The Crazy World of Vic and Sade: Orval White

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39-03-01 Rooster's Block of Theater Seats

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, BERNARDINE FLYNN AND BILL IDELSON

Rooster Davis is about to "rock the foundation of civilization" again with a stunt that's never happened before in the history of the United States: he's going to rope off a big section of the Bijou, come in wearing a big long coat with a fur collar and be the biggest bigshot ever.

Vic and Sade, at first, deduce a scheme to get out of studying, but slowly they are sucked into the drama that Rush is able to create - and by the end of the script Vic and Sade have made plans to go to Bijou to watch the proceedings.

SEE THE SCRIPT

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Paul Rhymer wrote many scripts 1937-1940 where Rush takes the lead role and tells a tantalizing story about one of his friends. Those stories are some of the best; this one being no exception.

Rooster has a bit of his big brother Rotten inside of him!

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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39-03-01 Rooster's Block of Theater Seats