Dick Tracy the case of the negative positive

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Dick Tracy had a long run on radio, from 1934 weekdays on NBC's New England stations to the ABC network in 1948. Bob Burlen was the first radio Tracy in 1934, and others heard in the role during the 1930s and 1940s were Barry Thompson, Ned Wever and Matt Crowley. The early shows all had 15-minute episodes.

On CBS, with Sterling Products as sponsor, the serial aired four times a week from February 4, 1935 to July 11, 1935, moving to Mutual from September 30, 1935 to March 24, 1937 with Bill McClintock doing the sound effects. NBC's weekday afternoon run from January 3, 1938 to April 28, 1939 had sound effects by Keene Crockett and was sponsored by Quaker Oats, which brought Dick Tracy into primetime (Saturdays at 7pm and, briefly, Mondays at 8pm) with 30-minute episodes from April 29, 1939 to September 30, 1939. The series returned to 15-minute episodes on the ABC Blue Network from March 15, 1943 to July 16, 1948, sponsored by Tootsie Rolls, which used the music theme of "Toot Toot, Tootsie" for its 30-minute Saturday ABC series from October 6, 1945 to June 1, 1946. Sound effects on ABC were supplied by Walt McDonough and Al Finelli.

Directors of the series included Mitchell Grayson, Charles Powers and Bob White. Cast members at various times included Walter Kinsella as Pat Patton, Helen Lewis as Tess Trueheart and Andy Donnelly and Jackie Kelk as Junior Tracy. Announcers were Ed Herlihy and Dan Seymour.

George Burns & Gracie Allen 40-30-27 till the cows come

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">Gracie Allen (July 26, 19021 - August 27, 1964) was an American
comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner of
husband George Burns. Burns himself phrased it perfectly, in a gag
that got laughs no matter how often he repeated it for the rest of
his life: "One day, the audience realised I had a terrific talent.
They were right. I did have a terrific talent. And I was married to
her for 38 years."

The Burns drollery and the Allen malaprops and definitional
contortions made for classically understated comic dialogue. It also
made for very few true imitations, because the team's style was
itself inimitable. Goodman Ace and his wife Jane, in their own radio
show, Easy Aces, approached it differently, with Jane Ace's classic
word mangling a distinct contrast to Allen's "logically illogical"
style. By the time Allen retired, she was half a national institution.

Amos and Andy

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