Episodes
His intellect reminds you of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from Apr 17, 2024
4/17/2024
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "The Baby and the Pup"
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers - "Preachin' Blues" [0:02:25]
Bo Carter - "Beans" [0:08:46]
The Whoopee Makers - "Rush Inn Blues" [0:11:24]
Butterbeans & Susie - "Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff" [0:14:25]
Jabbo Smith - "Till Times Get Better" [0:17:53]
Raymond Scott & The Sophisticators - "Farewell Blues" [0:20:32]
Una Mae Carlisle - "Throw It Out Your Mind" [0:26:46]
Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters - "Ham Beats All Meat" [0:29:04]
Clara Smith - "My Good for Nuthin' Man" [0:31:47]
Gus Bodenheim - "Beyond Mouse" [0:36:52]
Sophie Tucker - "Oh! You Have No Idea" [0:38:51]
Lil McClintock - "Don't Think I'm Santa Claus" [0:41:23]
Willard Robison and His Deep River Orchestra - "Harlem Blues" [0:44:28]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Look Out" [0:51:19]
Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas - "Fishing Blues" [0:59:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138536
Duración:01:08:31
Projected to reach Peak Anger by 2030. from Mar 29, 2022
3/29/2022
James P. Johnson - "Blue Turning Gray Over You" [0:00:00]
Bessie Smith (with Eddie Lang) - "Kitchen Man" [0:08:42]
Gus Bodenheim - "Bodenheim History Month III - Moe Levy Bodenheim" [0:08:45]
Cannon's Jug Stompers - "Walk Right In" [0:11:15]
Blind Willie Johnson - "God Moves on the Water" [0:14:28]
Walter Page & His Original Blue Devils - "Blue Devil Blues" [0:17:08]
Noël Coward - "Lorelei" [0:19:54]
Lucky Thompson Quartet - "Commercial Eyes" [0:28:54]
Lord Lebby & the Jamaican...
Duración:01:06:37
Courtney faces off against his nemesis, DJ Fablio! from Mar 15, 2022
3/15/2022
Ruth Etting - "Shine on Harvest Moon"
Van & Schenck - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" [0:02:36]
DJ Fablio - "Please Pledge for the Old Codger" [0:12:58]
Sophie Tucker - "I Ain't Taking Orders from No One" [0:14:02]
Gerald Wiggins - "S'posin'" [0:16:57]
Curly Weaver & Blind Willie McTell - "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More" [0:20:57]
George Formby - "It's a Grand and Healthy Life" [0:35:42]
Blue Bird Trio - "When Mickey Mouse and Minnie's in Town" [0:38:41]
Vaughn De Leath - "Ukulele...
Duración:01:09:00
Money donated during this hour funds the Codger's "infrastructure" needs (whiskey, cigars, Chinese takeout, rare 78rpm discs). Booker T. Bodenheim co-hosts. from Mar 8, 2022
3/8/2022
Fletcher Henderson - "Queer Notions"
Slim Gaillard - "Potato Chips" [0:03:14]
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - "Jack the Bellboy" [0:11:34]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "Give to the Old Codger Today!" [0:14:06]
Ruth Etting - "Keep Sweeping Cobwebs off the Moon" [0:15:32]
Sheila B - "The Ladies Review Courtney T. Edison" [0:18:34]
Sophie Tucker - "I'm the Last of the Red Hot Mamas" [0:19:39]
George Formby - "Swimmin' With the Wimmin" [0:28:59]
The BBC Dance Orchestra - "Mickey's Son and...
Duración:01:07:14
Says that much of what he hears on WFMU reminds him of "large stones being thrown into a dump-cart." from Feb 22, 2022
2/22/2022
Little Jack Little - "Three O'Clock in the Morning"
Trio Servando Diaz - "Param Pan Pin" [0:02:43]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" [0:10:20]
Gertrude Lawrence - "Experiment" [0:12:40]
Howard McGhee Sextet - "Midnight at Minton's" [0:15:20]
Carl Kress & Dick McDonough - "Chicken a La Swing" [0:18:20]
Ruth Etting - "Now I'm in Love" [0:20:34]
Mary Lou Williams and Her Trio - "Roll 'Em" [0:23:12]
Gus Bodenheim - "Let's Build a Drugs Caddy" [0:31:16]
Frankie Jaxon and Tampa...
Duración:01:08:05
An hour listening to The Old Codger Show is 12 minutes well-spent. from Feb 15, 2022
2/15/2022
Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Non-Discrimination Policy" [0:00:00]
Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Bopmatism" [0:01:36]
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang - "Handful of Riffs" [0:08:32]
Beryl Booker (p), Mary Osborne (g), and June Rotenberg (b) - "Low Ceiling" [0:11:22]
Jack McVea - "Groove Juice" [0:14:37]
Eddie Walters - "Makin' Whoopee" [0:17:28]
Dusty Fletcher - "Open the Door Richard" [0:21:09]
Gus Bodenheim - "The 2022 Rummy Awards" [0:29:01]
George Gershwin - "When Do We Dance? (from "Tip...
