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Warning, this show is addictive. The most popular show of its kind in the
history of radio. During its fourteen-year-run on radio,
Vic and Sade, won
numerous awards and were atop the ratings for many years running. According
to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the
majority of its time on the air it was presented in fifteen minute episodes
without continuing plot. From June 27, 1946 to October 26, 1946 the shows
were presented in 30 minutes weekly episodes. In July of 1949, on Monday
nights there were three ½-hour episodes for television. In the Spring of
1957 there were seven 15-minute episodes for television on Thursday night.
The show featured the three voices of the main characters only but their
world was peopled by countless characters with whom the listener became
intimately acquainted. When the actor who played Vic became ill, a second
male character, Uncle Fletcher, was added to the cast. And, when the actor
who played Rush was called into service during WWII, another young voice was
added to take his place.
The central characters, known as "radio's home folks," were accountant
Victor Rodney Gook, played by Art Van Harvey, his wife Sade played by
Bernadine Flynn, and their adopted son Rush, played by 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.
Additional cast members included: Uncle Fletcher played by Clarence
Hartzell, and Russell Miller played by David Whitehouse. Some of those
unvoiced characters were Bess and Walter, Sade’s sister and her husband and
Fred and Ruthie Stembottom enjoyed playing Five Hundred with Vic and Sade.
Some of Sade's other friends include, among others: Mis' Brighton, Mis'
Trogel, and Mis' Appelrot. Others too numerous to include are Vic’s work
associates and lodge buddies, Rush's friends, Russell's friends, the
townsfolk and the neighbors.
The series was written by Paul Rhymer for the entire length of the program's
run, which ran steadily from 1932 to 1944, then again in 1945 and 1946, with
television stints in 1949 and 1957. Despite such high praise, 2000 disc
recordings of the show were destroyed just before 1940 and some 1200 have
been lost since that time. Today only about 330 original recordings have
survived. It is estimated that Rhymer wrote more than 3500 scripts for the
show.
One of those fun tidbits we all love, is the town in which Vic and Sade
lived. It is unnamed, but is actually a vaguely fictionalized Bloomington,
Illinois.
You have over 320 episodes and over 55 hours, so sit back, relax, laugh,
reminisce and listen to the goings on in"the small house halfway up in
the next block."
Here is the list episodes presented for your
listening pleasure.
37-05-28 Decoration Day Parade
37-06-04 Sade's Trip to Dwight
37-11-28 Congress and The Supreme Court
38-03-03 Official Host
38-11-30 Vic's New Hat
39-01-02 Lodge Regalia Out on Loan
39-01-16 Flower Garden Arranger
39-03-08 Mr. Erickson's House Repairs
39-04-03 Speaking Acquaintances
39-04-25 Rotten Davis Telephones
39-04-26 Sades New Luggage
39-05-11 The Davis's Are Asleep Upstairs
39-06-01 Grandpa Snyder's Christmas Cards
39-06-05 YY Flirch Tries to Call
39-06-13 A Porch Collapses
39-07-05 Two Tons of Coal
39-08-30 Preselected School Clothes
39-09-06 Office Work at Home Magnifying Glass
39-09-22 Wildflowers
39-09-xx Rush Tenders His Resignations
39-10-06 Double Feature in Hopewood
39-10-30 Five Christmas Card Salesmen
39-10-31 Blue-tooth Under the Davenport
39-11-06 Charley's Fish Snapshot
39-11-07 Smelly Makes a Speech
39-11-14 Tearing Down a Three-storey Brick Building
39-11-21 Smelly Clarks Christmas Presents
39-12-xx Rush Is Getting on in Years
39-xx-xx A Letter To Walter
39-xx-xx Mr. Gumpox Offers Sade a Stall
39-xx-xx Sade Volunteers Rush for a Pageant
39-xx-xx Vic's Christmas Card List
39-xx-xx Vic's Geographical Trip
40-01-02 Painted Portrait of Big Dipper
40-01-09 Sade Muses on Her Friendship with Mis Scott....
