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THE BICKERSONS OLD TIME RADIO - 49 mp3-Total Playtime:16:12:57 The Bickersons was a radio comedy sketch series that began in 1946 on NBC, moving the following year to CBS where it continued until 1951. The show's married protagonists, portrayed by Don Ameche and Frances Langford, spent nearly all their time together in relentless verbal war. The Bickersons was created by Philip Rapp, the one-time Eddie Cantor writer who had also created the Fanny Brice skits (for The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air and Maxwell House Coffee Time) that grew into radio's Baby Snooks. Several years after the latter established itself a long-running favorite, Rapp developed and presented John and Blanche Bickerson, first as a short sketch on The Old Gold Show and The Chase and Sanborn Hour (the show that made stars of Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy), and then as a 15-minute situational sketch as part of Drene Time. This was a variety show starring Don Ameche and singer-actress Frances Langford as co-hosts, airing on NBC and sponsored by Drene Shampoo. Announcing the show—and later familiar to television viewers as The Millionaire's presenter and executive secretary, Michael Anthony—was Marvin Miller. Drene Time typically opened with Langford singing a big band-style arrangement before Ameche and Langford would slip into routine comedy, often aided by co-star Danny Thomas, in routines that often expressed Ameche's frustration that Thomas was more interested in modern technology and discoveries than in women. After another musical number and a commercial spot for Drene Shampoo, Miller would announce Ameche and Langford as the Bickersons, "in 'The Honeymoon's Over'," for the final 15 minutes of the show. EPISODES LIST 460908 xx Drene Time Premiere Show 461213 xx The In-Laws Visit 461215 01 The Snore Ball 461229 03 Skit - Deep Sea Treasure Enterprise 470105 04 Skit - Everybody Has A Baby 470112 05 Allergic To Dogs aka The New Puppy 470209 09 The New Tuxedo 470223 11 Amos The Driving Instructor 470302 12 Blanche Has A Stomach Ache 470316 14 Blanche Bets On The Horses 470330 16 Johns New Fishing Pole 470413 18 The Batchlor Party 470518 23 Clams Are Healthy 470601 xx Last skit on Drene time 471112 08 Blanches Birthday Present 471126 10 John Is In The Hospital 471203 11 John and Blanche on a Fishing Boat aka The Cruise 480000 xx Reading the Will 480213 21 Valentines Day, The accident insurance policy 480227 23 The Movie 480306 24 Second Honeymoon 480326 27 Easter Parade - rabbit coat for Easter 480423 31 Blanche's sprained ankle aka The Operation 480423 31 Blanches sprained ankle aka The Operation 480430 32 Street Car Conductor 480507 33 The Bickersons cat is about to have kittens 480514 34 Two Weeks with Pay, John plans to spend his vacation sleeping (2) 480514 34 Two Weeks with Pay, John plans to spend his vacation sleeping (3) 480514 34 Two Weeks with Pay, John plans to spend his vacation sleeping 480521 35 Blanche has lost bets on eight races at the track 480528 36 The Presidential Suite 480528 36 The Presidential Suite 480604 37 8th Wedding Anniversary 480611 38 Income Tax Refund 480618 39 Last skit on The Old Gold Time, The new apartment 481213 xx Pink Slip aka The In-Laws Visit 481219 xx Christmas Eve at the Bickersons 481226 xx Last skit on the Charlie McCarthy Show, The Vacation Trailer 510605 01 First Show Of The Bickersons, The Fatal Anniversary Present 510612 02 The Mink Coat 510710 06 The Gooseby Vacation 510717 07 Blanches Expensive Injury 510821 12 Johns Snoring Dilemma 510828 13 Last Episode, John The Shoplifter 620000 xx Breakfast, Blanche wants a maid 671014 xx Advertisement by The Bickersons xxxxxx xx Car Repairs John Is Teaching Blanche to Drive xxxxxx xx Eunices Wedding xxxxxx xx John Goes to Las Vegas Be Aware: MP3 CD WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS. Mp3 CD will play in mp3 CD players and car mp3 CD players. You can, also, upload the mp3 files to your ipod or itunes. Will, also, play in your computer, some regular DVD players and all Blu Ray Players. PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTE This item is the public domain and was created between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1971 This item is in the public domain due to failure to comply with required formalities After a careful search of the Library of Congress and the United States Trademark and Patent Office, it has been determined that the programs listed for sale here are in the Public Domain. They are being offered with the understanding that no valid or active copyright, trademark, and/or patent exist for them. These recordings are sold for private home listening and use only. No broadcast rights are stated, implied, or given. I assume no responsibility for unauthorized use of these programs. They are listed in accordance with current policies concerning selling Public Domain materials.