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My Friend Irma Radio Show!

My Friend Irma Radio Show!

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 Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis—plus Joan Banks during Lewis' illness in early 1949 and Mary Shipp later) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate Irma, a scatterbrained stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-20s. Irma had her 25th birthday in one episode; she was born on May 5. After the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was "Chicken".

Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes that never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like "My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny." The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room, and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent. In 1953, Conried left the program and was replaced by Kenny Delmar as his cousin Maestro Wanderkin.Copyright Radio Shows of the Past! Art World
Episodes
  • pilot Jane Meets Irma dinner 4 Janes Boss

    pilot Jane Meets Irma dinner 4 Janes Boss
    May 28 2024
    29 mins
  • Irma Gives Rent Money To Al

    Irma Gives Rent Money To Al
    May 28 2024
    30 mins
  • Jane Irma Lose Their Jobs

    Jane Irma Lose Their Jobs
    May 28 2024
    29 mins
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