Showing posts with label listening recommendations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label listening recommendations. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

wait, wait!


i love listening to npr.
morning edition. all things considered. but, my favorite is saturday morning. i listen to car talk and then wait, wait . . . don't tell me!

wait, wait takes the week's news and puts it in a humorous, quiz format. peter sagal and carl kasell lead the conversation -- always throwing in a few good impersonations and jokes. the news was never more enjoyable to hear!

well, as part of my christmas present, mr. pike gave me two tickets to see a taping of the show, which is performed in downtown chicago. my sister, miss m., was in town for the show, so we went together.

what an awesome show! they might be giants was their guest! (miss m. and i grew up on their music -- thanks to our brother and are fans!) also, mo rocca was one of the panelists! oh, how i love mo! i think he's so funny.

the show was hilarious. we laughed almost non-stop for two hours! i told mr. pike that we'd have to go together to another taping. it was such a treat! (and i don't mind being considered slightly nerdy for liking a news quiz show. i think it's great entertainment!)

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

old-time radio listening




mr. and mrs. pike don't have a TV. but we do have library cards, which have replaced cable TV, Barnes & Noble, and Blockbuster. the library has become our entertainment super center!

mr. pike and i like listening to books on tape on long car rides, and i planned on picking up a few books on tape for our trip to idaho. in the audio section, i stumbled across a selection of old radio detective stories. the collection featured stories from the radio series Dragnet, Nero Wolfe, Sam Spade, and Philip Marlowe. it boasted 20 hours of sleuthing, and i was eager to hear a few who done its.

all are classic detective tales worth listening to. we liked the feeling of being transported back to faded years when radio was king. we recommend a listening.