Sears radio Theater
Walden Hughes
Hi Everybody,
I would suggest any article about new radio drama after 1962 should also include the run of Sears and Mutual radio Theater for the two years it was on starting in the late 1970s. Take care,
Walden
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There was also a General Mills Adventure Theater (ca. 1977 or 1978) or something along those lines, but it also had another name. Was it the same series as Mutual Radio Theater?
Ryan
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Larry Maupin
I don't remember either of those Ryan. But I do think there could be a number of articles and perhaps even a book written on "The Silver Age of Radio." If I write an article it will just be confined to the four series that Walden mentioned in his post on Friday, but if we define The Silver Age as perhaps 1963 to 1979 there is a lot of room for many publications on the programs during those years that reflect the spirit of old-time radio. I don't think Chicken Man would make my list though. You have the draw the line somewhere!
Larry
----------------------------------------- From: "Ryan Ellett via groups.io"To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io Cc: Sent: Sunday January 10 2021 10:45:01AM Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Sears radio Theater There was also a General Mills Adventure Theater (ca. 1977 or 1978) or something along those lines, but it also had another name. Was it the same series as Mutual Radio Theater? Ryan -- Larry Maupin
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Larry Gassman <larrygassman@...>
No, they were two distinct and different series. General Mills Adventure Theater was done from New York and produced by Himan Brown. Sears and Mutual were done from Hollywood and produced by Elliott Lewis.
Larry
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There was also a General Mills Adventure Theater (ca. 1977 or 1978) or something along those lines, but it also had another name. Was it the same series as Mutual Radio Theater?
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Walden Hughes
Two different shows, Highman Brown produce the one you are recalling for CBS,
Walden
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There was also a General Mills Adventure Theater (ca. 1977 or 1978) or something along those lines, but it also had another name. Was it the same series as Mutual Radio Theater?
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Richard Davenport
From my references... The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the CBS Radio Mystery Theater for the network, added this twice-weekly (Saturdays and Sundays) anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on CBS radio affiliates which carried it. General Mills was looking for a means of reaching children that would be less expensive than television advertising. Brown and CBS were willing to experiment with a series aimed at younger listeners, reaching that audience through ads in comic books. Apart from Christian or other religious broadcasting, this may have been the only nationwide attempt in the U.S. in the 1970s to air such a series. General Mills did not continue as sponsor after the 52 episodes had first aired over the first 26 weekends (February 1977 through July 1977), and the series (52 shows) was then repeated over the next 26 weekends (August 1977 through the end of January 1978), as The CBS Radio Adventure Theater, with a variety of other sponsors. Labor ipse voluptas
On Monday, January 11, 2021, 3:22:07 AM CST, Walden Hughes <waldenhughes@...> wrote:
Two different shows, Highman Brown produce the one you are recalling for CBS,
Walden
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io [mailto:main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io] On Behalf Of Ryan Ellett via groups.io
There was also a General Mills Adventure Theater (ca. 1977 or 1978) or something along those lines, but it also had another name. Was it the same series as Mutual Radio Theater?
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