+ 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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| 06.19.1944 | 500 bijou tickets |
+ Garbargeman Mr. Gumpox has found five hundred tickets to the Bijou theatre in the trash. An ethica... | |
| 06.20.1944 | no more pretty boy |
+ Enough! No more being a pretty boy for Leroy Snow. "With spectacles and braces, he'll be homely as... | |
| 06.21.1944 | rishigan fishigans secret |
+ Uncle Fletcher decides to reveal the secret of Rishigan Fishigan from Shishigan, Michigan...it's ... | |
| 06.22.1944 | sade beats the christmas card rap |
+ Pressure to purchase Christmas cards is being applied on the Gook family. Mom's got brains | |
| 06.23.1944 | lodge telescope |
+ Vic is planning to buy a telescope for the lodge. Sade is upset at the prospect. Vic has some tre... | |
| 06.26.1944 | thimble club bazaar |
+ Sade has addressed a note to the "boys." A technical discussion follows as to who will mow the law... | |
| 06.27.1944 | uncle fletcher gets a job offer |
+ Uncle Fletcher is angry. He's been offered a job as piano player at the music counter of the five... | |
| 06.28.1944 | a letter from mr buller |
+ A letter from Mr. Buller is read by Russell, at least the first sentence of the letter | |
| 06.29.1944 | war bond visitor |
+ Company's coming! It's Miss Oglesby, among several others. Miss Oglesby however, is selling war ... | |
| 06.30.1944 | russell stays with milton welch |
+ The program begins with a news bulletin: the United States has broken diplomatic relations with F... | |
| 07.04.1944 | sade plays rummy |
+ Ivory Flakes. Sade joins the family game of rummy, but not many cards get played | |
| 07.05.1944 | visiting dignitaries |
+ A visiting lodge dignitary will soon arrive to meet with Vic. A ritual greeting must be memorize... | |
| 07.06.1944 | where to hide the ritual |
+ Vic, "The Exalted Big Dipper" of "The Sacred Stars Of The Milky Way" has brought the sacred ritua... | |
| 07.07.1944 | a letter from yellow jump |
+ Is Uncle Fletcher planning to move to the Bright Kentucky Hotel? Another letter has arrived by Y... | |
| 07.10.1944 | a collection of personal treasures |
+ Sade is reluctant to play checkers with Vic | |
| 07.11.1944 | dont scrape off the watts |
+ Sade has purchased a monstrous big electric light bulb at the sale at Yamilton's. Sade is concern... | |
| 07.12.1944 | a phone call from yellow jump |
+ Uncle Fletcher has very important family news. His landlady has received a telephone call from he... | |
| 07.13.1944 | uncle fletcher miffed with sade |
+ Uncle Fletcher stops by to use the Gook's atlas. This will show Sade | |
| 07.14.1944 | sade short changed |
+ Ivory Flakes. Has Sade been short-changed at the store? Mathematical computations follow | |
| 07.17.1944 | summer maneuvers |
+ Ivory Flakes. Hunkey J. Sponger has made an excellent suggestion: the "All-Star Marching Team" sh... | |
| 07.18.1944 | a sale at yamiltons |
+ Irvory Flakes. Sade is describing the fantastic sale at Yamilton's Department Store. This show is... | |
| 07.19.1944 | uncle fletchers new lodging |
+ Ivory Flakes. The program opening has been deleted. "Startling developments have occured." Uncle ... | |
| 07.20.1944 | uncle fletcher talks business |
+ Ivory Flakes. Uncle Fletcher is planning to move to the Butler House Hotel next week | |
| 07.24.1944 | robert and slobert are scoundrels |
+ Ivory Flakes. Sade and Ruthie Stembottom have been for a long walk. Robert and Slobert Hink are t... | |
| 07.25.1944 | mr donahe hates vacations |
+ Ivory Flakes. Mrs. Donohue has troubles. Pa Donohue hates vacations. Third Lieutenant Stanley has... |
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