Originally broadcast on NBC, 3 May 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1953–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 14
- Genre
- comedy
My Son Jeep was created and written by Walter Black and William Mondreck. Robert K. Adams and Hudson Faussett produced the show. The directors were Dan Sutter, Greg Lockwood, and Kirk Browning while John Geller composed the music. All of the cast, except for Leona Powers, who played Mrs. Bixby, the Allison’s maid, were played by two different actors/actresses during the run of the show. Dr. Allison was first played by Donald Cook, followed by Paul McGrath. Martin Huston played Jeep, later followed by Bobby Alford. Joan Lazer and Peggy Lou Keim played Jeep’s sister, Peggy. Barbara Miller, Dr. Allison’s receptionist and…
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_My_Son_Jeep_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1953
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. Jeep is Smitten With Sub Teacher Mrs Miller AFRS#1 · 25 Jan 1953
- 2. Jeep Has the Measles AFRS#2 · 1 Feb 1953
- 3. Good Deeds for Cub Scout Merit Badge AFRS#4 · 15 Feb 1953
Jeep is Smitten With Sub Teacher Mrs Miller AFRS#1
25 Jan 1953 · 30 min
Broadcast 25 January 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Jeep Has the Measles AFRS#2
1 Feb 1953 · 30 min
Broadcast 1 February 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Good Deeds for Cub Scout Merit Badge AFRS#4
15 Feb 1953 · 30 min
Broadcast 15 February 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Peg's First Date AFRS#6
15 Mar 1953 · 30 min
Broadcast 15 March 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Peg's First Date. NBC From Disc
15 Mar 1953 · 28 min
Broadcast 15 March 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Jeep Wants to Be a Bodybuilder AFRS#7
29 Mar 1953 · 30 min
Broadcast 29 March 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Jeep's Checking Account. NBC From Disc
26 Apr 1953 · 29 min
Broadcast 26 April 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Mrs Bixby's Installation Into The Lodge. NBC from Disc
3 May 1953 · 28 min
Broadcast 3 May 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
3 May 1953
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 3 May 1953.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 3 May 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1953–1953
Other series the network carried while My Son Jeep was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
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.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of My Son Jeep
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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