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My Favorite Husband

(4,679 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

My Favorite Husband began as a radio sitcom on CBS Radio. The show starred Lucille Ball and Richard Denning as Liz and George Cooper (Liz and George Cugat in early episodes). The couple lived at 321 Bundy Drive in the ficticious city of Sheridan Falls, and were billed as "two people who live together and like it." The main sponsor was Jell-O, and an average of 3 "plugs" for Jell-O were made in each episode. The program ran from 1948 through 1951, throughout which 124 episodes were aired.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

The Cugat's Tenth Wedding Aud Anniversary

30:00

Literary Club's Speaker Comes to Dinner

30:03

The Portrait Artist

46:45

The Charity Bazaar Kissing Booth

23:04

Liz Teaches the Samba

23:52

Liz's Mother Has Second Thoughts

30:02

Liz Has Her Fortune Told

30:08

Liz and the General

30:03

Knitting Baby Booties

46:15

Young Matron League Tryouts

28:29

George's Old Flame

24:38

Young Matrons League Game

24:35

Liz Sells Dresses

29:05

The Quiz Show

27:19

Katy and Roscoe

24:11

Learning to Drive

28:02

George Attends a Teen-Age Dance

25:20

Is There a Baby in the House

29:51

Be Your Husband's Best Friend

25:56

Liz's New Dress

29:25

Numerology

24:50

Young Matrons League Tryouts

28:29

Over Budget - Beans

27:21

Piano and Violin Lessons

17:40

Marriage License Error

23:07

The Absolute Truth

24:57

Speech for Civic Organization

31:47

Valentine's Day

37:20

Secretarial School

22:10

Absentmindedness

24:38

Mother-In-Law

39:03

Charity Review

22:09

April Fool's Day

26:20

Gum Machine - Demand Your Rights

27:50

Horseback Riding

24:51

Time Budgeting

22:28

Vacation Time

23:42

Overweight

24:57

Anniversary Presents

22:17

Getting Old

21:35

Liz in the Hospital

24:03

Hair Dyed

36:22

Television

28:51

Liz Changes Her Mind

24:28

Reminiscing

59:30

The Elves

29:35

Baseball

29:55

The Attic

27:28

Woman's Club Election

29:22

George Tries for a Raise

28:10

Television

23:19

Superstition

29:18

Halloween Surprise Party

25:46

Mother-In-Law

23:07

Baby Sitting

32:45

Katy and Mr Negley

24:27

The Quiz Show

23:50

College Homecoming

22:58

The French Lessons

44:54

George's Christmas Presents

29:46

The Sleigh Ride

29:13

Liz and George Are Handcuffed

27:17

Is There Another Woman

28:51

Liz Teaches Iris to Drive

31:46

Liz and the Green Wig

29:46

Liz Writes a Song

22:28

The Country Club Dance

23:53

Mrs Coopers Boyfriend

30:02

Liz Teaches the Samba

29:47

Liz Redecorates the House

23:46

Women's Rights Part 1

59:41

Women's Rights Part 2

59:05

The Wills

29:23

Liz's Radio Script

28:13

Hobbies

24:01

Anniversary

38:02

The Friendship Award

29:55

Spring Cleaning

25:11

Numerology

22:37

Mrs Cooper Thinks Liz Is Pregnant

30:15

Selling Dresses

29:55

George Is Messy

45:16

Liz Learns to Swim

23:39

Be a Pal

26:37

Dancing Lessons

27:41

Old Clothes Sold to the Junkman

29:45

Gossip

24:07

Liz Changes Her Mind

23:36

Liz Becomes a Sculptress

29:57

Liz Cooks Dinner for Twelve

25:52

Safety Drive

24:29

The Football Game

24:20

The Two Mrs Coopers

25:35

Liz Goes to Night School

24:28

Liz's Birthday

29:58

Trying to Marry off Peggy Martin

30:28

Trying to Cash the Prize Check

58:58

Christmas Card Pictures

28:45

The Christmas Stag

34:30

Liz Has the Flimjabs

58:56

Liz Substitutes at a Club Play

23:02

The Cuckoo Clock

28:23

Liz Stretches the Truth

24:37

George Is Drafted - Liz's Baby

24:30

Liz Develops Inferiority Complex

24:52

The Misunderstanding of the Black Eye

23:13

The Two Mothers-In-Law

50:48

The Passports

29:41

The Surprise Party

25:11

Iris and Liz's Easter

30:07

Bewertungen

Great show

(5 Sterne)

Some might find it strange, but at 12 years old, I love this show. It's provided hours of entertainment for me and my mom both. I actually like it more than I Love Lucy, although that's not bad either. I've often spent hours trying to think of a character who wouldn't make much of a difference if he or she didn't exist; and I never found one. Even the characters that only appear once in the series can make hilarious quotes. There are a few mistakes in the titles, as previous reviewers have stated, but they're only minor flaws. It was on Internet Archive that my mom first played My Favorite Husband, and I've liked it since the first episode she turned on.

Liked it then

(5 Sterne)

I remember catching this show on the radio. Can't tell you how racy and scandalous the show's name, "My Favorite Husband", used to feel. Liked it then, but was only able to listen to a very few episodes, I'd guess two or three. It was on a CBS station, I remember that, around the middle of the dial, maybe 1050 or so. That was roughly 65 years ago. ... Anyway here now on the internet I find it's a good show - that it was quite good. I would put it in a category of bearable, survivable, radio shows along with “Fibber Mcgee and Molly.” It's a good show, and, of course, Lucille Ball, who became a superstar, well, that gives it even more meaning nowadays. Plus, she was actually good in this radio program, a good voice actress for the role.

No Ethel, Fred or Ricky but still interesting in its own way

(4 Sterne)

Some of these shows are almost to the word the same as the later TV show "I Love Lucy". About half of the shows have the same plots as the TV show. The TV show is an improvement over this show as the husband in this series was kind of dull and worked at a bank, unlike Ricky Ricardo, and in this show they lived in a house instead of an apartment building and for some reason had a maid even though there were no kids. But it's really interesting to see this early rendition of "I Love Lucy" before TV came onto the scene.

Name Goof

(5 Sterne)

I absolutely love this program. It reminds me so much of I Love Lucy and really gets your imagination working. My only thing is in the begin of the Radio series they call them Liz and George Cogot and all of the sudden they are Liz and George Copper. Am I the only one who noticed that?

Love the show; Error in the listings

(5 Sterne)

I love MFH, and this is a great repository. However, the episode titled "Liz Has Her Fortune Told" is actually "Liz Has Her Portrait Painted". As far as I know, "Liz Has Her Fortune Told" is one of the few episodes for which no audio currently exists on the 'net, unfortunately.

Fun Radio Series

(5 Sterne)

I've only listened to two broadcasts so far, But I enjoyed both of them. This radio series was later turned into the popular TV series "I Love Lucy". Very enjoyable if you liked that TV series, and a great way to introduce somebody to Old Time Radio.

My Favorite Husband - The Cartoon

(0 Sterne)

Some talented person has made a cartoon of the 1949 Christmas episode of "My Favorite Husband": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmHvq2LfupQ The animation is actually superior to that of some of the kid's shows they make for TV.

Messed Up Zip!!

(0 Sterne)

Why does this zip file only have one show in it? Hopefully they will get this fixed so that all episodes can be downloaded at once!!