Best of Classic Radio 08-31-26 -Analysis of Satire, Strange Passenger, and The Hot Spot

Best of Classic Radio 08-31-26 -Analysis of Satire, Strange Passenger, and The Hot Spot

Author: Wyatt Cox August 31, 2026 Duration: 1:56:40
Originally broadcast Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Hour 1 - The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast August 31, 1956, 66 years ago, Colloquy #3 - An Analysis of Satire.   Stan Freberg explains the art of satire to a skeptical censor and illustrates the explanation with his own recordings. 

Hour 2 - Inner Sanctum Mysteries, originally broadcast August 31, 1952, Strange Passenger. An excellent story about a strange woman hitch-hiker named Ann, who loves the song, "Star Dust" and who can't be killed! Also Claudia, originally broadcast August 31, 1948, Claudia Rehearses while David Vacations.

Hour 3 -   Crime and Peter Chambers starring Dane Clark, originally broadcast August 31, 1954, The Hot Spot.    Johnny Silver, a well-known band leader, has been murdered at "The Hot Spot," a swank nightclub.  Also Part 6 of a 6 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Kranesburg Matter, originally broadcast August 31, 1956.   A fiance and his intended are made for each other. Both broke, both frauds. 

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