Sunday, September 21, 2008

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - X Minus One "The Snowball Effect" (08-14-46)


The Snowball Effect (Aired August 14, 1946)


X MINUS ONE was an NBC science fiction series that was an extension, or revival, of NBC's earlier science fiction series, DIMENSION X. which ran from Apr. 8, 1950 through Sept. 29, 1951. Both are remembered for bringing really first rate science fiction to the air. The first X MINUS ONE shows used scripts from DIMENSION X, but soon created new shows from storied from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. A total of 125 programs were broadcast, some repeats or remakes, until the last show of Jan. 9, 1958. There was a one-program revival attempt in 1973, shown at the end of the log.


THIS EPISODE:

August 14, 1956. NBC network. "The Snowball Effect". Sustaining. A funny story about a sociological experiment that leads to a world government. The program is followed by five minutes of news. Ted Osborne, Wendell Holmes, Warren Parker, Audrey Blum, Mary Patton, Patsy O'Shea, Peggy Allenby, Katherine MacLean (author), Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Daniel Sutter (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 1/2 hour.

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