+ 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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03.09.1942 | uncle fletchers unopened letter |
+ Uncle Fletcher has been carrying a letter from Sister Bess in his pocket for a year...he hasn't g... | |
11.19.1945 | unwanted samaritan |
+ Oxydol, Camay. Miss Harris and Sade discuss the strange noises coming from Mrs. Donohue's attic. ... | |
08.15.1944 | vacation from a vacation |
+ Ivory Flakes. Just when Uncle Fletcher is becoming unbearable, he decides to take a rest from tak... | |
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... | |
08.07.1944 | vic and russell fix their own dinner |
+ Sade is busy making a dress and chooses to not make dinner! Vic and Russell are forced to fend f... | |
03.05.1943 | vic entertains dottie |
+ Dottie Brainfeeble is here for a visit...loud and giggly as ever, and she's planning to move next... | |
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... | |
08.04.1944 | vic is boss for a day |
+ Tomorrow, Victor Gook is going to take charge of the Consolidated Kitchenware Company, Plant #14.... | |
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... | |
07.11.1946 | vic the irish policeman |
+ KHJ, Sponsored by: Fitch Shampoo. The Chief of Police has moved the operations of his Departme... | |
09.19.1944 | vic to be best man |
+ Uncle Fletcher wants Vic to be best man for his landlady's bridegroom, and Sade to put him up for... | |
11.30.1943 | vic to visit sweet est |
+ Well sir it’s about 7.30 in the evening as we join our friends at the small house half way up th... | |
03.04.1941 | vic wins a broad rimmed hat |
+ Mrs. Henry Bowers, the winner of the Crisco "Double Cash" contest, speaks from Chicago. Vic has i... | |
09.08.1944 | vics business trip |
+ Vic is going to Chicago tonight. Excitement! The body of the show only | |
03.17.1944 | vics cancelled trip |
+ Vic is disappointed because his trip to Sweet Esther, Wisconsin has been called off. The body of ... | |
11.05.1941 | vics christmas gift list |
+ Vic plans to buy a lot of Christmas gifts, which doesn't sit too well with Sade. The plot line su... | |
07.27.1944 | vics foreign accent |
+ Ivory Flakes. "Mr. Gook, you ought to learn to speak with a foreign accent." Could this suggestio... | |
09.18.1944 | vics greeting cards |
+ Vic is at home in a foul mood. He's just been sold a stack of greeting cards by Mrs. Gullstone. ... | |
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... | |
11.30.1938 | vics new hat |
+ Sade decides Vic needs a new hat and a date is made to meet in Kleeberger's Department Store. The ... | |
N/A | uncle fletchers trip to dixon | ||
N/A | ushering at the bijou | ||
N/A | vics christmas card list | ||
N/A | vics geographical trip | ||
N/A | vics inspection tour |
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