WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:56pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:56 Thanks for joining us!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: How many minutes until George gets konked out?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 PLACE YOUR BETS NOW!
	9:02pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Always a joy to be here
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:02 Tonight should be pretty funny. Gracie Allen is one of my comedy heroes.
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 By the bad guy or Grace's punch line?
	9:08pm Webhamster Henry: Mel Blanc will be popping up a lot, I bet!
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:08 He's so noticeable! It's nice to hear him just do comedy.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: I usually cut out all the ads and whatnot, if there even are any, so I can put in my own. (And the shows I usually run were often without a regular advertiser.) But with this show, the ads are so heavily integrated into the shows, that I thought it would be better to keep them in this time.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: Sounded like there was some "break" in the show, as it was archived. A lot of these old Burns & Allens shows were not well preserved, and many have a lot of "blemishes."
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: George Burns does another Bing Crosby impression. (He did that the last time we heard Burns & Allen on the show.)
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: I do love the format of this show: some comedy, some music, a break, more comedy. It's a very nice pace.
	9:22pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 That’s OK, I have so many Acme brand products that I’ll need an extension on my house to keep them all.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:22 I'm glad someone's buyin'. I'm not only the president... I'm a member!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: An "old" joke regarding George... in 1946. How long did he ride that "old" routine?
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 I guess he was one of those guys like Abe Vigoda who was never young.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 It's never too late to make a career out of being old, apparently.
	9:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 Or too early
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:34 True! I used to have an "old man" routine that I would do as a teen, that my mom thought was funny. (I think she was just being nice.)
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: Those ministers... always up to no good.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: A comedy drunk! You don't find that very often these days.
	9:40pm Imaginos: So there was a shot.. Of rum
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 Ahhhh, Rummy. Good to see you.
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Lol!
	9:43pm Webhamster Henry: You might recognize Mr. Postman from his cameo in the classic Easter Bugs Bunny Cartoon, "Easter Yeggs"
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:43 Some of those voices get recycled. Some people complain about how that happens on modern animated shows, but it has happened since the beginning of voice acting.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: These long-form Maxwell House commercials are so much like a song, and so much like a radio story, and they get applause... I'm sure they are blurring the line a little too much in this case.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: "The Tall Man," is a parody of "The Thin Man."
	9:47pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 Ok it was just a thing like all the radio catchphrases that were woven into Warner Bros cartoon scripts!
	9:47pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 Asta truth
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:47 Absolutely.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: "If I ever kept a promise he'd drop dead." I love Gracie so much.
	9:54pm Imaginos: Btw did you get pix I sent you recently of kitten Imaginos?
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: They really perfected the art of cramming in an ad just about everywhere.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:54 I did.
	9:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 And we complain nowadays about ads everywhere…
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:56 At least they're pretty funny here.
	10:06pm Imaginos: Similar to Edith Bunker
	10:11pm Imaginos: Something needs a battery
	10:13pm Imaginos: Pizza's done!
	10:15pm Imaginos: Turning in for the night, but will join you tomorrow
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: See you tomorrow!
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: You also get to hear Gracie sing in this one!
	10:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Had no idea! I like her voice. Wonder if she made any records… I have a couple goofy George Burns albums.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:23 Good question! I'll have to look into that. I really only knew her singing from this show.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: Place-names comedy!
	10:28pm Webhamster Henry: That joke usually goes "Idaho, Alaska!"
	10:29pm Webhamster Henry: Of course this show predates Alaska as a state.
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: Salem! That's in the Mid-Valley...
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:29 Ahhhhhh! That makes sense.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: More Gracie singing. I get this one stuck in my head.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: It looks like we'll go two minutes over this week. Sorry everyone!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: I found a TON of Burns & Allen shows where they toy with "crime" or a break-in or something like that, so I could probably do another show like this. But Dimestore Radio Theater won't line up with April 1st for a while, so I'll have to come up with another excuse.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: George Burns' sympathy with the petstore owner might be the best laugh George has delivered all night.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: I'm at that phase in my life where I want to get a dog.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: I guess I'm gonna have to step up my "Quipping Couple Coffee" game, listening to these Maxwell House ads.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: Some jokes are so good, you can use them before and after the commercial break.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: A dog that loves a mail carrier? Who ever heard of such a thing.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: If I said, "Keep smiling," when I exited a room, people would think I'd lost my mind.
