Monsters, Mysteries and a Talking Horse

Don't Touch That Dial for October 27, 2026: Monsters, Mysteries and a Talking Horse. 14 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, songs and theme tunes, short pieces): The Flintstones, Pepsi Cola, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you 1:12 The Flintstones (TV theme, 1961) 3:00 Pepsi Cola (commercial, 1951) 3:35 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (radio spot, 1974) — The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel and also co-composed the score. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen, and follows a group of friends who encounter a family of cannibals while traveling to visit an old homestead. The independent film was marketed as based on true events to draw a larger audience and comment on the political climate of the time, though while the character Leatherface and some details were inspired by murderer Ed Gein's crimes, the plot is mostly fictional. 4:02 Mister Ed (TV theme, 1961) — Mister Ed is an American sitcom produced by Filmways about a talking horse that originally came from Walter R. Brooks' short stories. The show aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and then on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966, with Alan Young playing architect Wilbur Post, the only person the horse will speak to. The horse Ed was performed by the gelding Bamboo Harvester and voiced by Allan Lane. 4:59 Kern's Bread (commercial, 1954) 5:10 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 5:19 Blood Mania (radio spot) — Blood Mania is a 1970 American horror film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil and written by Peter Carpenter and Tony Crechales. The film follows a doctor whose mistress, who is an heiress, murders her terminally ill father so she can help him pay off a debt. 5:39 Unsolved Mysteries (TV theme, 1988) — Unsolved Mysteries is a mystery documentary series created by John Cosgrove and Terry Dunn Meurer that began as seven specials on NBC on January 20, 1987, presented by Raymond Burr, Karl Malden, and Robert Stack, before becoming a full series on October 5, 1988. The show moved from NBC to CBS on November 13, 1997, and was canceled by CBS on June 11, 1999, after only two seasons and 12 episodes. Lifetime revived the series with season 12 beginning on July 2, 2001, and aired 103 episodes before ending on September 20, 2002. 7:33 The Beast Within (trailer, 1982) — A theatrical trailer for the 1982 horror film The Beast Within, directed by Philippe Mora, warning viewers about intense transformation sequences in the final 30 minutes and daring them to remain calm. 8:57 Laverne & Shirley (TV theme, 1977) 10:45 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 10:55 Hungry Hungry Hippos (commercial) …and 5 more. The whole running order: Don't Touch That Dial Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 61 free 24/7 channels and 190 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com .