Duffy's Tavern - 160 Episodes of the Classic Old Time Radio comedy


(5 stars; 2 reviews)

This collection features 160 episodes of the classic old time radio comedy, Duffy's Tavern, starring Ed Gardner, Charlie Cantor, and Eddie Green. The show aired from 1941 to 1951, with over 400 episodes produced, though the majority have not survived.

This collection aims to preserve these excellent artistic expressions of our past for future generations, ensuring that they remain accessible to all.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Audition Show 30:12
Guests - Kate Smith, Ted Collins 30:06
Guest Eddie Anderson 29:56
Guest - Milton Berle 29:42
Guest Brace Breemer the Lone Ranger 29:54
Duffy's Tavern with Susan Hayward and Frank Buck 29:32
Tallulah Bankhead 28:53
With Clifton Fadiman 28:24
Guest Orson Welles 30:47
Peter Lorre & Raffles the Talking Mynah Bird 28:25
Archie's Life Story 26:59
The Poker Game 24:22
Duffy's Tavern with Lucille Ball 30:10
Bing Crosby May Buy a Half Interest in the Bar 31:01
Archie's Song 31:00
Fred Allen 28:53
Guest Lauritz Melchior 29:52
With Deems Taylor 30:16
Archie Needs Finnegan to Marry Billie Burke 24:28
Laird Cregar 29:58
Archie Invests in an Oil Well 18:30
Gracie Fields 29:03
Archie Gets Tax Advice from Colonel Stoopnagle 28:47
Archie Writes a Play 28:55
Carole Landis Talks About Women in the Work Force 31:30
Guest - Charles Laughton 24:02
Crosby and Hope 30:52
Archie Tries to Get a Girl for Dennis Day 29:44
Men's Fashion Lecture 25:51
Guests Prince Michael Romanoff and Ann Rutherford 17:28
Archie Uses Paul Lukas for Publicity 28:40
Guests Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard 30:01
Ransom Sherman 29:07
Rudy Vallee Does His Show from the Tavern 29:54
Insurance Policy for Finnegan 29:43
Party for Singer Bob Graham 30:12
Guest - The Great Gilldersleeve 30:26
Guest Larry Adler 29:43
Guest Sydney Greenstreet 30:21
Christmas Program with Monty Woolley 28:06
Jinx Falkenburg 8:09
Archie's Adaptation of 'Frankenstein' (with Boris Karloff) 44:06
Archie Asks Linda Darnell to the Policemen's Ball 29:51
With Sonny Tufts 28:09
Guest - George Sanders 30:06
Guest - Pat O'Brien 29:48
Guest Dame May Whitty 29:39
Archie's All-Star Revue 29:55
Finnegan The Millionaire 48:51
Archie Buys a 'Gem' From Finnegan 30:09
Fish and Fantasy 29:32
Archie's Raise 30:23
Archie Impersonates Opera Star 30:02
Archie Installs a Roulette Wheel 32:01
Guest Jinx Falkenberg 31:00
Guest - Deems Taylor 29:40
Archie's Nephew 29:06
Mrs. Dimwitty Visits the Tavern 30:06
Eddie Quits 29:29
Archie Hires Madam Zooma 30:17
Un-Splitting the Atom with Sandra Gould 29:59
Christmas Bonus for a Date with Amber 30:27
Guest Ed Monroe 28:22
The Cast Does 'A Christmas Carol' 29:31
Balancing The Books 29:44
Alan Ladd 29:00
Making a Movie 28:16
Archie's Teacher 'Piano Legs' Riblet Visits 25:35
Guests Dave Hossinger and Rickie Jordan 29:57
Guest - Peggy Lee 29:56
Archie Has To Have His Tonsils Out 28:35
Archie Returns From Hospital 30:14
Archie the Horticulturist 29:29
Ed Gardner returns as Archie 29:42
Archie Takes Up Gardening 27:16
Guest - Diana Lynn 30:36
Archie Tries to Impress Marie McDonald 29:57
