Bob and Ray WHDH September 2nd 1949

About this film

Friday September 2nd, 1949. The audio quality on this file is above the normal Bob and Ray For The Truly Desperate standard of poor to unlistenable. It was transferred from a transcription disk in the collection of revered member R2. Please list as much information about these shows as possible in a review of the show. Your information will be used to update the Archive page. Thank the users who have helped with this file. Some notes on the show. Dating Of Episode: At the 18 minute mark, sportscaster Leo Egan says that the Boston Red Sox have 25 games left to play, pinpointing this episode at Friday September 2, 1949. One reference that seems to work against this date is that at the one minute mark, as Ray talks about protecting your garden from frost, Bob mentions that the weather "felt like it (frost) this morning". The Boston low for September 2, 1949 was actually a mild 55 degrees Fahrenheit (13 Celsius). Bob may have been engaging in some hyperbole, however. Boston's record low for that date, set in 1967, is 48 Fahrenheit (9 Celsius), so 55 degrees may have felt frosty to a Bostonian heading into the Labor Day weekend. Despite Leo Egan's remarks re the Red Sox, and the mention…

Directors & creators

BNRToast

Subjects

oldtimeradio 1940s, oldtimeradio, radioprograms, Elliot, Goulding, Bob & Ray, BNRToast, BNR, OTR, Old Time Radio

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