Joan Davis
NBC
NBC · 1943–1950
Broadcasts
42
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1943
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1943–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 42
- Genre
- comedy
The Joan Davis Show is a title applied — in some cases specifically and in other cases generically — to several old-time radio comedy programs in the United States, some of which had other distinct titles as indicated below. Comedian Joan Davis starred in the programs, all but one version of which were broadcast on CBS. The Sealtest Village Store (1943-1945) Singer Rudy Vallée's joining the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II left Sealtest Dairy with no star for The Rudy Vallee Show , which it sponsored. Therefore, the program was revamped and renamed The Sealtest Village Store . Davis was promoted from cast…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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
11 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 2 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. Sealtest Village Store Guest Frank Sinatra · 9 Sep 1943
- 2. Sealtest Village Store Guest George Raft (AFRS # ) · 23 Mar 1944
- 3. Sealtest Village Store Summer Series Guest Host Edward Everett Horton · 3 Aug 1944
- 01
Sealtest Village Store Guest Frank Sinatra
9 Sep 1943 · 29 min
Broadcast 9 September 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
Sealtest Village Store Guest George Raft (AFRS # )
23 Mar 1944 · 28 min
Broadcast 23 March 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
Sealtest Village Store Summer Series Guest Host Edward Everett Horton
3 Aug 1944 · 29 min
Broadcast 3 August 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
Sealtest Village Store Joan Wants to Borrow Jack's Car (AFRS # )
9 Nov 1944 · 30 min
Broadcast 9 November 1944. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 05
Sealtest Village Store Sell Bonds, Win a Screen Test (AFRS # )
7 Jun 1945 · 30 min
Broadcast 7 June 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 06
Show, The Going Hunting
3 Dec 1945 · 24 min
Broadcast 3 December 1945. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 07
Show, The Barbara Plays a Trick on Joan
7 Jan 1946 · 25 min
Broadcast 7 January 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 08
Show, The Gold Found in Swanville
4 Feb 1946 · 24 min
Broadcast 4 February 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
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NBC in 1943–1950
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