Comedy

The Halls of Ivy - Single Episodes


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



THE HALLS OF IVY The Halls of Ivy was an NBC radio sitcom that ran from 1949 - 1952. It was created by Fibber McGee and Molly co-creator/wr…

Love Conquers All

Read by Ted Delorme


Robert C. Benchley



Robert Benchley, 1889-1945, was a writer, humorist and actor of note during the 1920s through the early 1940s. Born in Massachusetts, he spe…

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Edith Œnone Somerville



This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…

Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Sinclair Lewis



"At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at…

The American Claimant

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…

Ozzie & Harriet 81 Eps


Various



(81 Episodes) "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" situation comedy has many reused scripts and actual repeat shows. What is he…

Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co., NY in 1871, is Mark Twain's third …

Porcelain and Pink

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F. Scott Fitzgerald



"Porcelain and Pink" is a comic one-act play from the 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a youn…

Mama Bloom's Brood - Single Episodes


Old Time Radio Researchers Group



MAMA BLOOM'S BROOD This early series (circa 1934) combines elements of the soap opera with those of the situation comedy. The episodes are …

The Strange Gentleman

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Charles Dickens



Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts…

Laurel and Hardy 11 Eps


Various



(11 Episodes) Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (Misc Works) 5 Songs/Music; 5 Skits; One Interview OTR * def gp ddh

Lysistrata

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Aristophanes



Lysistrata read by a group of college students.First performed in classical Athens c. 411 B.C.E., Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” is the original…

The Gentle Grafter

Read by Leslie Walden


O. Henry



If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…

Gentle Julia

Read by Bellona Times


Booth Tarkington



Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkingt…

The Tempest (version 2)

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William Shakespeare



Few plays have been seen as a more fitting conclusion to a playwright's career than Shakespeare's The Tempest. Focusing on the aging sorcere…

The Merchant of Venice (version 2)

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William Shakespeare



Perhaps the most controversial of Shakespeare's comedies, The Merchant of Venice tells the tale of a man, Bassanio, who has a crazy plan to …

Duffy's Tavern 118 Eps


Ed Gardner



(118 Episodes) "Duffy's Tavern" was/is a Wartime situation comedy which ran for a decade on several different radio networks: CBS,…

The Aldrich Family 97 Eps


Various



(97 Episodes) THE BEST sitcom BY FAR!! "The Aldrich Family" is one of those really GREAT and TIMELESS Old Time Radio sitcoms that …

The School For Scandal

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan



Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy was first performed in 1777 and focuses on the intrigues and scandals of the British upper classes. Lady …

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