Nostalgia Digest Summer 2018

Contents Steve Darnall: Hello, Out There in Radioland! “A Few Moments with . . . Carl Reiner” (uncredited) Dan McGuire “Look Who’s Coming!” Remembering those folks who were part of the neighborhood. Phil Marsh “Band of Brothers” (cover story) The show that brought the Marx Brothers (well, two of them, anyway) to radio. Steve Darnall “Radio Harpo” Devin Dugan “The Memories of a Mousketeer” Sherry Albertoni recalls Walt Disney, Lou Costello, and a lifetime of “instant connection and friendship.” Celebio: Cesar Romero (First issued in 1949 by Harry Brand of 20th Century-Fox) Lucy Hall Kelly “Dime Store Darlings” Remembering Sweet Susie and Little Cindy, and the stores that sold them . . . and a whole lot more. Wayne Klatt “Brave Children” Fred Foy “Who was that Masked Man’s Announcer?” Excerpt from A Masked Man, An Indian and Me. Walter Scannell “Warner Bros. Declares War!” How a movie studio took the front line against the Nazis . . . with the help of Emile Zola, Sgt. York and a Sea Hawk. Meg Gurrman “Mid-Century Mavens” One writer’s visit to the 1950s . . . with a little help from House Beautiful. Mail Call Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre