Links Page
This Page
of Links
will, over time, become the Gateway
to all-sorts-of Vic
&
Sade Programs. It will provide access to Selected Programs from the late-1930's
to the mid-1940's. So, if you enjoy these Programs be sure to check the 'Update
Tags' on both our Index Page and the Old Time Radio Links Page for
Notification of New Additions!
As well, in the future, we will be Syndicating many of these Programs, so that
anyone, who is interested, can easily receive an Email Alert/Notice of an
Update as 'New' Programs are added.
Sade Programs. It will provide access to Selected Programs from the late-1930's
to the mid-1940's. So, if you enjoy these Programs be sure to check the 'Update
Tags' on both our Index Page and the Old Time Radio Links Page for
Notification of New Additions!
As well, in the future, we will be Syndicating many of these Programs, so that
anyone, who is interested, can easily receive an Email Alert/Notice of an
Update as 'New' Programs are added.
In 'The Small House Half-Way Up in the Next Block ...'
1932-1944
Created and
Written by Paul Rhymer
Originated out of NBC Radio's Chicago, Illinois
Studios
In a Time when we seem unable to rise
above our lowest common
denominators,
it is reassuring and elevating to be able to listen to stories that reflect and
illustrate our highest common denominators.
JVP>
it is reassuring and elevating to be able to listen to stories that reflect and
illustrate our highest common denominators.
JVP>
The
Creator & Writer
Paul Rhymer,
Creator & Solo Writer of Vic
& Sade
Paul Mills Rhymer was the creative 'genius' behind Vic & Sade. He was
born [1905] in a small town in the US midwest [Fulton, Illinois] and
grew-up in a larger, small town, Bloomington, which later became the
'template' for the town portrayed in Vic & Sade ~ known as Crooper,
Illinois.
After having to leave Illinois Wesleyan University [with the death of his
father] to support his mother, Paul worked on the local railway line for a
while, before he landed a job on the Pantagraph, the the local Bloomington
newspaper. He was fired from the paper when it was found that he was not
only regularly fabricating interviews, but also was, on occasion, inventing
the people whom he purportedly interviewed. This was, no doubt, a harbinger
of literary things to come!
As an aside, one of the literary 'devices' Paul Rhymer used to great effect
was the invention of unusual/bizarre names for places, people and
organizations. A good example of the latter was the wonderfully named
'fraternal organization' to which Vic was a 'distinguished/well-placed
member {Exalted Big Dipper, in fact}- that being ~ the Drowsy Venus
Chapter of the Sacred Stars of the Milky Way!!
Anyway, before long, Paul was working for NBC Radio (Chicago), which
was, at the time, the heart of US radio. At first, he was writing 'continuity'
[introductions and breaks] for various radio programs and celebrities. Then
in 1932, his idea for a program depicting the everyday life of a small town
couple [the Gook's] was accepted, and, so, Vic & Sade was born!
The Players ~ The
'Original' Gook Family
[Sade, Vic & Rush Gook]
Bernardine Flynn, Art Van Harvey
& Billy Idelson
For the first few shows there were only two characters, Vic & Sade, but then
a third person was added, when the couple adopted a boy, Sade's Sister's
Son, Rush ~ Victor Rush Meadows. This threesome continued for about 10
years, and the program met with a great deal of success; both in the writing
and the acting/performing.
By 1943, Vic & Sade was regular-listening-fare for upwards of 7 million
people, per daily broadcast ~ a popularity which rivalled that of any of the
shows on radio at the time! During this time, 600 radio editors voted Vic &
Sade as the 'Best Radio Serial'.
Paul Rhymer was recognized early-on in the shows run as a gifted writer
and was praised for the satire, the poignancy and even the absurdity of the
stories he penned. He seemed to be able to capture, in the simple story lines,
depicting everyday living, the fundamentals of American family and
community life.
The Players ~ At Work
Years later, authors as diverse as John O'Hara and Ray Bradbury and
Ogden Nash and James Thurber (among others) spoke of the humor,
eloquence and real-life resonance of Rhymer's stories. Some [Nash and
O'Hara, in particular] would have asserted that a comparison with Mark
Twain or Charles Dickens would not have been an overstatement.
