X Minus One - No Contact (#1)

04/24/55, episode 1
This episode provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
www.otrr.org
The weekly shows started. This one was written by George Lefferts. Far in the future (1982, no kidding) spacemen discover the great space boundary. Trips to Mars and the moon are common, so they look to travel to the planet Volta, which is beyond the boundary. But this isn't your typical Love Boat cruise. Five ships have left, but none return. So a little more in the future (1987), the space ship Star Cloud prepares to crack the barrier. A good adventure story. I can picture the black-and-white Air Force uniforms and a good surprise ending. (from "The Critical X Minus One" by Jim Fanisher)
Credits (Goldin): Bill Smith, Donald Buka, Ernest Kinoy (writer), George Lefferts (writer, adaptor), Ken Williams, Luis Van Rooten, Matt Crowley, Wendell Holmes, William Griffis, Don Pardo (announcer), Fred Weihe (director), William Welch (producer)

[@deborahcadabra-w5z]

Thank you for my bedtime stories. I love them, I’m 66 and can’t sleep without them. Thanks for the great work team.

[@salenasmith3533]

Another great show!! I am surprised at how entertaining these are! When I was a kid I always thought that sitting around the radio listening to stories would be boring, but how wrong I was! These stories are absolutely enthralling!

[@roelienpostma2367]

Indeed

[@joshnoakes1992]

These shows are still better than what’s on TV today

[@swordsmen8856]

True

[@mygaffer]

The performances and writing had to carry them. Although if you listen to a wide range of radio programs from before the explosion of television in the 50's and 60's you'll find that they put out some mediocre shows as well. I do like nearly all of the X Minus One productions.

[@timeindigenoustimeseeker7059]

I never thought I would hear THESE again

[@jeremybear573]

By far one of the best episodes of x minus one!

[@danmasters1568]

These are wonderful shows. Sit back and relax; close your eyes and listen. Participate in The Theater of the Imagination.

[@WilmerCook]

X minus1 every night, just like when I was a kid. I don't have to watch out for mom now.

[@DressedForDrowning]

LOL

[@erikmidboe8871]

Its amazing to think these where usually done live. The studio was also a foley studio. Live performance with sound effects done in real time.

[@wanettarenay8215]

I used to do a live radio show called the waning moon, I was all the actors, the sound effects person and the producer. the show featured live dramatizations of horror tales

[@rogpile]

@@wanettarenay8215 When was this broadcast? What radio station...or maybe a podcast?

[@mak_attakks]

@@rogpile this is from 1955 according to the video description

[@HLife719]

Heard this series and others on American Forces Network (AFN) Frankfurt as a kid almost every night. Gun Smoke, Our Miss Brooks, Have Gun will Travel, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and The Shadow Knows brought a lot of color and enjoyment before bed time for a little boy. On Saturday mornings it was Big John and Sparky I didn’t want to miss with my father. Thanks for uploading these unforgotten gems!

[@fromthesidelines]

As heard on Sundays at 8pm(et), through June 1955.

[@tylertripp4730]

These are great - thanks for sharing !

[@davidroa6780]

This is amazing!

[@betsya7054]

Another great one. Ty

[@rorywillis7228]

I can't sleep with out these old time radio shows! They are so good, I did all the James Bond ones an there better then the moives!

[@mwatts-riley2688]

These old radio shows are the only reason i haven't kilked my husband during this c19 shit. Who'd a' thought? M

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

@@mwatts-riley2688 hey hey hey remember romance but i also sadly understand as a man

[@DressedForDrowning]

Where can we find the James Bond shows?

[@Art-jl6pt]

Great daytime show- not recommended for bedtime

[@dispater5023]

One of my favourites :) Thank you

[@crochetedlace2838]

Excellent

[@joehill4094]

Some of this voice acting is suprisingly good, I wasnt expecting such a good performance.

[@OTRR]

Here's the cast list, according to Goldin. Several of them are veteran voice actors. Bill Smith, Donald Buka, Ernest Kinoy (writer), George Lefferts (writer, adaptor), Ken Williams, Luis Van Rooten, Matt Crowley, Wendell Holmes, William Griffis, Don Pardo (announcer), Fred Weihe (director), William Welch (producer)

[@terryhaines8351]

"Your announcer... Don Pardo"! He went on to the Price is Right on TV.

[@fromthesidelines]

He soon gave way to Fred Collins for the rest of the series.

