+ 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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| 06.05.1939 | 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 ... | |
| 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... | |
| 09.14.1944 | working on hank gutstops debts |
+ Vic has plan to collect the $20 that Hank Gutstop owes him. The program's open, close and commer... | |
| 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... | |
| 07.04.1946 | womens auxillary | ||
| 12.01.1941 | winnie and her man |
+ Vic has to leave for a business trip to Plant #17 in Dubuque, but Sade has company. Bert and Winni... | |
| 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... | |
| 07.06.1944 | where to hide the ritual |
+ Vic, "The Exalted Big Dipper" of "The Sacred Stars Of The Milky Way" has brought the sacred ritua... | |
| 09.04.1944 | wedding guest list |
+ As we enter the small house half way up the next block now, here in the kitchen we find Mr. and Mr... | |
| 11.03.1943 | watch fob collection |
+ The watch fob collection of Uncle Fletcher. The body of the show only. The program's open and clo... | |
| N/A | washrag collection |
+ It’s early evening as we enter the small house and here in the living room we find uncle Fletche... | |
| 06.29.1944 | war bond visitor |
+ Company's coming! It's Miss Oglesby, among several others. Miss Oglesby however, is selling war ... | |
| 02.03.1941 | wallpapering at midnight |
+ Mr. Erickson wants to paper the Gook house upstairs, but there's a catch! He wants his sonin-law ... | |
| 07.05.1944 | visiting dignitaries |
+ A visiting lodge dignitary will soon arrive to meet with Vic. A ritual greeting must be memorize... | |
| 10.11.1943 | victor r gook fontonelle |
+ Crisco. B. B. Baugh has composed a song for Vic, "The Victor R. Gook Fontanelle." The organ theme... | |
| 06.19.1940 | vics wide brimmed hat |
+ Crisco. Kleeberger's Department Store has presented Vic with a wide brimmed hat. Vic claims it was... | |
| 09.22.1944 | vics unheard news |
+ Vic has good news, but no one to tell it to! The program's open, close and commercials have been ... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.15.1940 | vics picture not in quarterly |
+ Vic's picture has appeared in the Kitchenware Dealer's Quarterly, but it's the wrong picture. Slop... | |
| 08.26.1946 | vics office work at home |
+ Sade has just had a fight with Mrs. Kesler...over the size of Mrs. Trogel's shoe. Well Sir, it’... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 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... | |
| 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. ... | |
| N/A | vics photograph with r j konk | ||
| N/A | vics inspection tour |
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