How To Have an Agreeable Old Age

We know you think you’re going to stay young forever, but the truth of the matter is, if you’re lucky, you will get to be an old codger. The question is whether you’re going to be a sick, miserable old coot, or the havin’ fun variety. You have to plan ahead. So, with the help of Roman scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero, we are going to give you a short list of things to do now that makes sure that if and when you make it to your sunset years, you will be happenin’ instead of hapless.

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 16:54 and 37:18 for local station ID:

Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:

Hour One:

1 - Are You Livin' Old Man - Four Chicks and Chuck with the Bernie Weissman Orchestra – 1946

2 - Old Man of the Mountain - Chick Bullock with Waring's Pennsylvanians – 1932

3 - The Wise Old Man - Do Ray and Me – 1947

4 - Old Women Blues - The Treniers – 1951

5 - Too Late Old Man - Smokey Hogg – 1953

6 - Old Man Blues - Cousin Joe with The Al Casey Quartette – 1947

7 - Solid Old Man - Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – 1939

8 - Grandma Plays the Numbers - Wynonie Harris and his All Stars – 1948

9 - My Old Man - Sam Robbins and his Hotel McAlpin Orchestra – 1933

10 - I'm An Old, Old Man - Left Frizzell – 1952

11 - Bring It on Home to Grandma - Shelly Lee Alley and his Alley Cats - 1938

12 - Old Lady You Mashing My Toe - The Growler with Gerald Clark and his Caribbean Serenaders - 1941

13 - Old Man Harlem - Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory and his Orchestra – 1939

14 - Grandma's Turned Over Again - Joe Pope with Curley Williams and his Georgia Peach Pickers - 1946

15 - Old Man Rhythm - Tony Parenti – 1929

16 - Just An Old Lady - The Tobacco Tags – 1939

Hour Two:

17 - The Leading Citizen of Pratt County - Suspense – 1946

18 - The Big Grandma - Dragnet – 1950

19 – Old Man Sunshine – The Plaza Dance Band – 1929

20 – Old Man Moon – Harry Roy and his Orchestra - 1938