Sign in

Nostalgia Digest

@nostalgiadigest.bsky.social
177 followers 42 following 442 posts

The publication that's been chronicling the "Golden Age" of entertainment for more than 50 years—available in print and digital formats from nostalgiadigest.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
On more than one occasion, the comic book Sandman Mystery Theater (set in 1939) had characters listening to radio shows that wouldn't debut for another 2-3 years. Suffice to say, that's the sort of thing we notice.
1201
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST for an afternoon love, laughter, music and mystery on Those Were the Days! Available only at wdcb.org
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Brown Jr., actor, singer, composer, poet, activist—plus, hear Fanny Brice, Tallulah Bankhead, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and lots more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and support independent radio!
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Many thanks to everyone who took part in Those Were the Days' "Radio to Pledge Your Support By" last Saturday. We appreciate the financial support for our home of @wdcb909.bsky.social. There's still time to pledge (wdcb.org) and to hear the archived show (www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...)
nostalgiadigest.com
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
RIP Eva Marie Saint, who went from stage to radio to early television to movie stardom. She was great in so many things and she'll be missed. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com
Eva Marie Saint, ‘North by Northwest’ Star, Dies at 102
Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such memorable classic films as “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” has died.
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What do Dick Powell, Jack Webb, Steve Allen, drive-in theaters and the 100th anniversary of NBC have in common? You'll see them all—and a lot more—in the new Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest! Enjoy great reading about the past right now and get your copy at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
The cover of the Autumn 2026 Nostalgia Digest, featuring Dick Powell holding an NBC microphone. Copies are available while they last at https://www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadigest.html
040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's the day! Enjoy some marvelous sounds from radio's past and support the wonderful @wdcb909.bsky.social by joining us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org!
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Phil Harris and Alice Faye! Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye! Hear all these folks—plus VIncent Price, a pre-Dragnet Jack Webb and more—this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Hear it live at wdcb.org
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just in time for the playoffs, it's Those Were the Days' special "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" show, with Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Red Skelton, Willie Mays, Joe DiMaggio and many more—and it's available for streaming this week and next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!
nostalgiadigest.com
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As evidenced by this "bright two-step"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkEZ...
youtube.com
1942 HITS ARCHIVE: Der Fuehrer’s Face - Spike Jones (Carl Grayson & band, vocal)
YouTube video by The78Prof
040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today on Those Were the Days, we wrap up the season with an afternoon of baseball-related radio, featuring Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Red Skelton and maybe... the voice of Willie Mays? Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org to hear it all and more!
020
Reposted by Nostalgia Digest
Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A 70yr old FRED ASTAIRE — that's SEVENTY — gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards.
1282685520
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RIP Judy Markey, who spent twenty years in Chicago radio and had a lot of fun along the way. chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...
chicago.suntimes.com
Judy Markey, beloved co-host of the "Kathy and Judy Show," dies at 82
Ms. Markey had a remarkable ability to connect with people, creating a kinship with legions of listeners known as "The Girlfriends."
021
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for an afternoon of great sounds from the Golden Age of Radio—and (maybe) beyond!
wdcb.org
Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB
WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This Saturday, Those Were the Days dives in to the Golden Age of Radio, with the help of Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Loretta Young, Jane Russell and... Broadway Barbara Dixon? Well, sort of... anyway, you'll hear 'em all this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org. Join us, won't you?
020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And you can still read the article about Edmond O'Brien (along with articles about the Marx Brothers, Gracie Allen, the 1961 New York Yankees and more) in the Summer 2026 issue of Nostalgia Digest. A handful of copies are still available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ah, Filmation—for when your only other option is no animation at all.
130
Reposted by Nostalgia Digest
ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This 1971 Fisher-Price record player played REAL music with no batteries or electricity The plastic records used tiny raised bumps to pluck metal teeth hidden inside, turning a spring, gears, and molded plastic into music. [📹 t_nobuko]
851515178
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you missed Saturday's Those Were the Days, you missed some great musical performances from nearly 100 years ago... but fear not! You can hear it any time this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...
nostalgiadigest.com
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What's an example of perfect casting?
James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Calling @filmnoirfan.bsky.social and all other film noir fans: Here's your chance to raise the profile of one of the greats...
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today's the day! Start the holiday weekend swinging and join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents rare broadcasts featuring dance bands of the 1920s and '30s! All happening at wdcb.org! 23 Skidoo!
wdcb.org
Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB
WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Heart-throb-turned-noir-legend Dick Powell! Television pioneer Steve Allen! Pre-Dragnet Jack Webb! Broadway legends! Drive-in theaters! Read all about them and much more in the new Autumn Nostalgia Digest—available now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
The cover of the Autumn 2026 Nostalgia Digest, featuring Dick Powell holding an NBC microphone
042
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Take a trip waa-a-a-a-y back this Saturday, as Those Were the Days shares broadcasts spanning the years 1929-1935, with Ethel Waters, Benny Goodman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and many more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org
042
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One of radio's best family comedies—and we'll have an episode of THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE on the September 13 edition of Radio's Golden Age. Details in the Summer Nostalgia Digest—still available while supplies last at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
nostalgiadigest.com
Nostalgia Digest 2
Nostalgia Digest 2
041
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you somehow missed Those Were the Days' recent salute to the radio work of the Marx Brothers (with a special appearance by Zeppo and a tribute to Dolly Parton Marx), fear not—you can hear it anytime this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!
