The Halls of Ivy, Collection 1 Audiobook (Free)

Created by Don Quinn, the co-creator of Fibber McGee & Molly, The Halls of Ivy was a situation comedy series that went on NBC radio from 1950 through 1952. Originally slated to superstar Gale Gordan and Edna Best, the lead functions went to English husband-and-wife stars Ronald and Benita Colman. The Colman’s were amply trained at humor and already a hit with radio supporters having played Jack port Benny’s next-door-neighbor on The Jack Benny System for years. Ronald Colman played William Todhunter Hall, the about The Halls of Ivy, Collection 1 urbane president of little, rural Ivy College. Benita, played his wife Victoria, a previous British musical comedy superstar. The series chronicled their interactions with students, close friends, and college trustees. Others in the solid were Natural herb Butterfield as testy board chairman Clarence Wellman, Willard Waterman (after that starring in THE FANTASTIC Gildersleeve) as table member John Merriweather and Alan Reed (television’s Fred Flintstone) as stuffy English teacher, Professor Heaslip. Bea Benaderet, Gloria Gordon, Virginia Gregg, Lee Patrick, Jean Vander Pyle (tv’s Wilma Flintstone), Sam Edwards, Arthur Q. Bryan (the voice of Elmer Fudd), Barton Yarborough and Jerry Hausner appeared in supporting roles. The sponsor was the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (“The Ale That Produced Milwaukee Famous”). Nat Wolff created and directed the series and Ken Carpenter was the announcer. The Halls of Ivy received a Peabody Prize in 1950 and produced a changeover to CBS tv in 1954, bowing out in 1955. 3/3/50 “The Halls Provide Advice towards the Lovelorn”

3/10/50 “The House Fires or the Footlights”

3/17/50 “The Prexy Runs Political Offenders Out of Town”

3/24/50 “Untangling a Triangle”

3/31/50 “The Prexy Dabbles in Music”

4/7/50 “The Prexy and Wife Play Hooky”

4/14/50 “A Lost Dog Value a Million Dollars”

4/21/50 “Speeding Solution and a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts”

5/10/50 “Brutal Truth”

5/24/50 “The Medical Student as well as the Champ”

5/31/50 “The George Sexton Endowment”

6/21/50 “The Bentheimers as well as the Census”