A Macrocosm of Metaphors

Yes, unemployed PhD Tyler Tucker, living in his mother’s basement after finally getting his doctorate in English Literature, applying hither and yon for teaching positions and submitting short stories to small-circulation periodicals, has lucked out. He was abducted by space aliens and now has a cushy gig teaching the finer points of English figures of speech to aspiring researchers on planet Kingsley X-10.

Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 22:21 and 36:25 for local station ID:

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

Hour One:

1 - Blue as a Heart Ache - Tex Williams and his Western Caravan – 1948

2 - I'm as Free as a Breeze - Sam Nichols with his Melody Rangers – 1947

3 - Fit as a Fiddle - Pvt. Cecil Gant: The GI Sing-sation – 1945

4 - High as a Georgia Pine - Roosevelt Sykes and his Original Honeydrippers – 1947

5 - Light as a Feather - John F. Burckhardt – 1917

6 - Loose as a Goose - Cecil Gant – 1946

7 - You're as Pretty as a Picture - Dolly Dawn with George Hall and his Orchestra – 1938

8 - Pretty as a Butterfly - Charles P. Lowe - 1910

9 - Pretty as a Queen - Hal "Lone Pine" and his Mountaineers – 1953

10 - Right as the Rain - Jimmy Saunders with Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – 1944

11 - Soft as Spring - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 1941

12 - Snug as a Bug in a Rug - Bon Bon with Jan Savitt and his Tophatters – 1939

13 - Sharp as a Tack - Harry James and his Orchestra – 1941

14 - Stubborn as a Mule - Margie Day with The Griffin Brothers - 1951

15 - Sweet as a Song - Donald King with Roy Smeck and his Serenaders – 1938

16 - Fresh as a Daisy - Marion, Jack and Tex with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra – 1940

Hour Two:

17 - The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland – Luz Radio Theater – 1950

18 – Snug as a Bug in a Rug – Tony Pastor with Artie Shaw and his Orchestra – 1939

19 – Sweet as a Song – Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra – 1938