There have been a few occasions when the concept of "breaking in new shoes" has been a part of Vic and Sade lore.
I recently found an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly (54-05-03) which took this same concept and ran with it.
The writer of the FM&M episode was not Don Quinn (who grew up just miles from Vic and Sade author Paul Rhymer) for he had stopped writing the show by 1954. However, there is no mention who the writer(s) was on the episode, so there is no way to point him/them out to you.
Here's a brief part of the episode:
(((HEAR)))
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
The first robin of the spring (an Illinois' thing?)
When I first read the Barbara Schwarz notes on this episode and also this one (each dealing with Hank Gutstop spotting the first robin of the spring and being hailed for it) I found them to be in the 'ridiculous' category.
Now, this very well could be or perhaps it was a tradition in Illinois or the Upper Midwest. I write this because just this morning, I was checking out a Fibber McGee and Molly episode from 1945 where Fibber can't find his newspaper and he's anxious to find it because there is word in there about him being the one who spotted the first robin of the spring (the episode is from April 10 of 1945.)
Now, you may recall that the McGees live in Wistful Vista, which is very much like Peoria, Illinois. Peoria and Bloomington (the city the Gooks live in, despite what you may have read) are not that far apart - less than 50 miles. This might be some sort of tradition in this part of the country - or it could be phony stuff cooked up by writers Paul Rhymer and Don Quinn. Rhymer and Quinn were buddies (one reason because they grew up in the same neck of the woods, one would think.)
So, without further ado, here's that bit of Fibber McGee and Molly - from the episode titled, No Newspaper:
(((HEAR)))
Now, this very well could be or perhaps it was a tradition in Illinois or the Upper Midwest. I write this because just this morning, I was checking out a Fibber McGee and Molly episode from 1945 where Fibber can't find his newspaper and he's anxious to find it because there is word in there about him being the one who spotted the first robin of the spring (the episode is from April 10 of 1945.)
Now, you may recall that the McGees live in Wistful Vista, which is very much like Peoria, Illinois. Peoria and Bloomington (the city the Gooks live in, despite what you may have read) are not that far apart - less than 50 miles. This might be some sort of tradition in this part of the country - or it could be phony stuff cooked up by writers Paul Rhymer and Don Quinn. Rhymer and Quinn were buddies (one reason because they grew up in the same neck of the woods, one would think.)
So, without further ado, here's that bit of Fibber McGee and Molly - from the episode titled, No Newspaper:
(((HEAR)))
Sunday, November 4, 2012
FDR, Jim Jordan and Fred Allen
All those men claimed to be big fans of Vic and Sade. And of course, Don Quinn, the Fibber McGee and Molly writer and Halls of Ivy creator, claimed Vic and Sade as his favorite show.
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