There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows, credited to Jack Gaver; Dave Stanley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows by Jack Gaver; Dave Stanley. Read in English by Maria Kasper; Bellona Times; Phil Chenevert; Larry Wilson; Kristin Gjerløw; Little Tee; ElleyKat; Jennifer Dorr; SteveToner; Arianne Stein. There's Laughter in the Air takes readers on a sidesplitting romp through the world of old-time radio comedy. It gives a brief history of the medium and brief but intimate accounts of some of the biggest acts from the 30s and 40s. Gaver and Stanley give insight on several luminaries from the days of vintage radio: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Burns and Allen, Amos 'n Andy, and more! (Summary by ChuckW

Recording facts

• Recording title: There's Laughter in the Air! Radio's Top Comedians and Their Best Shows
• Author credits: Jack Gaver; Dave Stanley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 5:13:05

Catalogue topics

• Old Time Radio
• radio

Track guide

1. 00 - Then and Now — 31:53
2. 01 - Fred Allen (Juggler's Progress) — 16:38
3. 02 - Bob Hope (While There's Life!) — 19:42
4. 03 - Jack Benny (The Fiddler from Waukegan!) — 19:36
5. 04 - Bergen and McCarthy (Alter Ego!) — 24:05
6. 05 - Fibber McGee and Molly (The Folks from Peoria!) — 13:44
7. 06 - Ed Gardner (Absentee Ownership!) — 10:21
8. 07 - Eddie Cantor (Girls, Girls, Girls!) — 13:20
9. 08 - Abbott and Costello (Laborers in the Cornfield!) — 13:03
10. 09 - Amos 'N' Andy (Blackface!) — 12:59
11. 10 - Ed Wyn (The Fire Chief!) — 12:54
12. 11 - Fanny Brice (The Brat!) — 8:36
13. 12 - Milton Berle (Peck's Bad Berle!) — 11:03
14. 13 - Colonel Stoopnagle (The Colonel!) — 11:30
15. 14 - Easy Aces (Aces!) — 10:43
16. 15 - Burns and Allen (Be Dumb, Sweet Maid!) — 17:33
17. 16 - Phil Baker (Squeeze Play!) — 13:57
18. 17 - The Great Gildersleeve — 8:14
19. 18 - Durante and Moore (The Sweetest Guy in the World!) — 18:52
20. 19 - Joan Davis (I'ze a Muggin'!) — 7:28
21. 20 - Jack Kirkwood (The Early Bird!) — 8:44
22. 21 - Raymond Knight (Cuckoo!) — 8:08

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