Based on a short story appearing in Bear ManorMedia book, It's That Time Again: The New Stories of Oldtime Radio volume 1. It is the first radio play to feature Honest Harold, from The Harold Peary show, which made its CBS debut on September 9, 1950.



Harold Peary was the creator and main performer for the show. Previously starring on The Great Gildersleeve, Peary took many of Gildy's characteristics along with him to his new Honest Harold character... the "dirty" laugh, singing songs, and closing dialogue over credits were all there with Harold. And that voice. Who could forget that voice? In simple terms, Peary couldn't or wouldn't sound and act differently enough to make listeners forget Gildy, and that made it very tough for the new show to fly. The show was about an older, unmarried guy, Honest Harold Hemp, who lived with his mother and nephew and did a radio homemaker's program. The townsfolk think of him as somewhat of a celebrity, but his girlfriend, Gloria, who works at the station, knows better.



The new radio play was produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg.



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Herman Tompkins is a snob. He has much more important things to do with his time than sit around chatting with people. In fact, he prides himself on having absolutely no “small talk” in him. Heck, he doesn’t even have any medium talk in him. Naturally, Herman avoids social gatherings at all costs, including, and especially, parties. He is, what you might call in technical terms, a “party pooper.” So when Herman and his wife Beulah are invited to the annual Halloween bash at their friend Marilyn’s house his unequivocal answer is no. But you know how it is with married couples. On Halloween night Herman and Beulah are on their way to Marilyn’s house, in the middle of a torrential downpour no less. But Beulah has a special surprise for Herman on this stormy Halloween night. She knows very well that they will not be arriving at Marilyn’s house at all, but another more secluded location along the way. This is the night that Beulah is finally going to reveal to her husband exactly who, and what, she is.



If there was an award for best husband and wife narrating team, I think the clear winners would be Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Come to think of it, why isn’t there an award for best husband and wife narrating team? Somebody needs to look into that. Anyway, individually, Joe and Lorie are both extremely talented voice artists. They can both do lots of entertaining voices, not just characterizations but whole personalities, and they both have a fine flair for drama, satire, and comedy. Put them together and, well, need I say more? If you haven’t heard these two at work, you’re missing out on something special.

    - Steven Brandt, Audiobook Heaven

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