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On this, the 69th anniversary of the passing of a great radio humorist, we present the NBC program Biography in Sound,  This episode was broadcast two days prior to what would have been his 62nd birthday, May 29, 1956.  Ironically that was just 10 days following my birth.  And yes, I chose this picture because of another irony.  Until I graduated college, I played the tuba.  Here's a partial list of those apart of Fred that you will hear in this 55 minute program.Kenny Delmar, Tallulah Bankhead, Doc Rockwell, Jack Benny, Herman Wouk, Jim Harkins, Francis Spellman, Donald Voorhees, Peter Donald, Bill Mullen, James Mason, Jimmy Durante, Goodman Ace, Henry Tugan, Joe DeGray, Mike Jakes, Minerva Pious, Jack Haley, Ed Herlihy, Edgar Bergen, Herb Shriner, Benny Droan, Clifton Webb, George Jessel, John Royal, Roger White, Pat Weaver, Harry Von Zell, John Crosby, Stanley Trablinsky, Morton Green, George Foster, Su Chan, Max Asgur, Alan Reed, and Parker Fennelly.  Each paying tribute with remembrances of Fred Allen.And yes, writer Earl Hamner wrote much of the continuity of this program.  The same Earl Hamner who created The Waltons and Falcon Crest.  One more amazing talent who influenced so many more.  May he rest in peace and know that even today, he is remembered for all the laughs he gave all of us.  

Audio intro to the "Easy Aces" serial comedy... and to the two back-to-back shows edited together. Malaprops from Jane are quite funny. This show was written by Goodman Ace. There is an "Easy Aces" Playlist on this Podcast.

In 1969 Jack Benny hosted a a box-set of records looking back at old time radio. It was titles "Jack Benny Presents the Treasury of Golden Memories of Radio". Side 1 - The Great Radio Comedians. "Allen's Alley" with Fred Allen, Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody and Mrs. Nusbaum. The Easy Aces with Jane and Goodman Ace. Baron Munchausen, featuring Jack Pearl. Fibber McGee and Molly, with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jordan. Side 2 - More of The Great Radio Comedians. Lum 'N Abner. Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks. Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. Mel Blanc as "The Maxwell Car." Bob Hope. Fred Allen and Jack Benny.

Audio Intro gives background on this track's comedy skit and why listeners will not hear any music or an audience's laughter... Goodman Ace was quite good at focusing the listeners to listen to the dialog and not sound effects, music, or the reaction of a studio audience. More shows like this in the "Easy Aces" Playlist

Easy Aces—a radio show -written by Goodman Ace, starred himself as a stressed out realtor and the exasperated but loving husband of the deceptively scatterbrained, malaprop-prone Jane Ace ("You've got to take the bitter with the better"; "Time wounds all heels")---The Easy Aces program became a long-running 15 minute serial comedy (1930-1945) and a low-keyed legend of old-time radio for its literate, bland conversational style and the malaprops of the female half of the team, the real-life spouse of Goodman Ace, his wife Jane. The show was done without an audience and is noticeably quiet. No sound effects… just dialog. Sort of the same basis as Vic and Sade. There is an "Easy Aces" Playlist on this Podcast. Two back-to-back episodes are on this track. The first one is "A Game of Bumper Cars" from May 13, 1941 and the second "Jane and Dorothy Visit Mr. Ace." from January22, 1943.

