Bob and Ray WOR 073 June 21, 1973

About this film

This show is from Thursday June 21st, 1973. There is some patter between Bob and Ray, an In The Gathering Dust and then coverage of the Gran Prix. On the Mary Backstayge episode Carmine joins the crew, Captain Larsen hits his head several times with the resulting personality changes. A very unusual show. The recording here is also slightly unusual as two separate people recorded this show with one being slower on the stop button. The worst bits of both are used here 0:00 A talk on Labrador, its tourist attractions, and the use of forced labour in the tourism industry. 1:50 Another installment of The Gathering Dusk, "the heart-warming story of a girl who overcomes every obstacle to achieve complete misery". In today's episode, Edna (Ray) gets a visit from plainclothesman Everknoch of the village police force (Bob), whom she tells of the prowler hanging around the neighborhood. 5:25 Coverage of the Gibraltar Grand Prix by Roland Thaxter of the British Broadcasting Corporation (who is neither Bob nor Ray, but Peter Ustinov, from his brilliant comedy album 'The Grand Prix of Gibraltar!'. Thaxter is joined by American commentator Barrett Spikes. 7:20 Webley Webster (Ray) drops by and di…

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BNRToast

Subjects

Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding, Elliot, Goulding, Bob & Ray, BNRToast, BNR, OTR, Old Time Radio, Satire, WOR, Mary Backstayge

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