Fashion Show with Esther Williams 22:06
Archie Tells Everyone About World Hunger 28:46
Pierre the Talking Dog 28:20
Louella Parsons 29:21
The Raffle 28:37
Mrs Nussbaum Asks John J Anthony for Marital Advice 29:16
Archie Proposes to a Wealthy Girl 30:35
Miss Duffy's Coming Out Party 28:33
George Jessel & Rudy Vallee 29:29
Jean Sablon 30:27
Auditor Finds A Shortage 28:52
Guest Gregory Peck 15:50
Duffy Won't Give Archie A Raise 48:51
Dream Girl 31:30
Guest Jane Wyman 23:18
Miracle on Third Avenue 28:55
Christmas Cards 29:23
Guest Desi Arnaz 26:29
Archie Has Three Days to Live 57:58
Schoolmate Willie Gundig Visits 58:26
Archie Wants to Patent Electricity 26:39
Mickey Rooney 29:09
Archie Writes a Television Play 29:13
Spike McGuirk, the Bully 29:21
Archie Opens a Bank Account with Ten Dollars 29:23
Durante and Sothern Act in Archie's Play 29:51
Archie and Finnegan Double-Date 30:00
Millionaire Bum J Everett Pointdexter 29:11
Will Miss Duffy Marry 29:42
Someone's Getting Hitched 29:21
The Boys Play Poker with Charles Coburn 29:28
Detective Archie Tracks 'Whistling Sam' Roberts 24:55
The Most Popular Bartender on Third Avenue 29:09
Ed Wynn Narrates Archie's Opera 29:31
Archie Wants to Marry a Rich Woman 28:30
Bob Crosby Sings to Archie's Girlfriend Gwendolyn 29:11
Genius of the Week 25:36
Guest - Shelley Winters 28:28
Tony Martin Pretends to Be Duffy 22:21
Hedda Hopper Plans a Coming out Party 30:31
Singing Detective with Rudy Vallee 25:50
Fathers' Day 29:38
Guest Hedda Hopper 30:31
Army Surplus Helicopter 29:11
Archie Buys a Radio Station 29:08
Archie Asks Sir Cedric Hardwicke to Be His Roommate 22:36
Archie's Nephew 29:08
Guest Margaret O’Brien 25:01
Archie Wants to Sell the Tavern 31:30
Archie Wants Veronica Lake to Help Promote a New Latin Singer 25:01
Charles Coburn Plays Santa Claus 24:33
Archie Cuts Prices to Fight Inflation 21:53
Archie Has a Date with Joan Bennett 29:10
Episode 131 28:24
A Literary Society Meeting 30:07
Actors Club at the Tavern 28:49
Archie Runs for Office of Food Inspector 28:25
Mystery Valentine 29:16
Archie the Hypnotist 28:33
Arthur Treacher Quits His Job 28:09
The Diary of Peter Stuyvesant 28:33
Archie Writes an Opera 'The Two Barbers of Seville' 28:35
Fashion Lecture 28:45
Culture Comes to Duffy's 28:41
Archie Throws a Block Party 28:25
The Singing Detective 28:50
Rosenbloom Floor Show 29:31
Archie the Lion Tamer 28:09
Balancing the Books 29:39
Latin Night at Duffy's 29:22
Archie Get Boris Karloff To Scare Off Buyers Of The Bar 21:56
Party for Film Critics 29:56
Archie's Nephew Morton to Visit 29:23
Archie Helps Morton with His Homework 29:33
Spanish Floor Show 30:16
Cultural Singing Contest 29:04
Archie Writes an Opera for TV 28:17
Archie Opens A Tea Room 29:24
Archie Inherits Half a Race Horse 27:27
Archie the Father-Baby Left on Doorstep 30:34
Archie's Old Teacher Visits 51:24
Atomic Research 28:49
Hawaiian Vacation Slogan Contest 28:33

Reviews

Episodes New to me


(5 stars)

Numbers 3,5,7,20 & 30 and I may find more later are completely new to me and never heard before episodes. Maybe some flutters on a rarer episode but who cares? Like Patrolman Clancy says: "Not me!" Beautiful. Thanks for uploading.