In Breaking Walls episode 137 we celebrate the Irish by focusing on St. Patrick's Day on the air. —————————— Highlights: • Fred Allen — The End and the Beginning • Beat the Band • Burns and Allen at the NYC Parade • Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel • Dennis Day Returns from the Navy • Fred Allen is King For a Day • Elliott Lewis and Broadway Is My Beat • The Death of Fred Allen • Ending with Jean Shepherd • Looking Ahead to Opening Day —————————— The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers —————————— The reading material for today's episode was: • Treadmill to Oblivion and Much Ado About Me — By Fred Allen • On The Air — By John Dunning • Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg • The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio — By Christopher H. Sterling As well as articles from • The New York Daily News • The New York Times —————————— On the interview front: • Fred Allen was interviewed by Tex and Jinx on NBC Radio — November 24th, 1954 • Goodman Ace, Tallulah Bankhead, Jack Benny, Mort Greene, Jim Harkins, George Jessel, Doc Rockwell, Donald Vorhees, Pat Weaver, Roger White, and Herman Wouk spoke for Biography In Sound — May 29th, 1956 • Dennis Day and Phil Harris spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear these full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com • Dennis Day and Elliott Lewis spoke to John Dunning for his 71KNUS program from Denver. • Morton Fine was with Dan Haefele • Jack Kruschen with Jim Bohannan in 1987. • Orson Welles on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson • George Burns spoke to Barbara Walters —————————— Selected music featured in today's episode was: • The Sails of Galway — By W.B. Snuffy Walden • Overture on Hebrew Themes, Opus 34 — By Andre Moisan • Someone To Watch Over Me — By Blossom Dearie • The Minstrel Boy — By Jacqueline Schwab • Swing into Spring — By Benny Goodman —————————— A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene. For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com. —————————— Thank you to: Tony Adams Steven Allmon Orson Orsen Chandler Phil Erickson Jessica Hanna Perri Harper Briana Isaac Thomas M. Joyce Ryan Kramer Earl Millard Gary Mollica Barry Nadler Christian Neuhaus Aimee Pavy Ray Shaw Filipe A Silva John Williams —————————— WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers

By January of 1949 Fred Allen was worn out. He'd spent years battling with sponsors and with NBC. In December of 1948 his Sunday at 8:30 rating was a healthy 20 points, but after Edgar Bergen left NBC's airwaves the network moved Allen's show up a half hour to 8PM. Meanwhile on ABC, Stop the Music's popularity was soaring. Allen lost nearly half his audience in a single month. By March Stop The Music's rating would reach 17.6, while Allen's fell to 9.4 and Sam Spade's fell to 11.3 on CBS. Allen was a voracious reader, sometimes scouring ten newspapers a day for topical material. In the end, perhaps he just cared too much. By June with his rating down to an unthinkable 5.8, he'd had enough. The fifty-five year-old called it a seventeen-year radio career after June 26th, 1949. Jack Benny and Henry Morgan were his final guests. Fittingly, the program ran long and Allen's network feed was cut off. Although Fred Allen's program came to a close, he was still under contract to NBC. When the network launched The Big Show, Allen became a regular. The ninety-minute program debuted on November 5th, 1950. It was an attempt to revive NBC's Sunday night ratings. It was hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, written by Goodman Ace with music by Meredith Wilson, announced by Jimmy Wallington, and a rotating star-studded cast. Ace had long been an admirer of Fred's work. Allen appeared on twenty-four of the show's fifty-seven episodes, including the landmark premiere. Each episode cost over one-hundred thousand dollars to produce. Hopes were high. Before the show's launch the entire cast flew out to London for a lavish publicity stunt. Although Allen was as funny as ever, the British press was unimpressed and the show was a flop. Amazingly the show was brought back for a second season, but by the end NBC had lost a million dollars and made no dent into CBS's Sunday night ratings. After the final broadcast on April 20, 1952, Fred Allen was happy to walk away. Allen did eventually break into television, first as the emcee of Judge For Yourself, and finally as a regular panel guest on the CBS quiz show, What's My Line. Between 1954 and 1956 he also worked as a newspaper columnist and as a memoirist, renting a small New York office to work without distractions. There he wrote Treadmill to Oblivion, published in 1954, which reviewed his radio and television years, and Much Ado About Me, published in 1956, which covered the early years of his life. Treadmill was the best-selling book on radio's classic period for many years. When it was published, he appeared on the Tex and Jinx radio show out of WNBC in New York on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 24th, 1954 to talk about his career. The show was broadcast from Peacock Alley at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The weather was dreary, which only added to Fred's usual sense of sarcastic humor. By 1954 Allen already had a heart attack. Always a letter-writer, he reflected upon the lifestyle changes he was forced to adopt in a note to friend Doc Rockwell. Taking a late night stroll up New York's West 57th Street on a blustery, cold Saturday night — St. Patrick's Day, 1956, Allen suffered a heart attack and died on the spot. Fred Allen was 61. Due to the public nature of his death, reporters were quick to arrive at the scene. The next day's Sunday Daily News cover featured a photo of his body with the headline “Fred Allen Dies in Street.” His death sent the entertainment industry into deep mourning. Jack Benny was profoundly shaken. In truth, as funny as Benny was, he was never exactly the same without his old sparring partner. During the following night's Sunday broadcast of What's My Line? host John Daly preceded the program with a special message to the viewing audience. Steve Allen took Fred's place on the panel. During the final ninety seconds of the program Steve Allen, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf gave heartfelt tributes to Fred.

