Old time radio show series available at RUSC Old Time Radio
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FIRST BROADCAST: September 29th 1946
LAST BROADCAST: June 18th 1954
SPONSORS: Fitch Shampoo, Rexall
CAST: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Walter Tetley, Jeanine Roose, Anne Whitfield, Robert North, John Hubbard, Gale Gordon, Frank Nelson, Sheldon Leonard, the Sportsmen Quartet
ORCHESTRA: Walter Scharf
ANNOUNCERS: Bill Forman
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Paul Phillips
WRITERS: Ray Singer, Dick Chevillat, Ed James, Ray Bremner, Al Schwartz, Frank Gold
THEMES: Sunday, Rose Room, It’s a Big Wide Wonderful World
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show – 1948-1954
Phil Harris was the egotistical bandleader on the Jack Benny Show and also the husband of Alice Faye, a movie queen who had given up a fabulous Hollywood career to be a wife and mother. At home with Alice, Phil was terrible. He hated Alice’s brother, Willie, who lived with them and heckled Phil all the time. The stories generally centred on Phil’s stormy relationships with his cast, and his hard drinking, sarcastic Benny bandleader image. He was impressed only with his own good looks and was loud and insulting but, above all, hilarious.
RUSC Old Time Radio (or RU Sitting Comfortably to give the site its full title) is a web site specializing in the wonderful world of old time radio. It is run by a crazy guy (that's me) who has nothing better to do than listen to old radio shows all day. To find out more visit the web site at www.rusc.com. All the old time radio shows on RUSC are understood to be in the public domain. RUSC has been on the web since January 1999 and is run on a not-for-profit basis.