Duración:01:08:23
So old his blood type was discontinued. from Jan 25, 2022
1/25/2022
Regal Jazz Band - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" - unknown 78 rpm disc
Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson - "It's a Blue World" - Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson 78 [0:02:34]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" - Missives from Our Saintly Listeners [0:09:50]
Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Have Your Chill, I'll Be Here When Your Fever Rises" - Paramount 12317 (with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra) [0:13:12]
The Harmonettes - "That's...
Duración:01:08:24
Descended from some of the great rope and lamppost artists of the world. from Jan 18, 2022
1/18/2022
Bix Beiderbecke - "In a Mist"
Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Rasslin' 'Til the Wagon Comes" [0:02:41]
Gus Bodenheim - "Codgertopia™" [0:09:28]
Earl Hines - "Child of a Disordered Brain" [0:11:47]
Lonnie Johnson - "I'm Just Dumb" [0:14:37]
Sidney Bechet - "Blue Horizon" [0:17:34]
Ruth Etting - "Together We Two" [0:22:03]
Dick McDonough - "Dick Bernstein Ramble" [0:28:17]
Ham Gravy (Washboard Sam with Black Bob) - "Who Pumped the Wind in My Doughnut" [0:30:23]
Louis Jordan and His...
Duración:01:08:30
He secretly wants to ruin everything worthwhile until the rest of the world is as ugly as his soul. from Jan 11, 2022
1/11/2022
Romeo Nelson - "Head Rag Hop" [0:00:00]
Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson - "Get Off with Me" [0:04:47]
Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Bodenheim's Literary Finessence" [0:11:02]
Robert Lee McCoy - "Next-Door Neighbor" [0:14:01]
Fats Waller & His Buddies - "Harlem Fuss" [0:16:57]
Ruth Etting - "There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes" [0:20:10]
Trio Matamoros - "Son de la Loma" [0:22:54]
The Three Stripped Gears - "1931 Depression Blues" [0:29:51]
Billy Taylor Trio - "All Too Soon"...
Duración:01:08:12
A stormy petrel of unbalanced mental potentialities. from Jan 4, 2022
1/4/2022
Gene Rodgers - "Jukebox Boogie"
Don Redman - "Chant of the Weed" [0:02:04]
Gus Bodenheim - "EschewTube™" [0:10:17]
Roger Etlens et son Ensemble - "Swing Guitare" [0:12:10]
Mamie Smith - "Don't You Advertise Your Man" [0:14:41]
Mary Lou Williams - "Easy Blues" [0:18:06]
Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers - "I Like My Gravy" [0:21:50]
Lucille Bogan - "Stew Meat Blues" [0:24:18]
Adrian Rollini - "Small Fry (Take 1)" [0:31:47]
Ruth Etting - "Now I'm in Love" [0:34:18]
The Brox Sisters -...
Duración:01:08:36
He's the answer to your prayers. And the answer is, "NO!" from Dec 14, 2021
12/28/2021
Fats Waller - "Ain't Misbehavin' / Two Sleepy People (V-Disc)"
Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Gamma Gourmet™ by Delbarton Nuclear" [0:08:44]
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Handsome Harry the Hipster" [0:11:07]
Lizzie Miles - "My Man O'War" [0:13:49]
Noël Coward - "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" [0:17:15]
Tom Crowley Orchestra - "Doc O'Ligy" [0:20:29]
Gus Bodenheim - "Radio Announcer of the Year Award Victory Speech Pt. 2" [0:28:00]
Old South Quartette - "Pussy Cat Rag"...
Duración:01:08:25
Blink and you're passé! from Dec 21, 2021
12/28/2021
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "The Wolf Wobble"
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Opus 12 Eee" [0:02:46]
Gus Bodenheim - "N.E.B.U.C.H.A.D.N.E.Z.Z.A.R. (Part 1)" [0:09:10]
Fats Waller and His Rhythm - "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)" [0:11:00]
Beans Hambone & El Morrow - "Beans" [0:14:08]
Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge - "Let Me Off Uptown" [0:16:42]
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - "Blue Blazes" [0:19:44]
Martha Copeland - "The Pawn Shop...
Duración:01:06:24
Codger: "You throw one piece of equipment at the station manager and suddenly you're branded 'difficult to work with'." from Dec 28, 2021
12/28/2021
Jabbo Smith - "Michigander Blues"
Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Come on Coot, Do That Thing" [0:02:55]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "Whimsy While You Work" [0:08:54]
Victoria Spivey - "He Wants Too Much" [0:10:01]
Benny Goodman Trio (with Gene Krupa & Teddy Wilson) - "Avalon" [0:13:23]
Georgia Tom Dorsey & Kansas City Kitty - "How Can You Have the Blues?" [0:16:37]
Lil Johnson - "New Shave 'Em Dry" [0:19:49]
Gus Bodenheim - "Sly Weasel Medi-Spirits™" [0:25:33]
Mary Lou Williams - "D.D.T."...
