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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
21,518
52,608
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
Actually I think this one:
http://www.otr.net/
is the one that jiminks uses. 123 episodes of X-Minus One, 442 episodes of Fibber McGee and Molly, 468 episodes of The Great Gildersleeve, 813 episodes of Lum and Abner, 973 episodes of The Lone Ranger, and hundreds of other shows, should keep you happy.

 

cranseiron

Part of the Furniture Now
May 17, 2013
589
67
McHenry, MS
There are a number of podcasts out there that are similar to old time radio drama-- the link is just a sample from a New York Times article. Podcasts are great with storytelling (EIS --Everything Is Stories.com), documentaries and a host of other spoken word genres. There was one I used to listen to followed a old school detective, all with scripts written by young folks trying to revive the radio drama of yesteryear. It's out there and not difficult to find. Some need a bit of financial support to continue with the writing and acting so search and tune in!
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/arts/fiction-rising-podcasts-grow-dramatic.html

 
Jun 27, 2016
1,280
127
Growing up I used to like "Quiet Please" and "Lights Out!" when my local AM would play vintage radio shows.

 

jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
26,264
30,381
Carmel Valley, CA
This URL, the one sable posted above, http://www.otr.net/, has only .ram files, which VLC on my Mac cannot play. Real Player on the Mac has been dead forever.

 

philobeddoe

Lifer
Oct 31, 2011
7,588
12,444
East Indiana
I love tits, let me repeat....I love me some tits, what I don't love is bad writing. I think, that what most of you are complaining about isn't really T/A or explosions, its poor script writing. If the movie or television series has a scene that calls for nudity, then all the better woo hoo, the same applies to fire and the odd explosion. The problem lies in poor writing, when the script is so poorly written that they need to rely on T/A and explosions to keep the audience watching or to attract any audience at all, which is usually teenage boys who don't usually care as much about plot as they do boobs and seeing shit blow up, then I too, will avoid that show. However, there are plenty of films, both foreign and domestic that use nudity well, as it is a part of our lives, we are sexual beings, we mate for pleasure as well as procreation. Also, you cannot very well have a war film without some explosions and sometimes, though rarely those explosions can be graphic, when the material calls for it, but this is indeed rare. I'm just trying to say, that you cannot judge a film or TV shows' quality based solely on the presence of nudity or explosions, you should instead, judge them based on the quality of the story and the acting. Sorry, now I'll get of your lawns!

 

mayfair70

Lifer
Sep 14, 2015
1,968
3
Everything that any of you have ever enjoyed is out there right now. From the oldest radio shows to the latest big budget whatever. On top of American radio and Hollywood movies, there are many foreign film industries breaking new ground and, of course, recycling old themes. As has been said in other threads, television is hitting a winning streak here lately. There are also smaller companies making avante garde programming and features. I've personally been enjoying the explosion of Science programming on the web. SciShow (https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow), SciShow Space (https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowspace), SciShow Kids (https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids) all have excellent programming with top notch research and access to their data. Those are just the tip of the iceberg. This isn't counting the thousands of Podcasts, local programs and "do it your selfers" out there right now making what they love. There are also thousands of people self publishing books which wouldn't have been possible 20 years ago. This is just the beginning of the Golden Age of information and programming. Quality entertainment and education have never been easier nor more accessible than right now. There is too much out there for anyone to say it is all junk. I have personally found excellent shows which I enjoy immensely. If you don't like what you see, keep looking. It is out there, right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD5fBjKwgEQ
Oh, yeah, breasts are fantastic. I like seeing new pairs for research purposes only. :wink:

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
21,518
52,608
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
This URL, the one sable posted above, http://www.otr.net/, has only .ram files, which VLC on my Mac cannot play. Real Player on the Mac has been dead forever.
I got and activated the Realplayer plug-in and am currently listening to "Jack Armstrong The All American Boy" right now on Firefox.

 

brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
10,218
16,688
Regarding movies in general (theatrical releases, not TV or on-line) IMO, there's just no question that there's been a general dumbing-down of the scripts over the last couple of decades. Yes, there are still some that are intelligent and well written, but on average there are less of those than there used to be.
As for TV, I haven't seen any of it in over a decade, but I'm aware that the quality has supposedly improved in more recent years...but based on what I've heard and read, as well as clips I've seen on-line, there is just too much political/social propaganda content that I don't agree with which would ruin it for me no matter how well written or produced it is.

 

mawnansmiff

Lifer
Oct 14, 2015
7,899
8,914
Sunny Cornwall, UK.
"Cosmic I think you are confusing quantity v quality."

