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Sad Sack

Heard
1946
Episodes
4

(03 Episodes - 1 Inc) "Sad Sack" Created by Sgt. George Baker during WWII, "Sad Sack" began his life as a Comic Strip character when, on June 1942, Harvey Comics issued the first Sad Sack Comic book titled "Yank the Army Weekly".

More about it

In the summer of 1946, with the help of Herb Vigran & Sponsor Old Gold Cigarettes, Sad Sack came to life on the radio.

Sad Sack" aired as the summer replacement for Frank Sinatra's radio program which lasted from June 12th until Sept 04th of the same year.

Cast Members: Jim Backus (Thursten Howell the 3rd of Gilligan's Island & also the voice of Mr. Magoo), Sandra Gould (Gladys Kravitz of Bewitched), Ken Cristy and Patsy Moran.

Dick Joy was the announcer for the series which began with the episode "Sack Returns Home from the Army."

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Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Sack Returns Home from the Army

    · No. 1 · 28 min

  2. (Inc) Domestic Science School

    · 2:34

  3. The Liberty Bell Party (aka Sad Sack Runs for Mayor)

    · 27 min

  4. Returns Home From Army (HQ)

    No date given · 26 min

Where it comes from 2

The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.

  1. Sad Sack 03 Eps (1 Inc)

    Old Time Radio · 3 episodes here · archive.org

    Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

  2. The Sad Sack

    Old Time Radio · 1 episode here · archive.org

    Uploader’s mark: Public domain (Creative Commons dedication): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

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