The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1949–1951
- Surviving broadcasts
- 126
- Genre
- comedy
(66 Episodes) "The Adventures of Maisie (aka Maisie)" was a radio comedy series starring Ann Sothern, as under-employed entertainer Maisie Ravier and a spin-off of Sothern's successful 1939-1947 Maisie movie series. It is this OTR program which popularized the 1940s catch phrase "Liiiikewiiise, I'm suuuuurrrre." Sponsored by Eversharp, the first series ran on CBS from July 5, 1945 to March 28, 1947, airing on Thursdays at 8:30pm during the first two months, then moving to Wednesdays at 9:30pm (1945-46), then Fridays at 10:30pm (1946-47). From 1949 to 1952, Maisie was in syndication with Pat McGeehan as Eddie Jordan. From 1952-01-11 thru 1953-12-26, Maidie aired on MBS. Bea Benaderet (Kate/Mom on Petticoat Junction) and Elvira Allman portrayed Mrs. Kennedy. * Supporting Cast: Hy Averback, Arthur Q. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “AdventuresOfMaisie”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1949, in original transmission order.
- 1. AOM 1949-10-27 #001 Department Store Sales Girl (aka 1949-11-24 #001 Dept Store Clerk) · 27 Oct 1949
- 2. AOM 1950-02-09 #012 All Kinds of Crazy Laws (aka Trouble w the Law) (aka Outmoded Laws) · 9 Feb 1950
- 3. AOM 1950-05-04 #024 Hazel La Verne (aka Hazel) (aka Hazel Takes Maisie's Place) · 4 May 1950
AOM 1949-10-27 #001 Department Store Sales Girl (aka 1949-11-24 #001 Dept Store Clerk)
27 Oct 1949 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 27 October 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
AOM 1950-02-09 #012 All Kinds of Crazy Laws (aka Trouble w the Law) (aka Outmoded Laws)
9 Feb 1950 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 9 February 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
AOM 1950-05-04 #024 Hazel La Verne (aka Hazel) (aka Hazel Takes Maisie's Place)
4 May 1950 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 4 May 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
AOM 1950-09-07 #041 (Re-Aired at #049) Maisie & The Dueling Actors (aka 1950-09-07 #041 Theatrical Agent) (aka Eddie Sells Insurance) (aka The Duel)
7 Sep 1950 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 7 September 1950. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
AOM 1951-02-15 #064 Napoleon's 10,000 Dollar Love Letter (aka #053 The Napoleon Letter - aka Stolen Letter)
15 Feb 1951 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 15 February 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
AOM 1951-10-04 #080 Killer Diller (aka #068 The Murderous Poet Killer Diller)
4 Oct 1951 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 4 October 1951. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
06 491229 Bobby Kent
Date unknown · 27 min
Broadcast on CBS. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
36 501019 New York Banquet
Date unknown · 28 min
Broadcast on CBS. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS
CBS in 1949–1951
Other series the network carried while The Adventures of Maisie 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 The Adventures of Maisie
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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