40-01-12 Vegetable Garden
40-01-19 Gumpox Donahue
40-01-22 RJ Konk's Improved Portrait
40-01-24 YY Flirch Elected Best Looking Man
40-02-02 Mr. Donahue Gets a Promotion
40-02-20 Rush's Good Looks
40-02-27 Deep Currents of School Life
40-03-19 A Letter From Aunt Bess Grocery List
40-03-25 Smelly Clarks Big Date
40-03-27 Vic Fakes the Cornet
40-03-29 No Trip to Chicago
40-04-04 Rush Makes a Call on a Girl
40-04-08 Can Blue-tooth Sue the Bijou
40-04-10 Nicer to Sleep over for Two Weeks
40-04-15 Milton's Dirt in Fruit Jars
40-04-17 Vic's Heart-shaped Face
40-05-03 Engine Cab Ride to Chicago
40-05-06 Working on Hank Gutstops Debts Rush
40-05-15 Vic's Picture Not In Quarterly
40-05-27 Mis Scott Getting Too Chummy
40-05-29 Nicer the Goader
40-06-02 Mr. Chinbunny Wants to Smoke Cigars Rush....
40-06-13 Hank Gutstop is Healthy
40-06-14 Last Day of School
40-06-17 Mr. Sludge to Sleep Overnight
40-06-18 June Christmas Card Pressure
40-06-19 Vic's Wide Brimmed Hat
40-06-21 The Royal Throne Barbershop
40-06-24 Mr. Gumpox Blows Kisses
40-07-01 Ruthie Has Secrets
40-07-04 Mr. Sludge Calls His Mother
40-07-22 Mr. Donahue Asks for a Demotion
40-07-23 Razorscums Photograph Album
40-08-14 Bacon Sandwiches
40-09-xx Sleepers Beware Rush
40-10-23 Hot Soup
40-11-19 Man Caught in a Revolving Door
40-12-17 A Bijou Lifetime Pass
40-12-23 A Letter From Aunt Bess 1937
40-12-31 Howard Has a New Harness
40-12-xx HK Fleeber's Forty-eight Teeth
40-xx-xx Hanks Two-hundred Dollar Wardrobe 64kb
40-xx-xx Ice Cream and Salted Peanuts at Midnight 64kb
40-xx-xx Mis Appelrot Rearranges The Furniture 64kb
40-xx-xx Vic's Photograph With RJ Konk 64kb
41-01-21 Death of Bernice 64kb
41-01-22 A Very Pleasant Noon Hour 64kb
41-01-23 The All-Star Marching Team 64kb
41-01-24 Mr. Ruebush Has to Wait 64kb
41-01-25 Beautiful Beautiful Wallpaper 64kb
41-02-03 Wallpapering at Midnight 64kb
41-02-07 Landlady's Photos 64kb
41-02-11 Fred Considers Joining the Lodge 64kb
41-02-16 A Manual For Wives of Sky Brothers 64kb
41-02-24 Uncle Fletcher To Meet One O'clock Train 64kb...
41-02-25 Ladies Auxiliary Marching Team 64kb
41-03-14 Marching Team Pictures 64kb
41-03-18 Mis Keller to Join the Thimble Club 64kb
41-03-25 Muddled Shopping Money 64kb
41-03-27 Hanks Weather Service 64kb
41-03-31 Rush Wants His Interest 64kb
41-03-xx Thirteen Guests 64kb
41-04-04 Mr. Breep's Birthday Dinner 64kb
41-04-23 Sweet Dreams Mr. Donahue 64kb
41-04-xx Five Dollars For Shopping 64kb
41-04-xx Forty Pounds of Golf Clubs 64kb
41-04-xx Fourteen Days in Grovelman 64kb
41-04-xx Vic Wins a Broad-brimmed Hat 64kb
41-05-02 Vic's Picture on Quarterly Cover 64kb
41-05-08 Mr. Erickson Gives the House as a Gift 64kb
41-05-12 Exalted Big Dipper Day 64kb
41-05-13 Souvenirs and Mementos 64kb
41-05-16 Door Stops 64kb
41-05-21 The Key Collection 64kb
41-05-30 A Phone Call from Homer U McDancy 64kb
41-05-xx Bulletin Board Monitor 64kb
41-06-01 Uncle Fletcher Telephones Aunt Bess 64kb
41-06-03 The Hammock 64kb
41-06-04 Grand Old Lady 64kb
41-06-09 Letter Writing Plot 64kb
41-06-30 Who's Who In Kitchenware 64kb
