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Oh, I wonder who else spent time laying on the floor in front of the floor model Radio and shared bowls of popcorn with their Dad while listening to wonderful stories of adventure or comedy or music. Do any of the following titles take you to another day and time .

MYSTERY THEATRE

THE SHADOW
THE WHISTLER
JACK BENNY
FRED ALLEN
LUM AND ABNER
BABY SNOOKS
RICHARD DIAMOND ACE OF DETECTIVES
THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE

DUFFY'S TAVERN

GUNSMOKE

AMOS AND ANDY

BREAKFAST CLUB

OUR MISS BROOKS

BERGAN & McCARTHY

THE CREAKING DOOR

FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY

INNER SANCTUM

Making that list was so much fun. Actually I could go on for a lot more. This is just a sample. Obviously with all the westerns and mysteries my Dad must have been the official dial tuner.

Mother listened to soap operas and variety or quiz shows during the day, many of the soap operas flowed right on to the television when the time was right. I remember Stella Dallas as one of the stories Mother followed.

The CREAKING DOOR used to nearly scare me to death as the show started and the door which opened the show slow--ly opened and the featured scary storyline was announced.

I loved the variety shows like Fred Allen as he visited characters who lived or showed up on Allen's Alley. One was Senator Cleghorn ? oops I'll have to go look him up and clarify his name.

I was close, the full name was Beauregard Claghorn.

Warner Bros. cartoons used him to create the blustery rooster Foghorn Leghorn.

I think this may be the first of favorite things from my childhood I will blog about. Actually there is probably more to be said about the wonder of radio and the opportunity to use the imagination to build scenes and people. When many of these productions came to TV the scenes were created by theatre folks and the people looked the way the casting director thought they should. I can't remember if that was a disappointment for me as a child, so I guess I was able to to cope with that restriction on my imagination.

I would love to hear from my generation and know what you especially enjoyed listening to on your radio set.