Aunt Lilly Needs a Date
The Foster family decides that Aunt Lily has been single long enough and sets out to find her a man. Judy gives Lily a makeover, coaches her in romance and…
A Date with Judy was a teenage situation comedy built around Judy Foster's family, friendships and romantic misadventures. Louise Erickson became the best-known radio Judy, with Paul McGrath among the recurring family cast. Golden Radio Hour preserves 13 recordings from 1942 to 1949.
Teenage family situation comedy created by Aleen Leslie. One school-dance file carries a collector date of 1946-05-18 but the indexed broadcast is 1948-05-18; the frozen row is not rewritten.
The run breaks into several distinct periods: NBC summer replacement years (June 24, 1941 to September 15, 1942) on NBC Radio Network, NBC Bristol-Myers summer run (June 30, 1943 to September 22, 1943) on NBC Radio Network, NBC Tums regular run (January 18, 1944 to January 4, 1949) on NBC Radio Network, and ABC final season (October 13, 1949 to May 4, 1950) on ABC Radio Network.
Names that turn up again and again in the surviving run include Aleen Leslie (creator and writer), John Brown (performer), Louise Erickson (performer), Helen Mack (director and producer), Myra Marsh (performer), Richard Crenna (performer), and Dix Davis (performer).
Across its run, the surviving broadcasts are tied to KFI, NBC Radio Network, and Armed Forces Radio Service.
The stories often return to family and generational comedy, teenage social life, dating and courtship, Hollywood celebrity culture, school and youth culture, and teen music and dance culture.
The show also sits in a wider radio history that includes Rise of teenage-focused radio situation comedy, Move from NBC to ABC for final season, World War II home-front broadcasting, and 1948 MGM A Date with Judy film during radio popularity peak.
If you are following the same actors and creative circles, related programs worth opening next include Lux Radio Theatre, The Great Gildersleeve, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Broadway Is My Beat, and Duffy's Tavern.
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The Foster family decides that Aunt Lily has been single long enough and sets out to find her a man. Judy gives Lily a makeover, coaches her in romance and…
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