Bob and Ray WOR 201 Monday December 17, 1973

About this film

From a tape found behind the furnace while looking for ornaments and donated by B2, this is Monday, December 17, 1973. The Station I.D.'s, commercials and background Christmas weather chatter make this a pleasant episode. There are a few wolf-hound howls during "The Gathering Dust" that may be from a station promotion. If you know otherwise, please correct the record. The Mary Backstayge feature has the family discussing their Christmas of the past. If you have a chance, please leave a review comment of how the heck you discovered "Bob and Ray for the Truly Desperate". 0:00 - Henry Gladstone introduces Bob and Ray, who run down the plans for today's episode. They then continue their search for people with unusual occupations, and introduce Sanford Worth Sr., an art dealer specializing in doodles. 4:05 - The Gathering Dust: Chief Fundy (Bob) of the Red Boiling Springs Alcohol Tax Investigation Unit pays a visit to Edna Bessinger (Ray), who suspects her tenant of being a bootlegger. She is relieved to learn that the bottle in his room contains only after-shave and is, in fact, safe and legal to drink. The episode is inexplicably interrupted by four separate wolf howls. 7:20 - Bob doe…

Directors & creators

BNRToast

Subjects

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

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