Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Granby's Green Acres - "Granby Bites The Love Bug" (07-24-50)

Granby Bites The Love Bug (Aired July 24, 1950)

 

INTRO: Bob Camardella Plays Cool & The Gang "Too Hot" (1980)

Broadcast History: July 3 - August 21, 1950, CBS. 30m, Mondays at 9:30.  Cast: Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet as John and Martha Granby, ex-bank teller and wife who moved to the country to become farmers. Louise Erickson as Janice, their daughter. Parley Baer as Eb, the hired hand. Announcer: Bob LeMond Music: Opie Cates Writer-Producer-Director: Jay Sommers. Granby's Green Acres grew out of characters played by Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet on the Lucille Ball series My Favorite Husband. The names were changed, but the basic characters remained the same.

 

THIS EPISODE:

 

July 24, 1950. CBS network. Mr. Granby Fights The Love Bug. Sustaining. Granby's corn is doing poorly, but he won't listen to the county agent's advice. Gale Gordon, Bea Benaderet, Parley Baer, Opie Cates (composer, conductor), Louise Erickson, Horace Murphy, Rye Billsbury, Jay Summers (writer, director), Jack Harvey (writer), Dave Swift (writer), Johnny Jacobs (announcer). 35:01. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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