Baby Snooks Old Time Radio Program Combined Set

Comedy,
episodes are 7-10 minutes long each

Baby Snooks was the brainchild of comedienne and former Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice. Brice claimed that Snooks emerged as a part of her vaudeville act in 1912 as a caricature of "Baby Peggy", a popular child star of the day, who appeared in ruffles and curls and flounces, and looked to Brice like "a strawberry ice cream soda". She based the personality of Snooks, a slyly impish infant on her own childhood.

Brice first played Snooks on the radio in Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, in a bit written by Philip Rapp and David Freeman, adapted from a sketch by Robert Jones Burdette. Rapp continued to write for her when Brice moved on to The Good News Show. Brice was given her own show in 1944, Toasties Time, which was soon renamed The Baby Snooks Show. Snooks became the primary element of Brice's repertoire, to the extent that in later years, she rarely appeared in public out of character.

The show soon became a favorite of radio listeners, and presented a style of adversarial comedy that presaged The Bickersons. "Daddy" Higgins, played by Hanley Stafford, and "Mommy" Higgins, played by Arlene Harris, were constantly bickering, the conflict invariably prompted by the manipulative, blackmailing, double-crossing Snooks, who found endless entertainment in the strife.

Series regulars included Leone Ledoux (as Snook's younger brother Robespierre), Danny Thomas, Charlie Cantor, Alan Reed, Lillian Randolph and Frank Nelson. Meredith Willson, Carmen Dragon and vocalist Bob Graham provided the music.

In 1945, when illness prevented Brice from appearing, "The Search for Baby Snooks" was included as a plot device, and guest stars searching for Snooks included
Robert Benchley, Sydney Greenstreet, Kay Kyser and Peter Lorre.

In May 1951, Brice suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at 59, two days after the last broadcast of The Baby Snooks Show.

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Baby Snooks CD 1 episode list
72 episodes
BabySnooks 39-01-22 Daddy's An Elk.mp3
BabySnooks 39-05-11 Barking Rabbit.mp3
BabySnooks 39-05-18 Golf Tea.mp3
BabySnooks 39-05-25 Hugh What.mp3
BabySnooks 39-06-01 Gone Fishing.mp3
BabySnooks 39-06-08 Violet Ray.mp3
BabySnooks 39-06-15 Living By Dyeing.mp3
BabySnooks 40-01-04 Bungling Burglars.mp3
BabySnooks 40-01-11 Male Secretary.mp3
BabySnooks 40-01-18 Chemical Catastrophe.mp3
BabySnooks 40-01-25 Shetland Pony.mp3
BabySnooks 40-02-01 Family Tree.mp3
BabySnooks 40-02-08 Anatomy Of A Robot.mp3
BabySnooks 40-02-15 Tax Returns.mp3
BabySnooks 40-02-22 Missing Dollar.mp3
BabySnooks 40-02-29 Wedding Cake.mp3
BabySnooks 40-03-07 Snooks Has Amnesia.mp3
BabySnooks 40-03-14 Tom Thumb.mp3
BabySnooks 40-03-21 Laying An Egg.mp3
BabySnooks 40-03-28 Baby Brother.mp3
BabySnooks 40-04-04 April Fools.mp3
BabySnooks 40-04-11 Baby Fish Story.mp3
BabySnooks 40-04-18 Magic.mp3
BabySnooks 40-06-22 Tonsils Operation.mp3
BabySnooks 40-07-11 At The Beach.mp3
BabySnooks 40-07-18 Library Visit.mp3
BabySnooks 40-07-25 Port Hole Safe.mp3
BabySnooks 40-09-05 Magazine Scam.mp3
BabySnooks 40-09-12 New Car.mp3
BabySnooks 40-09-19 Playing Hooky.mp3
BabySnooks 40-09-26 Where's The Medicine.mp3
BabySnooks 40-10-10 Football Game.mp3
BabySnooks 40-12-19 Christmas Skates.mp3
BabySnooks 40-12-26 Returning Presents.mp3
BabySnooks 41-01-02 Sneaking Out.mp3
BabySnooks 41-01-09 Art Museum.mp3
BabySnooks 41-01-23 Flat Tire.mp3
BabySnooks 41-01-30 Jury Duty.mp3
BabySnooks 41-02-06 Flower Gardens.mp3
BabySnooks 41-02-13 Taxes Again.mp3
BabySnooks 41-02-27 At The Races.mp3
BabySnooks 41-03-20 Photographer.mp3
BabySnooks 41-03-27 Buying Shoes.mp3
BabySnooks 41-04-03 At The Zoo.mp3
BabySnooks 41-04-10 Trout Fishing.mp3
BabySnooks 41-04-17 BaseBall Game.mp3
BabySnooks 41-04-24 Fixing Supper.mp3
BabySnooks 41-05-08 Riding Academy.mp3
BabySnooks 41-05-22 Insomnia.mp3
BabySnooks 41-05-29 Antique Auction.mp3
BabySnooks 41-06-05 Calisthenics.mp3
BabySnooks 41-06-12 X-Ray Machine.mp3
BabySnooks 41-06-19 Dollar Day.mp3
BabySnooks 41-06-26 Artist Daddy.mp3
BabySnooks 41-07-10 Going To Camp.mp3
BabySnooks 41-10-02 Snooks Returns.mp3
BabySnooks 41-10-09 New School.mp3
BabySnooks 41-10-23 Duck Hunt.mp3
BabySnooks 41-10-31 Halloween.mp3
BabySnooks 41-11-06 Defense Stamps.mp3
BabySnooks 41-11-13 Mixed Nuts.mp3
BabySnooks 41-11-27 The Opera.mp3
BabySnooks 41-12-18 Air Raid Warden.mp3
BabySnooks 42-01-01 Hangover.mp3
BabySnooks 42-01-08 Victory Garden.mp3
BabySnooks 42-01-15 House Guest.mp3
BabySnooks 42-01-22 Hiccups.mp3
BabySnooks 42-01-29 Report Card.mp3
BabySnooks 42-02-05 Knitting Lessons.mp3
BabySnooks 42-02-12 Camping In.mp3
BabySnooks 42-02-26 Stealing Chickens.mp3
BabySnooks 42-03-19 Fake Measels.mp3

