+ 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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| 03.25.1940 | smelly clarks big date |
+ The story of Smelly Clark's new girlfriend. Some of the organ themes have been deleted | |
| 03.27.1940 | vic fakes the coronet |
+ Vic is going to play the cornet in the high school band tonight. However, Vic can't play a note, h... | |
| 03.29.1940 | no trip to chicago |
+ Sade is planning to attend Ruthie Stembottom's party tomorrow. Vic would like to attend a lodge me... | |
| 04.04.1940 | rush makes a call on a girl |
+ "Human nature is human nature the world over." Rush's friends accuse him of having a girlfriend. ... | |
| 04.08.1940 | can bluetooth sue the bijou |
+ Blue-Tooth Johnson is considering suing the management of the Bijou Theatre. Can he collect heavy... | |
| 04.10.1940 | nicer to sleep over for two weeks |
+ Nicer Scott is planning to spend two weeks with the Gooks...next August! Rush's worst fears are al... | |
| 04.15.1940 | miltons dirt in fruit jars |
+ Dated approximately during the summer of 1940. Rush's friend Milton is trying to collect fruit jar... | |
| 04.17.1940 | vics heart shaped face |
+ Mr. Gook's got a heart-shaped face. Where did Pauline De Lacey get familiar with Vic's heart-shap... | |
| 05.03.1940 | engine cab ride to chicago |
+ Vic's going to Chicago on business. Sade suggests he ride in the locomotive with Mr. Donohue. Vic ... | |
| 05.06.1940 | working on hank gutstops debts |
+ Hank Gutstop has proposed to work around the Gook house to pay back the $20 he owes Vic. A similar... | |
| 05.15.1940 | vics picture not in quarterly |
+ Vic's picture has appeared in the Kitchenware Dealer's Quarterly, but it's the wrong picture. Slop... | |
| 05.27.1940 | ms scott getting too chummy |
+ Mis' Scott, Sade's next door neighbor, is getting too neighborly. Rush finally finishes his story... | |
| 05.29.1940 | nicer the goader |
+ Rush has been fighting with Nicer Scott...and with good reason! The organ themes, bridges and syst... | |
| 06.02.1940 | mr chinbunny wants to smoke cigars |
+ Crisco (winner of the second/final "All Cash Contest is announced). Mr. Chinbunny plans to ask Vic... | |
| 06.13.1940 | hank gutsop is healthy |
+ Vic's lodge has instructed him to write a short biography of Hank Gutstop, "The Exalted Little Dip... | |
| 06.14.1940 | last day of school |
+ Vacation has started and Rush is "as free as a horse." Vic is trying to work, but the phone keeps ... | |
| 06.17.1940 | mr sludge to sleep overnight |
+ Y.Y. Flirtch has been hit by a train...again! He wants Vic to send him $25 for the hospital bill. ... | |
| 06.18.1940 | june christmas card pressure |
+ Vic's boss would like the Gooks to buy some Christmas cards. So would Aunt Bess, so would the land... | |
| 06.19.1940 | vics wide brimmed hat |
+ Crisco. Kleeberger's Department Store has presented Vic with a wide brimmed hat. Vic claims it was... | |
| 06.21.1940 | the royal throne barbershop |
+ Hank Gutstop has gotten a job. He's advertising and promoting the "Royal Throne Twenty-Five-Cent ... | |
| 06.24.1940 | mr gumpox blows kisses |
+ Mr. Donahue and Mr. Gumpox have had a fight. Mr. Gumpox blows kisses to all the ladies. The organ... | |
| 07.01.1940 | ruthie has secrets |
+ Fred and Ruthie Stembottom have just left after a social evening. Vic felt that something was ami... | |
| 07.04.1940 | mr sludge calls his mother |
+ Sade won't let anyone in the living room while Mr. Sludge is on the telephone. The program may be... | |
| 07.22.1940 | mr donahue asks for a demotion |
+ Mr. Donohue has requested a demotion back to railroad engineer. His current job as "traveling insp... | |
| 07.23.1940 | razorscums photograph album |
+ The Gooks look through the Razorscum family album; including the cousin with the oblong head and ... |
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