Easy Aces—a radio show -written by Goodman Ace, starred himself as a stressed out realtor and the exasperated but loving husband of the deceptively scatterbrained, malaprop-prone Jane Ace ("You've got to take the bitter with the better"; "Time wounds all heels")---The Easy Aces program became a long-running 15 minute serial comedy (1930-1945) and a low-keyed legend of old-time radio for its literate, bland conversational style and the malaprops of the female half of the team, the real-life spouse of Goodman Ace, his wife Jane. The show was done without an audience and is noticeably quiet. No sound effects… just dialog. Sort of the same basis as Vic and Sade. There is an "Easy Aces" Playlist on this Podcast.

The Weird Circle - The Trial For Murder From-1944 Various Stars such as-Lawson Zerbe, Gladys Thornton, Walter Vaughn & Arnold Moss Written by Charles Dickens  Author: Charles Elster Collins. An excellent ghost story about murder and trial and the strange role of the foreman of the jury.  This popular series started life in 1931 as a 15 minute comedy drama written by Goodman Ace and produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. The program portrayed the lives of Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane. Jane was a dizzy woman along the lines of Gracie Allen. She was responsible for some of the most famous malapropisms in radio history.  The Trial For Murder is the strange story as related by Hugh Trilani a juror on the trial of Peter Cook for the murder of John Talbot, to the prosecutor of the trial. Trilani has found that of all those involved in the trial he alone can see and hear the ghost of the murdered man. As foreman of the jury his questions have revealed important evidence against the defendant, Peter Cook. 

THE DANNY KAYE SHOW In December 1944 it was announced that Pabst Sales Co. was dropping The Kenny Baker Show in favor of a vehicle for rising star Danny Kaye. Pabst had tried to sign established comedian Fred Allen for the show at a whopping cost of $25,000 per episode but the effort fizzled when Allen reportedly sniffing that he didn't care to work for a beer company. Kaye agreed to a package costing the beer producer $16,000 per week, 2/3 the cost of Fred Allen. The Danny Kaye Show debuted on January 6, 1945 and featured Eve Arden, Frank Nelson, Lionel Stander among others. Music was provided by Harry James and a 26-piece orchestra. Interestingly, before signing onto the show James contractually insisted that his wife would never be mentioned and that he would not serve as a comedy stooge for Kaye. Lionel Stander served as the second man while Ken Niles was announcer (followed by Fred Robbins and Dick Joy). Dick Mack of Warwick & Legler was the producer. Initially Phil Rapp was approached to script the show but talks fell through and Kaye's wife Sylvia Fine was responsible for much of the writing when it first took to the air. The highly regarded Goodman Ace took over writing duties when the show returned in the fall on September 28 at a salary of $3,500 per episode. Eventually Ace walked away calling the entire effort a “lost cause.” During its sixteen-month run (minus a 1945 summer hiatus) The Danny Kaye Show never really found its rhythm and could only draw mediocre ratings. In an effort to steady the ship after a shaky start, Kaye, who owned the show package, called in MCA to advice in March 1945 – after just months on the air – when early ratings for the show proved disappointing for Pabst. Even bandleader Henry James ran into issues with the American Federation of Radio Artists early in the show's run when the organization insisted that he was talking too much and should have to join the actors' union. When the series returned in the fall of 1945 Danny Kaye was on a European tour and could not even appear on his own show. Big name talent including Frank Sinatra, Jack Benny, and George Burns and Gracie Allen were hired to take Kaye's place. Pabst pulled the plug on The Danny Kaye Show on May 31, 1946. Samuel Goldwyn, who had Kaye's motion picture contract, had opposed his getting into radio from the beginning, claiming the performer relied too much on visual gimmicks to be successful in the purely aural arena. While the radio program did little to further Kaye's career although it did not hinder him much, either, as indicated by his many years of success that were still to come. To learn whom Danny Kaye is then follow this link: Danny Kaye - Wikipedia

