The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1948–1959
- Surviving broadcasts
- 434
- Genre
- comedy
This upload contains 434 shows from the great Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. Files consist of episodes from their early days in Boston (Matinee with Bob and Ray), Bob and Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, and shows from their time on NBC and Mutual/WOR. Also included are compilation recordings. Overall the duo entertained American audiences together for nearly half a century. The dates, episode numbers where available, and titles are believed to be correct based on available information, but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: April 2020 (430 episodes) 1st update: 6/26/2020 (1 episode) 2nd update: 3/21/2021 (3 episodes: 9/5/1949, 9/7/1949, 10/3/1949) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “bob-and-ray-1948-08-26-roving-reporter-ray-goulding”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. Bob and Ray 1948-08-26 Roving Reporter Ray Goulding · 26 Aug 1948
- 2. Bob and Ray 1949-08-29 Treasure Hunt Day · 29 Aug 1949
- 3. Bob and Ray 1951-03-19 Mr Know It All · 19 Mar 1951
Bob and Ray 1948-08-26 Roving Reporter Ray Goulding
26 Aug 1948 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 26 August 1948. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1949-08-29 Treasure Hunt Day
29 Aug 1949 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 29 August 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1951-03-19 Mr Know It All
19 Mar 1951 · 18 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 19 March 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1952-10-25 (69)
25 Oct 1952 · 16 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 25 October 1952. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1959-07-30 (24) Smelly Dave
30 Jul 1959 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 30 July 1959. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1959-09-28 (66) Flyaway School of Airline Hostess
28 Sep 1959 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 28 September 1959. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray 1959-11-20 (105) Nelson E Plummershatt, Truffle Picker
20 Nov 1959 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 20 November 1959. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bob and Ray - MBNW - Bus Adventures
Date unknown · 5 min
Broadcast on NBC. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on NBC
NBC in 1948–1959
Other series the network carried while Bob and Ray was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Bob and Ray
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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