ARCH OBOLER COLLECTION OLD TIME RADIO - 3 CD-ROM - 239 mp3 - Total Playtime: 108:16:45 Arch Oboler (December 7, 1907 – March 19, 1987) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer and director who was active in radio, films, theater and television. He generated much attention with his radio scripts, and his work in radio remains the outstanding period of his career. Praised as one of broadcasting's top talents, he is regarded today as a key innovator of radio drama. Born in Chicago, Illinois, to Leon Oboler and Clara Oboler, Jewish immigrants from Riga, Latvia, Arch Oboler briefly attended the University of Chicago prior to dropping out to pursue a full-time writing career. Radio Oboler sold his first radio scripts while still in high school during the 1920s and rose to fame when he began scripting the NBC horror anthology Lights Out in 1936. He later found notoriety with his script contribution to the 12 December 1937 edition of The Chase and Sanborn Hour. In Oboler's sketch, host Don Ameche and guest Mae West portrayed a slightly bawdy Adam and Eve, satirizing the Biblical tale of the Garden of Eden. On the surface, the sketch did not feature much more than West's customary suggestive double-entendres, and today it seems quite tame. But in 1937, that sketch and a subsequent routine featuring West trading suggestive quips with Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy helped the broadcast cause a furor that resulted in West being banned from broadcasting and from being mentioned at all on NBC programming for 15 years. The timing may have been a contributing factor, according to radio historian Gerald S. Nachman in Raised on Radio: The sketch resulted in letters from outraged listeners and decency groups... What upset churchgoing listeners wasn't the Biblical parody so much as the fact that it had the bad luck to air on a Sunday show. When Oboler took over Lights Out in 1936, the show was already a sensation because of creator Wyllis Cooper's violent, quirky scripts, and Oboler continued in a similar vein, announcing during the opening of each episode: This is Arch Oboler bringing you another of our series of stories of the unusual, and once again we caution you: These Lights Out stories are definitely not for the timid soul. So we tell you calmly and very sincerely, if you frighten easily, turn off your radio now. One of Oboler's best remembered scripts for Lights Out was Chicken Heart, first broadcast March 10, 1937: Dr. Calvin: I tell you that mass of flesh was a chicken heart... the tissue of which for some reason is undergoing constant, rapid, accelerating growth. With every passing hour its growth is doubling. Do you know what that means? If it is now one block in size, within 30 hours that cannibal flesh will have increased in size to one square block to the 30th power. In 30 hours every inch of this whole city will be crushed under that moving flesh. Within 60 hours it will have covered the entire state. Within two weeks the entire United States. You ask for the National Guard. I say call out the entire army. Blast this thing off the earth. Curiously, in the 1960s, "Chicken Heart" became more associated with comedian Bill Cosby than Oboler. Cosby's retelling of the radio drama with humorous vocalized sound effects became one of his most popular comedy routines, recorded on Cosby's Wonderfulness (1966) and available today on both YouTube and a CD reissue. In 1939, Oboler introduced another series, Arch Oboler's Plays, on NBC. In addition to horror tales, the dramas on this series often employed more topical material, especially regarding early World War II events, and the cast featured many leading