Duffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS,\n1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured\ntop-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the\nmisadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title\nestablishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the\nwriter/actor who created the show, Ed Gardner.