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Tim, you got it in one right there. So much of what is produced these days is a copy to some degree (often with much exaggeration of the original) of what has already gone before. Was there ever a Stallone or Schwarzenegger film where the 'star' didn't end up bare chested within the first ten minutes of the show holding firearms one would expect to see mounted on a carriage? I doubt it.
It's very rare these days to find any film that is totally original in concept and storyline, particularly one that doesn't involve multiple murders, foul language, huge explosions, endless car crashes and heaving bosoms and more.
Matt, your apology was acknowledged and accepted. Your very kind offer of the 'peace gift' is also acknowledged but I think unnecessary as we all have bad hair days and you are allowed to have yours, but many thanks all the same, it is appreciated :puffy:
Regards,
Jay.

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
21,518
52,608
Southern Oregon
jrs457.wixsite.com
It's natural to have a special regard for older films or programs. Many of the people involved came from the theater where they honed their skills entertaining a live audience before going on to radio, films or TV. But even in the early and mid 20th century, the large majority of product was crap. We tend to forget about it because it hasn't stood the test of time and has disappeared.
Over the decades I've seen archive screenings of a lot of "B" and "C" pictures, short subjects, news reels, travelogues, and other entertainments from the 1890's onward that were largely crap. They pleased the audiences of their time on some basic level and were forgotten.
Philobeddoe makes the very good and basic point that the most objectionable issue is bad scripting, to which I'd add poor direction and pacing. Bad writing has been around for thousands of years. Many of Shakespeare's play are real clunkers. Despite what a lot of people would like to believe, it does take ability to tell a good story, or to tell a story well.

 

aldecaker

Lifer
Feb 13, 2015
4,407
47
That's a good point you bring up about the bad stuff not standing the test of time, Jesse. I was gifted a DVD of something like a dozen "classic" WWII movies. Some were excellent, but over half were just awful. I mean, just a waste of film kind of awful.
Thanks for the radio links, by the way. I'll have to check those out.

 

ashdigger

Lifer
Jul 30, 2016
11,391
70,257
61
Vegas Baby!!!
Aldecaker, I have Netflix and Amazon Prime, if you want to see some horrible, crappy, unbelievably bad movies, you'll have plenty to chose from. But according to a few above me I'm just a old man screaming get off my lawm.
BTW, I think Jackson Pollack's works are ridiculous. Give me a nice velvet of dogs playing poker anytime.

 

huntertrw

Lifer
Jul 23, 2014
6,032
8,429
The Lower Forty of Hill Country
Caption this (please select from the following below or add your own):
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1. That's Kevin in his Grumpy Old Man costume, at least I think it's a costume,...isn't it?

2. This man smoked Mixture 79 for 54 years - DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!

3. 673 blasted channels and I can't get Captain Kangaroo on a single one of them!

4. Where's my enema?!

 

aldecaker

Lifer
Feb 13, 2015
4,407
47
Jackson Pollock didn't make paintings. He made drop cloths. The fact that people paid good money for them and considered them "art" is beyond me. I agree with Gunny Hartman when he said "You're so God damned ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece". My sentiments in a nutshell!

 

jpmcwjr

Lifer
May 12, 2015
26,264
30,381
Carmel Valley, CA
It's ALIIIIIVE! The RealPlayer onna Mac, that is. Thought it was dead long ago.
So I played a file of Fibber Magee and Molly, surprised it was so short (13.5 minutes or so) Sponsors I recall: Carter's Little Liver Pills and Hudnut shampoos.
Are these old files generally recordings off masters from the studio or home taping jobs? (The one ep I've heard so far was not high fidelity, much less HiFi!)
Sky King was 14.5 minutes, with a nice public service announcement exhorting kids to put toys away so Mommie wouldn't break her neck. The King recording is an MP3, and higher quality than the Magee .ram piece.

 

huntertrw

Lifer
Jul 23, 2014
6,032
8,429
The Lower Forty of Hill Country
"Haven't seen the Coolidge painting since college, so a nice treat."
Not all of Coolidge's dogs were poker-players and bibbers. Some were just plain dogs like the little scamp pictured below who reminds me of my late and much beloved Rat Terrier, Petey. He, too, had a "taste for literature!"
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cally454

Starting to Get Obsessed
Dec 31, 2012
205
0
First off it's Seth not sure what you're what you were expecting. And if pollack just painted drop clothes then we should all go down to Sherwin Williams because for about $45. We all can splash out million dollar peices

 
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