Baby Snooks CD 2 episode list
53 episodes
BabySnooks 39-04-04 House Breaking.mp3
BabySnooks 39-05-05 Life Insurance.mp3
BabySnooks 39-06-22 New Baby.mp3
BabySnooks 39-06-29 Jealousy.mp3
BabySnooks 39-09-07 Pulling Teeth.mp3
BabySnooks 39-09-22 Heat Wave.mp3
BabySnooks 39-09-28 Airport Meeting.mp3
BabySnooks 39-10-05 Mudneck.mp3
BabySnooks 39-10-26 Abe Lincoln.mp3
BabySnooks 39-10-26 Cake Writing.mp3
BabySnooks 39-11-16 Rich Uncle.mp3
BabySnooks 39-11-16 Slapsie Maxie.mp3
BabySnooks 39-11-23 Court Case.mp3
BabySnooks 39-11-30 Insurance Exam.mp3
BabySnooks 39-12-14 Pschoanalyed.mp3
BabySnooks 39-12-21 Sneaky Snooks.mp3
BabySnooks 39-12-28 Hunting.mp3
BabySnooks 40-04-25 Motel.mp3
BabySnooks 40-05-02 Auntie Septic.mp3
BabySnooks 40-05-09 Lies.mp3
BabySnooks 40-05-16 Jokes For Jack.mp3
BabySnooks 40-10-17 Where's My Change.mp3
BabySnooks 40-10-24 Raising A Loan.mp3
BabySnooks 40-10-31 Ruined Suit.mp3
BabySnooks 40-11-07 Oil Discovered.mp3
BabySnooks 40-11-14 Measles.mp3
BabySnooks 40-11-21 Four Fathers.mp3
BabySnooks 40-11-28 Stolen Turkey.mp3
BabySnooks 40-12-12 Haunted House.mp3
BabySnooks 42-03-26 Red Cross.mp3
BabySnooks 42-04-02 Easter Suit.mp3
BabySnooks 42-04-09 Daddy's Birthday.mp3
BabySnooks 42-04-16 Poultice.mp3
BabySnooks 42-04-23 Fifty Dollar Raise.mp3
BabySnooks 42-04-30 Quiz Kids.mp3
BabySnooks 42-05-07 Fishing Rod.mp3
BabySnooks 42-05-21 Sugar.mp3
BabySnooks 42-06-04 Tenth Anniversary.mp3
BabySnooks 42-06-11 TheTwins.mp3
BabySnooks 42-06-18 The Trade.mp3
BabySnooks 42-07-02 Baby Buggy.mp3
BabySnooks 42-09-03 Camp Report.mp3
BabySnooks 42-09-24 Matinee.mp3
BabySnooks 42-10-01 Gozinta.mp3
BabySnooks 42-10-08 Charlie.mp3
BabySnooks 42-12-03 Getting Gas.mp3
BabySnooks 42-12-18 Cinderella.mp3
BabySnooks 43-01-14 Stolen Medal.mp3
BabySnooks 44-00-00 The Hollow Dreamer.mp3
BabySnooks 45-05-13 Live Show At The Bijou.mp3
BabySnooks 45-09-16 Snooks Is Missing.mp3
BabySnooks 46-11-01 Halloween.mp3
BabySnooks 51-05-01 Report Card Blues.mp3