	10:48pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:40 Hope you like picking up smelly poop…
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:48 Yeah, that is the least appealing aspect. But I was a caregiver for the elderly, and have done a lot of babysitting. A little poo is all in a day's work...
	10:50pm Mr Fab: Old timer” - how old was Burns when they made this episode?
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:50 50-ish? So, not super-old.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: I've said it before, but caregiving and babysitting is like a G.G. Allin stage show: more poop and blood than you expect.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: We're getting near the end. Thanks for all the holiday joy today! We'll be back to business as usual next week.
	10:54pm Mr Fab: It’s almost surreal the way they just start talking like a Maxwell house commercial and then go back to their normal dialogue.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:54 Comedy whip-lash.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: I think that's about five times they used the "foot-in-mouth" joke.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: The comedy rule of... sixes?
	11:01pm Mr Fab: No “say good night, Gracie”?
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:01 That might have been a TV gag.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: See ya'll next time!
	11:02pm Webhamster Henry: well thanks!
	👻 11:02pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 I saw GG twice. No poop in either performance. Not that I'm complaining.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:02 Was it much like babysitting, or caregiving?
	11:03pm Mr Fab: be seeing you!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2024

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April 1, 2024: Our April Fools Day Special! (w/ Burns & Allen)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Burns & Allen	"Gracie Against Crime"	12 September 1946	NBC Radio	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Burns & Allen	"Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving"	6 March 1947	NBC Radio	0:31:35 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Harry James	Flight of the Bumblebee			1:00:40 (Pop-up)
Burns & Allen	"Gracie's Murder Mystery [Excerpt]"	10 January 1938	NBC Radio	1:14:53 (Pop-up)
Burns & Allen	"Another Murder Mystery [Excerpt]"	17 January 1938	NBC Radio	1:23:11 (Pop-up)
Burns & Allen	"Crime Wave" ""Crime Wave"" by "Burns & Allen"	20 March 1947	NBC Radio	1:31:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:56pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:56 Thanks for joining us!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: How many minutes until George gets konked out?
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 PLACE YOUR BETS NOW!
	9:02pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:01 Always a joy to be here
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:02 Tonight should be pretty funny. Gracie Allen is one of my comedy heroes.
	9:03pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 By the bad guy or Grace's punch line?
	9:08pm Webhamster Henry: Mel Blanc will be popping up a lot, I bet!
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:08 He's so noticeable! It's nice to hear him just do comedy.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: I usually cut out all the ads and whatnot, if there even are any, so I can put in my own. (And the shows I usually run were often without a regular advertiser.) But with this show, the ads are so heavily integrated into the shows, that I thought it would be better to keep them in this time.
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: Sounded like there was some "break" in the show, as it was archived. A lot of these old Burns & Allens shows were not well preserved, and many have a lot of "blemishes."
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: George Burns does another Bing Crosby impression. (He did that the last time we heard Burns & Allen on the show.)
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: I do love the format of this show: some comedy, some music, a break, more comedy. It's a very nice pace.
	9:22pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:14 That’s OK, I have so many Acme brand products that I’ll need an extension on my house to keep them all.
	👻 9:23pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:22 I'm glad someone's buyin'. I'm not only the president... I'm a member!
	👻 9:24pm Austin Rich: An "old" joke regarding George... in 1946. How long did he ride that "old" routine?
	9:29pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:24 I guess he was one of those guys like Abe Vigoda who was never young.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:29 It's never too late to make a career out of being old, apparently.
	9:34pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 Or too early
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:34 True! I used to have an "old man" routine that I would do as a teen, that my mom thought was funny. (I think she was just being nice.)
	👻 9:39pm Austin Rich: Those ministers... always up to no good.
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: A comedy drunk! You don't find that very often these days.
	9:40pm Imaginos: So there was a shot.. Of rum
	👻 9:40pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:40 Ahhhh, Rummy. Good to see you.
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:40 Lol!
	9:43pm Webhamster Henry: You might recognize Mr. Postman from his cameo in the classic Easter Bugs Bunny Cartoon, "Easter Yeggs"
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:43 Some of those voices get recycled. Some people complain about how that happens on modern animated shows, but it has happened since the beginning of voice acting.
