Vic & Sade (pg 01) 1937-1939 46 Eps
(46 Episodes - Pg 01) Vic & Sade (1937-1939) OTR "Vic and Sade," first heard over NBC's Blue Network in 1932, originated in Chicago. At the height of its popularity, it was broadcast as many as six times per day, over all three major radio networks. The principal characters were a married couple (Vic & Sade Gook) living in "the small house halfway up in the next block." One more character, an adopted son (Rush Gook) was added to the show, after the first weeks in production. It was in this three character format, that the program thrived for the following eight year run, winning many awards for the writer, the actors and the sponsor. Broadcast History: Jun 29, 1932 to Sep 29, 1944 (15 minutes daily) Aug 21, 1945 to Dec 07, 1945 (15 minutes daily) Jun 27, 1946 to Oct 26, 1946 (30 minutes weekly) July 1949 (three ½-hour episodes for Monday Night TV) Spring 1957 (seven 15-minute episodes for Thursday Night TV) SOURCE: vicandsade.info OTR * def gp ddh
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Something strangely familiar
StefDav
At first hearing, Vic & Sade's charm alluded me. Many of the surviving episodes featured dialogue with little or no incidental music. It soon occured to me however that there was something curiously familiar about this dialogue. Within the context of a small fictitious family living almost a century ago, somewhere in Illinois ("...in the 'small house halfway up the next block'), Vic, Sade & Rush engaged one another in conversations which have retained their authenticity. Listening to the extant episodes (sadly, many are lost) one easily assumes the role of a friendly voyeur; herein lies the subtle paradox of this radio series. While many old radio shows provide a glimpse into popular culture as it was 60 years or more ago, the unique aspect of 'Vic & Sade' transforms listeners into ghostly witnesses of humourous & still-relatable vignettes, even while the talented cast members and writers have long since taken their leave. Settle in, close your eyes & catch reminisce about an era long gone.
Hilarious, surreal
AncientAxim
The two words I can use to describe Vic n Sade are hilarious and surreal. The humor, you have to look at it the way you would "Fargo" the movie. If you can laugh at Fargo you will understand the humor in this show. But, there's more - it's surreal, as if the plots were written in a dream: Gumpox offers Sade an unused (but clean!) horse stall for free storage. Sade secretly wants the stall to store Vic's lodge crap in, but Vic gets wise. The plots are just.. weird! but they all work beautifully. There was ONE writer: Rhymer. He used to work for a newspaper in real life but was fired when they found out his interviews he wrote about never happened, his "local man" and or "woman" turned out to be entirely made up by Rhymer. Isn't he a scream?