In all, Paul Rhymer wrote over 3500 Vic & Sade stories [with a running
time of 9 plus - 13 plus minutes]~ producing one everyday, five days a week,
for 12 years. The stories were stand-alone, for Vic & Sade was no serial ~
more like 'self-contained vignettes'! Taken together these scripts offer a glimpse
of a prodigious talent, which if it had been plied in such literary areas as novels,
short stories, plays, or screenplays would have no doubt garnered a great
deal more lasting recognition for the author.
Sadly, Paul Rhymer died in 1964 [at the age of 59], but to this day there
are newly-minted-fans being created all-the-time. It seems that the stories
he wrote in another time, still attract peoples' attention, laughter and tears.
If you ever lay your hands on one of PaulRhymer's scripts, Read-It ..
Read-It Out Loud .. Read-It with Gusto! and with the recognition that
you are 'orally interpreting' a piece of fiction that is imbued, by the writer,
with all of the humor, poignancy and tedium of real life and with the
intensity, frivolity and idiosyncrasy of real people.
Well. by golly, you do have a chance to read a Vic & Sade Script .. the
Link Below will do-the-trick!!
Before TV and long before and 'Seinfeld', there was this Guy writing stories
in which 'nothing [much] happened', except Life and Living! ... with all of
its humor, poignancy and tedium!
The
Players
The Players ~ At Work, Again
with Paul Rhymer inthe Background
Little has been written about the Original Players'
acting careers prior to
their wonderful work on Vic & Sade. Having said this, their individual
professional histories matter not-one-bit, because they seem to be the
characters they are playing. Each actor rings-so-true as the character they
are portraying that one would expect that if you were to meet them on the
street, they would be The Gooks{!!} ~ Vic, Sade and Rush!!
For his part Billy Idelson literally grew-up on Vic & Sade ~ going from a
9/10 year old boy to a military draftee [US Marine Corps Pilot] during
the Second World War.
Suffice it to say, that Bernardine Flynn, Art Van Harvey & Billy Idelson
consistently offered the Highest-Fidelity, Stereophonic Renditions of Paul
Rhymer's Literary Folk Songs!
Cover of Bill Idelson's
New (2006) Book
Shows Uncle Fletcher [Clarence Hartzell]
their wonderful work on Vic & Sade. Having said this, their individual
professional histories matter not-one-bit, because they seem to be the
characters they are playing. Each actor rings-so-true as the character they
are portraying that one would expect that if you were to meet them on the
street, they would be The Gooks{!!} ~ Vic, Sade and Rush!!
For his part Billy Idelson literally grew-up on Vic & Sade ~ going from a
9/10 year old boy to a military draftee [US Marine Corps Pilot] during
the Second World War.
Suffice it to say, that Bernardine Flynn, Art Van Harvey & Billy Idelson
consistently offered the Highest-Fidelity, Stereophonic Renditions of Paul
Rhymer's Literary Folk Songs!
Shows Uncle Fletcher [Clarence Hartzell]
Book Available From ~
BearManor Media
P O Box 71426
Albany, GA 31708
Phone: 229-436-4265
Fax: 814-690-1559
1-800-566-1251 [orders only!]
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id115.html
P O Box 71426
Albany, GA 31708
Phone: 229-436-4265
Fax: 814-690-1559
1-800-566-1251 [orders only!]
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id115.html
books@benohmart.com
One of Several Books,
Script Compilations
30 Original Scripts {1972}
30 Original Scripts {1972}
There
will be more about the evolution of Vic & Sade as we
'create'/compile
more broadcasts ~ So, Stay Tuned!
more broadcasts ~ So, Stay Tuned!
Introductory Notes
The MP3
Audio File offered here contains three Vic
& Sade episodes; the
sound quality of which is sometimes a bit "ragged". I have chosen these
particular Programs because they demonstrate some of Paul Rhymer's
Scope - the range of his story ideas and content, the diversity of emotions
felt/shown by his characters, and his ability to accurately reflect/illustrate
his characters humanity through the use of tempo, intonation and dialogue
alone.
As well, I have selected these three Programs because they nicely show-off
the formidable acting talents of all of the Original Players.
