100 Great Christmas Shows: Classic Shows from the Golden Era of Radio

Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the early 1950s, the golden era of radio. The series features seven exciting themes with 100 episodes in each. That is 700 classic radio programs in all.

Join your favorite radio stars under the Christmas tree. Enjoy Bing Crosby, Amos & Andy, The Father Knows Best family, The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee & Molly, and more, even Al Jolson and Boris Karloff. Hear legendary performer Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge. There are no “Bah Humbugs” is this amazing collection of 100 great Christmas classics. 1. A Christmas Sing with Bing 12-24-57 with Bing Crosby in a program of Christmas music around the world

2. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-20-54 Babes in Toyland with Jim & Marian Jordan

3. The Abbott and Costello Show 1948-12-23 Christmas Program

4. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 12-19-48 New Radio Phonograph

5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 12-21-47 The Adventure of the Christmas Bride with John Stanley

6. The Aldrich Family 6-18-42 Selling Christmas Cards with Ezra Stone

7. The Aldrich Family 12-21-52 Christmas Eve with Bobby Ellis

8. The Amos and Andy Show 12-22-44 Christmas Program with Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll

9. Authors Playhouse 12-21-41 Christmas by Junction

10. Boston Blackie 1948-12-22 Stolen Rings at Christmas Time

11. Broadway Is My Beat 12-24-49 Nick Norman Santa Claus

12. The Burns and Allen Show 1940-12-23 Christmas Show

13. Burns And Allen 12-21-43 with Guests, Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester

14. Casey Crime Photographer 12-19-46 Christmas Shopping

15. Casey Crime Photographer 12-25-47 Santa Claus of Bum Boulevard

16. The Cavalcade of America 12-22-41 The Green Pastures

17. The Cavalcade of America 12-25-44 America for Christmas

18. The CBS Radio Workshop 12-23-56 All is Bright

19. The Damon Runyon Theatre 12-12-48 Dancing Dan’s Christmas with John Brown

20. Dragnet 12-22-56 The 22 Rifle for Christmas

21. Duffy’s Tavern 12-21-45 A Christmas Carol with Ed Archie Gardner

22. Escape 12-24-47 Back for Christmas

23. Family Theatre 12-15-48 A Daddy for Christmas

24. Family Theatre 12-19-51 Lullaby of Christmas

25. Father Knows Best 12-21-50 Hans Christian Anderson Family Christmas with Robert Young

26. Father Knows Best 12-24-53 Stranded by Snowstorm

27. Fibber McGee and Molly 12-24-40 Gildy’s Radio Phonograph

28. Fibber McGee and Molly 12-15-44 Misplaced Christmas Money

29. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-18-45 Paints the Christmas Tree White with Jim & Marian Jordan

30. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-25-45 Gift from Doc Gamble but What Is It with Jim & Marian Jordan

31. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-6-49 Make His Own Christmas Cards with Jim & Marian Jordan