Witness the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, the first clash between American ironclad warships during the Civil War. This battle changed the future of naval warfare.To download, right-click here and then click Save.Join the Journey Into Patreon to get extra episodes and personal addresses, plus other extras and rewards.You Are There is a 1947–1953 American historical educational radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio.  Created by Goodman Ace,, it blended history with modern technology, taking an entire network newsroom on a figurative time warp each week reporting the great events of the past. Reporters included John Charles Daly, Don Hollenbeck, and Richard C. Hottelet. Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this or any episode:Leave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to journeyintopodcat@gmail.comTweet us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here

December 16, 1945 - Hello Louella. Gossip Columnist Louella parsons has a cameo. Jack benny gets a lot or mail for the "I Can's Stand Jack Benny" contest. It will be judged by Fred Allen, Peter Lorre and Goodman Ace. References include songs "Melencholy Baby", "The Sheik of Araby" and "I'm Glad I Waited For You". The two-way stretch refers to real rubber used in womens undergarments after the war. Plus Tommy Manville, Van Johnson, and the poem "The Ballad of Yukon Jake" by Edward E. Paramore Jr.

Airing Friday at noon on KKFI 90.1 FM, Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre returns with another episode of "Easy Aces - Jane Gets a Loan for Her Brother." Originally airing circa 1940, "Easy Aces" is a comedic look at real-life couple Jane and Goodman Ace, and the family and friends they deal with every day. In this week's episode, Jane's good-for-nothing brother Paul needs money for his ten year wedding anniversary. After Goodman denies Paul the money, Jane and Paul go to the Confidential Loan Company and Jane takes charge of getting her brother a loan, by any means necessary. Featuring Sidonie Garrett & John Rensenhouse as Jane and Goodman Ace. Featuring Walter Coppage, Jan Rogge, Freddy Acevedo, Phil Fiorini, Trevor French, and Barb Nichols. Directed by Darren Sextro and sound design by Mary Robinson. Hosted by Teisha Bankston. — KCART is made possible in-part by, the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts, the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, the Miller-Nichols Foundation, the Kansas City Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, ArtsKC, the Missouri Arts Council, Theatre League, and the Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation.

Easy Aces was an American serial radio comedy (1930–1945). It was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program, airing as often as five times a week, Easy Aces wasn't quite the ratings smash that such concurrent 15-minute serial comedies as Amos 'n' Andy, The Goldbergs, Lum and Abner, or Vic and Sade were. But its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years. In this episode from 1945 a "Newspaper Friend Gets a Fight for Kookie". It is part of a daily continuing story line.

Goodman Ace finds himself juggling his work and home life when a surprise from Jane, his wife, intersects with a potential business client in this episode of the classic Kansas City-born radio comedy, "Easy Aces." Featuring Sidonie Garrett, John Rensenhouse, Walter Coppage, Teisha Bankston, Jan Rogge, Patrick Beasley, and Phil Fiorini with direction by Darren Sextro and sound design by Mary Robinson. Hosted by Walter Coppage.

When Astrology keeps Goodman Ace from getting ahead at his job, his wife, Jane, decides to see what all the fuss is about. See what’s in the stars for Jane and Goodman in this new presentation of a comedy radio classic, “Easy Aces.” Featuring Sidonie Garrett, John Rensenhouse, Kathleen Warfel, Phil Fiorini, Damron Russell Armstrong, Jerry Mañan, and Carolyn Russell with Host Walter Coppage under the direction of Darren Sextro. Sound Design by Thomas Newby and Engineering by Mary Robinson.

In January of 1971, prolific radio writer and humorist Goodman Ace sat down with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for their WTIC Golden Age of Radio program (full interview here - https://goldenage-wtic.org/gaor-10.html). During the chat, Dick Bertel asked Mr. Ace how he got into radio.

