Ethel and Albert
Ethel and Albert is Peg Lynch's domestic comedy series about married couple Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, first developed for radio before television versions.
Ethel and Albert is a radio and television comedy series about a married couple, Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, living in the small town of Sandy Harbor. Created by Peg Lynch, who scripted and portrayed Ethel, the series first aired on local Minnesota radio in the early 1940s before a run on the NBC Blue Network and ABC from May 29, 1944, to August 28, 1950. It co-starred Alan Bunce as Albert.
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Ethel and Albert. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19444:00 PMBlue/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19444:00 PMBlue/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19444:00 PMBlue/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19444:00 PMBlue/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19444:00 PMBlue/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19496:15 PMBlue/ABC/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19496:15 PMBlue/ABC/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19496:15 PMBlue/ABC/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19496:15 PMBlue/ABC/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19496:15 PMBlue/ABC/WJZ · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19508:00 PMABC/WJZ · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
C
Charles Woods
Announcer
CCy Harrice
Announcer
D
EDon Lowe
Announcer
Ed Reimers
Announcer
F
Fred B. Cole
Announcer
G
GGeorge Ansboro
Announcer
Glenn Riggs
Announcer
H
Herb Sheldon
Announcer
Arnold Stang
Cast
Don MacLaughlin
Cast
Julie Stevens
Cast
Leon Janney
Cast
Raymond Edward Johnson
Cast
R
ARalph Norman
Musician
Alan Bunce
Cast
B
Bob Cotton
1944-1949
D
LDolph Gobel
Organist
Lew White
Organist
M
Madeleine Pierce
Baby Susie
Peg Lynch
Cast
Richard Widmark
Albert Arbuckle
Rosa Rio
Organist
W
William D. 'Bill' Hamilton
1949-1950
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