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Baby Snooks Old Time Radio Program CD 2
Comedy,
episodes are 7-10 minutes long each
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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 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
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