Comedy
It Pays To Be Ignorant
In this episode of It Pays To Be Ignorant, the panelists tackle a variety of amusing questions, including "What season comes after Summ…
Orson Welles Radio Almanac
In this episode of the Orson Welles Radio Almanac, Orson finds himself in a humorous predicament as he searches for an apartment amidst a ho…
Our Miss Brooks
In this episode of Our Miss Brooks, Mr. Conklin is determined to crack down and institute more discipline at the school. However, the day ta…
Red Skelton Show
The Skelton Scrapbook of Satire presents "The Little Christmas Tree", featuring beloved characters such as Junior, The Mean Widdle…
The Bing Crosby Show
In this episode of The Bing Crosby Show, the first song features Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby performing "Little Jack Frost, Get Lost.&quo…
The Circle
Read by Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman hosts this variety show, beginning with Cary Grant singing "Mad Dogs and Englishmen." Chico Marx accuses Groucho of …
This Is Your Life
Read by Ralph Edwards
Host Ralph Edwards and Edgar Bergen surprise Charlie McCarthy by presenting the story of his life, featuring guests who played a part in Cha…
The News Huddlines
Roy Hudd
The News Huddlines is a humorous sketch-based radio comedy series that aired from 1975 to 2000, featuring comedian Roy Hudd alongside Chris …
The Stolen Heiress
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Susanna Centlivre
Claiming that his son has died while away, Lord Gravello makes it appear that his daughter is now "the Heir to all [his] vast Revenues,…
The Beau's Duel
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Susanna Centlivre
A comedy, this was Centlivre's second play, first presented in 1702, and in her prologue she has made a big deal of the fact that this play …
Amphitryon
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Titus Maccius Plautus
The gods Jupiter and Mercury take the forms of Amphitryon and Sosia to visit Alcmena just before her husband Amphitryon returns from the war…
A Pleasant Commodie of Faire Em
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Shakespeare
By Shakespeare? Almost certainly not, but 1) it was found in a volume labeled Shakespeare in the library of Charles II, and 2) C. F. Tucker …
The Honey-Moon
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Tobin
This Restoration-era romantic comedy was written by playwright John Tobin -- who had the great bad luck to have died on the very eve of beco…
Fred Allen Texaco Star Theater
In this episode of the Fred Allen Texaco Star Theater, the comedic host poses a timely question to the residents of Allen's Alley: "Are…
Jack Benny Program
In this episode of the Jack Benny Program, Jack receives a complaint from a man named Buckingham Benny. The cast then performs another of th…
Jack Benny Program
Jack invites his old friend, the Waukegan Mayor Mancel Talcott to the show. Along with the Mayor and the rest of the cast, Jack plays out hi…
Edgar Bergen & Charlie Mc Carthy
In this entertaining episode, Charlie swipes a patrol wagon and stashes it in Bergen's garage. The delightful guest, Carmen Miranda, sings a…
Abbott & Costello
In this entertaining episode, Costello has bought a horse and plans to enter it in a race. Meanwhile, Mr. Kitzel is eager to become the jock…
Abbott & Costello
A Day in the Life of Lou Costello. Costello plans to go to the Rose Bowl game, so Abbott tries to find out what he knows about football. Cos…
Abbott & Costello
In this entertaining episode, Costello plays Detective Sam Shovel, who finds himself seduced by a beautiful gun moll. Join the comedic duo a…