C B S R A D I O W O R K S H O P
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1956 - 1957
First Show: Jan 27, 1956 Last Show: Sep 22, 1957
Number Shows: 86 Audition Show: none known
Series Description:
Following in the tradition of THE CBS WORKSHOP of the 1930's and
1940's, THE CBS RADIO WORKSHOP offered the listener an anthology
series that was one of the finest series of programs ever aired. It
featured stories by major authors, parts played seasoned actors and
frequently offered a place to try new things on the radio. Many of
the shows are considered classic representations of the very best of
Golden Age radio drama.
Log Comments:
This particular series appeared frequently in the various catalogs.
Dates appeared often. Only the Radio Memories catalog had episode
numbers for all shows although a few others had some as well.
There were a couple of conflicts. Jay Hickerson's "Ultimate Guide"
(See "References" section) says there are 87 shows in the series.
I've only found 85. I haven't consulted Jay's log. Jerry Haendiges'
log list only 84. It does not include the show from 11-09-56,
"Colloquy #4: Joe Miller's Joke Book".
Steve Kelez' catalog listed the type of show, comedy, adventure,
drama, etc. I've added a column here to include this information.
Chronological Log:
Date Num Title Type
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1956 ... starts on Fridays ...
Jan 27, 1956 1 "Brave New World" (Part 1) Sci-Fi
Feb 03, 1956 2 "Brave New World" (Part 2) Sci-Fi
Feb 10, 1956 3 "Storm" Docu-Drama
Feb 17, 1956 4 "Seasons Of Disbelief / Hail & Farewell" Fantasy
Feb 24, 1956 5 "Colloquy #1: An Interview With Comedy
Shakespeare"
Mar 02, 1956 6 "The Voice Of New York" Documentary
Mar 09, 1956 7 "Report On ESP" Documentary
Mar 16, 1956 8 "Cops And Robbers" Documentary
Mar 23, 1956 9 "Legend Of Jimmy Blue Eyes" Musical
Mar 30, 1956 10 "The Ex-urbanites" Comedy
Apr 06, 1956 11 "Speaking Of Cinderella" Satire
Apr 13, 1956 12 "Jacob's Hands" Drama
Apr 20, 1956 13 "Living Portrait - William Zeckendorf, Documentary
Tycoon"
Apr 27, 1956 14 "The Record Collectors" Satire
May 04, 1956 15 "The Toledo War" Musical
May 11, 1956 16 "The Enormous Radio" Fantasy
May 18, 1956 17 "Lovers, Villians And Fools" Drama
May 25, 1956 18 "The Little Prince" Fantasy
Jun 01, 1956 19 "A Matter Of Logic" Fantasy
Jun 08, 1956 20 "Bring on the Angels" Docu-Drama
Jun 15, 1956 21 "The Stronger" Musical
Jun 22, 1956 22 "Another Point Of View: Hamlet Revisited" Drama
Jun 29, 1956 23 "The Eternal Joan" Docu-Drama
Jul 06, 1956 24 "Portrait Of Paris" Documentary
Jul 13, 1956 25 "Case Of The White Kitten" Mystery
Jul 20, 1956 26 "Portrait Of London" Documentary
Jul 27, 1956 27 "Star Boy" Fantasy
Aug 03, 1956 28 "Subways Are For Sleeping" Satire
Aug 10, 1956 29 "Only Johnny Knows" Comedy
Aug 17, 1956 30 "Colloquy #2: Dissertation On Love" Documentary
Aug 24, 1956 31 "Figger Fallup's Billion Dollar Failure" Fantasy
Aug 31, 1956 32 "Colloquy #3: A Study Of Satire" Satire
Alt: "Analysis Of Satire"
Sep 07, 1956 33 "The Hither And Thither Of Danny Dither" Musical
Sep 14, 1956 34 "A Pride Of Carrots" Fantasy
Sep 21, 1956 35 "Oedipus Complex" Drama
Alt: "Oedipus Story"
Sep 28, 1956 36 "Roughing It" Adventure
Oct 05, 1956 37 "A Writer At Work" Documentary
Oct 12, 1956 38 "The Legend Of Annie Christmas" Musical
Oct 19, 1956 39 "When The Mountain Fell" Drama
Oct 26, 1956 ... no show ...
Nov 02, 1956 40 "Biography Of The White House" Documentary
Alt: "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"
Nov 09, 1956 41 "Colloquy #4: Joe Miller's Joke Book" Comedy
... moves to Sundays ...
