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If you liked Al and Peg Bundy from "Married with Children", you’ll love the Bickersons. The Bickersons was a short lived, but long remembered radio show starring Don Ameche, as John Bickerson, and Frances Langford as his wife Blanche Bickerson. The two fought about every aspect of their lives and each other; John’s job, Blanche’s cooking, cleaning, John’s love of bourbon, etc. The running joke was John always wanted to sleep and wife Blanch had insomnia, so she would wake him up and the two would argue about something, anything, always.
The show was created by Philip Rapp, who also created Fanny Brice’s skits on the Ziegfield Follies show – those skits later turned into the wildly popular Baby Snooks character and show. Unfortunately for Rapp, he based some of the dynamic on his own rocky marriage.
The show lasted as its own program, (not part of a variety show) for only 2 years, but its impact can still be felt today. When you consider that other married couples on the radio were "Ozzie and Harriet" (a couple so perfect you just want to throw up) or from the "Life of Riley", (good natured ribbing, but obviously two people in love) the Bickering Bickersons certainly portrayed a very different perspective on marriage. Their constant fighting and complete disdain for each other can be seen as an attack on the institution of marriage, or even an attack on society at large. Or for the less philosophical, it can be seen as just two people stuck together going at it.
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Episode List
Bickersons 1946-09-08 (1) Premiere Show.mp3
Bickersons 1946-09-22 (3) Deep Sea Treasure Enterprise.mp3
Bickersons 1946-09-29 (4) Everybody Has A Baby.mp3
Bickersons 1947-01-12 (5) Allergic To Dogs aka The New Puppy.mp3
Bickersons 1947-02-09 (9) The New Tuxedo.mp3
Bickersons 1947-02-23 (11) Amos The Driving Instructor.mp3
Bickersons 1947-03-02 (12) Blanche Has A Stomach Ache.mp3
Bickersons 1947-03-16 (14) Blanche Bets On The Horses - Part 1.mp3
Bickersons 1947-03-16 (14) Blanche Bets On The Horses - Part 2.mp3
Bickersons 1947-03-23 (15) Second Honeymoon.mp3
Bickersons 1947-03-30 (16) John's New Fishing Pole.mp3
Bickersons 1947-04-20 (19) The Batchelor Party.mp3
Bickersons 1947-05-18 (23) Clams Are Healthy.mp3
Bickersons 1948-02-13 (21) Valentine's Day.mp3
Bickersons 1948-04-16 (30) The Vacation Trailer.mp3
Bickersons 1948-04-30 (32) Old Gold Only - Incomplete.mp3
Bickersons 1948-05-07 (33) The Cat Is Going To Have Kittens.mp3
Bickersons 1948-05-21 (35) Amos' Batchelor Party.mp3
Bickersons 1948-05-28 (36) Presidential Suite.mp3
Bickersons 1948-06-11 (38) Income Tax Refund.mp3
Bickersons 1948-10-01 (xx) Reading The Will.mp3
Bickersons 1948-10-08 (xx) Eunice's Wedding.mp3
Bickersons 1948-10-15 (xx) The Cruise.mp3
Bickersons 1951-06-01 (xx) The Pink Slip (Unbroadcast Pilot).mp3
Bickersons 1951-06-05 (1) Fatal Anniversay Present.mp3
Bickersons 1951-06-12 (2) The Mink Coat.mp3
Bickersons 1951-07-10 (6) Gooseby Vacation.mp3
Bickersons 1951-07-17 (7) Blanche's Expensive Injury.mp3
Bickersons 1951-08-21 (12) John's Snoring Dilemma.mp3
Bickersons 1951-08-28 (13) Last Episode, John The Shoplifter.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Birthday Present.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Blanche's New Coat.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Breakfast.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Car Repairs & John Teaches Blanche to Drive.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Christmas Eve.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Easter Parade.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) Hospital Stay.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) John Goes To Las Vegas.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) The Movie.mp3
Bickersons xx_xx_xx (xx) The Streetcar Conductor.mp3
