40-06-05 Professor Rush - Tutor

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

We are privy to the audio of 44-06-12 Professor Russell - Tutor; this appears to be the same script (or nearly the same) except, Bill Idelson plays Rush rather than David Whitehouse as Russell.

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This seems a bit unusual for the fact that Russell excels in algebra and Rush does not excel in algebra.  As a matter of fact, he doesn't even like algebra.

However, it seems he like Mildred Tisdel - as does Russell.

44-06-12 Professor Russell - Tutor

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND DAVID WHITEHOUSE

Russell comes home (late for supper) with news that he's been asked by Mis' Tisdel to tutor her daughter Mildred algebra over the summer, three afternoons a week.

He plans to ask for big money to do this; he plans on making Margaret address him as, "Professor"... and plans on getting a switch from the pear tree in her backyard to inflict pain upon her in case she doesn't obey his rules.

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Russell (David Whitehouse) does a fine job with this episode but it's hard not to imagine Bill Idelson as Rush doing the same episode and this being a Vic and Sade classic; still, props to Whitehouse on the job he did here.

This script is a re-used from 1940.

Anyway you slice it, this is a fun episode.

Trivia:

+ Dr. Nixon, from San Antonio, was mentioned by Vic. By the way he and Sade talk, it appears as though Dr. Nixon played a large part in one or more episode that we missed out on due to the stupidty of Proctor and Gamble destroying Vic and Sade episodes.

+ We find out in this episode that the Tisdels live on Kelsey Street.

+ Mis' Wyckle was mentioned for the first time. Her first name is Bertha and she is Margaret's algebra teacher. She mentioned to Mis' Tisdale that Russell would make a good algebra tutor.

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42-08-24 Rush's New School Clothes

STARRING: BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

Sade wants Rush to meet her downtown in the afternoon so she can purchase school clothes for him while they are on sale.

We already know that Rush hates having his mom pick out school clothes and Rush also knows that enemy-friend-enemy Nicer Scott is going to be shopping for his own school clothes by himself this same afternoon, ready to razz him for having his "mommy" pick out his school clothes for him.

It gets worse as Rush finds out a myriad of Sade's lady friends are also going with them plus Mildred Tisdale.

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Middle-of-the road episode with not much going on. The episode, however, features great sound.

Trivia:

+ Rush had been playing baseball before he came home. This time, he was playing left field. In previous episodes he has played pitcher, 1st base and 3rd base.

+ Rogers department store was mentioned for the first time.

+ Mr. Scott, Mis' Goffers and Mis' Tisdale were mentioned for the first time. Little was said of them although Mis' Goffers and Mis' Tisdale (Margaret's mother) were to go on the shopping trip and Mr. Scott is Nicer's dad.

+ For the first time in the surviving episodes (I think) Sade calls Rush, "Dr. Sleech."

+ As of this episode we learn that Mildred is 13 years old.

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