	👻 9:46pm Austin Rich: These long-form Maxwell House commercials are so much like a song, and so much like a radio story, and they get applause... I'm sure they are blurring the line a little too much in this case.
	👻 9:47pm Austin Rich: "The Tall Man," is a parody of "The Thin Man."
	9:47pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:44 Ok it was just a thing like all the radio catchphrases that were woven into Warner Bros cartoon scripts!
	9:47pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:47 Asta truth
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:47 Absolutely.
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: "If I ever kept a promise he'd drop dead." I love Gracie so much.
	9:54pm Imaginos: Btw did you get pix I sent you recently of kitten Imaginos?
	👻 9:55pm Austin Rich: They really perfected the art of cramming in an ad just about everywhere.
	👻 9:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:54 I did.
	9:56pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @9:55 And we complain nowadays about ads everywhere…
	👻 9:57pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @9:56 At least they're pretty funny here.
	10:06pm Imaginos: Similar to Edith Bunker
	10:11pm Imaginos: Something needs a battery
	10:13pm Imaginos: Pizza's done!
	10:15pm Imaginos: Turning in for the night, but will join you tomorrow
	👻 10:16pm Austin Rich: See you tomorrow!
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: You also get to hear Gracie sing in this one!
	10:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:22 Had no idea! I like her voice. Wonder if she made any records… I have a couple goofy George Burns albums.
	👻 10:24pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:23 Good question! I'll have to look into that. I really only knew her singing from this show.
	👻 10:26pm Austin Rich: Place-names comedy!
	10:28pm Webhamster Henry: That joke usually goes "Idaho, Alaska!"
	10:29pm Webhamster Henry: Of course this show predates Alaska as a state.
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: Salem! That's in the Mid-Valley...
	👻 10:29pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:29 Ahhhhhh! That makes sense.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: More Gracie singing. I get this one stuck in my head.
	👻 10:30pm Austin Rich: It looks like we'll go two minutes over this week. Sorry everyone!
	👻 10:34pm Austin Rich: I found a TON of Burns & Allen shows where they toy with "crime" or a break-in or something like that, so I could probably do another show like this. But Dimestore Radio Theater won't line up with April 1st for a while, so I'll have to come up with another excuse.
	👻 10:36pm Austin Rich: George Burns' sympathy with the petstore owner might be the best laugh George has delivered all night.
	👻 10:40pm Austin Rich: I'm at that phase in my life where I want to get a dog.
	👻 10:42pm Austin Rich: I guess I'm gonna have to step up my "Quipping Couple Coffee" game, listening to these Maxwell House ads.
	👻 10:43pm Austin Rich: Some jokes are so good, you can use them before and after the commercial break.
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: A dog that loves a mail carrier? Who ever heard of such a thing.
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: If I said, "Keep smiling," when I exited a room, people would think I'd lost my mind.
	10:48pm Mr Fab: ↳ Austin Rich @10:40 Hope you like picking up smelly poop…
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:48 Yeah, that is the least appealing aspect. But I was a caregiver for the elderly, and have done a lot of babysitting. A little poo is all in a day's work...
	10:50pm Mr Fab: Old timer” - how old was Burns when they made this episode?
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:50 50-ish? So, not super-old.
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: I've said it before, but caregiving and babysitting is like a G.G. Allin stage show: more poop and blood than you expect.
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: We're getting near the end. Thanks for all the holiday joy today! We'll be back to business as usual next week.
	10:54pm Mr Fab: It’s almost surreal the way they just start talking like a Maxwell house commercial and then go back to their normal dialogue.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @10:54 Comedy whip-lash.
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: I think that's about five times they used the "foot-in-mouth" joke.
	👻 10:59pm Austin Rich: The comedy rule of... sixes?
	11:01pm Mr Fab: No “say good night, Gracie”?
	👻 11:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Mr Fab @11:01 That might have been a TV gag.
	👻 11:02pm Austin Rich: See ya'll next time!
	11:02pm Webhamster Henry: well thanks!
	👻 11:02pm David Shortell: ↳ Austin Rich @10:52 I saw GG twice. No poop in either performance. Not that I'm complaining.
	👻 11:03pm Austin Rich: ↳ David Shortell @11:02 Was it much like babysitting, or caregiving?
	11:03pm Mr Fab: be seeing you!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 1, 2024

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