+ Can You Imagine That? wasn't a particularly historic or ground-breaking production over West Coast Radio. It was simply entertaining. Nothing more, nothing less. A combination of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Information Please, and Can You Top This?, the program was presented as a combination of docudrama sketches combined with vignettes about odd news items and historical oddities. Lindsay MacHarrie, who both wrote and directed the production, as well as acting in many of the vignettes, had been a prolific producer while at stations KHJ and KMPC in Hollywood. He also acted as host and narrator for the entire run. The format would tease three or four of the oddities to be presented, then after a 90 second commercial break would present the combination of fascinating vignettes for the evening. Presented in a 15-minute format, each episode managed to cram four to six interesting topics into the twelve minutes alotted to each script. In what would come to be a fairly formulaic format, the dramatizations would be heard first, often closing with a vignette about an old or popular song of the era. We did a bit of fact-checking on the historical vignettes presented throughout the series and they hold up pretty well even seventy years hence. Click here to read more about Can You Imagine That
- Radio Shows
- Comments
- Photos
Please enjoy these 39 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | a girl changes her mind |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A girl changes her mind as she changes her stockings, Den... | |
| N/A | angel of death |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "The angel Gabriel is never mentioned in the bible as "The... | |
| N/A | animals field day |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Animals have a field day in New Jersey, kisses pay off a ... | |
| N/A | ape saved key possession |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "An ape saves a key possession of the British empire, a ma... | |
| N/A | aunt marys new tooth | ||
| N/A | babies and weather |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Tiny babies detect a meteorological disturbance, $20,000 ... | |
| N/A | bits of bread |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "There are more married men in the United States than marr... | |
| N/A | black cats |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A black cat does bring bad luck, an attorney wins an impo... | |
| N/A | boy battles eagle |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A boy engages in a fight-to-the-death battle with an eagl... | |
| N/A | building rises from the sea |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A building more than 500 years-old rises from the sea, mi... | |
| N/A | 1788 war prediction |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "The wars of the 20th century were prophisized in 1788, ca... | |
| N/A | 44 year old quarrel |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Two women patch up a 44-year-old quarrel, the mystery of ... | |
| N/A | chimp language |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A man compiles a dictionary of chimpanzee language, Cince... | |
| N/A | clam chowder |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Chowder is not an American dish, but baseball is an Ameri... | |
| N/A | detective stories |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Detective stories are more than twenty-five centuries old... | |
| N/A | explosion heard three thousands miles away |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "An explosion is heard more than 3000 miles away from its ... | |
| N/A | first car of funeral train |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "European diplomats argue over who shall ride first on a f... | |
| N/A | five men swindled |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Five noted men are swindled by two uneducated miners, a m... | |
| N/A | frightened out of speech |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A young woman is frightened out of her speach, a curfew w... | |
| N/A | funeral fire |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A bonfire was originally a funeral pyre, a constable chas... | |
| N/A | grog in 1740 |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Grog was originally an British Admiral, an 11-year-old bo... | |
| N/A | his brothers father |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "A man becomes his brother's father, a jury renders an imp... | |
| N/A | joan of arc |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Joan Of Arc was not proclaimed a saint for more than 400 ... | |
| N/A | marriage customs |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "Our modern marriage customs come from the ancients, a man... | |
| N/A | more married men |
+ Music fill for local commercial insert. "There are more married men in the United States than marr... |
1 2
Other "Historical" Shows you may enjoy:
- CBS World News Today
- Country Parson
- Front page features
- Our freedoms blessings
- From the bookshelf of the world
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
Leave a comment