Bringing Up Father (radio)

Bringing Up Father
Genre Radio sitcom
Running time 30 minutes
Country United States
Language(s) English
Syndicates NBC Blue Network on NBC Radio.
Starring Mark Smith, Agnes Moorehead, Neil O'Malley, Helen Shields, Joan Banks, Craig McDonnell.
Air dates July 1, 1941 (1941-07-01) [1] to September 30, 1941 (1941-09-30) [2]
Sponsor(s) Lever Brothers

Bringing Up Father was an American radio situation comedy show based on the popularity of the popular comic strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. It aired from July 1 to September 30, 1941 each Tuesday at 9 pm on NBC Radio. [3]Each episode was a half hour long. The sponsor was Lever Brothers.

The program wasn't a huge success and after the summer season it was cancelled again.

Plot

Much like the comic strip each episode featured the Jiggs' family in domestic hijinks, with Jiggs usually the victim of his wife's anger.

Cast

Theme song

The music was composed by Merle Kendrick. [4]

Jiggs, stand up and be a man,

Don't let Maggie get under your collar

Jiggs, be a man for once

And stand up and holler

Jiggs, it's time you make your stand

But it's sure not to make us quit singing of "Bringing Up Father" [5]

Audio example

Internet Archive: Bringing Up Father

Source

  1. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=bringing+up+father+radio&source=bl&ots=jSajTVL8pm&sig=Mjf14h4ESlzgqb9prsspeBQ_VOI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCDgUahUKEwiTy_GwtOLIAhWJ1BoKHW0EAkQ#v=onepage&q=bringing%20up%20father%20radio&f=false
  2. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=bringing+up+father+radio&source=bl&ots=jSajTVL8pm&sig=Mjf14h4ESlzgqb9prsspeBQ_VOI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCDgUahUKEwiTy_GwtOLIAhWJ1BoKHW0EAkQ#v=onepage&q=bringing%20up%20father%20radio&f=false
  3. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=bringing+up+father+radio&source=bl&ots=jSajTVL8pm&sig=Mjf14h4ESlzgqb9prsspeBQ_VOI&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCDgUahUKEwiTy_GwtOLIAhWJ1BoKHW0EAkQ#v=onepage&q=bringing%20up%20father%20radio&f=false
  4. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=EhOBCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=bringing+up+father+radio&source=bl&ots=uCj3rHajEi&sig=4XQ2F9NYRQ2n1_mAODNvA97H6JU&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAzgKahUKEwjnw-uzseLIAhVKNxQKHT8DDfY#v=onepage&q=bringing%20up%20father%20radio&f=false
  5. ↑ https://books.google.be/books?id=-rveCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=bringing+up+father+radio&source=bl&ots=qrnxUz69go&sig=5fEYKZO2Hlvn7KdtgzRolgnjW8o&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwATgKahUKEwjnw-uzseLIAhVKNxQKHT8DDfY#v=onepage&q=bringing%20up%20father%20radio&f=false
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