THE BEST OF DUFFY'S TAVERN Review
THE BEST OF DUFFY'S TAVERN Overview
The Best of Duffy's Tavern8 CD-Set, 16 Half-Hour EpisodesRunning Time: 8 hoursDuffy's Tavern, an American radio situation comedy (CBS, 1941 to 1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942-1944; NBC, 1944-1952), often featured top-name stage and film guest stars but always hooked those around the misadventures, get-rich-quick-scheming, and romantic missteps of the title establishment's malaprop-prone, metaphor-mixing manager, Archie, played by the writer/actor who co-created the show, Ed Gardner. In the show's familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone and Gardner's New Yorkese accent as he answered, "Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat. Archie the manager speakin'. Duffy ain't here "oh, hello, Duffy." Duffy, the owner, was never heard (or seen, when a film based on the show was made in 1945 or when a bid to bring the show to television was tried in 1954). But Archie always was bantering with Duffy's man-crazy daughter, Miss Duffy (played by several actresses, beginning with Gardner's real-life first wife, Shirley Booth); with Eddie, the waiter/janitor (Eddie Green); and, especially, with Clifton Finnegan (Charlie Cantor), a likeable soul with several screws loose and a knack for falling for every other salesman's scam. This 8-CD set contains 16 half-hour episodes featuring the likes of Bing Crosby, Shirley Booth, Dinah Shore, and more! Click on the PDQ Audioworks link under the title above to see a listing of all of our Old Time Radio Show programs available here on amazon.
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