The Jack Webb Show was an American comedy radio program headed by Dragnet actor Jack Webb. First broadcast of the show was on 1946. It only managed to last for a season and unfortunately, only two episodes are extant. The Jack Webb Show was a half-hour comedy that had a limited run on ABC radio in 1946. Jack Webber became popular for playing as Sgt. Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio series He also created and produced entitled Dragnet.
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The Jack Benny Program was a radio-television comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century comedy. Starring Jack Benny, the program first aired on radio streams during May 2, 1932. Other cast includes Mary Livingstone,Eddie Anderson, Phil Harris,Dennis Day,Kenny Baker and Mel Blanc. the show was produced by Hilliard Marks and was aired via NBC Blue. The show lasted for about 30 years and compiled a massive 931 episodes after it retired on May 22, 1965.
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I Love Lucy was an American television sitcom. Created by Jess Oppenheimer,Madelyn Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. The first episode was broadcast via CBS on October 15, 1951 starring Lucille Ball,Desi Arnaz,Vivian Vance,William Frawley and Keith Thibodeaux. It was the most-watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen ratings. All in all, the sitcom compiled a total of 181 episodes on its almost six years of existence. The show ended on May 6, 1957.
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The Hardy Family was a comedy radio series which featured Micky Rooney, the main cast of the series in the person of Andy Hardy. The firs episode was broadcast during 1950. It was then rebroadcast on the Mutual network during 1952. other cast includes Lewis Stone as Mr Hardy and Fay Holden as Mrs Hardy. The program portrayed the typical life of an average American family. They made it more colorful by adding humors.
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The Halls Of Ivy was a radio sitcom dated back on 1950. It was headed by actor Ronald Colman and wife Benita Hume. Created by Don Quinn after he had decided to leave Fibber McGee & Molly in the hands of his protege Phil Leslie. However the sitcom did not last long. It only aired for 2 years and ended quickly on 1952.
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The Great Gildersleeve was written by Leonard Lewis Levinson on 1941. It was one of the earliest spin off programs. Played by actor Harold Peary, the show had great success during its early years of radio broadcast. However, during the start of 1950′s, popular actors such as Jack Benny and programs Burns And Allen transferred to another network (CBS) forcing NBC to have a more lucrative offer for Bob Hope. This cause the fall Peary’s show due to lack of budget. From The Great Gildersleeve, it was renamed to The Harold Peary Show but only lasted for one season. The Great Gildersleeve lasted for 9 years and ended in 1950.
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Granby’s Green Acres was an American radio comedy series. Long before Green Acres( A television version ), Grandby’s Green Acres ruled the radio streams. Headed by Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet, the story was about a couple who who moved to the country to become farmers. It was first broadcasted on March 3, 1950 via CBS but ended quickly on August 21, 1950.
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The Fred Allen Show was an American classic radio comedy series. Starred by Fred Allen, the show was first broadcast on 1932.
Fred Allen was considered to be the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the so-called classic era of American radio. Fred Allen, who comically feuded with Jack Benny on the air for years, invented an entirely new form of radio comedy which consisted of lampooning current events, making fun of his sponsors, and presenting skits that featured a cast of memorable recurring characters.
Unfortunately, the advent of television and Allen’s constant battles with sponsors and network censors eventually drove him off the air. His humor was ahead of its time, too sophisticated for the 1940′s, but it paved the way for the success of satirist Stan Freberg in the 1950s and Saturday Night Live in the ’70s.
His show lasted for 17 years and ended on 1949. Allen died in 1956.
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Fibber Mcgee & Molly was an American radio comedy series. It was first aired on radio streams via NBC network in 1935. It was considered to be one of the longest comedy radio program in history of classic radio programs of the United States. It only ceased when radio were overcame by television as the primary source of entertainment. It lasted for about 24 years and ended on 1959.
A television version of the show was made September 1959 and produced by William Asher for NBC. But unfortunately it did not last long and ended quickly in 1960.
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Fathers Knows best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s.
It was first aired August 25, 1949 via NBC Radio. It was starred by Robert Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley. Other members includes the Anderson children namely Betty, Bud, and kathy. The series lasted for 14 years and ended on March 25, 1954.
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