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+ Meet The Meeks 1947-1949 (NBC), a comedy that originated on WMAQ Chicago Saturday mornings and was sponsored by All-Sweet Margarine. Forrest Lewis played Mortimer Meek, who later went on to play in dozens of movies and television shows in the 1950s and '60s like "The Andy Griffith Show", "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C", "Son of Flubber", "The AbsentMinded Professor" and many more. He died in 1977 of a heart attack at age 77, four years after his last television appearance. "Meet the Meeks" was an 11 am, Saturday Morning, OTR Sitcom, originating from WMAQ Radio, Chicago (NBC 1947-1949). Meet the Meeks was a follow up sitcom for the 1940-1942 program "Meet Mr. Meek." This family sitcom played in the radio days, when families actually sat, and used their imaginations, together. The antics of Mortimer Meek, wife Agatha, daughter Peggy & Uncle Louie could not help but make you laugh out loud. Those were the days, when you could actually visualize what carried on! Click here to read more about Meet The Meeks

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Please enjoy these 71 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.07.1948	meet the meeks (22) guarding a package	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meeks' boss has left a p...
01.31.1948	meet the meeks (21) average family	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meeks' boss has given hi...
01.24.1948	meet the meeks (20) the meeks turn gangster	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Peggy is bored with the whol...
01.17.1948	meet the meeks (19) dance chaperone	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek is being made into ...
01.10.1948	meet the meeks (18) the community hall party	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. There's going to be a costum...
12.27.1947	meet the meeks (17) the new neighbors	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. The Meeks start a feud with ...
12.20.1947	meet the meeks (16) uncle louie becomes an heir	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Uncle Louie gets a letter fr...
12.13.1947	meet the meeks (15) socrates sylvester fermish	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Peggy tries desperately to a...
11.29.1947	meet the meeks (14) budget or bust	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. With the high cost of living...
11.22.1947	meet the meeks (13) family gets a son as part of school project	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Uncle Louie now has a son, t...
11.15.1947	meet the meeks (12) selling cakes at the charity bazaar	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Agatha is upset that young w...
11.08.1947	meet the meeks (11) the stray puppy	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Peggy and Mr. Meek have foun...
11.01.1947	meet the meeks (10) the new used car	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Mr. Meek can't get his car, "Bessie" started, and everyone is...
10.25.1947	meet the meeks (09) radio speech	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Peggy has a scheme to get her father to speak at a rally to r...
10.18.1947	meet the meeks (08) trading parents	+ Meet Bertha, the new maid. Mortimer and Jill have decided to trade parents!
10.11.1947	meet the meeks (07) house decorating	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Mrs. Meek and Mr. Maurice are going to re-decorate the Meeks'...
10.04.1947	meet the meeks (06) family health diet	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Mrs. Meek has decided that the whole family must get more hea...
09.27.1947	meet the meeks (05) theatrical production	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. 10:00 AM (CST). Dramatic plans are being made at Civic Center...
09.20.1947	meet the meeks (04) mort's day of rest	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Mr. Meek worked until 3:00 A. M. and is trying to sleep the d...
09.13.1947	meet the meeks (03) cooking dinner	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. The program opening is slightly upcut. Mrs. Meek and brother ...
09.06.1947	meet the meeks (02) escort bureau	+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Announced as the first show of the series. The same story as ...

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This situation comedy was broadcast on NBC from 1947 to 1949, and starred Forest Lewis and Fran Allison. Most, or many folk remember Fran Allison as the host of Kukla, Fran and Ollie that was telecast on television from 1948 to 1956.

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