41-07-01 Uncle Fletchers Easy Chair 64kb
41-07-xx Fred's Concrete Partition 64kb
41-08-26 A Man In The House 64kb
41-09-09 Christmas Presents For The Boss 64kb
41-09-17 Uncle Fletcher Cleans House 64kb
41-09-29 Bright Kentucky Hotel Speaker 64kb
41-10-08 Sades Surprise Gift Washrags 64kb
41-10-09 Its Algebra Uncle Fletcher 64kb
41-10-10 Fred's Tires 64kb
41-10-14 Cornet Lessons 64kb
41-10-31 Broken Alarm Clocks 64kb
41-11-04 Sades Surprise Gift Slippers 64kb
41-11-05 Vic's Christmas Gift List 64kb
41-11-20 A Miserable Object of Public Ridicule 64kb
41-11-xx Car Ride To Chenoa 64kb
41-11-xx Playing Hooky 64kb
41-12-01 Winnie and her man 64kb
41-12-08 The Bottom Buffet Drawer 64kb
41-12-12 Christmas Shopping for Mr. Buller 64kb
41-12-25 North Dakota River Bottom Revel 64kb
41-12-xx Christmas Present Money 64kb
41-12-xx Stacey Yop and Doctor Socker's 64kb
41-xx-xx Icebergs 64kb
41-xx-xx Uncle Fletchers Trip to Dixon 64kb
42-02-11 Fred Will Budget For Vic 64kb
42-02-13 The Prize Clock 64kb
42-02-17 Hank Gutstop Hostess 64kb
42-02-18 Edith Suggin's Visit 64kb
42-02-19 Uncle Fletchers Room is Being Painted 64kb
42-02-24 Rawhide Shoestrings 64kb
42-02-25 Donahue's Doorbell 64kb
42-02-26 First to Put up the Porch Swing 64kb
42-03-03 Accounting for Spondulick's 64kb
42-03-04 The Room Warming 64kb
42-03-05 Tornado Gook 64kb
42-03-09 A Letter from Aunt Bess Uncle Fletcher 64kb...
42-03-12 Little Tiny Petite Pheasant Feather Tea Shoppy...
42-03-xx Mis Appelrot's Petition 64kb
42-04-06 The Scrap Drive 64kb
42-04-20 Gravy Boat 64kb
42-05-15 Mentioned in Dispatches 64kb
42-06-08 A Letter from Aunt Bess Sleepy 64kb
42-07-16 A Gross Of Gravels 64kb
42-08-06 Sades Christmas Cards 64kb
42-08-09 Rush Treats Sade to the Movies 64kb
42-08-18 Cleaning the Attic 64kb
42-08-24 Rush's School Clothes 64kb
42-09-14 Sade and Ruthie Come Out Even 64kb
42-09-15 The Silent March 64kb
42-10-01 Cherry Phosphates 64kb
42-10-12 Mayor Wants to Joins the Lodge 64kb
42-10-20 Fred's Concrete Floor 64kb
42-10-27 Christmas Suggestions for the Boss 64kb
42-11-20 Smelly Cuts Rush's Hair 64kb
42-12-07 Miss Neagel Tears Up Lee Street 64kb
42-xx-xx Going to Carberry 64kb
42-xx-xx Lodge Speech Rehearsal 64kb
42-xx-xx Mr. Chinbunny Eats Ice Cream 64kb
42-xx-xx The Thunder Storm 64kb
42-xx-xx Vic's Inspection Tour 64kb
42-xx-xx Washrag Collection 64kb
43-01-04 Honorary Titles 64kb
43-01-07 Fred Considers Joining the Lodge 64kb
43-01-23 Robert and Slobert Call Long Distance 64kb
43-02-15 Dottie's Letter From Chuck 64kb
43-02-16 Leland Richards is Coming 64kb
43-02-27 Leland Richards is Homesick 64kb
43-03-05 Vic Entertains Dottie 64kb
43-03-10 Chuck and Dottie Wash Dishes 64kb
43-03-18 Appelrot Picks on Dottie 64kb
43-03-31 Brainfeeble's House Warming 64kb
43-04-12 Dottie's New Dress 64kb
43-06-08 Front Porch Swing 64kb
43-07-12 Gumpox's Lodge Regalia 64kb
43-07-23 Changes to the Regalia 64kb
43-08-20 Picking Up Vic in Fred's Car 64kb
43-09-20 Fifty Photos of Vic 64kb
43-09-xx Russell Tenders His Resignations 64kb
43-10-01 A Letter From Aunt Bess Sewing Buttons 64k...
