The Crazy World of Vic and Sade: 33-04-25 The Jigsaw Puzzle

33-04-25 The Jigsaw Puzzle

Modern Mechanics, April '33

Vic tries to entice Rush to help him put together a jigsaw puzzle. Rush wants no part of it - in fact, he teases Vic at first and wants to be paid to help with the puzzle.

But like the nation at large in 1933, enthusiasm for the time-killer gets the best of Rush and he eventually enjoys it more than Vic.

Trivia:

+ By 1933, jigsaw puzzles were at their zenith in the United States. Not only were they putting together a puzzle on Vic and Sade, but it's the centerpiece of the Laurel and Hardy short, "Me and My Pal", the same year. Oliver is getting married but receives a jigasaw puzzle as a gift and everyone imaginable stops by to put pieces together, making the boys late for the wedding ceremony.

+ One of the big songs in '33 was Jig Saw Puzzle Blues.

The title is one I have provided purely for identification purposes.

[The gist of this episode is revealed in the book,Vic and Sade on the Radio: A Cultural History of Paul Rhymer's Daytime Series]

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AnonymousJune 9, 2016 at 6:36 PM
More than a time-killer, puzzles were a social pastime. They come up on a number of old time radio shows. The notion of asking to be paid is as much a ruse (a Rush ruse!) to earn some easy money, as hard times meant for little extra money for kids to spend.
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