+ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.06.1942 | the scrap drive |
+ Rush is collecting scrap for the war effort through the Virginia Avenue Sons Of Patriotism Salvag... | |
| 06.21.1940 | the royal throne barbershop |
+ Hank Gutstop has gotten a job. He's advertising and promoting the "Royal Throne Twenty-Five-Cent ... | |
| 03.04.1942 | the room warming |
+ Vic is reluctant to attend Uncle Fletcher's room warming | |
| 02.13.1942 | the prize clock |
+ Vic has his eye on another clock and the usual irresistable impulse strikes | |
| 06.27.1946 | the piano lesson | ||
| 06.09.1944 | the lunges are coming |
+ Herb and Kissie Lunge are coming! The house must be cleaned from top to bottom. We hate Herb and ... | |
| 05.21.1941 | the key collection |
+ The program features a virtuoso commercial performance by Ed Herlihy. When Uncle Fletcher says, "... | |
| 08.08.1946 | the honeymoon couple |
+ A pair of young honeymooners are visiting the Gooks for lunch. Uncle Fletcher suspects they are r... | |
| 02.25.1944 | the history of plant number 14 |
+ The history of Consolidated Kitchenware Plant #14...as told by Vic in his magazine article. Vivi... | |
| 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... | |
| 05.11.1939 | the davises are asleep upstairs |
+ Vic returns home to find several of Rush's friends sleeping upstairs. The open, close, and the com... | |
| 12.16.1943 | the color of gumpoxs eyes | ||
| 12.08.1941 | the bottom buffet drawer |
+ Crisco, Ivory Flakes, E-Z White Naptha Soap (local). Red Net Pearl Harbor Coverage. Part 59. 3:45... | |
| 01.23.1941 | the all star marching team |
+ Plans are made for all ten members of the lodge "All Star Marching Team" to march together...each... | |
| 04.03.1944 | ted stembottom |
+ Why is Fred Stembottom called Ted? The program's open, close and commercials have been deleted. T... | |
| 11.14.1939 | tearing down a three storey brick building |
+ Rush is personally going to tear down a three story brick building. Rush Gook...destroyer of build... | |
| 11.30.1943 | sweet esther wisconsin |
+ Uncle Fletcher tells the story of Virgil Dejectedly, Vic plans a trip to Sweet Esther, Wiscconsin... | |
| 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... | |
| 11.26.1945 | sweet corn mcblock |
+ Sweet Corn McBlock is being drummed out of The Sacred Stars Of The Milky Way. He failed to pay h... | |
| 07.17.1944 | summer maneuvers |
+ Ivory Flakes. Hunkey J. Sponger has made an excellent suggestion: the "All-Star Marching Team" sh... | |
| 11.11.1943 | stingyberry jam |
+ The body of the show only. Uncle Fletcher wants to sell Stingerberry Jam, an invention of B. B. B... | |
| 04.03.1939 | speaking acquintances |
+ Rush Gook has decided to count up all his speaking acquaintances. The program's open, close and c... | |
| 05.13.1941 | souvenirs and mementos |
+ Uncle Fletcher wants to store a box filled with mementoes and souvenirs. He describes some of the... | |
| 11.07.1939 | smelly makes a speech |
+ Smelly Clark has made a speech. "You all know me...I am Smelly Clark. I am strong, I am kind, I am... | |
| N/A | stacy yop and doctor sockers |
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