+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.23.1941 | sweet dreams mr donahue |
+ Mr. Donohue is going to Chicago and back again, planning to sleep all the way. A very amazin' se... | |
| 05.02.1941 | vics picture on quarterly cover |
+ Vic's photo is going to be featured on the cover of, "Kitchenware Dealers Quarterly." When the ph... | |
| 05.08.1941 | mr erickson gives the house as a gift | ||
| 05.12.1941 | exalted big dipper day |
+ Next Saturday is "National Exalted Big Dipper Day." The lodge ritual required of Sade is describe... | |
| 05.13.1941 | souvenirs and mementos |
+ Uncle Fletcher wants to store a box filled with mementoes and souvenirs. He describes some of the... | |
| 05.16.1941 | door stops |
+ Uncle Fletcher is planning to present the Gooks with a four foot section of railroad track...for ... | |
| 05.21.1941 | the key collection |
+ The program features a virtuoso commercial performance by Ed Herlihy. When Uncle Fletcher says, "... | |
| 05.30.1941 | five men from maine |
+ Rush has gotten a long distance phone call from Homer U. McDansey, who invites Vic to visit five ... | |
| 05.30.1941 | a phone call from homer u mcdancy | ||
| 06.01.1941 | callin long distance |
+ Uncle Fletcher tries to make a long distance phone call to Sade's sister Bess. It’s about eight... | |
| 06.01.1941 | uncle fletcher telephones aunt bess |
+ Uncle Fletcher tries to make a long distance phone call to Sade's sister Bess | |
| 06.03.1941 | the hammock |
+ Lava Soap. Rush has a hammock and Nicer Scott has the trees, can a deal be worked out? There are... | |
| 06.04.1941 | grand old lady |
+ Crisco, Lava Soap. Vic has hidden the evening paper, which had named Sade, "The Grand Old Lady" o... | |
| 06.09.1941 | letter writing plot |
+ Another letter has arrived from Euncie, it's part of a plot! And yet another letter arrives...spec... | |
| 06.30.1941 | whos who in kitchenware |
+ "Victor R. Gook"...ah! The name itself is music. A biographical sketch for "Who's Who In Kitchenw... | |
| 07.01.1941 | uncle fletchers easy chair |
+ Uncle Fletcher's easy chair...and all the people who have sat in it. An unwelcome gift for Sade!... | |
| 08.26.1941 | a man in the house |
+ Uncle Fletcher decides to be the protector of the house in Vic's absence. A great example of the ... | |
| 09.09.1941 | christmas presents for the boss |
+ Once again, Vic has been selected to buy Mr. Ruebish a Christmas present on behalf of the office ... | |
| 09.17.1941 | uncle fletcher cleans house |
+ Sade plans to clean and dust today, and Uncle Fletcher is determined to help her. He does create... | |
| 09.29.1941 | bright kentucky hotel speaker | ||
| 10.08.1941 | sades surprise gift washrags |
+ Sade's surprise gift of washrags must be returned to Yamilton's. Vic must do it. The organ theme... | |
| 10.09.1941 | its algebra uncle fletcher |
+ Uncle Fletcher "helps" Rush with his algebra homework. "Sharpen her up and bevel her off!" | |
| 10.10.1941 | freds tires |
+ Fred Stembottom has told Sade what to get Ruthie and himself for Christmas...an automobile tire!... | |
| 10.14.1941 | coronet lessons |
+ Alf Musherton plays cornet in the Sewage Disposal Worker's Band. He's determined to fulfill his l... | |
| 10.31.1941 | broken alarm clocks |
+ Vic has ruined another two alarm clocks and has his eye on two more! The program open and close h... |
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