Duración:01:07:53
You keep forgetting he's still alive. from Dec 7, 2021
12/14/2021
Vaughn de Leath - "I Just Roll Along" [0:00:00]
Red Norvo - "Tomboy" [0:02:50]
Gus Bodenheim - "Radio Announcer of the Year Victory Speech" [0:08:13]
Fats Waller and His Rhythm - "Have a Little Dream on Me" [0:10:55]
Issie Ringold - "Be on Your Merry Way" [0:13:53]
Django Reinhardt - "Serenade for a Wealthy Widow" [0:17:13]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "No Sale" [0:20:26]
Rege Cordic and Company - "Omicron Visits Earth" [0:27:45]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Don't You...
Duración:01:07:17
He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down. And anything he can pry loose isn't nailed down. from Nov 23, 2021
11/30/2021
Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Updated Terms of Service"
Dodo Marmarosa - "Dodo's Bounce" [0:01:38]
The Georgia Browns - "Decatur Street 81" [0:03:22]
Red Norvo - "Blues in E Flat" [0:11:06]
Slim Gaillard - "Travelin' Blues" [0:14:13]
Lecuona Cuban Boys - "Ay Si, Ay No" [0:16:48]
Memphis Minnie - "Keep on Eatin'" [0:18:55]
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Cheese and Crackers" [0:21:54]
Gus Bodenheim - "The Maxwell Bodenheim Diaries, Part 1" [0:28:40]
Wilmoth Houdini - "Rum and Coca-Cola -...
Duración:02:05:31
"The Codger's brain is a sepulcher furnished with a load of broken and discarnate bones." - Joseph Glanvill from Nov 30, 2021
11/30/2021
James P. Johnson - "Jersey Sweet"
Cliff Edwards - "Hang On to Me" [0:02:30]
Gus Bodenheim - "Rediscover Radium!" [0:08:25]
Ruth Etting - "Lazy Day" [0:11:13]
Fats Waller - "Sweet Sue, Just You" [0:14:21]
Red Norvo - "Decca Stomp" [0:17:18]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Texas and Pacific" [0:20:18]
Julius Edison (The Older Codger) - "Diddy Wah Diddy" [0:27:19]
Helen Kane - "That's Why I'm Happy" [0:30:20]
Robert and Raymond - "Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons" [0:32:43]
Slim...
Duración:01:06:30
Knew Gatsby when he was just "pretty good." from Nov 2, 2021
11/2/2021
Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra - "Grand Canyon Suite: V. Cloudburst" [0:00:00]
Gus Bodenheim - "A Tour Through My Library" [0:12:56]
Ruth Etting & the Victor Young Orchestra - "Whose Honey Are You?" [0:15:27]
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Who's Goin' Steady with Who" [0:17:18]
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Pretty Trix" [0:20:15]
Victoria Spivey - "One Hour Mama" [0:23:37]
Gorni Kramer - "China Boy" [0:28:58]
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - "Tidal Wave" [0:31:35]
Blind...
Duración:01:08:03
Empathied out since 1931. from Oct 5, 2021
10/19/2021
George Gershwin - "Clap Yo' Hands"
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra - "Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes" [0:02:22]
Wilmoth Houdini - "The Calypso Way" [0:09:22]
Lil Johnson - "My Stove's in Good Condition" [0:11:52]
Reginald Foresythe and His Orchestra - "Burlesque" [0:14:47]
Gus Bodenheim - "The Delbarton Clown Car™" [0:18:01]
Polly Walker - "Where Were You? Where Was I?" [0:19:41]
Palmer McAbee - "McAbee's Railroad" [0:22:35]
Milt Herth - "Swamp Fire" [0:25:49]
Betty Boop -...
Duración:01:08:57
Gus Bodenheim sits in Courtney's chair, fills his shoes, and depletes his whiskey. from Oct 12, 2021
10/19/2021
Sister O.M. Terrell - "God's Little Birds" [0:00:00]
Will Glahe Orchestra - "Krazy Kat" [0:02:32]
Gus Bodenheim - "mic break 1" [0:05:25]
Erroll Garner - "Skylark" [0:07:23]
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - "Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)" [0:10:35]
Eva Taylor - "My Man is on the Make" [0:13:17]
Gus Bodenheim - "mic break 2" [0:16:00]
Buddy Weed - "Whoops a Doodle" [0:17:55]
Cliff Edwards - "A Great Big Bunch of You" [0:20:07]
Vaughn Monroe - "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)"...
Duración:01:09:01
His cynicism is not cheap! from Oct 19, 2021
10/19/2021
Percy Grainger - "Pagodes (Debussy, from "Estampes")"
Hadda Brooks - "Boogie Celeste" [0:04:15]
Gus Bodenheim - "Reads the Mailbag" [0:11:09]
Blind Willie Dunn & Lonnie Johnson - "Deep Minor Rhythm" [0:13:50]
Sammy Price - "Just Jivin' Around" [0:17:06]
The Mills Brothers - "Bugle Call Rag" [0:19:59]
Maxine Sullivan - "Molly Malone" [0:21:59]
Cyril Scott - "Rainbow Trout" [0:28:33]
Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "What's His Story" [0:31:17]
Vaughn De Leath - "Looking at the World Thru...
Duración:01:09:02