+ 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 |
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10.10.1946 | mr z moves in |
+ The case of the handyman named, "Mr. Z" (whose full name happens to be "Bunker Verlin Z") "Indust... | |
06.17.1940 | mr sludge to sleep overnight |
+ Y.Y. Flirtch has been hit by a train...again! He wants Vic to send him $25 for the hospital bill. ... | |
07.04.1940 | mr sludge calls his mother |
+ Sade won't let anyone in the living room while Mr. Sludge is on the telephone. The program may be... | |
01.24.1941 | mr ruebush has to wait |
+ While his boss is waiting, Vic can't seem to be able to leave the house. The open, close, and com... | |
08.09.1944 | mr gumpox has lost his dentures |
+ Vic and Russell are walking home from the movies. A rare example of a "Vic and Sade" show that i... | |
06.24.1940 | mr gumpox blows kisses |
+ Mr. Donahue and Mr. Gumpox have had a fight. Mr. Gumpox blows kisses to all the ladies. The organ... | |
03.08.1939 | mr ericksons house repairs |
+ The landlord has a novel plan for fixing up the Gook house..."do it yourself!" | |
05.08.1941 | mr erickson gives the house as a gift | ||
02.02.1940 | mr donahue gets a promotion | ||
07.22.1940 | mr donahue asks for a demotion |
+ Mr. Donohue has requested a demotion back to railroad engineer. His current job as "traveling insp... | |
07.25.1944 | mr donahe hates vacations |
+ Ivory Flakes. Mrs. Donohue has troubles. Pa Donohue hates vacations. Third Lieutenant Stanley has... | |
06.02.1944 | mr chinbunny wants to smoke cigars |
+ Mr. Chinbunny plans to ask Vic to teach him how to smoke cigars. The body of the show only. The s... | |
06.02.1940 | mr chinbunny wants to smoke cigars |
+ Crisco (winner of the second/final "All Cash Contest is announced). Mr. Chinbunny plans to ask Vic... | |
04.04.1941 | mr breeps birthday dinner |
+ Mrs. Harris has invited the Gooks to dinner...or has she? The organ themes, bridges and system c... | |
07.25.1946 | moving to peoria |
+ Fitch's Saponified Cocoanut Oil Shampoo. Vic is excited by a rumor that the kitchenware factory i... | |
09.05.1944 | money owed sade |
+ Sade recounts all the people who owe her money. The body of the show only | |
01.25.1944 | missouri state home for the tall | ||
01.25.1944 | missouri home for the tall |
+ Crisco. Vic reads a letter from Homer U. McDansey, inviting him to speak at the Missouri State Ho... | |
12.07.1942 | miss neagle tears up lee street |
+ Mis' Neagle (the Sunday School teacher), is planning to tear up Lee Street! "She's All-Beef...str... | |
04.15.1940 | miltons dirt in fruit jars |
+ Dated approximately during the summer of 1940. Rush's friend Milton is trying to collect fruit jar... | |
07.18.1946 | midsummer madness |
+ Fitch's Shapoo, Fitch's Hair Tonic. "Mid-Summer Madness" is plaguing the residents of the little ... | |
N/A | ms appelrots petition | ||
N/A | ms appelrot rearranges the furniture | ||
N/A | mr gumpox offers sade a stall | ||
N/A | mr chinbunny eats ice cream |
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