43-10-11 Victor R. Gook Fontonelle 64kb
43-10-26 Honorary Lodge Member 64kb
43-10-27 Thimble Club Meeting 64kb
43-11-03 Watch Fob Collection 64kb
43-11-08 Essay on Birds 64kb
43-11-10 Eight Million Jobs 64kb
43-11-11 Stingyberry Jam 64kb
43-11-12 Uncle Fletchers Packing Problems 64kb
43-11-15 Ike Kneesuffer's Snapshots 64kb
43-11-19 Caribbean Dream Flute 64kb
43-11-26 Christmas Suggestions for the Boss 64kb
43-11-29 A Garbage Wagon Pass 64kb
43-11-30 Sweet Esther Wisconsin 64kb
43-12-02 Cleaning the Bookcase 64kb
43-12-16 The Color of Gumpox's Eyes 64kb
43-12-27 Invoice Preparations 64kb
44-01-24 Vic Sleeping On the Couch 64kb
44-01-25 Missouri State Home for the Tall 64kb
44-02-03 Sixty Pairs of Pants 64kb
44-02-04 Sleepers Beware Russell 64kb
44-02-25 The History of Plant Number Fourteen 64kb
44-03-01 Hank Gutstop Throws a Party 64kb
44-03-07 Hank Gutstops Proposition 64kb
44-03-17 Vic's Cancelled Trip 64kb
44-03-20 Mysterious Skulker's 64kb
44-04-03 Ted Stembottom 64kb
44-04-05 Hyena Grease 64kb
44-04-07 The Solo March 64kb
44-04-19 BB Baugh and the New Dentist 64kb
44-05-01 Lodge Holiday Visits 64kb
44-05-30 Lolita di Rienzis Suggestion 64kb
44-06-02 Mr. Chinbunny Wants to Smoke Cigars Russell 64kb
44-06-07 Elk Skin Shoelaces 64kb
44-06-09 The Lunges Are Coming 64kb
44-06-12 Professor Russell 64kb
44-06-13 Prettiest Eye Contest 64kb
44-06-14 Deadman's Trick 64kb
44-06-15 A Letter from Aunt Bess Listen Please 64kb
44-06-16 Piercing Blue Eyes 64kb
44-06-19 Five-hundred Bijou Tickets 64kb
44-06-20 No More Pretty Boy 64kb
44-06-21 Rishigan Fishigan's Secret 64kb
44-06-22 Sade Beats The Christmas Card Rap 64kb
44-06-23 Lodge Telescope 64kb
44-06-26 Thimble Club Bazaar 64kb
44-06-27 Uncle Fletcher Gets a Job Offer 64kb
44-06-28 A Letter From Mr. Buller 64kb
44-06-29 War Bond Visitor 64kb
44-06-30 Russell Stays with Milton Welch 64kb
44-07-04 Sade Plays Rummy 64kb
44-07-05 Visiting Dignitaries 64kb
44-07-06 Where to Hide the Ritual 64kb
44-07-07 A Letter from Yellow Jump 64kb
44-07-10 A Collection of Personal Treasures 64kb
44-07-11 Don't Scrape Off The Watts 64kb
44-07-12 A Phone Call from Yellow Jump 64kb
44-07-13 Uncle Fletcher Miffed with Sade 64kb
44-07-14 Sade Short Changed 64kb
44-07-17 Summer Maneuvers 64kb
44-07-18 A Sale at Yamilton's 64kb
44-07-19 Uncle Fletchers New Lodging 64kb
44-07-20 Uncle Fletcher Talks Business 64kb
44-07-24 Robert and Slobert Are Scoundrels 64kb
44-07-25 Mr. Donahue Hates Vacations 64kb
44-07-26 Sade Pleads to See a Movie 64kb
44-07-27 Vic's Foreign Accent 64kb
