Spies, Monkeys and Pink Panthers

Don't Touch That Dial for October 28, 2026: Spies, Monkeys and Pink Panthers. 10 pieces (songs and theme tunes, vintage commercials and promos): Mission: Impossible, Captain Crunch, The Brady Bunch and more, with Ricky Voltage. In this episode: 0:00 Don't Touch That Dial opens: Ricky Voltage welcomes you 1:11 Mission: Impossible (TV theme) 4:38 Captain Crunch (commercial, 1980s) 5:08 The Brady Bunch (TV theme, 1969) — The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC, featuring a blended family of six children with stars Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. After cancellation in 1974, the series began airing in syndication in September 1975. Though it was not a ratings or critical success during its original run, the program later became a popular syndicated staple, especially among children and teenage viewers. 6:11 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 6:19 Milk (commercial, 1968) 7:19 The Twilight Zone (TV theme, 1962) — The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created and presented by Rod Serling that aired on CBS from October 2, 1959, to June 19, 1964, for five seasons. Each episode features a standalone story where characters encounter disturbing or unusual events, typically concluding with a surprise ending and a moral lesson. The term "twilight zone" has become part of everyday language used to describe surreal experiences. 8:55 Star Wars (commercial) — Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film follows Luke Skywalker as he acquires stolen architectural plans for the Death Star and sets out to rescue the captured rebel leader Princess Leia while learning about "the Force" from Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, as the Rebel Alliance fights against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. The film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, and James Earl Jones. 9:18 The Last Picture Show (radio spot, 1971) — The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, based on McMurtry's 1966 semi-autobiographical novel. The film follows two high school seniors and best friends, Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson, in a small Texas town between November 1951 and October 1952, and features an ensemble cast including Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, Eileen Brennan, and Randy Quaid. 10:09 Don't Touch That Dial on Stupid Potato 10:18 The Monkees (TV theme) …and 3 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 .