wow I bet they never could have imagined that 61 years from the time this was recorded, a whole new generation would be listening to this on something called "youtube"!! Insane!!
"The Big Show" was the most expensive show (and the longest at 90 minutes per episode) that ever aired on radio during the Golden Era. It ran from 1950 until 1952 with a total of 57 episodes receiving great critical acclaim. All of the episodes were aired from New York except for three, one in London, one in Paris and one in Hollywood. NBC spared no money in the production of "The Big Show". It was an effort by NBC radio to try and stem the tide of the new medium of television. However, no radio show could possibly overtake the popularity that television was to have regardless of how much money NBC was willing to spend. Each 90 minute episode of "The Big Show" at the time cost over $200.000.00 (and that was in 1950's money!).
There is no video of this program. There were a large number of photographs taken of "The Big Show", its' guests and other similar types of photographs during its' run on radio. It would be nice to see the photographs with the audio of the radio broadcast, but that may be a great deal of work for someone to do. Radio was called "The Theater of the Mind", so just imagine the images as would have been the case when the program initially aired on radio.
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wow I bet they never could have imagined that 61 years from the time this was recorded, a whole new generation would be listening to this on something called "youtube"!! Insane!!
"The Big Show" was the most expensive show (and the longest at 90 minutes per episode) that ever aired on radio during the Golden Era. It ran from 1950 until 1952 with a total of 57 episodes receiving great critical acclaim. All of the episodes were aired from New York except for three, one in London, one in Paris and one in Hollywood.
NBC spared no money in the production of "The Big Show". It was an effort by NBC radio to try and stem the tide of the new medium of television. However, no radio show could possibly overtake the popularity that television was to have regardless of how much money NBC was willing to spend. Each 90 minute episode of "The Big Show" at the time cost over $200.000.00 (and that was in 1950's money!).
Brilliant "and my name is not Tallulah Bankhead"! ♥
Wow. I wish I would have seen this sooner!
the one where shes in the black dress facing forward I meant.
Gotta love the song battle towards the end! Give my regards to broadwayyyyyyy
Ethel was a well known Republican and Tallulah a Democrat, but it's interesting that they can joke about it. That would never happen today.
Tallulah was a Democrat by birth -- her father was William Bankhead, Democratic Speaker of the House from 1936 to 1940.
Wjy didn't you upload the video of this program, instead of only audio with still photographs?
There is no video of this program. There were a large number of photographs taken of "The Big Show", its' guests and other similar types of photographs during its' run on radio. It would be nice to see the photographs with the audio of the radio broadcast, but that may be a great deal of work for someone to do. Radio was called "The Theater of the Mind", so just imagine the images as would have been the case when the program initially aired on radio.
Ethel must have been a Republican, or maybe just not a Truman fan...