film actors. After a year on NBC, it returned for a short run on Mutual in 1945. The series was syndicated in 1964. SHOWS LIST DISC 1 Arch Oboler Biography Arch Obolers Plays 39-04-15 (04) The Ways of Men Arch Obolers Plays 39-04-29 (06) The Cliff Arch Obolers Plays 39-05-06 (07) Engulfed Cathedral Arch Obolers Plays 39-05-13 (08) Baby Arch Obolers Plays 39-05-20 (09) Crazy Town Arch Obolers Plays 39-06-03 (11) Steelworke Arch Obolers Plays 39-06-10 (12) Nero's Wife Arch Obolers Plays 39-07-08 (16) The Ivory Tower Arch Obolers Plays 39-07-29 (19) Another World Arch Obolers Plays 39-09-16 (26) Suffer Little Children - Finale Arch Obolers Plays 39-11-18 (35) Bathysphere Arch Obolers Plays 39-11-25 (36) Mirage-Miss American Arch Obolers Plays 39-12-16 (39) Nobody Died Arch Obolers Plays 39-12-30 (41) This Precious Freedom Arch Obolers Plays 40-01-13 (43) The Truth Arch Obolers Plays 40-01-27 (45) Three Stories - With Tongue-In-Cheek Arch Obolers Plays 40-02-24 (49) The Women Stayed at Home Arch Obolers Plays 40-03-09 (51) Johnny Got His Gun Arch Obolers Plays 42-06-21 (xx) Adolph and Mrs. Runyon Arch Obolers Plays 44-06-17 (xx)Four For The Fifth Surrender Arch Obolers Plays 45-04-05 (01) Strange Morning Arch Obolers Plays 45-04-26 (03) The House I Live In Arch Obolers Plays 45-05-03 (04) Love, Love, Love Arch Obolers Plays 45-05-10 (05) Holiday 194X Arch Obolers Plays 45-05-17 (06) Mr Ten Percent Arch Obolers Plays 45-05-24 (07) An Exercise in Horror (A Peculiar Comedy) Arch Obolers Plays 45-05-31 (08) Double Feature Arch Obolers Plays 45-06-07 (09) Night Arch Obolers Plays 45-06-14 (10) Mr Pyle Arch Obolers Plays 45-06-21 (11) The Naked Mountain Arch Obolers Plays 45-06-28 (12) The Truth Arch Obolers Plays 45-07-05 (13) Dr Bluff Arch Obolers Plays 45-07-12 (14) A Gallery of Big Shots - Feminine Arch Obolers Plays 45-07-19 (15) Special to Hollywood Arch Obolers Plays 45-07-26 (16) My Chicago Arch Obolers Plays 45-08-02 (17) Parade Arch Obolers Plays 45-08-09 (18) History of a Mug Arch Obolers Plays 45-08-16 (19) Lust for Life Arch Obolers Plays 45-09-06 (21) Mirage Arch Obolers Plays 45-09-13 (22) A Gallery of Big Shots - Masculine Arch Obolers Plays 45-09-20 (23) Rocket from Manhattan Arch Obolers Plays 45-09-27 (24) The Family Nagachi Arch Obolers Plays 45-10-04 (25) Mr Miller Arch Obolers Plays 45-10-11 (26) This Living Book (I Declare War) Arch Obolers Plays 48-03-09 (51) Johnny Got His Gun(1) Arch Obolers Plays 64-10-03 (01)The Word Arch Obolers Plays 64-10-10 (02)The Visitor From Hades Arch Obolers Plays 64-10-17 (03) Special to Hollywood Arch Obolers Plays 64-10-24 (04) The Day Sinatra Got Fat Arch Obolers Plays 64-10-31 (05) Come to the Bank Arch Obolers Plays 64-11-07 (06) Immortal Gentleman Arch Obolers Plays 64-11-14 (07) Big Ben Arch Obolers Plays 64-11-21 (08) Rocket from Manhattan Arch Obolers Plays 64-11-28 (09) African Story Arch Obolers Plays 64-12-05 (10) Revolt of the Worms Arch Obolers Plays 64-12-12 (11) Bathysphere Arch Obolers Plays 64-12-19 (12) Mirage Arch Obolers Plays 64-12-26 (13) Him or Me Arch Obolers Plays xx-xx-xx The Dark Stereo Arch Obolers Plays xx-xx-xx The Day The Sun Expl Biography in Sound 56-05-15 (49) Recolections at 30 Biography in Sound 56-12-04 (69) Ticket to the Moon Cavalcade of America 420119 262 An American Is Born Columbia Workshop 381222 (122) Bread on the Waters Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy 371212 Mae West Plays For Americans 42-02-01 (01) Johnny Quinn Plays For Americans 42-03-15 (07) A Letter At Midnight Plays For Americans 42-06-21 (20) Adolf Mrs Runyon Rudy Vallee - Royal Gelatin Hour 38-05-05 Guest - Boris Karloff Rudy Vallee - Royal Gelatin