25 FORGOTTEN American Radio Shows Every Family Listened to Before TV Existed
Before television, America gathered around a wooden box with a glowing dial and listened. Not to music. Not to the news. To stories. Thirty million families. One room. Eight o'clock. And then, in less than a decade, it was all gone. In this video, we count down twenty-five forgotten American radio shows that shaped everything you watch today. From the Hall of Justice to the Hall Closet. From Orson Welles faking a Martian invasion to the woman who played a sixty-year-old for twenty-seven years straight. Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 2:10 - Number Twenty-Five: Amos and Andy 5:30 - Number Twenty-Four: The Lone Ranger 9:00 - Number Twenty-Three: Fibber McGee and Molly 12:20 - Number Twenty-Two: Jack Benny 15:45 - Number Twenty-One: The Shadow 19:10 - Number Twenty: Inner Sanctum Mysteries 22:30 - Number Nineteen: Suspense 26:00 - Number Eighteen: The Great Gildersleeve 29:15 - Number Seventeen: Our Miss Brooks 32:40 - Number Sixteen: The Jack Armstrong Show 36:00 - Number Fifteen: One Man's Family 39:30 - Number Fourteen: Dimension X 42:50 - Number Thirteen: Burns and Allen 46:10 - Number Twelve: Kraft Music Hall 49:30 - Number Eleven: The Green Hornet 52:45 - Number Ten: You Bet Your Life 56:00 - Number Nine: The Aldrich Family 59:20 - Number Eight: The Fred Allen Show 1:02:40 - Number Seven: The Lux Radio Theatre 1:06:00 - Number Six: Lights Out 1:09:20 - Number Five: Ma Perkins 1:12:40 - Number Four: Let's Pretend 1:16:00 - Number Three: The Bob Hope Show 1:19:20 - Number Two: The Mercury Theatre on the Air 1:22:40 - Number One: The Cavalcade of America If you enjoyed this look back at America's golden age of radio, subscribe for more stories about the forgotten history hiding inside everything you love. AmericanRadio, GoldenAgeOfRadio, RadioHistory, OldTimeRadio, OrsonWelles, JackBenny, TheShadow, BobHope, RadioShows, AmericanHistory, Nostalgia, ForgottenHistory, ClassicEntertainment, RadioDrama, OTR
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