30 Radio Catchphrases Every American Could Finish

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" If you finished that line in your head, this one is for you. Thirty catchphrases from old-time radio, counted down from 30 to 1. The narrator starts each one and you finish it. When you hear "go ahead," that's your turn. Say it out loud. The book from this video: Nostalgic Word Search & Trivia: Large Print Puzzles for Adults and Seniors. 80 word searches and 100 trivia questions from old-time radio, classic TV and the 1950s and '60s, answers in the back. The book is in Amazon's final review and goes on sale in the next few days. The link will be right here as soon as it's live. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:55 #30 Just Plain Bill 1:26 #29 Kate Smith 2:00 #28 Joe Penner 2:39 #27 Baron Munchausen 3:18 #26 Walter Winchell 3:58 #25 Lights Out 4:32 #24 Inner Sanctum 5:19 #23 The Whistler 6:10 #22 The loudest opening on the air 6:51 #21 Fibber on the telephone 7:42 #20 The Old Timer 8:04 #19 Our Gal Sunday 8:38 #18 Stella Dallas 9:02 #17 Senator Claghorn 10:09 #16 Junior, the Mean Widdle Kid 11:24 #15 Jimmy Durante 12:10 #14 Duffy's Tavern 12:36 #13 Can You Top This? 12:57 #12 It Pays to Be Ignorant 13:30 #11 The Fire Chief 14:03 #10 Bob Hope 14:21 #9 Jack Benny 14:38 #8 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon 15:14 #7 The throne on the radio 15:53 #6 Suspense 17:04 #5 Saturday night on WSM 17:48 #4 Dragnet 18:48 #3 Who's on First? 19:16 #2 The strange visitor 20:15 #1 The Shadow HOW THIS WAS RESEARCHED Every date, name and quote in the narration was checked against a written source, listed below. The memories come from real people: I read more than three thousand comments under old-time radio videos on YouTube and quoted the listeners who were there. Their names are left out. No original recordings are used; the catchphrases are read by the narrator. Sources (Wikipedia, English): Just Plain Bill · Kate Smith · Joe Penner · Jack Pearl · Walter Winchell · Lights Out (radio show) · Inner Sanctum Mystery · The Whistler (radio series) · Gang Busters · Fibber McGee and Molly · Our Gal Sunday · Stella Dallas (radio series) · Senator Claghorn · Foghorn Leghorn · Red Skelton · Jimmy Durante · Duffy's Tavern · Can You Top This? · It Pays to Be Ignorant · Ed Wynn · Bob Hope · Jack Benny · Challenge of the Yukon · Queen for a Day · Suspense (radio drama) · Grand Ole Opry · Dragnet (radio series) · Dragnet (franchise) · Who's on First? · The Adventures of Superman (radio series) · The Shadow PHOTO CREDITS (Wikimedia Commons) Public domain: 43 photos, mostly network publicity photos published without a copyright notice and magazine photos whose copyright was not renewed. Each photo is labeled on screen with who is in it. CC BY 4.0: Artaxerxes, Los Angeles Times. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 2.0: City of Boston Archives. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 Images marked "AI illustration" on screen are AI-generated paintings, not period photos. The narration uses a synthetic voice. Which of these did somebody in your family say all the time? And what did you say back? #OldTimeRadio #GoldenAgeOfRadio #Nostalgia