OT Tonight on the Big Broadcast, how timely

Oct 25, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 2 Replies

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micky 4 years ago

Tonight on the Big Broadcast, old-time radio, on WAMU and wamu.com, 7PM

-11, Sunday nights.

Sometimes the original commercials and announements are played. I can't repeat the entire text of this announcement, but here are the lines I was able to write down:

....Your polio shots won't work unless you get them.

A minimum of 3 shots, as your doctor directs, is needed to keep you safe.

Get your polio shots. Get them starting now.

A public service announcement during "Letter of the law", the last radio episode of Gunsmoke, from the Last week of Spring, 1961

I saw this same episode in the TV version. I've watched a lot of episodes on TV in the last 3 years, and at least 15 I also heard radio versions. A good way for them to save money on scripts! Or course there had to be changes for TV, but some parts, large parts iirc, are word-for-word from the radio version.

Now Dragnet is on, but I haven't noticed whether they used the same scripts for radio and tv.

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gfretwell 4 years ago

That was then, This is now. Lots of things changed. In 1961 the government could tell some people where they were allowed to sit on a bus based on color. They could regulate who you can date by color and sex. Abortion was illegal. Protesting the draft was a "clear and present danger to the US" with a criminal charge possible. Gender dysphoria was a crime. Black men in Tuskegee were intentionally given Syphilis by the government. They can't do that now. When you are celebrating rights you also need to celebrate we have taken on the right to decide what we can do with our bodies. (Eliminate fetuses, join "studies" or get shots If people want to take a chance with Covid, and not get the shot, go for it. We also have the right to free vaccines from the government. Trust the vaccine. You will be OK. Just think of it as that flu you didn't get last year. Even Trader won't argue a bad flu year kills more people than Covid will kill vaccinated people.

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