Hey Buddy, Can You Spare The Change?

I hate change. I really hate change......Except, maybe a good change of underwear. I mean, I really like a good change of underwear.

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Tuesday On Olde Tyme Radio: Man Walks on the Moon 2:56 UTC July 21, 1969

This first clip sounds like a recording made in a newsroom or at NASA, as you can hear typing in the background.


The second clip is much clearer and shorter. This clip is a brief report from Walter Cronkite as Armstrong descends the ladder to the moon.


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Monday Money: Notgeld #26 Stecklenberg im Harz

This installment of Monday Money will be delayed due to technical difficulties.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

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MY! How Texas Has Changed!

Bear with me here. I'll try to explain what is going on here. I DVR several shows through the night so i can watch them when I have time during the day. One of the shows I DVR is "Highway Patrol." It's kinda "kitchy", you know, cheesy but I like it.

Anyway, I was watching last night and Chief Matthews was checking the teletype machine when a bank robbery report came over the line (This should be at 1:33 on the video below). He immediately tells one of the officers to come over as he went to one of the wall maps to lay out his plan for road blocks and what have you. He swings out a map (approximately 1:40 - 1:50) and begins to draw circles and announce road blocks.

Well, the map he pulls out is of Texas, the Big Bend area of Texas no less. Chief Dan draws a circle around Cresdale (Where the robbery occurred) and then decides to draw a circle around "the east end of town.) Turns out that Crestdale is really Alpine, TX and "the east end of town" is really Marathon, TX. In reality the 2 towns are 20 miles apart and separated by the Glass Mountains.

For the next about four and a half minutes the Highway Patrol locates the getaway car and discuss there next plans. Then at about 6:28 in the video the show cuts to the robbers.....on the beach, as in the ocean type of beach. Not a lake or a river. Have you looked at the Big Bend area of Texas? No ocean type beaches anywhere near.The closest might be the Gulf of Mexico. I guess Chief Dan and his band of troopers get around.

Anyway, I've embedded the episode courtesy of xfinitytv & Hulu. You'll have to endure some commercials but everything I bring up is in the first 7 minutes. Enjoy it though. By the way, this is Episode 19 of Season 1 for Highway Patrol.

UPDATE 14-June-2012: Apparently Hulu/Xfinity has lost their rights to broadcast Highway Patrol, therefore this episode is not available at this time. This episode is also unavailable on YouTube.

I apologize for this inconvenience!



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Wednesday Night TV: Captain Video - Video Ranger PSA

Tonight I have a Public Service Announcement (PSA) aired in the 1950's to combat racism. Captain Video aired on the DuMont Network in the 1950's. Perhaps we should air this PSA on TV nowadays!



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Tuesday On Olde Tyme Radio: The Day The Music Died

Today's selection for Olde Tyme Radio is remembered by many as "the day the music died." The phrase was made popular by Don McLean in his song "American Pie." Of course, it refers to the untimely deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in an airplane crash.

The following is a Special News Bulletin from Action Central News announcing the crash:



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