The run
- Network
- CBS / NBC Blue
- Years active
- 1941–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 594
- Genre
- comedy
This upload contains 287 episodes of the Old Time Radio comedy, Easy Aces, starring Goodman and Jane Ace. The show aired as a 15-minute serial from 1930-1945. The dates, episode numbers and titles are based on the best available information but any corrections are welcome. Initial upload: 4/21/2020 (285 episodes) 1st update: 10/5/2020 (2 episodes - 8/3/1937, 8/4/1937) Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “easy-aces-45-xx-xx-749-jane-is-serving-on-jury-duty”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
1 dated broadcasts across 8 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1941, in original transmission order.
- 1. EA 1941-04-17 Betty Leaves Carl over the Baby's Name · 17 Apr 1941
- 2. Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (083) Ace's Cook Is Feeding Her Boyfriend · Date unknown
- 3. Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (188) Jane Gets Kookie To Trail Betty · Date unknown
EA 1941-04-17 Betty Leaves Carl over the Baby's Name
17 Apr 1941 · 14 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 April 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (083) Ace's Cook Is Feeding Her Boyfriend
Date unknown · 12 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (188) Jane Gets Kookie To Trail Betty
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
EA #007 Catching Fur Thieves
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
EA #114 Collins Finds Bracelet in Marge's Room
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
EA #213 Jane Gets Johnny Ready for Audition
Date unknown · 11 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (038) Kookie Knocks Out Ace
Date unknown · 10 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Easy Aces 45-xx-xx (141) City Files Are Missing on Marsh's Deal (No Ending)
Date unknown · 10 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS / NBC Blue
CBS / NBC Blue in 1941–1948
Other series the network carried while Easy Aces was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Easy Aces
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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