Duffy's Tavern
US wartime sitcom
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Wartime situation comedy which ran for a decade on several different radio networks: CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1951. The final "Duffy's Tavern" episode airdate was December 28, 1951.
Ed Gardner starred as Archie, manager of the drinking establishment owned by Duffy, "...where the elite meet to eat." Ed Gardner, writer/actor who co-created the series, had performed the character of Archie and spoken of "Duffy's Tavern," as early as November 9, 1939, during his guest appearance on NBC's "Good News of 1940."
In the familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," performed either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone and Gardner's New York-ish accent, as he answered: "Hello, Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat. Archie the manager speakin'. Duffy ain't here--oh, hello, Duffy."
- Old Time Radio Researchers Introduction (2.8Mb)
- Ed Gardner and Duffy's Tavern (4.8Mb)
- Guests: Kate Smith and Ted Collins (AFRS #6) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Eddie Anderson (AFRS #13) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Milton Berle (AFRS #5) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Brace Breemer the Lone Ranger (AFRS #15) (unknown file size)
- Guests: Susan Hayward and Frank Buck (AFRS) (13.6Mb)
- Guest: Tallulah Bankhead (AFRS #8) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Clifton Fadiman (13.1Mb)
- Guest: Orson Welles (AFRS #22) (23.6Mb)
- Guest: Peter Lorre (AFRS #23) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Peter Lorre (23.7Mb)
- Guest: Ida Lupino (AFRS #24) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Charles Coburn (AFRS #25) (25.1Mb)
- Guest: Charles Coburn (13.5Mb)
- Guest: Lucille Ball (AFRS) (13.9Mb)
- Guest: Bing Crosby (27.2Mb)
- Guests: Dinah Shore and Joan Davis (AFRS #31) (28.2Mb)
- Guest: Fred Allen (27.5Mb)
- Guest: Lauritz Melchior (AFRS #35) (54.8Mb)
- Guest: Deems Taylor (AFRS) (24.8Mb)
- Guest: Billie Burke (AFRS) (11.2Mb)
- Guests: Laird Cregar and Michelle Morgan (AFRS) (13.6Mb)
- Guest: Phil Baker (AFRS) (41.4Mb)
- Guest: Gracie Fields (AFRS #41) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Colonel Stoopnagle (27.1Mb)
- Guest: Gertrude Lawrence (AFRS #43) (20.3Mb)
- Guest: Carole Landis (AFRS #47) (23.9Mb)
- Guest: Charles Laughton (AFRS #48) (26.6Mb)
- Guests: Bob Crosby and Dolores Hope (AFRS) (14.2Mb)
- Guest: Dennis Day (AFRS #50) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Adolph Menjou (AFRS #51) (unknown file size)
- Guests: Prince Michael Romanoff and Ann Rutherford (AFRS) missing ending (8.1Mb)
- Guest: Paul Lukas (AFRS) (13.2Mb)
- Guests: Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard (AFRS) (13.8Mb)
- Guest: Ransom Sherman (AFRS #58) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Rudy Vallee (AFRS) (19.7Mb)
- Guest: Rudy Vallee (20.8Mb)
- Guest: Gene Tierney (AFRS) (27.7Mb)
- Guest: Robert Benchley (AFRS) (18.8Mb)
- Guest: Harold Peary (AFRS) (41.8Mb)
- Guest: Larry Adler (27.3Mb)
- Guest: Sydney Greenstreet (AFRS #72) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Monty Woolley (AFRS) (13Mb)
- Guest: Boris Karloff (AFRS) (10.1Mb)
- Guest: Linda Darnell (AFRS) (27.4Mb)
- Guest: Sonny Tufts (27.4Mb)
- Guest: George Sanders (AFRS #82) (22.2Mb)
- Guest: Pat O'Brien (AFRS) (27.4Mb)
- Guest: Dame May Whitty (AFRS #86) (20.4Mb)
- Archie's All-Star Revue (AFRS #87) (24.4Mb)
- Finnegan, the Millionaire, Who Inherits a Diamond Mine (AFRS #88) (unknown file size)
- Archie Buys a 'Gem' From Finnegan (AFRS #90) (24Mb)
- Fish and Fantasy (AFRS) (27.5Mb)
- Archie's Raise (AFRS) (18.8Mb)
- Archie Impersonates Opera Star (AFRS #85) (25.2Mb)
- Archie Installs a Roulette Wheel (AFRS #96) (30.1Mb)
- Guest: Jinx Falkenberg (9Mb)
- Guest: Deems Taylor (AFRS #99) (20.3Mb)
- Archie's Nephew (AFRS) (13.4Mb)
- Mrs. Dimwitty Visits the Tavern (AFRS #104) (21.2Mb)
- Guest: Maxie Rosenbloom (AFRS #105) (21.3Mb)
- Archie Hires Madam Zooma (AFRS) (14Mb)
- Un-Splitting the Atom (AFRS #108) (27.7Mb)
- Christmas Bonus for a Date with Amber (AFRS #109) (21.4Mb)
- Guest: Ed Monroe (AFRS #110) (13.1Mb)
