Holiday and Company
American radio comedy series (1946)
Holiday and Company is an American radio comedy series that was broadcast on CBS beginning on February 1, 1946.
Overview
When Shirley Holiday inherited a gas station, she and her husband, Tim, left their nearly quarter-century vaudeville career in which they never quite attainend star status. They moved west with their daughter, Nora, and adopted a new lifestyle. Episodes centered around their adjustment to new work and small-town life.
Real-life spouses and vaudevillians Ray Mayer and Edith Evans portrayed the Holidays, and Frances Heflin played Nora. Roland Winters and Jack Arthur were heard in supporting roles. Ray Bloch and his orchestra provided music. Fred Allen was a guest on the February 15, 1946, episode. Abe Burrows, who wrote the scripts and supervised direction and production, said, "The show needed a shot in the arm along about the third week, and Fred ... came on for me and gave a sock performance."
Production
Holiday and Company replaced It Pays to Be Ignorant on Fridays at 9 p.m.
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