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The Joy Boys
Description
The Joy Boys was a Washington, D.C. improvised comedy radio show from 1955 to 1974, co-hosted by Willard Scott and Ed Walker.
The Joy Boys was a popular daily improvised comedy radio show in Washington, D.C., between 1955 and 1974 that launched the co-hosts Willard Scott and Ed Walker. The two did various skits and satirized prominent people of the day, such as Scott's character "Arthur Codfish". They both regularly parodied NBC-TV's Huntley-Brinkley Report with their own zany "Washer-Dryer Report". Walker told an interviewer years later that the duo imitated some 20 voices in all.
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Cast & Crew
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Ed Walker
Co-Host
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Willard Scott
Co-Host
References
“The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.”, n.d.
Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.