nostalgiadigest.com
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days
030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spoiler: He didn't. On a side note: Tune in to Those Were the Days on November 28 to hear Edmund Gwenn in a radio production of A Christmas Carol which is also unusual yet not thoroughly repulsive like some 2026 versions we could name.
030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST (at wdcb.org) for Those Were the Days—and don't miss the cover story about the Marx Brothers in the Summer Nostalgia Digest, available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...!
nostalgiadigest.com
Nostalgia Digest 2
Nostalgia Digest 2
011
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Or you could read my books and learn from them..."
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On your Marx! This Saturday, Those Were the Days tunes in to hear the Marx Brothers (including Harpo) on radio, with Jack Benny, Charles Laughton, Mel Torme and more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org — and read about the Marxes in the new Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RIP Jaye P. Morgan. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
hollywoodreporter.com
Jaye P. Morgan, Singer and Bawdy ‘Gong Show’ Panelist, Dies at 94
A lover of double entendres, she got fired from the Chuck Barris game show after showing her breasts during a Gene Gene Dancing Machine routine.
020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly. We will always love you.
A young Dolly Parton, playing guitar on the Porter Wagoner Show.
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And we've just gotten (very delayed) word about the passing of Leslie Parrish, who was the most unlucky Queen of Diamonds in cinematic history—and we'll always remember her fondly as the alluring and villainous Emma Strunk on Batman. RIP and thanks. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
hollywoodreporter.com
Leslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90
She also appeared in 'Three on a Couch,' 'For Love or Money' and 'Batman' before becoming a passionate antiwar activist and conservationist.
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
RIP Shelley Fabares. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...
hollywoodreporter.com
Shelley Fabares, Star of ‘The Donna Reed Show’ and ‘Coach,’ Dies at 82
The baby-boomer icon had a No. 1 hit with "Johnny Angel," co-starred in three Elvis movies and was married to 'M*A*S*H' actor Mike Farrell.
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Always happy to give a little love for Ontario's own Guy Lombardo—after all, without him, we wouldn't have had New Year's Eve.
A photo of Guy Lombardo celebrating New Year's Eve
040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Actually, we'll be busy, because Sunday nights at 7 pm EST, you can also tune in to "Radio's Golden Age" from Waterloo, IA's KXEL-AM 1540 (kxel.com).
kxel.com
News/Talk 1540 KXEL
News/Talk 1540 KXEL
110
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates the Golden Age of Radio—happening live at wdcb.org!
wdcb.org
Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB
WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
193
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This Saturday, Those Were the Days brings you a variety of great voices from the past, including William "Cannon" Conrad, Janet "Josie" Waldo, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce... and we remember the late, great Peggy Webber as well. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!
Actor William ConradActress Janet WaldoBasil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce (smoking a pipe and wearing a ladies' hat) at the NBC microphoneActress Peggy Webber
030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hearing all these names in one place, we're reminded of the great Col. Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, who once invented a 20-foot-pole for when you encountered people you wouldn't touch with a 10-foot-pole.
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As it happens, Peggy's part of the lineup for this Saturday's Those Were the Days show, where she'll be part of an "Escape" drama starring... William Conrad.
000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
She was a delightful conversationalist and it was a pleasure whenever we could feature her on our show.
120
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Thank goodness it's not a contest to determine who's more adorable...
030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
RIP Peggy Webber, one of the most versatile and dedicated actresses to emerge from the Golden Age of Radio. It was a delight to celebrate her centennial last year on Those Were the Days—and it will always be a delight to hear her voice on those great shows. currently.att.yahoo.com/att/peggy-we...
currently.att.yahoo.com
Peggy Webber, Prolific Radio Actress Who Worked for Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock on Film, Dies at 100
She shared mics with Basil Rathbone, Lionel Barrymore, Harold Lloyd and Herbert Marshall, created a TV show that turned out to be ‘Our Miss Brooks’ and starred in ‘The Screaming Skull.’
041
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today's the day! If you need a break from the humidity (or just from the present-day in general), join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for Those Were the Days—and read all about The Incomparable Hildegarde in the Summer Nostalgia Digest (available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...)!
wdcb.org
Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB
WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This Saturday, Those Were the Days brings you everything from western action starring James Stewart to music and comedy from The Incomparable Hildegarde--plus, family comedy, poetic crime drama and much more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for a glimpse of how much more fun radio used to be!
020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Today’s the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and enjoy an afternoon of comics relief—and don’t miss the article about comic strips on radio in the Summer issue of Nostalgia Digest! Get your copies while they last at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
wdcb.org
Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB
WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Nostalgia Digest is in its 51st year of publication and has never (and will never) use artificial intelligence—and if that’s not enough to get your support, our new issue has articles about the Marx Brothers, Gracie Allen, Edmond O’Brien and more. Info at: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
The four Marx Brothers on the cover of the Summer 2026 Nostalgia Digest.
031
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This Saturday, Those Were the Days invites you to tune in to hear Blondie, Annie, Popeye, Flash, and countless other stars of the comics... as they were heard on radio! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and we'll hear you in the funny papers!
A panel from a Blondie comic stripThe cover of an "Orphan Annie Secret Society" code bookA panel from "Thimble Theater," featuring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Swee'peaThe opening of a Flash Gordon strip
011
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Best Bond villain. Wrong answers only.
Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners as the man from space
010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Whatever you were doing that was so all-fired important that you might have missed last Saturday’s Those Were the Days show, good news! The whole four-hour show is available for streaming this week and next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...
nostalgiadigest.com
Those Were The Days
Those Were The Days
010