I admit, I have listened to thousands of Old Time Radio episodes over the years and have come up with a list of recurring patterns.

1. In adventure and mystery shows, characters have weak hearts and are susceptible to heart attacks when excited or scared 

2. Evil inventors are angry that the world shunned their ideas and by destroying mankind they are teaching us a lesson

3. If a joke is worth telling once in a Jack Benny program, it's worth telling again a hundred times thereafter

4. In The Shadow, about 3/4 of the criminal population possess amazing hypnotic abilities

5. Most police officers are portayed as bumbling Irish men in non-police based shows

6. Doctors are immediatley, and openly, suspicous of wives who report her husbands death

7. Police officers arrest people without evidence except the word of other people

Can you think of any to add to the list? 

Posted on June 18th, 2007 by mark
Filed under: General News