Nov 11, 1956 42 "Report on The We'uns" Satire
Nov 18, 1956 43 "Sounds Of The Nation" Documentary
Nov 25, 1956 44 "The King Of The Cats" Fantasy
Dec 02, 1956 45 "The Day The Roof Fell In" Comedy
Dec 09, 1956 46 "I Was The Duke" Docu-Drama
Dec 16, 1956 47 "The Big Event" Fantasy
Dec 23, 1956 48 "All Is Bright" Musical
Dec 30, 1956 ... no show ...
Jan 06, 1957 49 "Carl Sandburg's 79th Birthday"
Jan 13, 1957 50 "No Time For Heartaches" Musical
Jan 20, 1957 51 "Fire At Malibu" Docu-Drama
Jan 27, 1957 52 "The Crazy Life" Drama
Feb 03, 1957 53 "La Grande Greteche" Musical
Feb 10, 1957 54 "1489 Words" Drama
Feb 17, 1957 55 "The Space Merchants" (Part 1) Sci-Fi
Feb 24, 1957 56 "The Space Merchants" (Part 2) Sci-Fi
Mar 03, 1957 57 "Ballad Of The Iron Horse" Musical
Mar 10, 1957 58 "Air Raid" Drama
Mar 17, 1957 59 "The Endless Road" Fantasy
Mar 24, 1957 60 "Harmonica Solo" Drama
Mar 31, 1957 61 "A Dog's Life" Fantasy
Apr 07, 1957 62 "Japanese Drama" Adventure
Alt: "Japanese Theater"
Alt: "Noh Plays of Japan"
Apr 14, 1957 63 "Carlotta's Serape" Drama
Apr 21, 1957 64 "The Son Of Man" Drama
Apr 28, 1957 65 "Lightship" Adventure
May 05, 1957 66 "Nightmare" Horror
May 12, 1957 67 "The Long Way Home" Sci-Fi
May 19, 1957 68 "Heaven Is The Sky" Documentary
May 26, 1957 69 "I Have Three Heads" Documentary
Jun 02, 1957 70 "Epitaphs: Spoon River Anthology" Drama
Jun 09, 1957 71 "The Seven Hills of Rome" Drama
Jun 16, 1957 72 "Housing Problem" Fantasy
Jun 23, 1957 73 "Meditations On Ecclesiastics" Documentary
Jun 30, 1957 74 "The Battle Of Gettysburg" Drama
Jul 07, 1957 75 "You Could Look It Up" Comedy
Jul 14, 1957 76 "The Silent Witness" Mystery
Jul 21, 1957 77 "The Green Hills Of Earth" Sci-Fi
Jul 28, 1957 78 "Never Bet The Devil Your Head" Horror
Aug 04, 1957 79 "The Heart Of Man" Documentary
Aug 11, 1957 80 "Malihina Magic" Comedy
Aug 18, 1957 81 "The Celestial Omnibus" Fantasy
Aug 25, 1957 82 "Sweet Cherries Of Charleston" Docu-Drama
Sep 01, 1957 83 "Grief Drives A Black Sedan" Drama
Sep 08, 1957 84 "People Are No Good" Fantasy
Sep 15, 1957 85 "Time Found Again" Fantasy
Sep 22, 1957 86 "Young Man Axlebrod" Drama
(last show)
Alphabetical Listing:
This list is intended to be used with the chronological list above.
Therefore, not all information from the log above is included in this
list. Note that the date format is year-month-day.