Hour 38-06-16 Guest - Raymond Johnson, Irving Caesar Rudy Vallee - Royal Gelatin Hour 38-09-15 Guest - Brian Aherne DISC 2 Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (1) Introduction to Horror Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (2) I'm Hungry Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (3) Taking Papa Home Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (4) The Dark Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (5) A Day at the Dentist's Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (6) The Posse Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (7) Chicken Heart Drop Dead xx-xx-xx (8) The Laughing Man Lights Out 360617 002 Cat Wife Lights Out 360805 009 Money Money Money Lights Out 360812 010 Across the Gap Lights Out 360909 014 The Author and the Thing Lights Out 360916 015 The Sea Lights Out 361014 019 The Fast One Lights Out 361209 027 Nobody Dies Lights Out 361216 028 Poltergeist Lights Out 370217 037 Cat Wife Repeat Lights Out 370303 039 Sakhalin Lights Out 370310 040 Chicken Heart Lights Out 370317 041 State Executioner Lights Out 370414 0Lights Out 45 The Little People Lights Out 370512 049 Organ Lights Out 370526 051 Until Dead Lights Out 370616 054 Meteor Man Lights Out 370623 055 Happy Ending Lights Out 370714 058 Lord Marley's Ghost Lights Out 371117 066 Little Old Lady Lights Out 371222 071 Uninhabited aka Christmas Story Lights Out 371229 072 The Dark Lights Out 380126 075 Oxychloride X Lights Out 380216 078 Murder Castle Lights Out 380223 079 Chicken Heart 37 03 10 Repeat Lights Out 380316 082 Superfeature Lights Out 380323 083 The Dream with Boris Karloff Lights Out 380330 084 Valse Triste with Boris Karloff Lights Out 380406 085 Cat Wife with Boris Karloff Lights Out 380511 090 It Happened Lights Out 380608 094 Spider Lights Out 390426 128 The Devil's Due Lights Out 410217 XXX Special to Hollywood Lights Out 421006 001 What the Devil Lights Out 421013 002 Revolt of the Worms Lights Out 421020 003 Poltergeist Lights Out 421027 004 Mungahra Lights Out 421103 005 Accross The Gap Lights Out 421110 006 Bon Voyage Lights Out 421117 007 Come To The Bank Lights Out 421124 008 Chicken Heart 37 03 10 Repeat Lights Out 421201 009 Mister Maggs Lights Out 421208 010 Scoop Lights Out 421215 011 Knock At The Door Lights Out 421222 012 Meteor Man Lights Out 421229 013 Valse Trieste Lights Out 430105 014 The Fast One Lights Out 430119 016 Alley Cat Lights Out 430126 017 Protective Mr Drogen Lights Out 430202 018 Until Dead Lights Out 430209 019 He Dug It Up Lights Out 430216 020 Oxychloride X Lights Out 430223 021 They Met At Dorset Lights Out 430302 022 The Sea Lights Out 430309 023 The Ball Lights Out 430316 024 The Dream Lights Out 430323 025 The Flame Lights Out 430330 026 Money Money Money Lights Out 430406 027 Super Feature - Familiar Sudenly Unfamiliar Lights Out 430413 028 Archer - Ancestor Lights Out 430420 029 Kill Lights Out 430427 030 Execution Lights Out 430504 031 Heavenly Jeep Lights Out 430511 032 Murder In The Script Department Lights Out 430518 033 The Spider Lights Out 430525 034 Little Old Lady Lights Out 430601 035 The Ugliest Man In The World Lights Out 430608 036 The Organ Lights Out 430615 037 Prelude To Murder Lights Out 430622 038 Nature Study Lights Out 430629 039 Bathysphere Lights Out 430706 040 The Cliff Lights Out 430713 041 Visitor From Hades Lights Out 430720 042 Profits Unlimited Lights Out 430727 043 The Little People Lights Out 430803 044 Murder Castle Lights Out 430810 045 Sakhalin Lights Out 430817 046 State Executioner Lights Out 430824 047 Sub-Basement Lights Out 430831 048 Immortal Gentleman Lights Out 430907 049 Lord Marley's Guest