32. The Great Gildersleeve 12-21-41 Christmas Gift for Fibber McGee with Hal Peary

33. The Great Gildersleeve 12-20-42 Christmas Program with Hal Peary

34. The Great Gildersleeve 12-24-44 Christmas Eve with Hal Peary (3889)

35. The Great Gildersleeve 12-19-51 Why the Chimes Rang with Willard Waterman

36. The Greatest Story Ever Told 12-28-47 Flight into Egypt

37. Gunsmoke 12-20-52 Christmas Story with Conrad

38. The Hallmark Playhouse 12-23-48 Story of Silent Night with James Hilton

39. The Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre 12-24-44 Bachelor Mother with Harold Lloyd

40. The Harold Peary Show 12-20-50 Playing Santa at The Christmas Party with Hal Peary

41. Have Gun-Will Travel 12-21-58 Hanging Cross with John Dehner

42. The Jack Benny Program 12-17-50 Buys Golf Tees for Christmas

43. The Jack Benny Program 12-23-51 Christmas Tree Decorations

44. The Jack Benny Program 12-21-52 Setting Up the Christmas Tree

45. The Jimmy Durante Show 12-24-47 with Guest, Margaret O’Brien

46. The Kraft Music Hall 12-21-44 Christmas Program

47. The Kraft Music Hall 12-25-47 Christmas Program with Al Jolson and Guest, Boris Karloff

48. The Kraft Music Hall 12-23-48 Christmas Program with Al Jolson and Kraft Choral Club

49. The Life of Riley 12-17-44 Christmas Present with William Bendix

50. The Life of Riley 12-24-44 Roswell’s A Guest for Christmas with William Bendix

51. The Life of Riley 12-20-47 First Christmas in A Store Window

52. The Life of Riley 12-27-47 Family Christmas Present William Bendix

53. The Life of Riley 12-23-49 Embezzled Money from Christmas Club

54. Life With Luigi 12-20-49 Christmas Gift for Pasquale with J. Carrol Naish

55. The Lux Radio Theatre 06-25-44 Christmas in July

56. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-21-54 Making an Ash of Himself with Jim & Marian Jordan

57. The Lux Radio Theatre 09-17-45 Christmas Holiday

58. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-22-54 The Taming of The Shrew with Jim & Marian Jordan

59. The Lux Radio Theatre 12-24-45 I’ll Be Seeing You

60. Fiber McGee & Molly 12-23-54 A Star Is Born with Jim & Marian Jordan

61. Lux Radio Theatre 03-10-47 It’s A Wonderful Life

62. Fibber McGee & Molly 12-26-54 Your Presence Is Requested with Jim & Marian Jordan

63. The Marian and Lewis Show 12-21-51 with Dean Martin Jerry Lewis and Guest Helen O’Connell

64. Milton Berle Show 12-23-47 A Salute to Christmas with Milton Berle

65. Mr. President 12-25-49 Man at The Gate of The World with Edward Arnold

66. My Favorite Husband 12-16-49 George’s Christmas Present

67. My Favorite Husband 12-23-49 Sleigh Ride

68. My Friend Irma 12-22-47 Christmas Alone with Marie Wilson

69. My Friend Irma 12-20-48 Irma’s Christmas Party with Marie Wilson

70. The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 12-22-50 Slaughtered Santas

71. Night Beat 12-20-50 Christmas Story

72. Our Miss Brooks 12-18-49 Christmas Letter Contest with Eve Arden

73. Our Miss Brooks 12-25-49 Magic Christmas Tree with Eve Arden

74. Our Miss Brooks 12-31-50 Exchanging Presents with Eve Arden

75. The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12-18-49 Christmas Tree in The Mountains

76. The Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show 12-25-49 Christmas Program with Guest, Jack Benny

77. The Radio City Playhouse 12-25-49 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

78. The Red Skelton Show 12-24-46 Christmas Program with Red Skelton

79. Richard Diamond, Private Detective 12-21-51 A Christmas Carol with Dick Powell

80. Rocky Fortune 12-22-53 Plot to Murder Santa Claus with Frank Sinatra

81. The Saint 12-24-50 Santa Claus Is No Saint

82. The Screen Directors Playhouse 12-23-49 Miracle on 34 Th Street with Edmund Gwenn

83. The Six-Shooter 12-20-53 Britt Ponsett’s Christmas Carol

84. Stars Over Hollywood 12-22-51 A Christmas Carol

85. Suspense 12-20-45 Double Entry

86. Suspense 12-21-50 Christmas for Carol

87. Suspense 12-21-53 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas with Greer Garson

88. Suspense 12-20-55 The Cave with John Dehner and Dick Beals

89. Suspense 12-21-58 Out for Christmas with Raymond Burr

90. Suspense 12-20-59 A Korean Christmas Carol with Bill Lipton

91. Tales of The Texas Rangers 12-23-51 Christmas Playoff with Joel McCrea

92. Theatre Of Romance 12-24-55 Richer by One Christmas with Virginia Gregg

93. Theatre Royal 12-24-53 A Christmas Carol with Laurence Olivier

94. This Is Your FBI 12-22-50 Return of St. Nick with Stacy Harris

95. This Is Your FBI 12-21-51 Innocent Santa Claus with Stacy Harris

96. The Treasury Star Parade 12-25-42 A Modern Scrooge with Lionel Barrymore

97. Twenty First Precinct 12-22-45 The Giver with Everett Sloane

98. The Whistler 12-23-46 Next Year Is Mine with Frank Lovejoy

99. The Whistler 12-24-47 Decision with Cathy Lewis

100. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar 12-23-56 The Missing Mouse Matter with Bob Bailey