There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows
Jack Gaver , Dave Stanley
Play
Length 5 h 13 min
Chapters 21
First published 1945
There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the 1930s and 1940s. Gaver and Stanley give insight on several luminaries from the days of vintage radio: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Amos 'n Andy, and more! (Summary by ChuckW)
Chapters
1
00 - Then and Now Read by Maria Kasper 31:53
2
02 - Bob Hope (While There's Life!) Read by Maria Kasper 19:42
3
03 - Jack Benny (The Fiddler from Waukegan!) Read by Maria Kasper 19:36
4
04 - Bergen and McCarthy (Alter Ego!) Read by Phil Chenevert 24:05
5
05 - Fibber McGee and Molly (The Folks from Peoria!) Read by Larry Wilson 13:44
6
06 - Ed Gardner (Absentee Ownership!) Read by Kristin G. 10:21
7
07 - Eddie Cantor (Girls, Girls, Girls!) Read by Kristin G. 13:20
8
08 - Abbott and Costello (Laborers in the Cornfield!) Read by Little Tee 13:03
9
09 - Amos 'N' Andy (Blackface!) Read by Phil Chenevert 12:59
10
10 - Ed Wyn (The Fire Chief!) Read by Maria Kasper 12:54
11
11 - Fanny Brice (The Brat!) Read by ElleyKat 8:36
12
12 - Milton Berle (Peck's Bad Berle!) Read by Jennifer Dorr 11:04
13
13 - Colonel Stoopnagle (The Colonel!) Read by Jennifer Dorr 11:30
14
14 - Easy Aces (Aces!) Read by Jennifer Dorr 10:43
15
15 - Burns and Allen (Be Dumb, Sweet Maid!) Read by Maria Kasper 17:33
16
16 - Phil Baker (Squeeze Play!) Read by Jennifer Dorr 13:57
17
17 - The Great Gildersleeve Read by Phil Chenevert 8:14
18
18 - Durante and Moore (The Sweetest Guy in the World!) Read by Little Tee 18:52
19
19 - Joan Davis (I'ze a Muggin'!) Read by Jennifer Dorr 7:28
20
20 - Jack Kirkwood (The Early Bird!) Read by SteveToner 8:44
21
21 - Raymond Knight (Cuckoo!) Read by Arianne Stein 8:08
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens catalog.hathitrust.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
