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Post by mattgarth on Oct 30, 2018 5:21:27 GMT
Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast that scared the daylights out of listeners that night.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 30, 2018 6:34:45 GMT
Maybe finally Ramon Raquello and His Orchestra can play uninterrupted!
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 30, 2018 9:31:36 GMT
Actor Ray Collins (later 'Lt. Trask' on TV's PERRY MASON) was supposed to portray the President who would broadcast the grave and somber announcement of impending disaster.
Ray worked on his FDR voice until he had it down perfect -- voice inflections and cadences included.
Then the CBS standards and practices official took a glance at the script and declared that naming the President was not allowed and suggested that they use instead an unnamed Cabinet Secretary.
Collins was disappointed to find out he wasn't going to play the President -- until Welles told him to go ahead and use his Roosevelt voice impression anyway.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 30, 2018 11:23:22 GMT
Here 'tis
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 30, 2018 11:26:37 GMT
Dramatized Reactions :
The Night America Trembled (1957)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 30, 2018 11:30:24 GMT
1975 TV Movie
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Post by politicidal on Oct 30, 2018 13:13:08 GMT
And today, they’re still scared witless about media reports warning about their own shadows lurking in the corner.
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Post by jervistetch on Oct 30, 2018 14:15:42 GMT
2X2L calling CQ.
2X2L calling CQ.
2X2L calling CQ.
Isn't there anyone on the air?
Isn't there anyone on the air?
Isn't there anyone?
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 30, 2018 14:16:42 GMT
Even after all the hue and cry following the notorious program, broadcasters still didn't learn their lesson.
A year later, a similar script called 'Palmetto Fantasy' was aired over Station WCSC in Charleston, South Carolina -- all about a deadly anti-aircraft ray that went out of control and plunged into the nearby Santee Reservoir, killing hundreds of people. The station was deluged with frantic phone calls -- as were police and fire departments as well as newspaper offices.
And in 1950, a South American station carried Welles' original -- causing the same widespread panic. Only this time, when the people learned of the hoax they set fire to the radio station and killed several announcers!
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Post by jervistetch on Oct 30, 2018 14:27:25 GMT
And now we're being told of an "Invasion" from south of the border and people are once again losing their minds.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 30, 2018 18:29:51 GMT
 A commemorating statue has been raised in the town were the suposed invasion took place on the radio show, sadly the little towns' name has slipped my mind. |
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Post by marianne48 on Oct 30, 2018 18:44:17 GMT
Grover's Mill, NJ.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 30, 2018 18:47:29 GMT
It was Grover's Mill, New Jersey -- only a 15-minute drive from Princeton (according to the program ... and Marianne).
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 31, 2018 0:31:50 GMT
Will part of the Wednesday Garth Game be based on watching the videos and listening to the program, mattgarth ? |
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Post by kijii on Oct 31, 2018 0:37:53 GMT
Oh, so THIS is what FAKE NEWS is (was).............
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 31, 2018 0:58:06 GMT
Will part of the Wednesday Garth Game be based on watching the videos and listening to the program, mattgarth ? Good question, Mr. Bat. And the answer -- beats the heck outta me. Tomorrow -- all shall be revealed. |
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