# Joe Penner Show

Heard 1936–1938. 3 episodes.

Joe Penner was an early radio comedian who found his success in the mid-1930s. He developed his routines and catch phrases ("Wanna buy a duck?" and "You naaaasss-ty man!") in burlesque and vaudeville. Appearances on the Rudy Vallee program led to his own series. His radio career began to ebb as other comedians began to have their own successful broadcasts. Penner's career came to a tragic end in 1941 when he died of a heart attack at age 36. * * * These recordings are part of the Joe Hehn Memorial Collection. Mr. Hehn (1931-2020) was a pioneering collector of radio recordings when the hobby emerged in the 1960s. Digitizing his collection of reel tapes and discs is the effort of a wide range of North American volunteers, and with the assistance of some international collectors. The groups supporting this effort with their funds, time, technology and skills are the Old Time Radio Researchers and a small group of transcription disc preservationists who refer to themselves as the "The Knights of the Turning Table."

## Sets

- Joe Penner Show (The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/JoePenner

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Joe Penner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/joe-penner/f61ca55d3fd9), aired 13 December 1936 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/JoePenner/Joe%20Penner%20361213.mp3
1. [Joe Penner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/joe-penner/0d2d0ad115dd), aired 7 February 1937 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/JoePenner/Joe%20Penner%20370207.mp3
1. [Joe Penner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/joe-penner/6479b31c2617), aired 3 November 1938 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/JoePenner/Joe%20Penner%20381103.mp3

From the Joe Hehn Memorial Collection, at the Internet Archive.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.