+ Vic and Sade was an American radio program created and written by Paul Rhymer. It was regularly broadcast on radio from 1932 to 1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and again in 1957. During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known as "radio's home folks," were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey), his wife Sade (Bernadine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson). The three lived on Virginia Avenue in "the small house halfway up in the next block." The program was presented with a low-key ease and naturalness, and Rhymer's humorous dialogue was delivered with a subtleness that made even the most outrageous events seem commonplace and normal. Vic and Sade was technically a "soap opera," in time slots slanted toward an audience of housewives, and sponsored by food items and cleaning products. Rhymer evidently felt some pressure from the sponsor's advertising agencies to include more romance and human interaction into his scripts, like the other daytime dramas on the air. Rhymer complied in his own dry way, by adding ridiculous touches (his romantic lead, Dwight Twentysixler, always speaks with his "mouth full of shingle nails"!) and oddball characters (Orville Wheeney, the slow-witted gas-meter man; Jimmy Custard, the crochety town official who never quite makes clear what he does; Mr. Sprawl, the frail old man who dotes on "peanuts with chocolate smeared on the outsides"). Vic and Sade went off the air September 29, 1944 but was brought back several times. In 1945, the cast was augmented to include many characters who were previously only talked about. In 1946 it was a summer replacement series, now in a half-hour format and played in front of a live studio audience. Later that year it became a sustaining (unsponsored) feature on the Mutual network.-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Vic And Sade
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| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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| 01.24.1944 | vic sleeping on the couch |
+ Crisco. Uncle Fletcher ss in the mood to tell stories after dinner (don't miss the names of his f... | |
| 01.25.1944 | missouri home for the tall |
+ Crisco. Vic reads a letter from Homer U. McDansey, inviting him to speak at the Missouri State Ho... | |
| 01.25.1944 | missouri state home for the tall | ||
| 02.03.1944 | 60 pairs of pants |
+ Russell needs his parents' signature on a document stating that he's owned sixty pairs of pants ... | |
| 02.04.1944 | sleepers beware |
+ Mr. Sludge is sleeping on the living room davenport, a temptation for anyone with a pencil and an ... | |
| 02.05.1944 | history of plant |
+ It’s late afternoon as we enter the small house half way up on the next block and here in the ki... | |
| 02.25.1944 | the history of plant number 14 |
+ The history of Consolidated Kitchenware Plant #14...as told by Vic in his magazine article. Vivi... | |
| 03.01.1944 | hank gutstop throws a party |
+ Where is Vic eating tonight? In the Bridal Suite of the Butler House Hotel! As the guest of Hank... | |
| 03.07.1944 | hank gutstops proposition |
+ Hank Gutstop has offered Uncle Fletcher a job getting thrown out of the hotel at which he's the d... | |
| 03.17.1944 | vics cancelled trip |
+ Vic is disappointed because his trip to Sweet Esther, Wisconsin has been called off. The body of ... | |
| 03.20.1944 | mysterious skulkers |
+ Who is huddled in the alley by the garbage box? They're two friends of Uncle Fletcher: Roy Deject... | |
| 04.03.1944 | ted stembottom |
+ Why is Fred Stembottom called Ted? The program's open, close and commercials have been deleted. T... | |
| 04.05.1944 | hyena grease |
+ Uncle Fletcher reveals a valuable secret: Roy Dejectedly's hidden formula for Hyena Grease | |
| 04.07.1944 | the solo march |
+ Vic has been invited to march at the Christmas party at the "Missouri State Home For The Tall"...... | |
| 04.19.1944 | b b baugh and the new dentist |
+ The case of the brother of B. B. Baugh who plans to extract the teeth of fifty Lodge Brothers fo... | |
| 05.01.1944 | lodge holiday visits |
+ A new idea by the lodge may mean lots of company for the Gooks this summer. Funny show! The organ... | |
| 05.30.1944 | lolita di rienzis suggestion |
+ Crisco (wartime cookbook recipe book premium). Lolita DiRienzi has suggested that Vic should writ... | |
| 06.02.1944 | mr chinbunny wants to smoke cigars |
+ Mr. Chinbunny plans to ask Vic to teach him how to smoke cigars. The body of the show only. The s... | |
| 06.07.1944 | elk skin shoelaces |
+ Sade is playing hooky from work, Uncle Fletcher is going to have his shoelaces changed...he uses ... | |
| 06.09.1944 | the lunges are coming |
+ Herb and Kissie Lunge are coming! The house must be cleaned from top to bottom. We hate Herb and ... | |
| 06.12.1944 | professor russell |
+ Russell has a summer job, as an algebra tutor for Mildred Tisdel. How much should Professor Russ... | |
| 06.13.1944 | prettiest eye contest |
+ Vic is having his photo taken for the Kitchenware Dealer's Quarterly. He has the prettiest eyes a... | |
| 06.14.1944 | deadmans trick |
+ Uncle Fletcher visits the Gooks to take a nap. He plans to work the "Dead Man's Trick" tonight at... | |
| 06.15.1944 | aunt besses 5th letter |
+ Uncle Fletcher recalls Ray Speltcher, inventor of the electric toothpick. Sade is determined to r... | |
| 06.16.1944 | piercing blue eyes |
+ Vic has been told that he has "piercing blue eyes," by Lolita DiRienzi of all people |
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