The Crazy World of Vic and Sade: Clarence Hartzell's Page

Clarence Hartzell's Page

Biography - from Tim Hollis, National Lum and Abner Society
Obituary
Obituary 2
Chronology 1 - from FOVS
Chronology 2 - from FOVS
Interview:Shows he did, Debut of Uncle Fletcher on Vic and Sade, Uncle Fletcher's landlady, Gumpox and other friends, Rush is away shooting at Japanese people, Imagined characters, The Fishigans, Ruthie Stembottom, Beef punkles, Rishigan Fishigan gets married

Bill Idelson talks about Hartzell in various interviews:

Hartzell's audition, The fly

Clarence Hartzell tells a quick story [Thanks to Donnie Pitchford, Sam Brown, Tim Hollis. The National Lum and Abner Society - Visit Donnie Pitchford's wonderful Lum and Abner Comics]
From the Research Notebook
From the Print Media site
Hartzell photos
Uncle Fletcher Rush character page

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Freddie The LoaderJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:22 PM
For Clarence Hartzell/Uncle Fletcher fans:

Take a listen to the local WMAQ Chicago radio program "Case Dismissed" episode of March 20, 1954 titled "Rights When Arrested". Hartzell plays a hilariously thick-witted sheriff who is so stubborn and bull headed he makes Uncle Fletch sound like a spineless milksop. On top of that, as an inside joke, the main character on the program, the victim of Hartzell's sheriff's bull-headed stubbornness is named Mr. (Ed) Fletcher!!!

Don't miss this one. You can grab it from Archive.org
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The kids loiterin' 'round the switchboard

Hi-de-hi-Ho-de-ho! My name is Jimbo. Shortly after finding Vic and Sade in 2010, I realized that finding the information I wanted about the show was pretty much non-existent. That's when I set out to solve that situation and do it myself.

Little did I know that in a parallel universe, Barbara Schwarz and The Friends of Vic and Sade were doing/had done the same exact thing I was doing - except very little of the info they had collected was on the internet.

Thanks to member Louie Johnson, the two materials were married and I went about adding everything they had to what I already had done. (Louie went way beyond the point of being generous in terms of sharing material)! Others have donated V&S material and I thank you.

Along the way, I was wise enough to get oceans of contributions from as many fans as possible, but especially from Lydia Crowe, (who is in the process of painstakingly taking the audio episodes and turning them into scripts -- plus she's adding commentary to go along with mine), Sarah Cole (whose Vic and Sade insight remains unparalleled) and Keith Heltsley (he frequently podcasts the show and makes his own comments). Dave (from Wisconsin) has shared his insight and expertise with us in a series of articles and his love for the show shines through them all.

The book by John Hetherington, Vic and Sade on the Radio: A Cultural History of Paul Rhymer's Daytime Series 1932-1944, is full of new material and it has opened up a whole new avenue and spectrum of previously unknown information for the Vic and Sade fan. Mr. Hetherington has provided me with lots of information and has patiently answered at least a zillion questions and for this I am very grateful.

The Vic and Sadecast (a podcast about the surviving episodes) is in full tilt. Jimbo, Dave Duckert, PQ Ribber and Shambles Constant handle that chore. There are other guests along the way - yell at Jimbo if you would like to be a part of this project.

And to those many others who have contributed with interviews, or have written pieces, provided original art or have provided info -- thanks to all; without you, this would not be the wonderful site it is.

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