Title Num Date
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1489 Words 53 57-02-10
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 40 56-11-02
Air Raid 57 57-03-10
All Is Bright 48 56-12-23
Analysis Of Satire 32 56-08-31
Another Point Of View: Hamlet Revisited 22 56-06-22
Ballad Of The Iron Horse 56 57-03-03
Battle Of Gettysburg, The 73 57-06-30
Big Event, The 47 56-12-16
Biography Of The White House 40 56-11-02
Brave New World (Part 1) 1 56-01-27
Brave New World (Part 2) 2 56-02-03
Bring on the Angels 20 56-06-08
Carlotta's Serape 62 57-04-14
Case Of The White Kitten 25 56-07-13
Celestial Omnibus, The 80 57-08-18
Colloquy #1: An Interview With Shakespeare 5 56-02-24
Colloquy #2: Dissertation On Love 30 56-08-17
Colloquy #3: A Study Of Satire 32 56-08-31
Colloquy #4: Joe Miller's Joke Book 41 56-11-09
Cops And Robbers 8 56-03-16
Crazy Life, The 51 57-01-27
Day The Roof Fell In, The 45 56-12-02
Dog's Life, A 60 57-03-31
Endless Road, The 58 57-03-17
Enormous Radio, The 16 56-05-11
Epitaphs: Spoon River Anthology 69 57-06-02
Eternal Joan, The 23 56-06-29
Ex-urbanites, The 10 56-03-30
Figger Fallup's Billion Dollar Failure 31 56-08-24
Fire At Malibu 50 57-01-20
Green Hills Of Earth, The 76 57-07-21
Grief Drives A Black Sedan 82 57-09-01
Harmonica Solo 59 57-03-24
Heart Of Man, The 78 57-08-04
Heaven Is The Sky 67 57-05-19
Hither And Thither Of Danny Dither, The 33 56-09-07
Housing Problem 71 57-06-16
I Have Three Heads 68 57-05-26
I Was The Duke 46 56-12-09
Jacob's Hands 12 56-04-13
Japanese Drama 61 57-04-07
Japanese Theater 61 57-04-07
King Of The Cats, The 44 56-11-25
La Grande Greteche 52 57-02-03
Legend Of Annie Christmas, The 38 56-10-12
Legend Of Jimmy Blue Eyes 9 56-03-23
Lightship 64 57-04-28
Little Prince, The 18 56-05-25
Living Portrait - William Zeckendorf, Tycoon 13 56-04-20
Long Way Home, The 66 57-05-12
Lovers, Villians And Fools 17 56-05-18
Malihina Magic 79 57-08-11
Matter Of Logic, A 19 56-06-01
Meditations On Ecclesiastics 72 57-06-23
Never Bet The Devil Your Head 77 57-07-28
Nightmare 65 57-05-05
No Time For Heartaches 49 57-01-13
Noh Plays of Japan 61 57-04-07
Oedipus Complex 35 56-09-21
Oedipus Story 35 56-09-21
Only Johnny Knows 29 56-08-10
People Are No Good 83 57-09-08
Portrait Of London 26 56-07-20
Portrait Of Paris 24 56-07-06
Pride Of Carrots, A 34 56-09-14
Record Collectors, The 14 56-04-27
Report On ESP 7 56-03-09
Report on The We'uns 42 56-11-11
Roughing It 36 56-09-28
Seasons Of Disbelief / Hail & Farewell 4 56-02-17
Seven Hills of Rome, The 70 57-06-09
Silent Witness, The 75 57-07-14
Son Of Man, The 63 57-04-21
Sounds Of The Nation 43 56-11-18
Space Merchants, The (Part 1) 54 57-02-17
Space Merchants, The (Part 2) 55 57-02-24
Speaking Of Cinderella 11 56-04-06
Star Boy 27 56-07-27
Storm 3 56-02-10
Stronger, The 21 56-06-15
Subways Are For Sleeping 28 56-08-03
Sweet Cherries Of Charleston 81 57-08-25
Time Found Again 84 57-09-15
Toledo War, The 15 56-05-04
Voice Of New York, The 6 56-03-02
When The Mountain Fell 39 56-10-19
Writer At Work, A 37 56-10-05
You Could Look It Up 74 57-07-07
Young Man Axlebrod 85 57-09-22
References:
* "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All
Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, 27436 Desert Rose Ct.,
Leesburg, FL 34748
* "Science Fiction on Radio: A Revised Look At 1950-1975" by James
F. Widner and Meade Frierson III. (Available from A.F.A.B, PO Box
130969, Birmingham, AL 35213-0969).
* OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites:
* Crabapple Sound, Henry Hinkel, 254 Florida Ave., Amsterdam, NY
12010 (http://www.crabapplesound.com/)
* Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512
(http://www.old-time.com/carr.html)
* Jerry Haendiges Productions, Jerry Haendiges, 13808 Sunset Dr.,
Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com/)
* North American Radio Archives, 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicolasville, KY
40356
* Radio Memories, Ted Davenport, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little Rock,
AR 72116 (http://www.old-time.com/radiomemories/index.html)
* Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
(http://www.radio-showcase.com)
* Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And Comedy,
PO Box 7177, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7177
(http://www.pe.net/~rnoval/sperdvacx.htm)
* The Sci-Fi Guy, Gordon R. Payton, 118 E. Palmer Ave., Collingswood,
NJ 08108 (no longer sells shows)
* University of Memphis Radio Program Archive, Microforms Dept.,
McWherter Library, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
(http://www.people.memphis.edu/~mbensman/welcome.html)
* Radio Historical Association of Colorado, PO Box 1908, Englewood,
CO 80150 (http://www.old-time.com/rhac.html)
Other Logs or Books:
* CBS RADIO WORKSHOP log, Jay Hickerson, 27436 Desert Rose Ct.,
Leesburg, FL 34748
* CBS RADIO WORKSHOP log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset
Dr., Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com)
Last Update: Jul 25, 2007
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