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Everyone Expects A Surprise Party

A surprise party is being planned tonight, but no one seems sure why or for whom — the last episode of the show's fourteenth season and its final General Foods-sponsored broadcast.

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The Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy, was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-ry-y-y-y! Hen-ry Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking adolescent voice, "Com-ing, Mother!"

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“Everyone Expects A Surprise Party.” Aldrich Family. Radio broadcast, June 28, 1951.

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