Retro Old Time Radio

Archie introduces the shows guest stars, and day dreams about the benefits of getting away from it all to enjoy the great outdoors. Guests are to be movie actress, Rita Hayworth, and big game hunter, Frank Buck. Clark Dennis sings, I Just Kissed Your Picture Goodnight. Frank Buck arrives and the cast talks to him about animals. Rita Hayward shows up, and brings out the animal in Archie. Frank has...

Connie opens by recounting her adventure with nearly falling down an elevator shaft. She tries to tell Mrs. Davis about it, but she's oblivious, as she usually is. Of course, Mr. Conklin is more observant, and a little upset that his rival principal might learn of his secret weapon in the education world, Project X. It doesn't help that his rival recieved all the limelight for being a hero. Connie...

Archie is getting ready for a date, while his dad just wants to relax in a nice hot bath. Dad is distracted by a phone call and Archie takes the bathroom. After that, it all seems to fall apart for poor old dad. No more hot water. Strange sounds come from the pipes. As teenager, and parent compete for bathroom priveledges the problems pile up. Will dad ever fix the pipes? Will he ever get his bath...

 Flashback to the day before at rehearsal. Jack is critical of Bob Crosby's band members. Jack begins to worry when Don points out that his contract hasn't been renewed yet. Mary's comments don't encourage Jack, so he tries to phone Rochester. After the phone connection is tied up with gossip from the operators, talking about Frankie Remley. Dennis arrives with a story about a run in with a traffi...

 Dennis opens with the song, Clancy Lowers the Boom. Mr Anderson, in his younger days,  has written love letters to a famous star. He has Dennis help him get the letters back. Dennis tries to distract the actress with an impression of the Mad Russian. The two decide to audition for the theatrical production so they can get close and steal the incriminating letters back. Some great impressions and...

After some technical difficulties, and a couple quick instrumentals on the organ, the show gets started. Connie is in a rush, and doesn't have time to read her mail. Mrs. Davis finds what she thinks is an important letter, a job offer from an upscale school. The worried landlady warns the Conklins in hopes of preventing our favorite english teacher from leaving her happy home at Madison High. She...

 Ozzie arrives home and finds Harriet worrying over some new drapes that she bought. The boys are worried over a school test. Ozzie does his best to cheer everybody up. He visits the corner drug store for some ice cream and to chat with a couple of his friends. The magazine that Harriet wanted him to pick up is full of questionaires that spark Ozzie's imagination. Soon he can hardly sleep for worr...

 Sponsered by Crisco. Written by Paul Rymer. The show was one of the leaders in the afternoon serials. A soap opera of sorts. Since the sponser was Crisco, maybe we should call them a shortening opera? Though not jam-packed full of jokes, the humor had a subtle approach in the way the characters interacted. Vic was prone to absurd plays on words, and though not mentioned in these episodes, was dee...