The Harold Peary Show - Single Episodes

About this film

THE HAROLD PEARY SHOW The Harold Peary Show made its CBS debut on September 9, 1950. An audition show was done on August 23, 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. Perhaps the plot was a little creaky for the beginning of the Rock 'n' Roll era, as well. 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 series received undeserved negative ratings and general negative comments as there were just too many similarities between the two series. Also, the series was without a sponsor, although some of the last…

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Old Time Radio Researchers Group

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OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; OTR; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; OTRR Single Episodes; The Harold Peary Show; Harold Peary Show, The; The Hal Peary Show; Hal Peary Show, The; Honest Harold; Honest Harold, the Homemaker; Comedy; Peary, Harold; Harold Peary; Peary, Hal; Hal Peary; Norman Macdonnell; Macdonnell, Norman; Gloria Holiday; Holiday, Gloria; Joseph Kearns; Kearns, Joseph; Mary Jane Croft; Croft, Mary Jane; Parley Baer; Baer, Parley; 1950s; 1950; 1951; OTRR - 2009-06

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