Lights Out 430914 050 The Word Lights Out 430921 051 Mirage Lights Out 430928 052 The Author and The Thing Lights Out 450721 002 Reunion After Death Lights Out 450728 003 The Rocket Ship Lights Out 450825 006 Man In The Middle Lights Out 450901 007 The day the sun exploded Lights Out 460713 002 The Coffin In Studio B Lights Out 460720 003 Haunted Cell Lights Out 460727 004 Battle Of The Magicians Lights Out 460803 005 The Revenge Of India Lights Out 460810 006 Ghost On the Newsreel Negative Lights Out 460824 008 The Signal Man Lights Out470716 002 Death Robbery with Boris Karloff Lights Out470730 004 The Ring - Ending Missing Lights OutXXXXXX XXX African Story Lights OutXXXXXX XXX Baby on the way Lights OutXXXXXX XXX Challenge In Horror Lights OutXXXXXX XXX Drop Dead Lights OutXXXXXX XXX You'll Be Dead In 3 Days DISC 3 Everyman's Theater 40-10-11 (02) This Precious Freedom Everyman's Theatre 40-10-04 (01) The Lonely Heart Everyman's Theatre 40-10-18 (03) Cat Wife Everyman's Theatre 40-12-20 (12) The Women Stayed at Home Everyman's Theatre 41-03-28 (26) Baby Everything for the Boys 44-01-18-ep01 Petrified Forest Everything for the Boys 44-02-01-ep03 Lost Horizon Everything for the Boys 44-02-08-ep04 Berkeley Square Everything for the Boys 44-02-15-ep05 A Man to Remember Everything for the Boys 44-02-22-ep06 The Woman Stayed at Home Everything for the Boys 44-03-07-ep08 Of Human Bondage Everything for the Boys 44-03-14-ep09 The Ghost Goes West Everything for the Boys 44-03-21-ep10 A Girl on the Road Everything for the Boys 44-03-28-ep11 An Ostrich in Bed Everything for the Boys 44-04-04-ep12 This Living Book Everything for the Boys 44-04-11-ep13 The Citadel Everything for the Boys 44-04-18-ep14 The Jarvis Bay Goes Down Everything for the Boys 44-04-25-ep15 Death Takes a Holiday Everything for the Boys 44-05-02-ep16 Holy Matrimony Everything for the Boys 44-05-09-ep17 This Above All Everything for the Boys 44-05-16-ep18 Blithe Spirit Everything for the Boys 44-05-23-ep19 Quality Street First Nighter 44-03-29 (0615) The Chinese Gong Four for the Fifth xx-xx-xx (3) The Laughter Four for the Fifth xx-xx-xx (4) E-Day Good News Of 38-05-19 (029) Guest - Joan Crawford Good News Of 38-11-17 (047) Guest - Joan Crawford Good News Of 40-01-04 (105) Guest - Ann Southern Good News Of 40-02-01 (109) Guest - Alan Marshall Keep Em Rolling 42-05-03 (26) This Precious Freedom Radio Hall of Fame 45-04-22 (073) Alter Ego The Devil Mr O 71-09-10 Arch Oboler's Demo The Devil Mr O 71-09-17 01 Alley Cat The Devil Mr O 71-09-24 02 Neanderthal The Devil Mr O 71-10-01 03 Revolt Of The Worms The Devil Mr O 71-10-08 04 Where Are You The Devil Mr O 71-10-15 05 Mr Freak The Devil Mr O 71-10-22 06 Gravestone The Devil Mr O 71-10-29 07 Ancestor The Devil Mr O 71-11-05 08 Nature Study The Devil Mr O 71-11-12 09 Big Mr Little The Devil Mr O 71-11-19 10 No Escape The Devil Mr O 71-11-26 11 Vacation With Death The Devil Mr O 71-12-03 12 The Hole The Devil Mr O 71-12-10 13 Live Forever The Devil Mr O 71-12-17 14 Going Down The Devil Mr O 71-12-24 15 Balance Sheet The Devil Mr O 71-12-31 16 House Is Haunted The Devil Mr O 72-01-07 17 Official Killer The Devil Mr O 72-01-14 18 The Hungry One The Devil Mr O 72-01-21 19 Three Thousand Dollars The Devil Mr O 72-01-28 20 The Chest The Devil Mr O 72-02-04 21 Paris Macabre The Devil Mr O 72-02-11 22 Rocket From Manhattan The Devil Mr O 72-02-18 23 Hollywood Visitor The Devil Mr O 72-02-25 24 Cemetary The Devil Mr O 72-03-03 25 Speed The Devil Mr O 72-03-10 26 Shrinking People The Devil Mr O Intro Be Aware: MP3 CD WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS. 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