Vivacious Lady: Old Gold Comedy Theater (November 19, 1944)

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“Vivacious Lady” is an episode of Old Gold Comedy Theater, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 19, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Peter Morgan III, a biology professor at Old Sharon University, travels to New York to bring his wayward cousin Keith Bester home. Instead he finds Keith's nightclub singer, Francie Brent, and the two spend a night together. Their fast-moving courtship leads to a secret marriage, and Peter must now face his stern father, President Morgan II, along with his mother and his jilted fiancee, Helen. Lee Bowman and Linda Darnell star in this Old Gold Comedy Theater play, broadcast on November 19, 1944.

New York City and Old Sharon University

Characters: Peter Morgan III, Keith Bester, Francie Brent, Helen, President Morgan II, Mrs. Morgan

Listen for: Peter's attempts to tell his father about his marriage to Francie

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.