{"id":2436,"date":"2011-12-24T15:43:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T19:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2011-12-24T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T19:44:04","slug":"sherlock-holmes-night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/sherlock-holmes-night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherlock Holmes: The Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2437\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rathbone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2437\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2437\" title=\"Rathbone\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rathbone-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rathbone-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rathbone-100x78.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Rathbone.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) and Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like many shortwave radio listeners, I&#8217;m all about nostalgia&#8211;perhaps that&#8217;s why I enjoy the holiday season so much.<\/p>\n<p>This year, I would like to share with you a radio play featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in <em>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Night Before Christmas<\/em>. \u00a0If this doesn&#8217;t make you feel nostalgic, nothing will.<\/p>\n<p>This radio play was originally aired in 1945&#8211;<a title=\"Archive.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/SherlockHolmes-TheNightBeforeChristmas\" target=\"_blank\">this particular copy<\/a> was downloaded courtesy of <a title=\"OTR\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimeradiofans.com\/template.php?show_name=Sherlock%20Holmes\" target=\"_blank\">OTR (Old Time Radio)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download Sherlock Holmes - The Night Before Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimeradiofans.com\/sherlock_holmes\/SHERLOCK%20451224%20(195)%2032-22%2028m33s%20Night%20Before%20Christmas.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download and play your copy, courtesy of OTR.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"440\" height=\"26\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"cachebusting\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"config={'key':'#$aa4baff94a9bdcafce8','playlist':[{'url':'Sherlock45122419532-2228m33sNightBeforeChristmas.mp3','autoPlay':false}],'clip':{'autoPlay':true,'baseUrl':'http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/SherlockHolmes-TheNightBeforeChristmas\/'},'canvas':{'backgroundColor':'#000000','backgroundGradient':'none'},'plugins':{'audio':{'url':'http:\/\/www.archive.org\/flow\/flowplayer.audio-3.2.1-dev.swf'},'controls':{'playlist':false,'fullscreen':false,'height':26,'backgroundColor':'#000000','autoHide':{'fullscreenOnly':true},'scrubberHeightRatio':0.6,'timeFontSize':9,'mute':false,'top':0}},'contextMenu':[{},'-','Flowplayer v3.2.1']}\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/flow\/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many shortwave radio listeners, I&#8217;m all about nostalgia&#8211;perhaps that&#8217;s why I enjoy the holiday season so much. This year, I would like to share with you a radio play featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Night Before Christmas. \u00a0If this doesn&#8217;t make you feel nostalgic, nothing will. 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