What happens
Vic and Sade is a daytime radio serial about a small-town household, and this episode is set on a warm August afternoon. Sade sits on the front porch swing while her husband Vic and their friend Clark talk about the weather, neighbors, and the odd habits of local people. The conversation drifts from sunstroke and tennis shoes to a story about a foolish scheme for a bacon sandwich restaurant. Sade and Vic trade remarks about the pleasant weather and the coming autumn leaves, with the talk wandering from one neighbor to another. The episode is written by Paul Wright and features Bernardine Flynn and Bill Idelson in the lead roles. It aired on August 14, 1940.
The porch swing of the small house in the next block, on a warm August afternoon.
Characters: Sade, Vic, Clark, Eugene Partlow, Rooster Davis, Mr. Foster
Listen for: The bacon sandwich restaurant scheme and the neighbors' rambling conversation about sunstroke, leaves and hail.
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.