Let's Pretend

It was simple concept, but it made for a revolutionary format in children’s radio. If the stories were for children, kids should be reading them. That was the concept for Nila Mack’s Let’s Pretend, and the show aired for two decades.

49 old time radio show recordings
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21 Audio CDs

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"Mell A Lot"

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About this Old Time Radio Show

Lets Pretend Outstanding Children's Theater (1929 - 54)

"Heel-looo, Pretenders! Helllloooo, Uncle Bill!"

Let's Pretend started radio life as The Adventures of Helen and Mary in 1934 when it was transformed by Nila Mack into the show that would last for two decades until 1954. Mack believed that, if the stories were for children, then children should tell the story.

Nila Mack used a core of regular children's actor's including Sybil Trent, Arthur Anderson, Jack Grimes, Miriam Wolfe, Gwen Davies and Michael O'Day. Anderson went on to write a book about his time on the show called Let's Pretend and the Golden Age of Radio. Mack died in 1953 and the show lasted one more year under the direction of Jean Hight.

The Peabody award-winning show was broadcast with an audience full of children beginning with Uncle Bill Adams' salutation, "Hello Pretenders!" followed by the response "Hello, Uncle Bill!". After some back and forth with the kids, the show would launch into an adaptation of a classic children's stories and fairy tales like Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, Thumbelina and many, many more.

For other great Children's show see also: Howdy Doody Time, Minnesota School of the Air, Cinnamon Bear, Wormwood Forest, and Children's Collection.

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49 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
total playtime 20 hours, 8 min

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49 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
total playtime 20 hours, 8 min

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49 recordings on 21 Audio CDs
total playtime 20 hours, 8 min

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49 recordings on 21 Audio CDs
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Disc A001 Lets Pretend Douban the Physician Lets Pretend Emperor's New Clothes, The	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A002 Lets Pretend Frog Prince Lets Pretend Golden Fleece Lets Pretend Juniper Tree	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A003 Lets Pretend King Midas and the Golden Touch Lets Pretend King Thrushbeard	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A004 Lets Pretend Puss and Boots Lets Pretend Sleeping Beauty Lets Pretend The Magic Carpet	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A005 Lets Pretend 420822 Why The Sea is Salty Lets Pretend 420829 The Little Mermaid	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A006 Lets Pretend 420905 The Elves and The Shoemaker Lets Pretend 420912 The Water of Life	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A007 Lets Pretend 421219 Prince Gigi and the Magic Ring Lets Pretend 421226 House of the World- xmas special	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A008 Lets Pretend 430320 Princess Moonbeam Lets Pretend 460504 Jorinda and Joringal	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A009 Lets Pretend 460727 Yellow Dwarf, The Lets Pretend 460803 Goose Girl, The Lets Pretend 460810 Story of Faithfull John, The	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A010 Lets Pretend 461026 Jack and The Bean Stalk Lets Pretend 461102 Puss and Boots	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A011 Lets Pretend 470607 Six Swans Lets Pretend 470621 Bluebeard	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A012 Lets Pretend 470628 Thumbelina Lets Pretend 470705 BrotherAndSister	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A013 Lets Pretend 470719 Rapunzel Lets Pretend 470726 TheChineseNightingale Lets Pretend 470816 Youth who Learned to Shiver Shake	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A014 Lets Pretend 470823 Mell-A-Lot Lets Pretend 470830 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Lets Pretend 470906 Twelve Months	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A015 Lets Pretend 470913 The Donkey the Table and the Stick Lets Pretend 470920 The Enchanted Frog Lets Pretend 470927 Cinderella	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A016 Lets Pretend 490403 The Princess and the Pea Lets Pretend 490416 Snowdrop and the Seven Dwarves	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A017 Lets Pretend 490709 Tinder Box, The Lets Pretend 520816 The White Cat	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A018 Lets Pretend 521129 One Eye Two Eyes Three Eyes Lets Pretend 521213 Snow Queen Lets Pretend 521220 'Twas the Night Before Christmas	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A019 Lets Pretend 531128 Ceres and Proserpina Lets Pretend 540109 Robin Hood	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A020 Lets Pretend 540605 Beauty Beast Lets Pretend 540619 Andine	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00
Disc A021 Lets Pretend 541002 King Arthur Lets Pretend 541009 Hansel G	Add Audio CD to Cart - $5.00

Let's Pretend

About this Old Time Radio Show

MP3 CDs are delivered by mail. These archival quality MP3 CDs are playable in your computer and many MP3 player devices.

Click here to see disc contents

MP3 downloads are available instantly after purchase!

Click here to see disc contents

Standard Audio CDs are delivered by mail on archival quality media with up to 60 minutes on each CD and play in all CD players