Ethel and Albert Old Time Radio Show MP3 On CD-R 54 Episodes OTR OTRS

Ethel and Albert (aka The Private Lives of Ethel and Albert) was a radio and television comedy series about a married couple, Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, living in the small town of Sandy Harbor. Created by Peg Lynch (1916-2015), who scripted and portrayed Ethel, the series first aired on local Minnesota radio in the early 1940s before a run on the NBC Blue Network and ABC from May 29, 1944, to August 28, 1950. It co-starred Alan Bunce as Albert.

Radio historian Gerald Nachman (in Raised on Radio) called the show “insightful and realistic… a real leap forward in domestic comedy—a lighthearted, clever, well-observed, daily 15-minute show about the amiable travails of a recognizable suburban couple” which combined “the domestic comedy of a vaudeville-based era with a keen modern sensibility. Lynch made her comic points without stooping to female stereotypes, insults, running gags, funny voices or goofy plots.”

The show began as three-minute filler between a pair of Minnesota KATE station programs, then expanded to 15 minutes, and finally became a half-hour show during its last years on radio. Like Easy Aces, the humor on Ethel and Albert was low key; like Vic and Sade, it was constructed around such simple, often mundane household situations as efforts to open a pickle jar. Often Ethel or Albert would attempt to prove the other wrong over some inconsequential matter. For example, one entire script centered on Ethel disputing Albert’s claim that he could see her using only his peripheral vision. “I realized that I didn’t have to sit down and knock myself out every minute to try to think of something funny,” Lynch told critic Leonard Maltin years later. “All I had to do was look around me.”

Two film stars had a presence in the show. Richard Widmark, who portrayed Albert in 1944, left after six months and was replaced by Alan Bunce. Margaret Hamilton, famous as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, played Aunt Eva. Ethel and Albert’s daughter Suzy (Madeleine Pierce, born in 1946) was the only other voice heard on the original series.

Includes 54 Episodes!

Some Of The Episodes On This CD-R:

EAA450209 – Ethel Gets a Job at a Department Store (1st half).mp3
EAA450413 – Putting Out The Flag for FDR (interrupted by news).mp3
EAA450604 – More Storage Space.mp3
EAA460823 – Albert Phones from California.mp3
EAA470714 – Teddy bites Mrs Spritterbock.mp3
EAA470731 – Ethel is Scared of a Very Large Wasp.mp3
EAA471209 – Christmas Ottoman [431].mp3
EAA471210 – Bad Mood [457].mp3
EAA471211 – Bet [457].mp3
EAA471212 – Shopping [457].mp3
EAA480505 – Muskie [457].mp3
EAA480506 – Babysitter Guild.mp3
EAA480511 – Vice President [457].mp3
EAA480512 – Early Golf [457].mp3
EAA480513 – Overnight Guests.mp3
EAA480514 – Noise Upstairs.mp3
EAA480516 – Babysitter [457].mp3
EAA480517 – Spring Cleaning.mp3
EAA480518 – Wallpapering Susy’s Room.mp3
EAA480525 – Muskie Mounted.mp3
EAA480601 – Lost Cigarette Lighter (1).mp3
EAA480706 – Albert Sunburned.mp3
EAA480720 – Missing Twentyfive Dollars.mp3
EAA480812 – Playground.mp3
EAA480820 – Finding Stamps.mp3
EAA480830 – Susie Poses for an Ad %).mp3
EAA480831 – Counting Wallpaper Stripes.mp3
EAA480907 – Bad Sunburn Open Mic at End (aka Country Club).mp3
EAA480907 – Country Club [457].mp3
EAA480908 – Mowing.mp3
EAA480910 – For Granted [453].mp3
EAA491214 – Duck Hunting.mp3
EAA500227 – 1947 Tax Audit (1st half).mp3
EAA500424 – Grandma sends Susie a bunny for Easter.mp3
EAA500605 – Susie’s Dance Recital %).mp3
EAA500703 – Paul Revere Story.mp3
EAA500710 – Albert Tries To Tell A Joke %).mp3
EAA500812 – Playground [457].mp3
EAA50xxxx – Dining Out.mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Complaint Department (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Driver’s License (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Giving Directions (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – I Can’t Remember Names (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Just Call and Say Hello (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Neighborhood Bully (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Recipe Arithmetic (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Southern Hospitality (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Taking Betsy to Camp (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – The Birthday Surprise (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – The Painter (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – Their First Kiss (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA6xxxxx – To Open, Turn Left (from NBC’s Monitor).mp3
EAA73xxxx – Recreation of Betsy’s Boyfriend [278].mp3
EAAxxxxxx – Ethel Gets Job At Department Store [000].mp3