The Festival of Chicago Comedy | Those Were The Days | Saturday, October 14th 1978

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Chuck Schaden starts at 3:00

THE FESTIVAL OF CHICAGO COMEDY
was sponsored by the University of Chicago
and held on the campus of the University
during the first week of October, 1976. The
Festival was a "celebration of the comic spirit
in Chicago . . . with an all-star cast." This
evening during the Festival was devoted to
"The Radio Humor of Vic and Sade" and it
turned out to be a love-in for Paul Rhyme,
creator of the popular radio series.
The scene was Breasted Hall, Oriental
Institute, University of Chicago, Tuesday,
October 8, 1976. Reminiscing about Vic and
Sade were Bill Idelson (who starred on the
series as Rush)" Clarence Hartzell (who starred
as Uncle Fletcher); artist Franklin McMahon;
and humorist Jean Shepherd. Chuck Schaden
was master of ceremonies.
Some 90 minutes were spent looking back
at "radio's homefolks" and remembering the
delights of one of the best loved radio programs
of all times. The comments from the personali-
ties on stage and the questions from the
audience were taped and we'll share that tape
with Those Were The Days listeners through-
out the afternoon.
We'll also have an encore presentation of
the last known interview given by Bernadine
Flynn (who starred as Sade), recorded on
October 6, 1976, a few months before her
death.
And, to top it all off, we'll have not one,
not two, but six Vic and Sade programs from
the 1940-44 period of NBC.