WEEKEND RADIO WITH ROBERT CONRAD April and May 2009 AVAILABLE ON WCLV/SEAWAY PRODUCTIONS FTP SITE ON TUEDAYS WR 09-15 Available 04/07/09 for weekend of 04/11/09 This Week in the Media and Marginal Considerations with Jan C. Snow. W.C. Fields’ birthday (04/09/1879) is observed with some Fieldsian items National Library Week also gets our attention. Plus, This Week in the Media and Marginal Considerations with Jan C. Snow. WR 09-16 Available 04/14/09 for weekend of 04/18/09 Flanders and Swann and excerpts from a BBC radio show including “There’s a Hole in My Budget,” “Guide to Britten,” and “Lord Chamberlain’s Regulations.” Donald Swann sings “Friday Morning,” and “Lord of the Dance;” Crofut and Luxon sing “Simple Gifts/Lord of the Dance.” Also This Week in the Media and a Message from Richard-Howland Bolton. WR 09-17 Available 04/21/09 for weekend of 04/25/09 The Two Ronnies’ “Dr. Spooner in the Bookshop,” “More Worms,” “Cricket Commentators,” “Jolly Rhymes.” Further comments by the late columnist Art Buchwald on “How to Go to College without a High School Diploma,” P*A*R*I*S,” and “Life with Barbie and Ken.” Also, This Week in the Media and the Wisdom of Mark Levy. WR 09-18 Available 04/28/09 for weekend of 05/02/09 An interview with Dr. Sholem Stein, Peter Sellers’ “Suddenly it’s Folksong,” and Red Ingle’s “He Came to Town hot as a Two Dollar Piston.” Some radio bits with Phil Silvers, Tullulah Bankhead, Fred Allen, Margaret Truman and Bing Crosby. Plus, This Week in the Media and Marginal Considerations with Jan C. Snow. WR 09-19 Available 05/05/09 for weekend of 05/09/09 May is Better Sleep Month. To start things off, we present Monty Python’s “Buying a Mattress.” Victor Borge and Allan Sherman do some punctuating. Also This Week in the Media and a Message from Richard-Howland Bolton. WR 09-20 Available 05/12/09 for weekend of 05/16/09 A Gilbert and Sullivan orgy with various patter songs, G&S spoofs, and Anna Russell’s “How to Write a Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Also, This Week in the Media and the Wisdom of Mark Levy. WR 09-21 Available 05/19/09 for weekend of 05/23/09 Burns and Schreiber’s “Cab Driver” and the Australian radio documentary “Death of a Wombat.” Also, This Week in the Media and Marginal Considerations with Jan C.Snow. WR 09-22 Available 05/26/09 for weekend of 05/30/09 We re-visit B.J. Ward’s Stand Up Opera and some bedtime stories from Saturday Night Live, Joyce Grenfell and Peter Sellers. Also, This Week in the Media and a Message from Richard Howland-Bolton. Weekendradioapr&may09 (in SP)