The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater


(5 stars; 5 reviews)

The series had it origins in the meeting of two minds: the ad agency for General Mills at the time, Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample was looking for a different means to reach a child audience besides television, which was decreasing commercial minutes and increasing costs; and Himan Brown, producer-director of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, who wanted to introduce new audiences to the dramatic form on radio. Tom Bosley was chosen as the host because of his television recognition from a kid’s oriented series, Happy Days. CBS chose to produce 52 original broadcasts followed by 52 repeat broadcasts. I believe they had hoped to maintain General Mills sponsorship during the complete 104 episodes, but General Mills dropped their sponsorship after the original broadcasts. The series continued for the next 52 repeats as the CBS Radio Adventure Theater.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770212 03 With Malice Toward None 40:34
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770219 05 The Boy Who Would Be a Sail… 39:38
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770220 06 King Soloman's Mines 39:32
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770226 07 The Caliph of Baghdad 40:42
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770305 09 The Railway Children 40:07
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770306 10 Other World 39:20
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770312 11 Aladdin and His Wonderful … 39:43
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770313 12 Black Arrow 39:02
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770326 15 Survival Test 39:28
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770327 16 Jason and the Golden Fleece 39:09
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770402 17 Captains Courageous 39:43
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770403 18 Bravest of the Brave 39:20
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770409 19 The Last of the Mohicans 39:43
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770410 20 I Remember Alice 40:48
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770416 21 Three Swords 39:48
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770417 22 Clown Who Wasn't 40:59
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770423 23 Lewis and Clark 40:07
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770424 24 Journey to the Center of th… 40:11
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770430 25 Different Ghost Town 40:36
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770501 26 The Red Badge of Courage 40:36
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770507 27 Treasure Island 40:59
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770508 28 Man Without a Country 40:42
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770514 29 Three Tales of HC Anderson 41:06
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770515 30 Coat of Many Colors 41:35
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770521 31 They Called Him Slim 41:06
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770522 32 Then They Called Him Lucky 41:17
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770528 33 Gold Bug 40:13
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770529 34 Travels of Ulysses 41:05
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770604 35 Cinderella 39:20
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770605 36 Remember the Alamo 40:24
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770611 37 Adventures of Oliver Twist 40:48
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770618 39 Three Times Magic 43:09
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770619 40 Eyes of Vishnu 40:30
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770625 41 Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves 40:30
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770626 42 Valiant Little Tailor 40:36
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770702 43 Sea Wolf 39:54
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770703 44 Master Thief 41:12
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770709 45 Sailor Who Wouldn't Give Up 39:26
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770710 46 Youth 40:13
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770716 47 Jungle Book part 1 41:05
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770717 48 Jungle Book part 2 40:54
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770723 49 Man in the Iron Mask 39:15
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770724 50 Gulliver's Travels 40:36
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770730 51 Ivanhoe 40:59
The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater 770731 52 Daniel the Oracle 41:23

Reviews

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(5 stars)

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