Pros and Cons of Being Fat

Rusty and Rex, two eminent anthropologists from the planet Kingsley X-10, have been tasked with studying the social effects of obesity in humanoids. Before they blast off for Earth, they are conducting a preliminary review of some basic source materials in the form of songs about fattitude found on 78 RPM records.

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 20:57 and 40:40 for local station ID:

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

1 - Fat Gal - Merle Travis – 1947

2 - Big Fat Mama - Trevor Bacon with Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra - 1941

3 - Lots O' Mama - Finzel's Arcadia Orchestra of Detroit – 1924

4 – Big and Fat and Forty-Four – Doc Wheeler and his Sunset Orchestra - 1941

5 - Fat Mamma Blues - Boyd Senter Orchestra – 1924

6 - Hole Holy Roly Poly - Skeets Tolbert and his Gentlemen of Swing – 1940

7 - Fat Girl - Fats Navarro and his Thin Men – 1947

8 - Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller and his Rhythm – 1940

9 - Chubby - Boots and his Buddies – 1938

10 - Roly Poly - Cowboy Copas – 1947

11 - Big Fat Ma, Skinny Pa - Quig Quigley with Bob Crosby and his Orchestra – 1944

12 - High, Wide, and Handsome - Jimmy Farrell with Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra – 1937

13 - Fat Boy Rag - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys – 1947

14 - Oo Bob Aloo Bo (Big Fat Man Blues) - Singin' 'Fats' Thomas – 1949

15 - Fat Boogie Woogie - Ollie Jackson and his Band – 1946

16 - Big Boy - Imogene Lynn with Ray McKinley and his Orchestra - 1942

17 - Fat Man's Boogie - Pete Brown Sextette – 1945

18 - Barbeque – Damon Runyon Theater – 1948 (Radio Drama)

19 – Mind Over Matter – The Whistler – 1943 (Radio Drama)

20 – I Don’t Want to Get Thin – Sophie Tucker - 1929