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Vera Vague

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Barbara Jo Allen was an American actress. She was also known as Vera Vague, the man-crazy spinster character she created and portrayed on radio and in films during the 1940s and 1950s. She based the character on a woman she had seen delivering a PTA literature lecture in a confused manner. As Vague, she popularized the catchphrase "You dear boy!"

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Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Louis BromfieldSun Mar 24 1940The Bob Hope ShowChristmas Day Show Berlin Air LiftTue Dec 28 1948 · 27:00Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 679Sun Oct 24 1954The Bob Hope ShowGuest - James CagneyTue Mar 9 1943Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Jane RussellSun Feb 16 1947The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Frances LangfordTue Dec 23 1947Chase and Sanborn ProgramFrom: ?, First Selection: L'EstudiantinaSun Nov 16 1952The Bob Hope ShowEpisode 220Tue Mar 21 1944Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Dick PowellSun Dec 23 1945The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Peggy Lee, Paul DouglasTue Feb 6 1951The Bob Hope ShowBob Builds a House (AFRS)Tue Nov 13 1951Chase and Sanborn ProgramFirst Tune -Sun Dec 16 1951Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 36Sun Feb 5 1933Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Walter SlezakSun Apr 13 1941Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest Fred Allen, Portland HoffaSun Sep 30 1945 · 30:00The Bob Hope ShowLook AwardsTue Feb 27 1951The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Olin DutraTue May 23 1939Chase and Sanborn ProgramIt's Almost Like Being In LoveSun Apr 25 1954The Bob Hope ShowEpisode 85Tue Nov 5 1940Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 476Sun Mar 14 1948Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - James MeltonSun Oct 22 1939The Bob Hope ShowGuest Donna ReedFri Apr 23 1954The Bob Hope ShowEpisode 58Tue Jan 30 1940Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 658Sun Mar 7 1954Chase and Sanborn ProgramFirst Tune -Sun Nov 25 1951Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Dorothy KirstenSun Dec 30 1945Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 27Sun Dec 4 1932Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Judy GarlandSun Nov 12 1939Chase and Sanborn ProgramFrom: ?, First Selection: ?Sun Feb 1 1953Chase and Sanborn ProgramNBC Radio 40th AnniversarySun Nov 26 1950The Bob Hope ShowBroadcast of April 10, 1951Tue Apr 10 1951 · 25:00The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Herbert MarshallTue Apr 6 1943Chase and Sanborn ProgramJoan Blondell Bud Blooms In BrooklynSun Mar 11 1945 · 29:00Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Keenan Wynn, Carmen MirandaSun Oct 13 1940The Bob Hope ShowBroadcast of June 15, 1943Tue Jun 15 1943 · 28:00Chase and Sanborn ProgramEpisode 33Sun Jan 15 1933The Bob Hope ShowFrom Stockton Air FieldTue Oct 17 1944The Bob Hope ShowWalter Reed Army Hospital with Martha RoundtreeWed May 13 1953 · 29:00Chase and Sanborn ProgramAfter Many a Summer Dies The SwanSun Feb 18 1951Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Lauritz MelchiorSun Feb 4 1940The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Herbert MarshallTue Jun 11 1946Chase and Sanborn ProgramWillow Cabin, TheSun Jan 28 1951Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest Frank FaySun Nov 12 1944 · 29:00The Bob Hope ShowBroadcast of November 30, 1941Sun Nov 30 1941 · 1:07:00The Bob Hope ShowGuest - John GarfieldTue Mar 30 1943Chase and Sanborn ProgramFrom: Hollywood, First Selection: Amor, AmorSun Mar 2 1952The Bob Hope ShowGuests - Brenda and CobinaTue May 1 1945The Bob Hope ShowGuest Frank SinatraFri Jan 22 1954The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Paulette GoddardTue Jan 9 1940Chase and Sanborn ProgramVisit To Japanese EmbassySun May 23 1948The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Marilyn Maxwell, The Tailor MaidsTue Nov 14 1950The Bob Hope ShowEpisode 65Tue Mar 19 1940Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - William PowellSun Mar 2 1947The Bob Hope Show'Goofanut' by Al Gray and His OrchestraSun Jul 18 1937The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Jerry ColonnaTue Apr 3 1951The Bob Hope ShowGuest - Madeleine CarrollTue Oct 11 1938Chase and Sanborn ProgramGuest - Marlene DietrichSun Aug 22 1937Chase and Sanborn ProgramFirst Song - An All American Girl (Rehearsal)Sat Nov 5 1932Chase and Sanborn ProgramCity Called Heaven, A`Chase and Sanborn 101st Anniversary`Host, Fred & Portland AllenSun Nov 14 1965Chase and Sanborn ProgramFrom: ?, First Selection: SantiagoSun Feb 22 1953