Duffy's Tavern "Archie's Old Teacher Visits (12-14-51)" - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod

Published: Feb. 12, 2008, 7:50 p.m.

b'Duffy\'s Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941-1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment\'s malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who created the show, Ed Gardner.

THIS EPISODE:
Duffy\'s Tavern. December 14, 1951. NBC net origination, Nostalgia Broadcasting Corporation syndication. Commercials added locally. Archie\'s old teacher from P. S. 4 ("Turkey Neck Tompkins") is visiting the Tavern and joins in a Round Table Discussion! "Fats" plays and sings, "Sweet Lorraine." Ed Gardner, Ed Pinchon, Charlie Cantor. 29:28.

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