The 13 Days of Christmas: Joe Bev Airs Newly Found "The Big Show" with Tallulah Bankhead

The 13 different holiday specials are airing on public radio, streamed at BearManor Radio.com, and podcasts on demand at Waterlogg.com and other websites.

Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) not only produces modern radio theater everyday, making him the most prolific in his field, but he also is a historian of old time radio and the host of The Lost OTR Show, in which Bevilacqua plays rare, thought lost but recently found radio programs, not heard since their original broadcast, including Bulldog Drummond, Cisco Kid, Blondie, A Date with Judy.

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"The Big Show"
Christmas Special

This time Joe Bev airs part one of "The Big Show" with Tallulah Bankhead, from February 24, 1952, and Tallulah Bankhead's"Touch Hands" from the December 24, 1950 first season Christmas broadcast. Part two will be aired next month. Also on the hour, the amazing Fred Frees as Professor Ludwig Von Watchamacallit continues opening "The 12 BearManor Presents of Christmas" early.

Tallulah Bankhead

The Big Show aired for two seasons. For decades, recordings from the entire first season circulated in collector hands. Only four and a half episodes from the second season were known to exist... asking connoisseurs of the variety program to ask, "Where are the second season episodes?" As it turns out, they did exist. Author and old-time radio historian, Martin Grams, Jr., recently finished a book documenting The Big Show and Talulah Bankhead's radio career, due for publication in a few months. Martin was digging through a number of archives and stumbled upon the "lost" episodes. After paying a hefty fee and acquiring permissions from the proper parties, he acquired all of the "lost" episodes. What you are about to hear is one of those lost episodes from February 24, 1952, 1952. Never heard since it's initial broadcast almost 63 years ago, Bear Manor Radio proudly offers a rarity you won't find anywhere else.

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The Lost OTR Show: "The Big Show" Part 1  is just one of 13 different "Joe Bev" holiday specials, which are airing on public radio, streamed at BearManor Radio, and podcast on demand at: http://www.bearmanormedia.com/radio/bearmanorradio.html and other websites.

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New & Old Time  Radio Collection  Length: 8 hours 8 CD Set or Download A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua, The New Stories of Old Time Radio is a collection of radio dramas and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows. The New Stories of Old Time Radio: Volume One, Set One Produced, directed, and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with Lorie Kellogg, this is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved old-time radio characters and shows. The New Stories of Old Time Radio: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern”  A follow-up to the first volume, this radio theater production features two new old-time radio stories, complete with sound effects and music.  Old Time Radio Parodies: The Best of Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two  Producer Joe Bevilacqua parodies some of the most beloved old-time radio shows, including The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and War of the Worlds.

The 2nd New & Old Time  Radio Collection Length: 8 hours 8 CD Set or Download A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua, The New Stories of Old Time Radio is a collection of radio dramas and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows. The New Stories of Old Time Radio: Volume One, Set One Produced, directed, and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with Lorie Kellogg, this is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved old-time radio characters and shows.  The New Stories of Old Time Radio: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern”  A follow-up to the first volume, this radio theater production features two new old-time radio stories, complete with sound effects and music.  Old Time Radio Parodies: The Best of Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two  Producer Joe Bevilacqua parodies some of the most beloved old-time radio shows, including The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and War of the Worlds.

The Audio Classics Archive "Christmas & New Year Special" can be heard at all podcast websites, including: http://tunein.com/radio/Audio-Classics-Archive-p645506/

All 15 Joe Bev hours can be heard podcast on demand for free  at www.waterlogg.com.

Joe Bev Christmas Specials include:
1. Cartoon Carnival: The Cartoon Carnival Christmas Party
2. The Joe Bev Experience: "Christmas Special"
3. The Jazz-O-Rama Hour: "A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas"
4. The J-OTR Show:  "The Christmas That Almost Never Was" & "Holmes Creepy Christmas"
5. Fred Frees Favorites: An Audio Book Sampler: "A Rockabilly Christmas", "The Christmas I Saved Macy's", "The Gift of the Magi"
6. Audio Classics Archive with Terry Salomonson:  "A Tour Of Santa's Workshop", "Lum and Abner's Christmas Story" and "Goodbye, 1941" with Jack Benny.
7. The Lost OTR Show: "The Big Show" with Tallulah Bankhead.
8. What's Cookin'? with Chef Steve Mendoza: How to Cook a Turkey
9. Aroma Thyme Radio with Chef Marcus Guilliano: Healthy Christmas and New Year
10. The Comedy-O-Rama Hour New Years Special: Camp Waterlogg: "A Year in Review"
11. The Jazz-O-Rama Hour: A Jazz-O-Rama New Year
12. The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention Celebrity Interviews: James Darren and Robert Colbert from "Time Tunnel"
13. The Joe Bev Holiday Treat

Joe Bev 12 of the specials will be streamed for free over The BearManor Radio Network at: bearmanormedia.com. Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming is available to all public radio stations via The Public Radio Exchange at: http://www.prx.org/series/22441-joe-bevilacqua-christmas-programming. Public radio stations running Joe Bev's Specials include: The Joe Bev Holiday Treat: WAMU A Jazz-O-Rama Christmas Special: WVAS A Jazz-O-Rama New Year: WVAS A full announcement of each show will be be released one per day until December 25.

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