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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"/><itunes:category text="Comedy"/><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"><itunes:category text="Film History"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>9d9daa2b-93f7-5662-9726-776944e1bff8</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Building A Radio Transmitter</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-a-radio-transmitter--57718169</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718169</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:24:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718169/loa193615343of4buildingaradiotransmitter.mp3" length="7009367" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d/00101b82-754f-4810-a2ea-7316855c432d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>881</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Queen Of The Island</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/queen-of-the-island--57718168</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718168</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:17:53 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718168/loa193615361of4queenoftheisland.mp3" length="6979380" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c/4560c8c4-6699-4115-a298-43db6d1f742c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>877</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Daddy Warbucks Searches For Annie</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/daddy-warbucks-searches-for-annie--57718167</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718167</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:16:56 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718167/loa193615354of4daddywarbuckssearchesforannie.mp3" length="7009134" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0/ccfcaf5e-10d7-49b0-a40f-e467b53013c0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>881</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Spies Have Stolen The Plane</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/spies-have-stolen-the-plane--57718166</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718166</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:16:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718166/loa19361196spieshavestolentheplane.mp3" length="7549702" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935/65b53309-0497-48fe-8573-1f8b596c4935.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718165</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:15:49 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718165/loa193615372of4diamonds.mp3" length="6967527" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec/8c861167-4cd8-4a71-93bc-39d59199b9ec.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>876</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>27</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Smugglers Pearls Summer</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/smugglers-pearls-summer--57718164</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718164</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:15:31 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718164/loa1947smugglerspearlssummer.mp3" length="3595564" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f/89e4ce2e-49ea-43fc-af79-0f66b7c6003f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>899</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Temple In The Jungle</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/temple-in-the-jungle--57718163</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718163</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:14:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718163/loa193615545of5templeinthejungle.mp3" length="7001218" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da/30209506-08a3-4762-baa9-0076cc7eb3da.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>880</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>MonteIs Captured By Kirby pearl Smuggling</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/monteis-captured-by-kirby-pearl-smuggling--57718162</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718162</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:14:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718162/loa1940monteiscapturedbykirbypearlsmuggling.mp3" length="3255345" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988/a5276925-c430-4c5f-80d4-e8ca6eb88988.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>814</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Testing For Diamonds</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/testing-for-diamonds--57718161</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718161</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:13:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718161/loa193615383of4testingfordiamonds.mp3" length="6980211" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e/8d10257f-dea8-4b19-a7ca-c7d0fb2cbe7e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>877</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Flying In The New Silent Airplane</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/flying-in-the-new-silent-airplane--57718160</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718160</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:13:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718160/loa19361197flyinginthenewsilentairplane.mp3" length="7550431" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/sounder/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7/65bf9ed0-8fac-48d0-8226-56c75ccf62d7.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:12:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718159/loa193611652of4whoshottombainesdog.mp3" length="7058627" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>887</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Auction Sale Of Jeds Showboat</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/auction-sale-of-jeds-showboat--57718158</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718158</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:11:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718158/loa1936auctionsaleofjedsshowboat.mp3" length="3607581" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>902</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Night On The Island</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/night-on-the-island--57718157</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718157</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:11:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718157/loa1940nightontheisland.mp3" length="3466206" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718156</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718156/loa1947pearldiver.mp3" length="3606222" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>902</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Black Jackets Suspected Of Setting Off Bomb</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/black-jackets-suspected-of-setting-off-bomb--57718155</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718155</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:09:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718155/loa1940_11_20blackjacketssuspectedofsettingoffbomb.mp3" length="3353712" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>839</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Warbucks Hears Radio Signals</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/warbucks-hears-radio-signals--57718154</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718154</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:08:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718154/loa193615394of4daddywarbuckshearsradiosignals.mp3" length="6998319" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>879</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Annie Joe Follow Mystery Woman</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/annie-joe-follow-mystery-woman--57718153</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57718153</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:53:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57718153/loa1940_11_20anniejoefollowmysterywoman1.mp3" length="3536005" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>884</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Bill Corwin Has Disappeared</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-corwin-has-disappeared--57717841</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717841</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:36:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717841/loa193610383of4billcorwinhasdisappeared.mp3" length="7119785" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>895</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Watching