''The Charlotte Greenwood Show'' is a
radio situation comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ne ...
in the
United States. It was broadcast on
NBC from June 13 to September 5, 1944 and on
ABC
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from October 15, 1944 to January 6, 1946.
Background
The program began as a summer replacement for ''The Bob Hope Show''. Newspaper columnist
Hedda Hopper reported, "The interesting thing is that she (
Charlotte Greenwood) got the job on a couple of scripts written by her husband, Martin Broones, who's never before written for radio."
Format
The 1944 version of the show had Greenwood, playing herself, working as a cub reporter in a small newspaper as research in preparation for a future film role. When the program resurfaced in 1945, Greenwood's character had the responsibility of raising three children, teenagers Jack and Barbara and little Robert
[ after her good friend died, making her executor of the estate. The setting was the fictional town of "Lakeview".]
Characters, cast and personnel
The main characters of the latter program and the actors portraying them are shown in the table below.[
Others in the cast were Shirley Mitchell, ]Arthur Q. Bryan
Arthur Quirk Bryan (May 8, 1899 – November 30, 1959) was an American actor and radio personality. He is best remembered for his longtime recurring role as well-spoken, wisecracking Dr. Gamble on the radio comedy ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' and f ...
, Harry Bartell and Will Wright.[ ]Wendell Niles
Wendell Niles (December 29, 1904 – March 28, 1994) was an announcer during the American golden age of radio and later in television.
Early years
Niles was born in Livingston, Montana and grew up there. He attended New York University and t ...
was the announcer.[ Ray Singer, and ]Phil Leslie
Phil L. Leslie (March 11, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 23, 1988) was an American comedy writer. His first career, since he was good at math, was keeping books for a local bank in St. Louis, but he began pursuing a career in writi ...
.
References
External links
Episodic log
Partial episodic log of ''The Charlotte Greenwood Show'' along with other radio appearances of Greenwood
radiogoldindex.com
Streaming audio
Episodes of ''The Charlotte Greenwood Show''
archive.org
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1944 radio programme debuts
1946 radio programme endings