Program Highlights
The three Programs available here are ~
Sade Feels Pushed Around - which highlights an emotion-charged
conversation between Sade and Rush, after Sade was 'pushed-around'
(double meaning!) by a neighbor lady [Mis' Appelrot]. Rush tries to
console and support his mother, all the while knowing he is 'just a kid'.
Rush's Business Scheme - which plays-out a conversation between Rush
and Vic, regarding a proposed business-{mis-}adventure that requires
Vic's active assistance/involvement. You see, one of Rush's friends
[Milton Welch] is wanting to collect dirt [in jars] from all 48 US States,
and Rush conjures this into a 'big' money-maker for himself!?!
Rush's Embarrassment - which chronicles Rush's expressions of anger
at a neighbor boy [Nicer Scott .. who was hardly even nice!], who is his
perennial nemesis! This show is punctuated by a number of teasing phone
calls from Rush's friends,{Paul Rhymer might well have originated the one-
way telephone conversation[!!]; later used to great effect by various stand-up
comics ~ Bob Newhart and Shelly Berman for two!}, by Vic's verbal antics
and by Sade's replies, retorts, admonishments and good-natured advice.
This show might well have been called 'Stuff Happens' ... Listen-for-it !!
I was originally going to give an audio 'Introduction' to the Programs as a
whole, and then briefer 'Introductions' to each of the three Programs; but, I
have decided to let the preceding Information serve that purpose, too.
The Vic
& Sade Sampler Sound
File available below is in the initial form
of a Self-Extracting Execution File, which you can Save in/Extract into a
Directory of your choice; from which you can Access and Play the Sampler -
using your default Audio Player.
Please be Patient ~ the Vic & Sade Sampler is 7.44Mb [33 minutes of
Audio] and, depending on your Internet Access Type, may take some time to
complete!
We hope you Enjoy this, our initial foray into the world of 'old time radio'!
sound quality of which is sometimes a bit "ragged". I have chosen these
particular Programs because they demonstrate some of Paul Rhymer's
Scope - the range of his story ideas and content, the diversity of emotions
felt/shown by his characters, and his ability to accurately reflect/illustrate
his characters humanity through the use of tempo, intonation and dialogue
alone.
As well, I have selected these three Programs because they nicely show-off
the formidable acting talents of all of the Original Players.
Program Highlights
The three Programs available here are ~
Sade Feels Pushed Around - which highlights an emotion-charged
conversation between Sade and Rush, after Sade was 'pushed-around'
(double meaning!) by a neighbor lady [Mis' Appelrot]. Rush tries to
console and support his mother, all the while knowing he is 'just a kid'.
Rush's Business Scheme - which plays-out a conversation between Rush
and Vic, regarding a proposed business-{mis-}adventure that requires
Vic's active assistance/involvement. You see, one of Rush's friends
[Milton Welch] is wanting to collect dirt [in jars] from all 48 US States,
and Rush conjures this into a 'big' money-maker for himself!?!
Rush's Embarrassment - which chronicles Rush's expressions of anger
at a neighbor boy [Nicer Scott .. who was hardly even nice!], who is his
perennial nemesis! This show is punctuated by a number of teasing phone
calls from Rush's friends,{Paul Rhymer might well have originated the one-
way telephone conversation[!!]; later used to great effect by various stand-up
comics ~ Bob Newhart and Shelly Berman for two!}, by Vic's verbal antics
and by Sade's replies, retorts, admonishments and good-natured advice.
This show might well have been called 'Stuff Happens' ... Listen-for-it !!
I was originally going to give an audio 'Introduction' to the Programs as a
whole, and then briefer 'Introductions' to each of the three Programs; but, I
have decided to let the preceding Information serve that purpose, too.
of a Self-Extracting Execution File, which you can Save in/Extract into a
Directory of your choice; from which you can Access and Play the Sampler -
using your default Audio Player.
Please be Patient ~ the Vic & Sade Sampler is 7.44Mb [33 minutes of
Audio] and, depending on your Internet Access Type, may take some time to
complete!
We hope you Enjoy this, our initial foray into the world of 'old time radio'!
MP3 Sound-Package together. You can send your Questions, Comments or
Suggestions to us either at our Sheguiandah Address [below], or to a Special
Email Address ~ otr_vs@manitoulinisland-radio.net
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