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<img alt='cover image' title='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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src='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'>
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<ul>
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<li>Comedy</li>
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</ul>
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<label>Old Gold Comedy Theater</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30 episodes</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-1945</span>
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</aside>
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</div>
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</section>
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<div class='detail'>
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<ol><li class='episode' title='The Palm Beach Story'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00001.mp3'>
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<label>The Palm Beach Story</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-10-29</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='True To Life'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00003.mp3'>
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<label>True To Life</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-11-12</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Vivacious Lady'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00004.mp3'>
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<label>Vivacious Lady</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-11-19</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Clarence'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00005.mp3'>
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<label>Clarence</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-11-26</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Take A Letter, Darling'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00006.mp3'>
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<label>Take A Letter, Darling</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-12-03</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Lucky Partners'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00008.mp3'>
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<label>Lucky Partners</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-12-17</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Bachelor Mother'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00009.mp3'>
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<label>Bachelor Mother</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-12-24</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Room Service'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00010.mp3'>
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<label>Room Service</label>
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<aside>
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<span>24mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1944-12-31</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Lady Eve'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00011.mp3'>
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<label>The Lady Eve</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-01-07</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Nothing But the Truth'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00012.mp3'>
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<label>Nothing But the Truth</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-01-14</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Show-Off'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00013.mp3'>
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<label>The Show-Off</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-01-21</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Appointment for Love'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00014.mp3'>
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<label>Appointment for Love</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-01-28</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='My Favorite Wife'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00015.mp3'>
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<label>My Favorite Wife</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-02-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='A Girl, A Guy and A Gob'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00016.mp3'>
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<label>A Girl, A Guy and A Gob</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-02-11</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Milky Way'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00017.mp3'>
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<label>The Milky Way</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-02-18</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='You Can't Ration Love'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00018.mp3'>
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<label>You Can't Ration Love</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-02-25</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Standing Room Only'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00019.mp3'>
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<label>Standing Room Only</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-03-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Magnificent Dope'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00020.mp3'>
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<label>The Magnificent Dope</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-03-11</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='A Lady Takes A Chance'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00021.mp3'>
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<label>A Lady Takes A Chance</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-03-18</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Brewster's Millions'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00022.mp3'>
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<label>Brewster's Millions</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-03-25</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Major and the Minor'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00023.mp3'>
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<label>The Major and the Minor</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-04-01</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='A Slight Case of Murder'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00024.mp3'>
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<label>A Slight Case of Murder</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-04-08</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Nervous Wreck'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00025.mp3'>
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<label>The Nervous Wreck</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-04-22</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Scatterbrain'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00026.mp3'>
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<label>Scatterbrain</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-04-29</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Hired Wife'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00027.mp3'>
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<label>Hired Wife</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-05-06</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='She Loves Me Not'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00028.mp3'>
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<label>She Loves Me Not</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-05-13</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Boy Meets Girl'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00029.mp3'>
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<label>Boy Meets Girl</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-05-20</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='June Moon'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00030.mp3'>
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<label>June Moon</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-05-27</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Having A Wonderful Crime'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00031.mp3'>
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<label>Having A Wonderful Crime</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-06-03</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Tom, Dick and Harry'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/old-gold-comedy-theater.jpg'
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data-series='Old Gold Comedy Theater'
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data-file='otr/old-gold-comedy-theater/00032.mp3'>
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<label>Tom, Dick and Harry</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1945-06-10</span>
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</aside>
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</li></ol>
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<article><p>
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Old Gold Comedy Theater was a radio show that aimed to bring light-hearted entertainment to its audience. The show took its inspiration from the successful format used by the Lux Radio Theatre and Cecil B. DeMille. As a comedy series, it featured adaptations of movie scripts and top-notch actors, with each episode providing fast-paced, farcical stories and romantic "Boy and Girl Fall in Love Against The Odds" themes. Silent film star, Harold Lloyd, who had worked with film pioneer Cecil B. DeMille, was enlisted to host and present the plays. Lloyd became part of the action of the show, participating in the "play within a play" commercials and introducing the featured stories, which were primarily screwball comedies.</p><p>The radio show aired on NBC for a single season, with episodes broadcasted from October 29, 1944, to June 10, 1945. It was produced by the Lennen and Mitchell ad agency for the Lorillard Tobacco Company, the makers of Old Gold cigarettes. Out of the 32 episodes that were aired during its time, 30 are still in circulation today. The show was a unique merge of movies and radio and aimed to differentiate itself from other movie anthology programs with its concentration on screwball comedies and Lloyd's involvement. While the comedy adaptations were well-written for radio, a downside was the 30-minute format, which forced significant cuts from the original movie scripts, often resulting in the loss of humor and story elements.
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</p><p>Sources:
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<a href='https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Old_Gold_Comedy_Theater_Singles' target='_blank'>archive.org</a>, <a href='https://www.otrcat.com/p/old-gold-comedy' target='_blank'>otrcat.com</a>
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