The Bridge Being Built</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/watching-the-bridge-being-built--57717840</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717840</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:35:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717840/loa193610203of4watchingthebridgebeingbuilt.mp3" length="7078213" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>889</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Looking For Bill Corwin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-for-bill-corwin--57717839</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717839</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:34:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717839/loa193610394of4lookingforbillcorwin.mp3" length="7048437" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>886</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>A Light In The Old Deserted House</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-light-in-the-old-deserted-house--57717838</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717838</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:34:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717838/loa193610272of4alightintheolddesertedhouse.mp3" length="7046152" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>885</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Telegram For Mr Silo</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/telegram-for-mr-silo--57717837</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717837</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:33:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717837/loa193610672of4telegramformrsilo.mp3" length="7104385" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>893</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mr Flint Is Selling Stock In Toll Bridge</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-flint-is-selling-stock-in-toll-bridge--57717836</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717836</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:32:43 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717836/loa193610181of4mrflintissellingstockintollbridge.mp3" length="7028901" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>883</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mr Flint Tries To Sell Stock To Jake</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mr-flint-tries-to-sell-stock-to-jake--57717835</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717835</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:32:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717835/loa193610192of4mrflinttriestosellstocktojake.mp3" length="7052394" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>886</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Going To Mississippi</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/going-to-mississippi--57717834</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717834</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:31:33 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717834/loa19360159goingtomississippi.mp3" length="1776400" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>888</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Joe Annies Plan</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-annies-plan--57717833</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717833</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:31:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717833/loa1935_10_2509204of4joeanniesplan.mp3" length="6732058" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717832</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:30:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717832/loa1934thetinbox.mp3" length="3413439" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>854</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Tony Is Arrested For Robbery</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tony-is-arrested-for-robbery--57717831</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717831</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:30:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717831/loa193610261of4tonyisarrestedforrobbery.mp3" length="7110834" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. 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The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717830</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:29:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717830/loa1935_10_2209193of4towork.mp3" length="3383659" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>846</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Bridge Is Destroyed</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-bridge-is-destroyed--57717829</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717829</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:29:09 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717829/loa193610661of4thebridgeisdestroyed.mp3" length="7092109" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>891</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Second Grade Logs Used In Bridge</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/second-grade-logs-used-in-bridge--57717828</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57717828</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 23:28:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/57717828/loa193610214of4secondgradelogsusedinbridge.mp3" length="7103586" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Radio Shows of the Past!</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Little Orphan Annie was a daily American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip created by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication by the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>Little Orphan Annie</b></i> was a daily American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comic strip</a> created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Gray</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication#Comic_strip_syndication" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">syndicated</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media_Services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tribune Media Services</a>. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphant_Annie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Little Orphant Annie</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James Whitcomb Riley</a>, and it made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Daily News</a></i>.The plot followed the wide-ranging adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy and her benefactor Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Secondary characters include Punjab, the Asp and Mr. Am. The strip attracted adult readers with political commentary that targeted (among other things) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_labor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">organized labor</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">New Deal</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">communism</a>.<br /><br />Following Gray's death in 1968, several artists drew the strip and, for a time, "classic" strips were reruns. <i>Little Orphan Annie</i> inspired a radio show in 1930, film adaptations by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RKO_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RKO</a> in 1932 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Paramount</a> in 1938 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broadway</a> musical <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Annie</a></i> in 1977 (which was adapted on screen four times, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1982_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1982</a>, once on TV in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(1999_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1999</a>, once in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2014</a>, and a live TV production in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Live!" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>). The strip's popularity declined over the years; it was running in only 20 newspapers when it ended on June 13, 2010. The characters now appear occasionally as supporting cast in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dick Tracy</a></i>.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>893</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c3399c324e4f16973c6eba4b1940d98f.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