[@factsoverfiction7826]

Don Pardo ... the Saturday Night Live announcer for 40+ years?⁉

[@adamtondowsky6953]

@@factsoverfiction7826 Yes

[@davidarundel6187]

An entirely new radio series to listen to , with interest . This wasn't broadcast where I live - southwest Pacific Namaste 🙏

[@DressedForDrowning]

This is a good one 😀

[@factsoverfiction7826]

"In a million could-be years on a thousand may-be worlds" ... Elon Musk gonna use this line.

[@nardpuncher]

Elon is an idiot

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

@@nardpuncher Jealius much?

[@sickman1655]

Lov'em

[@mwatts-riley2688]

When did x minus 0, start? Whay year, please ? M. Il. 🇺🇸

[@fromthesidelines]

It began on April 24, 1955, and ended on January 9, 1958.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

Another classic program by presented by Old Time Radio Research. Enjoyed this first episode and while checking others, I recognized some written by Ray Bradbury so gotta a lot to look forward to. Thanks again for your posting of these classic radio programs .

[@Art-jl6pt]

I’m too lazy to look up Ray Bradbury episodes- are they any good?

[@moshfists]

1982! 😂

[@timeindigenoustimeseeker7059]

Yeah,I miss these

[@johnnyplunkett8532]

1987 the year we went to Volta....

[@laurenstygar7996]

Hey, your DNA check didn't Einstein square😱😱. You aren't sure! That noodle is some other plaster of Paris!😆😆😎.Misson control there's no Hurl!😎😎😎😎

[@laurenstygar7996]

Hey 😎, 👍❤

[@laurenstygar7996]

Watch out for that excessive, recessive gene. Plays dirty pool.

[@gregofthelake]

Really enjoyed this episode. I did pick up on where the ending was going. I'm not usually good at that.

[@luisreyes1963]

Prime Directive for space travel: Don't Trust Anyone...👽

[@0mega.mechan1c.]

A knockout.

[@heavenofinvention]

Listen to the Dimension X version for comparison. Dimension X and X Minus One have some episodes in common. I tend to favor Dimension X. Wendell Holmes played the Skipper in the D X version, in this one he’s Charly. Great fun to compare different productions of the same story.

[@mwatts-riley2688]

Just got my winter coat. Cold in Chicago. Found a big blob of peanut butter in the pocket. No wrapping; just peanut butter..... Its been there 7 months. Guess what... M.

[@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755]

Whether intended or unintended, this 1955 episode had a real-life message about a "5th column" of communists in the US.

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

thank you d i s t an t f r i e n d

[@augustxiii2580]

I'm being sold. Told ya. Men don't listen. Al

[@augustxiii2580]

Mom has extra. In her room. Qo

[@shadowdance4666]

Good story. Needs more development

[@CassieCaaat]

shadowdance4666 this was a broadcast from the 50’s, they had limited time slots for the show I believe

[@jeremybear573]

Just enjoy the program for what it is

[@Denisenoe]

@@jeremybear573 Yes

[@wanettarenay8215]

you must be another writer like myself

[@timeindigenoustimeseeker7059]

However, there's no life beyond THIS earth

[@torrentANONYMOUScodc]

Incorrect.

[@vaughndelay6190]

What about the water they found on mars? The clouds? Where there is water there is life

[@bansheemania1692]

Planet/Stars are Luminaries.. we are on a Plane.

[@stephensmith906]

Your from the planet douche.

[@Londonfogey]

Well folks it looks like the age-old question 'is there life on other planets' has finally been solved! There isn't any, because some random person on the internet said so! :-)

[@mymanjosquin]

i laugh everytime i hear dates. they’re way off. it may be centuries before these things happen. for instance, frequent space travel is nowhere near here yet. it started to seem that way during the Space Shuttle program until they started blowing up on a regular basis.

[@duanerouser6720]

This was entertainment, not prophecy. They weren't being serious, you dolt.

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

w i s e

[@nardpuncher]

A little overdone with the klaxons and bells and other noises. They were definitely trying too hard to make the show sound exciting.

[@dreasmom2789]

I'm guessing your young. Times change. That's what it was like back then.

[@hapilydamaged]

Uhm... that's what the future in 1982 sounds like, keep up!

[@simonmcgrath4112]

@@dreasmom2789 That's a great answer!! Hey as far as they were concerned in 30yrs we wud be doing routine space missions, sadly not that advanced!!

[@nardpuncher]

@@dreasmom2789 I'm 50

[@davidcaskey3665]

You just have to love vintage SiFi