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The Celestial Omnibus (Aired August 18, 1957)


The CBS Radio Workshop aired from January 27, 1956 through September 22, 1957 and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s. Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of "Brave New World" and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. "We’ll never get a sponsor anyway," CBS vice president Howard Barnes explained to Time, "so we might as well try anything." The CBS Workshop regularly featured the works of the world’s greatest writers. including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany and Ambrose Bierce.

THIS EPISODE:

August 18, 1957. CBS network. "The Celestial Omnibus". Sustaining. A young boy's ride on the stagecoach to Heaven. Good radio. Peter Lazer, Lee Vines, Luis Van Rooten. 25 minutes.

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