+ 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 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.04.1948 | meet the meeks (52) missing lawnmower |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mortimer Meek is expected to... | |
| 09.11.1948 | meet the meeks (53) the party line |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. The complications from havin... | |
| 09.18.1948 | meet the meeks (54) aunt clara's vase |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Barker considers the off... | |
| 09.25.1948 | meet the meeks (55) copper candlestick |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek and Uncle Louie tal... | |
| 10.02.1948 | meet the meeks (56) meeks becomes a car thief |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Uncle Louie and Peggy plan a... | |
| 10.09.1948 | meet the meeks (57) mysterious type writer |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mortimer has written a nasty... | |
| 10.16.1948 | meet the meeks (58) business and mystery books |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek brings home a book ... | |
| 10.23.1948 | meet the meeks (59) five year old newspaper |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. A five-year-old newspaper ar... | |
| 10.30.1948 | meet the meeks (60) dinner party |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. The program opening is slightly upcut. Mrs. Meek and brother ... | |
| 11.06.1948 | meet the meeks (61) the school play |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Will Peggy appear in the sch... | |
| 11.13.1948 | meet the meeks (62) school elections |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Harold is running for presid... | |
| 11.20.1948 | meet the meeks (63) the beavers club |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mortimer is preparing for th... | |
| 11.27.1948 | meet the meeks (64) spending time at home |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek and his men's club ... | |
| 12.04.1948 | meet the meeks (65) a hope chest for peggy |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. On their third anniversary, ... | |
| 12.11.1948 | meet the meeks (66) a peggy problem |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mortimer asks Peggy to "be n... | |
| 12.18.1948 | meet the meeks (67) the art of the rhumba |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Dance instructor Dolores Mur... | |
| 12.25.1948 | meet the meeks (68) the checkers contest |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek tries to explain wh... | |
| 01.01.1949 | meet the meeks (69) the invisible boyfriend |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Peggy invents a new boyfrien... | |
| 01.08.1949 | meet the meeks (70) who bought the bowling ball |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. Mr. Meek has laid down the l... | |
| 01.29.1949 | meet the meeks (73) what is a philanthropist |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. A trip to New York is the pr... | |
| 02.05.1949 | meet the meeks (74) second cousins, twice removed |
+ NBC net, WMAQ, Chicago origination. Sponsored by: Allsweet Margarine. When the Meeks have dinner w... |
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