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+ Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) is an American radio soap opera which was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. Between 1942 and 1949, the show was heard simultaneously on both networks. Oxydol dropped its sponsorship in 1956. The series was produced by Frank and Anne Hummert with scripts by Robert Hardy Andrews, Orvin Tovrov and others. Ma Perkins began August 14, 1933 on WLW in Cincinnati. On December 4 of that year, it graduated to the NBC Red network. On NBC and CBS the series ran for a total of 7,065 episodes. "America’s mother of the air" was portrayed by actress Virginia Payne, who began the role at the age of 23 and never missed a performance during the program's 27-year run. Kindly, trusting widow Ma Perkins had a big heart and a great love of humanity. She always offered her homespun philosophy to troubled souls in need of advice. Ma owned and operated a lumber yard in the small Southern town of Rushville Center (population 4000), where the plotlines pivoted around her interactions with the local townsfolk and the ongoing dilemmas of her three children, Evey, Fay and John. One of her children died during World War II. Ma's daughter Fay was played by Isabelle Krehbiel and Rita Ascot. Gilbert Faust had the role of John. Evey Perkins was played by Dora Johnson, Laurette Fillbrandt and Kay Campbell, who later became known for playing Grandma Kate Martin on the television soap opera All My Children. Shuffle Shober, Ma's best friend, was played by Charles Egelston (and later Edwin Wolfe). Murray Forbes (1905-1987) was heard as Willie Fitz, and Cecil Roy portrayed Junior Fitz. When the show finally ended on Friday, November 25th, 1960, the day after Thanksgiving Day, it was one of only eight entertainment shows still on the CBS radio network. The last episode was the only one in which Virginia Payne's name was mentioned, by Payne herself in a farewell speech. In all other episodes, the announcer at the close of the show would run down the names of all the actors in the cast (but one), and then say, "... and Ma Perkins."-WikiPedia Click here to read more about Ma Perkins

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
12.05.1949	ma perkins (4256) joseph tells the truth
01.05.1950	ma perkins (4540) spencer has decided to stay in rushville center for a while longer
08.07.1950	ma perkins (4431) sylvester turns into a wolf	+ Program #4531. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Shuffle returns to the lumber yard. Faye gets a call from New...
08.08.1950	ma perkins (4432) gladys tries to show fay what a creep ed is	+ Program #4532. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Spencer Greyson has decided to visit Faye. Faye thinks to her...
08.09.1950	ma perkins (4433) sylvester is chewed out by ed (1)	+ Program #4433. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Cousin Sylvester is slyly winning Ma's confidence as he tries...
08.10.1950	ma perkins (4434) fay asks shuffle for advice	+ Program #4434. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Sylvester has tricked Willie into quitting his job at the lum...
08.11.1950	ma perkins (4435) shuffle gets marietta to give fay the truth	+ Program #4435. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Shuffle wants to visit Ma but is too far away. Willie is hurt...
08.14.1950	ma perkins (4436) ed gives sylvester pointers	+ Program #4436. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Sylvester has gotten a package of worthless stock certificate...
08.15.1950	ma perkins (4437)	+ Program #4537. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Mr. Spencer Greyson has arrived in Rushville Center. + From 1...
08.16.1950	ma perkins (4438)	+ Program #4538. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Everyone is aflutter as Faye prepares to meet Spencer for the...
08.17.1950	ma perkins (4439) sylvester has bought a new car (1)	+ Program #4439. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Sylvester has bought a new car and clothes with Willie's mone...
08.18.1950	ma perkins (4440)	+ Program #4440. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Sylvester makes his first mistake while courting Faye. From 1...
08.21.1950	ma perkins (4445) shuffle gets marietta to give in	+ Program #4545. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Evie and Willie are throwing a New Year's party for the famil...
08.23.1950	ma perkins (4443) shuffle talks about sylvesters investments (1)	+ Program #4443. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Sylvester is chewed out by Cousin Ed who decides he's going t...
08.24.1950	ma perkins (4444) ma asks evie if she gave sylvester their life savings	+ Program #4444. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Faye asks Shuffle for advice and he tells her that the cousin...
08.25.1950	ma perkins (4445) ma tells shuffle something is wrong	+ Program #4445. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Shuffle gets Marietta to give Faye the truth about SylvesterF...
08.28.1950	ma perkins (4446) lacking evidence, shuffle leaves	+ Program #4446. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Cousin Ed gives his son Sylvester pointers on how to go about...
08.29.1950	ma perkins (4447) fay tells ma about sylvester's proposal	+ From 1933-1960, listeners tuned in daily to listen to the drama that Ma Perkins offered. Ma Perkin...
08.30.1950	ma perkins (4448) shuffle and ma try to get the truth	+ From 1933-1960, listeners tuned in daily to listen to the drama that Ma Perkins offered. Ma Perkin...
08.31.1950	ma perkins (4449) shuffle tricks willie into telling of investment	+ From 1933-1960, listeners tuned in daily to listen to the drama that Ma Perkins offered. Ma Perkin...
09.01.1950	ma perkins (4450) the truth is out at last
09.04.1950	ma perkins (4451) all of sylvester's trickery is out in the open	+ From 1933-1960, listeners tuned in daily to listen to the drama that Ma Perkins offered. Ma Perkin...
09.05.1950	ma perkins (4452) ma wants more facts
09.06.1950	ma perkins (4453) shuffle is overjoyed	+ Program #4453. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Shuffle tells Willie to tell Ma about Sylvester's investmenFr...
09.07.1950	ma perkins (4454) ma confronts the cousins	+ Program #4454. Sponsored by: Oxydol. Ma asks Evie and Willie if they gave their life savings to Sy...

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The serial set in the town of Rushville Center where Ma operated a lumberyard. It was first broadcast as a local show on WLW-Cincinnati, Ohio beginning August 14,1933. After three months, Proctor and Gamble bought the show and moved it to Chicago where it was broadcast on the full NBC Radio Network coast to coast beginning December 4, 1933. The program was on the air for twenty-seven years for a total of 7,065 episodes. The program was also sold to CBS in 1942, then for six years it was broadcast on NBC and CBS. It was broadcast at 1:15 pm on CBS and 3:15 pm on NBC. Starting in 1948, the program was heard only on CBS where it ended on November 25, 1960 (Thanksgiving Day). The series was always sponsored by Oxydol. Virginia Payne, who played Ma was 23 years old when she began the role, and she never missed performing in any of the 7,065 programs broadcast.

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