This long running serial comedy (1930-1945) starred husband and wife Goodman and Jane Ace (photo). The program used practically no sound effects and only some introductory music because it was dialog based, similar to "Vic and Sade." It was a low-key legend of old-time radio that was known for it literate, bland conversational style and the malaprops of the female lead, Jane Ace, the real-life spouse of Goodman Ace. There was no live audience, in fact when they tried the show with a live audience, it lasted one season! The dialog is what this cleverly written show is all about. On this track are three back-to-back approximately 12 minute episodes. This was a serial comedy so the shows were connected. These three involve Jane opening up her first checking account, then figuring out how to use it, and lastly dealing with problems related to the account, like over drafts! Listen to Jane... the malaprops like "Time wounds all heels" or "You've got to take the bitter with the better," abound. Lots of fun. I inserted a couple of old time radio commercials between the episodes... can you identify the star featured in the first commercial "Wildroot Cream Oil?" Initials are "NKC"...

You Are There. June 20 1948.  "Impeachment of Andrew Johnson". Sustaining. T, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeraidodvd.com

You Are There. June 6 1948.  "Battle of Hastings". Sustaining. T, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeraidodvd.com

You Are There. May 16 1948.  "Signing of the Magna Carta". Sustaining. T, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeraidodvd.com

You Are There. May 30, 1947.  "Toussaint Louverture". Sustaining. T, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeraidodvd.com

You Are There.5/23/48 "Execution of Maximilian of Mexico". , Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeraidodvd.com

You Are There. 2/1/1948."Defeat of the Spanish Amada"  Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeradiodvd.com

You Are There. July 14, 1947.Storming of the Bastille, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director).oldtimeradiodvd.cm

You Are There. November, 1947. John Daly, Don Hollenbeck, Ned Calmer, Quincy Howe, Goodman Ace (creator), Robert Lewis Shayon (producer, director). oldtimeradiodvd.com

Recollections At Thirty. June 27, 1956. The NBC Minstrels with Gene Arnold and Vance McKuen (who sings). Easy Aces, Al Jolson and Maxie Rosenbloom on "Shell Chateau." Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour. Leslie Howard and his daughter Ruth in a dramatic excerpt written by Sir James Barrie. Graham McNamee introduces Rosa Ponselle (1933). Al Jolson, Ed Herlihy (announcer), Edward Bowes, Fred Collins (announcer), Gene Arnold, Goodman Ace, Graham McNamee (host), James M. Barrie (author), Jane Ace, Leslie Howard (guest host), Maxie Rosenbloom, Rosa Ponselle, Leslie Ruth Howard, The NBC Minstrels, Vance McKuen.

Episode#13 "Jane And Neff Talk About Deal" and Episode#14 "Everett Talks To Ace About The Deal"Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930-1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program, airing as often as three times a week, Easy Aces wasn't quite the ratings smash that such concurrent 15-minute serial comedies as Amos 'n' Andy, The Goldbergs or Vic and Sade were. But its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years.

#094 "Jane Opens A Checking Account" and #095 "Jane Has Problems With Her Checking Account"Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy (1930-1945), was trademarked by the low-keyed drollery of creator and writer Goodman Ace and his wife, Jane, as an urbane, put-upon realtor and his malaprop-prone wife. A 15-minute program, airing as often as three times a week, Easy Aces wasn't quite the ratings smash that such concurrent 15-minute serial comedies as Amos 'n' Andy, The Goldbergs or Vic and Sade were. But its unobtrusive, conversational, and clever style, and the cheerful absurdism of its storylines, built a loyal enough audience of listeners and critics alike to keep it on the air for 15 years.

clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00 Gracie Allen (July 26, 19021 - August 27, 1964) was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner of husband George Burns. Burns himself phrased it perfectly, in a gag that got laughs no matter how often he repeated it for the rest of his life: "One day, the audience realised I had a terrific talent. They were right. I did have a terrific talent. And I was married to her for 38 years." The Burns drollery and the Allen malaprops and definitional contortions made for classically understated comic dialogue. It also made for very few true imitations, because the team's style was itself inimitable. Goodman Ace and his wife Jane, in their own radio show, Easy Aces, approached it differently, with Jane Ace's classic word mangling a distinct contrast to Allen's "logically illogical" style. By the time Allen retired, she was half a national institution. Contents