44-07-28 Garbage Box Mystery 64kb
44-07-31 Hank Cuts His Debt to Vic 64kb
44-08-01 Rotten Old Overshoes 64kb
44-08-02 Sade Asks Vic To Evict Mr. Overholt 64kb
44-08-03 Russell Reminisces about the Old Days 64kb
44-08-04 Vic is Boss for a Day 64kb
44-08-07 Vic and Russell Fix Their Own Dinner 64kb
44-08-08 Russell in Charge of Howard 64kb
44-08-09 Mr. Gumpox Has Lost His Dentures 64kb
44-08-10 Sade Struggles with a Letter 64kb
44-08-11 Uncle Fletcher Rests Body and Brain 64kb
44-08-14 Uncle Fletcher Prolongs His Stay 64kb
44-08-15 Vacation from a Vacation 64kb
44-08-16 A Dandy Picture of Vic 64kb
44-09-01 Arranging the Honeymoon 64kb
44-09-04 Out of Town Wedding Guests 64kb
44-09-05 Money Owed Sade 64kb
44-09-06 Muted Silver Moonbeam Chimes 64kb
44-09-07 The Wedding Present 64kb
44-09-08 Vic's Business Trip 64kb
44-09-11 Honeymoon Guide 64kb
44-09-12 Fred's Car Repairs 64kb
44-09-13 A Letter from Aunt Bess Ham Ham 64kb
44-09-14 Working on Hank Gutstops Debts Russell 64kb
44-09-15 The Wedding Ring 64kb
44-09-18 Vic's Greeting Cards 64kb
44-09-19 Vic to be Best Man 64kb
44-09-20 Reverend V Cook 64kb
44-09-21 Groom Arriving 64kb
44-09-22 Vic's Unheard News 64kb
44-09-25 Saving Blue-tooth from Tragedy 64kb
44-09-26 A Box of Letters 64kb
44-09-27 Groom Disappears 64kb
44-09-28 A Dun From Kleeburger's 64kb
44-09-29 Bright-eyed and Eager 64kb
45-03-18 The Stillness of an Afternoon is Broken Russell 64kb
45-11-19 Unwanted Samaritan 64kb
45-11-20 Corkle's Borrow a Cup of Sugar 64kb
45-11-21 Jimmy Custard 64kb
45-11-23 Sleeping In The Courthouse Yard 64kb
45-11-26 Sweetcorn McBlock 64kb
45-11-27 Parade of Interruptions 64kb
45-11-29 Uncle Fletcher Arranges Phone Calls 64kb
45-11-30 Dwight Twentysixler's Scrapbook 64kb
45-12-03 A Slow Dull Tiresome Evening 64kb
45-12-04 Orville Wheeney Gets Fired 64kb
45-12-05 Mis Harris And Dwight Are Engaged 64kb
45-12-06 Rainy Day Fun 64kb
45-12-07 Sacred Stars Convention 64kb
46-06-27 The Piano Lesson 64kb
46-07-04 Woman's auxiliary 64kb
46-07-11 Vic the Irish Policeman 64kb
46-07-18 Midsummer Madness 64kb
46-07-25 Moving to Peoria 64kb
46-08-01 L Vogel Drum 64kb
46-08-08 The Honeymoon Couple 64kb
46-08-22 Sade and Mis Kesler Fight 64kb
46-08-29 Pre-arranged Meals 64kb
46-09-19 Uncle Fletchers Landlady Farming Him Out 64kb
46-10-10 Mr. Z Moves In 64kb
46-10-26 August Invoices 64kb
57-xx-xx Lodge Catalogue 64kb
57-xx-xx Ushering at the Bijou 64kb
95-04-25 re-enactment Ordering Underwear By Mail 64kb
95-04-25 re-enactment Rush Brings Home a Dog 64kb
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