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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 5d

There's still time to get your scream on, with chicken hearts, locomotive ghosts, lighthouse phantoms, bodies turning inside out, Jack Benny trick-or-treating (really!) and more! Enjoy Those Were the Days Hallowe'en show any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 7d

Need a little extra "spirit" this year? Listen to Those Were the Days' annual #Hallowe'en show, with Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, The Shadow, chicken hearts, bodies turning inside out, and... Jack Benny?!? You bet—and it's available for streaming all week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Those Were The Days

www.nostalgiadigest.com

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 8d

One the many reasons we're proud to be associated with @wdcb909.bsky.social is because they play great music all week long and also because no one there is an idiot.

Brian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · 9d

Joe Rogan is confusing measles with chicken pox

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 8d

Just in time for Hallowe’en: Read about the man who revolutionized radio horror in the new Autumn Nostalgia Digest—plus, articles about The Honeymooners, The Grand Ole Opry, Walt Disney’s Cinderella, Martha Raye at War… and more! Available now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The cover of the Autumn 2025 Nostalgia Digest, featuring Red Skelton at a CBS microphone

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 9d

RIP to June Lockhart, who was “America’s mom” on Lassie and Lost in Space, which is already a pretty eclectic collection—and it was only the beginning. She’ll be missed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Actor June Lockhart of Lost in Space and Lassie fame dies aged 100

Lockhart started out on stage at age eight and appeared in scores of television series and feature films

www.theguardian.com

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10d

Raise a "Howwwwwwwwwwwdeeeeeee!" for the great Minnie Pearl--and don't miss the article about Minnie Pearl and the Grand Ole Opry in the Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest, available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10d

Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for Those Were the Days' annual Hallowe'en Show!

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 11d

The Patrick Stewart version has fewer great songs, but it's also pretty good. When it comes to radio, of course, there's Lionel Barrymore's many versions...

Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 11d

So now they're naming a Christmas Carol movie Ebenezer? You know what, there's a Christmas Carol movie called Scrooge. It stars Albert Finney, with songs by the great Leslie Bricusse. That's the one to watch.

Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 12d

Johnny Depp will reportedly play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s EBENEZER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, with Andrea Riseborough (Possessor) also attached to star in the film.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 13d

For @brett-taylor.bsky.social and anyone else who wants some good scary stories for their families: Might I suggest joining us this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org for "the fear you can hear" on Those Were the Days' annual Hallowe'en show! Details at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB

WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!

wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 13d

If you're watching that Frank Capra film with Bing Crosby, you're Here Comes the Groomscrolling.

A movie poster for Frank Capra's 1951 film Here Comes the Groom

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 14d

If you missed last Saturday's Those Were the Days (with all you see below AND guest Robert Loerzel discussing Chicago's historic Uptown Theater), fear not! The show's available for streaming at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 14d

This is an album cover waiting to happen.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 16d

Tonight on Radio's Golden Age: Superman battles bigotry! Plus: Lucille Ball, Rhonda Fleming and a pre-Password Allan Ludden! Hear it all from 6-9 pm CST on kxel.com

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 17d

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org) as Those Were the Days remembers the days when radio was imaginative and entertaining!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18d

Frank Sinatra! George Burns and Gracie Allen! Eve Arden as Our Miss Brooks! Gunsmoke! You’ll hear all that and more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days. Tune in at wdcb.org ... where the only royalty we celebrate is the Duke, the Count and the King of Swing)!

Frank Sinatra in the 1940, sitting in an easy chair

George Burns and Gracie Allen with an NBC microphone

Eve Arden at the CBS microphone, with actors Gloria McMillan and Richard Crenna

William Conrad, dressed in period clothes as Marshal Matt Dillon, the character he played on the radio version of Gunsmoke

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 21d

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 23d

Sorry to hear about the passing of Diane Keaton, who was so good in so many things. RIP.

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 28d

Our deepest thanks to everyone who's taken part in the @wdcb909.bsky.social Fall pledge drive so far. There's still time to make your much-needed pledge at wdcb.org — and if you missed any of our Those Were the Days show, it's been archived for two weeks at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Oct 4

Today's the day! You can help a good radio station (and in the process, send a message to corporate radio) by listening to (and supporting) @wdcb909.bsky.social. Check us out at wdcb.org!

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Oct 3

Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Oct 3

Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Oct 3

Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 30

If it will help, everything in our publication is the work of human beings and it always will be. www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The cover of the Autumn 2025 Nostalgia Digest, with a photo of Red Skelton at a CBS microphone

Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 28

Bob Hope: I don't play golf with Bing Crosby anymore. After all, would you play with a man who cheats on his score and kicks his ball out of the sand trap?
Jack Benny: Certainly not!
Bob: Well, neither will Crosby.

Jakob G. @jakobgamertsfelder.bsky.social · Sep 28

Americans are fine with a man who cheats at golf.

There is no cheaper man.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 27

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents radio... about television! Streaming live at wdcb.org!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · Sep 25

One hundred years ago, John Logie Baird transmitted an image via the new medium of television—and this Saturday, Those Were the Days presents an afternoon of radio…about television. Join us at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST as we hear from Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Jack Webb, The Green Hornet and more!

Lucille Ball performing at a CBS microphone

Jack Webb holding a script for the radio show “Dragnet"

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