# Sad Sack

Heard 1946. 4 episodes.

(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". 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." (SOURCE: Wikipedia) * def gp ddh

## Sets

- Sad Sack 03 Eps (1 Inc) (Old Time Radio): Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/OtrSadSack
- The Sad Sack (Old Time Radio): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/TheSadSack

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Sack Returns Home from the Army](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/sad-sack/9b60b64badb5), aired 12 June 1946 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/OtrSadSack/SadSack1946-06-12001SackReturnsHomeFromTheArmy.mp3
1. [(Inc) Domestic Science School](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/sad-sack/48d56966ca6c), aired 19 June 1946 (2:34): https://archive.org/download/OtrSadSack/SadSack1946-06-19incDomesticScienceSchool.mp3
1. [The Liberty Bell Party (aka Sad Sack Runs for Mayor)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/sad-sack/1652eef609e5), aired 14 August 1946 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/OtrSadSack/SadSack1946-08-14TheLibertyBellParty.mp3
1. [Returns Home From Army (HQ)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/sad-sack/ef2f73b3828a) (26 min): https://archive.org/download/TheSadSack/SadSack_returnsHomeFromArmyhq.mp3

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

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.