- Is There a Santa Claus? (27.1Mb)
- Archie Balances the Books (AFRS) (13.7Mb)
- Guest: Alan Ladd (AFRS #113) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Larry Storch (AFRS #114) (unknown file size)
- Archie's Teacher 'Piano Legs' Riblet Visits (11.8Mb)
- Guests: Dave Hossinger and Rickie Jordan (AFRS) (27.5Mb)
- Guest: Peggy Lee (AFRS #117) (20.3Mb)
- Guest: Peggy Lee (AFRS #118) (unknown file size)
- Archie Returns from the Hospital (AFRS #120) (21.1Mb)
- Archie's Plant (AFRS #121) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Diana Lynn (AFRS #124) (20.9Mb)
- Guest: Marie McDonald (AFRS #127) (23.2Mb)
- Guest: Esther Williams (AFRS) (17.1Mb)
- Duffy Decides to Take Up Reading (40.9Mb)
- Pierre the Talking Dog (AFRS #131) (unknown file size)
- Pierre's Radio Show (AFRS #132) (13.1Mb)
- Guest: Roy Rogers (AFRS #133) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Louella Parsons (24.2Mb)
- Guest: Joan Bennett (19.7Mb)
- Guests: Minerva Pious and John J. Anthony (27.5Mb)
- Phoebe (AFRS) (20.3Mb)
- Mad Russian (13.6Mb)
- Guests: George Jessel and Rudy Vallee (AFRS) (14.2Mb)
- Guests: George Jessel and Rudy Vallee (23.8Mb)
- Christmas Presents (20.1Mb)
- Balancing the Books (21.3Mb)
- Guest: Gregory Peck (AFRS #173, 2nd Half Only) (unknown file size)
- Sues Duffy (AFRS #174) (unknown file size)
- Sues Duffy (26.3Mb)
- Guest: Rex Harrison (26.3Mb)
- Guest: Jane Wyman (10.8Mb)
- Miracle in Manhattan (20.5Mb)
- Guest: Dorothy Shay (20.3Mb)
- Guest: Desi Arnaz (AFRS #203) (unknown file size)
- 24 Hours to Live (27.2Mb)
- Willie Gundig (27.5Mb)
- Electricity (22.9Mb)
- Guest: Mickey Rooney (20.1Mb)
- Archie Plans to Write a Script for TV with Marlene Dietrich (23.2Mb)
- Christmas Club or Archive Saves Money (21.3Mb)
- Spike McGurk (25.1Mb)
- Guests: Jimmy Durante and Ann Sothern (27.2Mb)
- Archie and Finnegan Double Date Gypsy Rose Lee (22.4Mb)
- No More IOUs at Duffy's (21.8Mb)
- Cass Daley as a Possible Groom for Miss Duffy? (22.7Mb)
- Archie Tries to Marry a Rich High Society Dame (19.9Mb)
- Guest: Charles Coburn (27.1Mb)
- On the Trail of Whistling Sam (20Mb)
- The Most Popular Bartender Contest (26.9Mb)
- Guest: Ed Wynn (20.7Mb)
- Archie Wants to Marry Rich Agatha Pitts (24.3Mb)
- Guest: Bob Crosby (19.9Mb)
- Genius of the Week (AFRS) (11.8Mb)
- Guest: Tony Martin (AFRS) (15.2Mb)
- Fathers' Day (13.6Mb)
- Guest: Hedda Hopper (14.1Mb)
- Archie Buys An Airplane (27.2Mb)
- Archie Runs His Own Radio Station (23.3Mb)
- Guest: Sir Cedric Hardwicke (10.6Mb)
- Archie the Agent (AFRS) (19.8Mb)
- Guest: Margaret O’Brien (11.5Mb)
- Guest: Prince Michael Romanoff (11.8Mb)
- Guest: Veronica Lake (AFRS) (11.7Mb)
- Guest: Charles Coburn (11.3Mb)
- Cutting Prices Show (11.7Mb)
- Actors Club at the Tavern (27.4Mb)
- Archie, The Pure Food Inspector (27.4Mb)
- Mrs. Piddleton's Town Hall Meeting (26.9Mb)
- Guest: Joan Bennett (AFRS #276) (unknown file size)
- Guest: Joan Bennett (13.8Mb)
- Archie's Draft Board (27.1Mb)
- Mystery Valentine (26.9Mb)
- Archie Writes an Opera (25.6Mb)
- Arthur Treacher Fashion Lecture (27.3Mb)
- Arthur Treacher Classes Up the Joint (24.2Mb)
- Archie the Hypnotist (27.3Mb)
- Archie Hires Maxie as Waiter (26.7Mb)
- Archie Finds a Diary (13.6Mb)
- Artie Shaw Block Party (22.3Mb)
- Vallee Detective Sketch (22.6Mb)
- Rosenbloom Floor Show (22.8Mb)
- The Circus Comes to Town (22.8Mb)
- Phil Baker (27.1Mb)
- Bobby Capo (Taped but never aired) (24Mb)
- Duffy Wants to Sell the Tavern (26.7Mb)
- Archie Throws Party for Columnists (27.1Mb)
- Archie's Nephew Morton to Visit (27Mb)
- Archie Helps Nephew Morton with School Work (AFRTS #117) (unknown file size)
- Archie Helps Nephew Morton with School Work (AFRTS #118) (unknown file size)
- Archie Helps Nephew Morton with School Work (AFRTS #119) (4.9Mb)
- Archie Helps Nephew Morton with School Work (26.9Mb)
- Josita Visits the Tavern (26.9Mb)
- Archie's Singing Contest (26.9Mb)
- The Deems Taylor Show (27.5Mb)
- Archie's Tea Room (20.6Mb)
- Archie Inherits a Horse (16.9Mb)
- Baby Left at Tavern (21Mb)
- Archie's Teacher Visits the Tavern (27.4Mb)
- McGuire Splits the Atom (24.9Mb)
- Archie Wins a Trip to Honolulu (27Mb)
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