The Crazy World of Vic and Sade: 33-07-07 Rush the Inventor

33-07-07 Rush the Inventor

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

Young Rush is a clever kid. He's made a contraption that is shoddy enough to trick Vic into betting him a dime he can get out of it. In the end, it's not the dime that counts but who has the freedom to go watch the house down the street burn down.

A dime richer

SEE SOME DIALOGUE AND THE SYNOPSIS

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Brainy Vic loses every battle he encounters, unless it's telling Rush to quiet down.

This is one of the few pre-1935 episodes that is believable and doesn't have a way-too emotional Sade in it. Vic seems like the Vic-we-know here, and Rush, though he's a youngster, is becoming more 'audio Rush'-like with every ensuing episode.

I often wonder why people stuck with this show for years until the formula was right? The very early shows had a dumb, frail, insecure Sade - and scripts that often focused on that. Rush coming along was the best thing that ever could have happened, because 'early' Sade would have killed the show - or turned it into pure soap opera.

Meanwhile, Vic more or less stays the same throughout the transition.

Trivia:

+ The house that is on fire belongs to the Anderson family. In four more months, another house will burn down in the neighborhood.

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AnonymousMarch 4, 2015 at 7:11 PM
It does sound like a combination of Rush's desire for quick money and his impetuousness. Rush has later get-rich-quick ideas.
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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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