+ 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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Please enjoy these 346 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07.28.1944 | garbage box mystery |
+ Ivory Flakes. Another slab of concrete has broken loose from the garbage box. Mr. Erickson, the l... | |
| 06.08.1943 | front porch swing |
+ Vic and Sade are on the porch deciding whether or not to put up the porch swing. Excellent writin... | |
| 10.10.1941 | freds tires |
+ Fred Stembottom has told Sade what to get Ruthie and himself for Christmas...an automobile tire!... | |
| 10.20.1942 | freds concrete floor |
+ Fred Stembottom is up to his old tricks...trying to get Vic to help him pour concrete by temptin... | |
| 09.12.1944 | freds car repairs |
+ The Gooks have been invited to visit the Stembottoms to work on Ted's car. The body of the show o... | |
| 02.11.1942 | fred will budget for vic |
+ The body of the show only. Fred Stembottom is bringing over a blackboard to lecture on the art of... | |
| 01.07.1943 | fred considers joining the lodge |
+ Vic is perturbed because Fred Stembottom thinks he might decide to join the "Sacred Stars Of The ... | |
| 02.11.1941 | fred considers joining the lodge |
+ Vic is annoyed because Fred Stembottom thinks he might decide to join "The Sacred Stars Of The Mi... | |
| 01.16.1939 | flower garden biznes |
+ Sade has a plan to make a million dollars by arranging her neighbor's flower gardens. It’s early... | |
| 01.16.1939 | flower garden arranger |
+ Sade has a plan to make a million dollars by arranging her neighbor's flower gardens. Bernardine F... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 10.30.1939 | five christmas card salesmen |
+ Crisco (the winner of the $5000 slogan contest is announced). Sade has received five letters...fro... | |
| 02.26.1942 | first to put up the porch swing |
+ The Gook's are the first in town to put up their porch swing...even though it's only February | |
| 09.07.1944 | fancy box |
+ Vic and Uncle Fletcher discuss the contents of a strange box...a wedding gift. The body of the s... | |
| 05.12.1941 | exalted big dipper day |
+ Next Saturday is "National Exalted Big Dipper Day." The lodge ritual required of Sade is describe... | |
| 11.08.1943 | essay on birds |
+ Russell's essay about birds. The body of the show only. Well sir, its early evening as our scene ... | |
| 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 ... | |
| 06.07.1944 | elk skin shoelaces |
+ Sade is playing hooky from work, Uncle Fletcher is going to have his shoelaces changed...he uses ... | |
| 11.10.1943 | eight million jobs |
+ The body of the show only. Sade has set herself many household tasks, but answering the telephone... | |
| 02.18.1942 | edith suggins visit |
+ The body of show plus one Crisco commercial and the program closing. Sade has been visited by Edi... | |
| 11.30.1945 | dwight twentysixlers scrapbook |
+ Dwight Twentysixler wants to show Miss Harris his scrapbook. The object is romance! Uncle Fletcher... | |
| 10.06.1939 | double feature in hopewood |
+ Fred and Ruthie Stembottom have invited the Gooks to a double feature in Hopewood. There are some... | |
| 04.12.1943 | dotties new dress |
+ A visit to the Brainfeebles...where Chuck has a cowboy outfit. Bing! Bing! Bing! The organ themes... | |
| N/A | freds concrete partition | ||
| N/A | five dollars for shopping |
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