yucked it up exploration style.  Ms. Darnell's song stylings may not relate to Columbus or his day, but they are elegant nonetheless.  The Columbus tie-in is a long comical story with the cast members playing Columbus and Ferdinand and Isabella.

Bergen McCarthyBetter living through better chemistry--in the form of the DuPont Corporation--brings us Cavalcade of America, with Orson Welles starring on the Oct 12, 1942 adaptation of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, a short play that probably would've been dramatic even without Welles' intense style.

What's to say about Bob and Ray?  While there are some controversies about Columbus Day and imperialism, etc., Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding took the starch out of the occasion and the holiday with their usual drollery and bone-dry wit.  Eventually they get the year of Columbus's original discovery right.

You Are There had a memorable Columbus Day old time radio show. You remember this show, on which they broadcast as though doing so from the day of a particular historical event, CBS putting you right there.  Their 1948 Columbus Day broadcast aimed at suspense, focusing on the voyage itself.  

Other shows rounding out the collection include Hallmark Playhouse, Mr. and Mrs. North, and The Judy Canova Show

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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 6 hours, 1322 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 6 hours, 1322 min
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    1. 15 shows – total playtime 6 hours, 22 minutes
    2. Bergen Mccarthy 441231 New Years Party Play Chrls Laughton.mp3
    3. Bergen Mccarthy 471012 W Linda Darnell.mp3
    4. Bob Ray 591013 77 Celebrating Columbus Day.mp3
    5. Calv 421012 300 Admiral Of Ocean Sea.mp3
    6. Ft 561010 490 First Voyage Of Columbus.mp3
    7. Hallmark Playhouse 491208 E066 Christopher And Columbus.mp3
    8. Jack Benny 411012 1302 Columbus Day.mp3
    9. Judy Canova 431012 Jailed Breaking Into Cary Grants House.mp3
    10. Log Cabin Jamboree 380212 - Jack Haley.mp3
    11. Lone Indian 370000 001 103 Audition Disc.mp3
    12. Luigi 491011 056 Columbus Day Play.mp3
    13. Mel Blanc Show 461029 09 Community Chest Show.mp3
    14. Mr Mrs North 441011 094 Norths Discover Christopher Columbus.mp3
    15. MSA Old Tales New Columbus' Collie Cy Betty Girling.mp3
    16. You Are There 481010 45 Columbus Discovers America.mp3
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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 6 hours, 1322 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    168 MB – total playtime 6 hours, 22 min
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    1. 15 shows – 168 MB – total playtime 6 hours, 22 minutes
    2. Bergen Mccarthy 441231 New Years Party Play Chrls Laughton.mp3
    3. Bergen Mccarthy 471012 W Linda Darnell.mp3
    4. Bob Ray 591013 77 Celebrating Columbus Day.mp3
    5. Calv 421012 300 Admiral Of Ocean Sea.mp3
    6. Ft 561010 490 First Voyage Of Columbus.mp3
    7. Hallmark Playhouse 491208 E066 Christopher And Columbus.mp3
    8. Jack Benny 411012 1302 Columbus Day.mp3
    9. Judy Canova 431012 Jailed Breaking Into Cary Grants House.mp3
    10. Log Cabin Jamboree 380212 - Jack Haley.mp3
    11. Lone Indian 370000 001 103 Audition Disc.mp3
    12. Luigi 491011 056 Columbus Day Play.mp3
    13. Mel Blanc Show 461029 09 Community Chest Show.mp3
    14. Mr Mrs North 441011 094 Norths Discover Christopher Columbus.mp3
    15. MSA Old Tales New Columbus' Collie Cy Betty Girling.mp3
    16. You Are There 481010 45 Columbus Discovers America.mp3
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    15 recordings on 7 Audio CDs. Total playtime 6 hours, 22 min
    15 recordings on 7 Audio CDs
    total playtime 6 hours, 22 min

    Columbus Day Disc A001

    1. MSA Old Tales New Columbus' Collie Cy Betty Girling
    2. Lone Indian 370000 001 103 Audition Disc
    3. Log Cabin Jamboree 380212 - Jack Haley

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    Columbus Day Disc A002

    1. Jack Benny 411012 1302 Columbus Day
    2. Calv 421012 300 Admiral Of Ocean Sea

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    Columbus Day Disc A003

    1. Judy Canova 431012 Jailed Breaking Into Cary Grants House
    2. Mr Mrs North 441011 094 Norths Discover Christopher Columbus

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    Columbus Day Disc A004

    1. Bergen Mccarthy 441231 New Years Party Play Chrls Laughton
    2. Mel Blanc Show 461029 09 Community Chest Show

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    Columbus Day Disc A005

    1. Bergen Mccarthy 471012 W Linda Darnell
    2. You Are There 481010 45 Columbus Discovers America

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    Columbus Day Disc A006

    1. Luigi 491011 056 Columbus Day Play
    2. Hallmark Playhouse 491208 E066 Christopher And Columbus

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    Columbus Day Disc A007

    1. Ft 561010 490 First Voyage Of Columbus
    2. Bob Ray 591013 77 Celebrating Columbus Day

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