Vic and Sade (xx) Rotten Davis Telephones: Vic and Sade (April 25, 1939)

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“Vic and Sade (xx) Rotten Davis Telephones” is an episode of Vic and Sade, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 25, 1939. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

At the Cook household, Vic and Sade are at home with their son Rush while Vic and Sade's husband Vic hopes to hear from his friend Bluetooth Johnson. A telephone call from a young man named Rotten Davis interrupts the evening, and Sade speaks with him about calling back. Rush and his family discuss Rotten's plans for a date and his finances, and Rotten arranges to visit the Cooks' house with his girl. The family debates whether to host the young couple, weighing their own evening plans and the card game they had hoped to play.

The Cook family's living room in the small house halfway up the block

Characters: Vic Cook, Sade Cook, Rush Cook, Rotten Davis, Bluetooth Johnson

Listen for: The telephone call from Rotten Davis and the family's discussion of whether to invite him and his date over

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.