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Podcast: Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting
Episode: BW - EP107: Back to School with The Nelsons (1933 - 1954)
Description: In Breaking Walls episode 107, we go back to school with the Nelson family and find out why David and Ricky joined the program, and how it affected the entertainment industry forever.
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Highlights:
• Oswald George Nelson—Boy from New Jersey
• The Ukulele Craze and the Boy scout Jamboree
• Ozzie Starts a Band
• Splitting Time Between Football and Music
• Cleaning Up Around Town
• On the Banks of the Old Raritan
• Law School and WMCA
• Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra Gets on Radio
• Ozzie Meet Harriet
• Harriet Hilliard—One Heck of a Talent
• Harriet Joins the Band
• Joe Penner and Robert Ripley
• Getting Married—Harriet Becomes a Film Star
• Touring—Davi...