+ 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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| 05.11.1939 | the davises are asleep upstairs |
+ Vic returns home to find several of Rush's friends sleeping upstairs. The open, close, and the com... | |
| 06.01.1939 | grandpa snyders christmas cards |
+ Crisco. Grandpa Snyder has been selling Christmas cards. Several samples of the verses are recited... | |
| 06.05.1939 | y y flirtch tries to call |
+ Crisco. Y.Y. Flirch is in town and Vic would like to talk with him. This is not an easy task! The ... | |
| 06.13.1939 | a porch collapses |
+ Crisco. The porch of a house on Center Street has collapsed. Rotten Davis has taken responsibility... | |
| 07.05.1939 | two tons of coal |
+ Crisco (Canon Luncheon Set premium). The Donahues have offered the Gooks two free tons of coal, ev... | |
| 08.30.1939 | preselected school clothes |
+ Rush is as mad as a wet hen. He was not allowed to select his own back-to-school clothes. The orga... | |
| 09.06.1939 | office invoices magnifying glass |
+ Vic is trying to get some work done. Rush is a considerable distraction. The organ themes, bridges... | |
| 09.22.1939 | sade provides names of wildflowers |
+ Sade needs the names of six wildflowers for her next Thimble Club meeting. Vic is expected to come... | |
| 10.06.1939 | double feature in hopewood |
+ Fred and Ruthie Stembottom have invited the Gooks to a double feature in Hopewood. There are some... | |
| 10.30.1939 | five christmas card salesmen |
+ Crisco (the winner of the $5000 slogan contest is announced). Sade has received five letters...fro... | |
| 10.31.1939 | bluetooth under the davenport |
+ What is that strange noise coming from the Davenport? It's Blue-Tooth Johnson hiding underneath it... | |
| 11.06.1939 | charleys fish snapshot |
+ Mr. Razorscum is certain that he's lost a photograph of a fish in the Gook home. The organ themes,... | |
| 11.07.1939 | smelly makes a speech |
+ Smelly Clark has made a speech. "You all know me...I am Smelly Clark. I am strong, I am kind, I am... | |
| 11.14.1939 | tearing down a three storey brick building |
+ Rush is personally going to tear down a three story brick building. Rush Gook...destroyer of build... | |
| 11.21.1939 | smelly clarks christmas presents |
Smelly Clark's plans to get many Christmas presents. The program's opening, closing and commercials ... | |
| 01.02.1940 | painted portrait of big dipper |
+ A heavy hammer has fallen on the head of Smelly Clark. Vic's lodge has offered him the chance to h... | |
| 01.09.1940 | sade muses on her friendship with ms scott |
+ Sade chatters on about Mis' Scott while Vic and Rush try to copy columns of figures. She's very ch... | |
| 01.12.1940 | vegetable garden |
+ Sade wants to start a garden. Vic and Rush aren't too keen about the idea. "Somebody, knock me ove... | |
| 01.19.1940 | gumpox vs donahue |
+ Sade relates the tale of how Howard (Mr. Gumpox's horse) ate Mr. Donahue's lunch. The first 7:48 o... | |
| 01.22.1940 | r j konks improved portrait |
+ Sade has hidden a letter addressed to Vic. The offer from Vic's lodge is for a $50 portrait of the... | |
| 01.24.1940 | y y flirtch elected best looking man |
+ Y.Y. Flirch has been elected, "Best Looking Man On The West Side Of Lester, Nebraska." Vic must wr... | |
| 02.02.1940 | mr donahue gets a promotion | ||
| 02.20.1940 | rushs good looks |
+ Rush thinks he's very good looking. After Ralph Edwards delivers the opening commercial, silence i... | |
| 02.27.1940 | deep currents of school life |
+ "High school is a seething river of human emotions | |
| 03.19.1940 | bess letter grocery list on top |
+ Bess has written another letter, which is read to the family by Sade. It's just delightful, as is ... |
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