The Harold Peary Show - Single Episodes

OTRR_Harold_Peary_Show_Singles The Harold Peary Show - Single Episodes Old Time Radio Researchers Group audio oldtimeradio <blockquote> THE HAROLD PEARY SHOW The Harold Peary show made its CBS debut on September 9, 1950. An audition show was done on August 23, 1950. Harold Peary was the creator and main performer for the show. Previously starring on The Great Gildersleeve, Peary took many of Gildy's characteristics along with him to his new Honest Harold character... the "dirty" laugh, singing songs, and closing dialogue over credits were all there with Harold. And that voice. Who could forget that voice? In simple terms, Peary couldn't or wouldn't sound and act differently enough to make listeners forget Gildy, and that made it very tough for the new show to fly. Perhaps the plot was a little creaky for the beginning of the Rock 'n' Roll era, as well. The show was about an older, unmarried guy, Honest Harold Hemp, who lived with his mother and nephew and did a radio homemaker's program. The townsfolk think of him as somewhat of a celebrity, but his girlfriend, Gloria, who works at the station, knows better. The series received undeserved negative ratings and general negative comments as there were just too many similarities between the two series. Also, the series was without a sponsor, although some of the last shows were sponsored by the US Armed Forces. The series lasted only one season. The regular cast consisted of Harold Peary, Gloria Holiday, Peary’s wife, who played Gloria, Joseph Kearns as Old Doc ‘Yak Yak’ Yancy, Mary Jane Croft and Parley Baer. The announcer was Bob Lamond. The series was directed by Norman MacDonnell. Writers for the series were Harold Peary, Bill Danch, Jack Robinson and Gene Stone. Music was by Jack Meakin. The last show aired on June 13, 1951. The director of the show was Norm MacDonnell, who went on to create perhaps the greatest old time radio show - <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Gunsmoke" rel="nofollow">Gunsmoke</a>, and another western, <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Fort_Laramie" rel="nofollow">Fort Laramie</a>. Of course, Norm was a sold radio veteran who certainly had a flare for directing comedy, so he and Peary, together with an excellent cast, made The Harold Peary Show just about as good a show as it could be.</blockquote> OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; Old Time Radio; OTRR Single Episodes; The Harold Peary Show; Harold Peary Show, The; Honest Harold, the Homemaker; Comedy; Peary, Harold; Harold Peary; 1950s; 1950; 1951 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ 2009-06-02 09:07:44 2009-06-02 09:06:51 mikedavisstripmaster@yahoo.com Lum Edwards OTRRArchive Lum Edwards 2009-06-02 09:11:12 2009-06-10 01:30:54 2009-06-20 21:49:53 <blockquote> OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHER'S GROUP This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers Group located at <a href="http://otrr.org/">Old Time Radio Researchers Website</a> and the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldTimeRadioResearchersGroup">Old Time Radio Researchers Group</a>. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available. If you are interested in preserving old time radio, you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Yahoo. This is the Single Episode Page. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. It is located at <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Harold_Peary_Show">OTRR Certified Set</a>. This page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to archive.org naming requirements. Relax, listen, and enjoy! <hr> OTRR Definitions: OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that is Certified Accurate indicates that all the episodes are properly identified and labeled but that the series does not contain all known extant episodes. OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that is Certified Complete is the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implies that all the files in the series are Certified Accurate but also indicates that the series is as complete as possible – it includes all extant episodes. OTRR Non-Certified -- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Certification process. </blockquote> 2009-08-05 00:09:55 Lum Edwards