Broadcast 17 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Vintage
Day In The Life Of Dennis Day
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1946–1950
77 EpisodesFortnightlyPGSince 1946
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1946–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 77
- Genre
- comedy
Ay by Patrick Andre Born Eugene Patrick McNulty, Dennis Day would get his start in 1939 on the Jack Benny Program . Day replaced the show’s previous tenor, Kenny Baker, who left for The Fred Allen Show . At first, Day was mainly a singer with few lines and a short studio contract. But his character as an Irish kid with a head full of air quickly developed and became popular with listeners. While Day maintained his role on Benny’s program, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day was developed. In April of 1946 an audition episode of a situation-comedy featuring Day was created and Colgate-Palmolive signed on as…
1949 · 21948 · 41947 · 41946 · 2
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Day_in_the_Life_of_Dennis_Day_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 5 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
- 1. A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Masquerade Ball (Audition) · 18 Apr 1946
- 2. A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Christmas Show · 25 Dec 1946
- 3. A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Dennis Is Mistaken for a Bank Robber · 5 Mar 1947
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Masquerade Ball (Audition)
18 Apr 1946 · 29 min
Broadcast 18 April 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Christmas Show
25 Dec 1946 · 29 min
Broadcast 25 December 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Dennis Is Mistaken for a Bank Robber
5 Mar 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 5 March 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day True Story Magazine
23 Apr 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 23 April 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Dennis Supports a New Jail
1 Oct 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 1 October 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Mrs. Anderson and the Ladies Club
17 Dec 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 17 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Dennis Tries to Save Weaverville from a Land Grab
24 Mar 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 24 March 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day Dennis Bets on a Horse
23 Jun 1948 · 29 min
Broadcast 23 June 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
17 Dec 1947
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 17 Dec 1947.
Broadcast 17 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
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Syndicated in 1946–1950
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Same seasons
comedy on the air then
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What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
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