The Goldbergs began as a weekly 15-minute program
called The Rise of the Goldbergs on November 20, 1929, going daily
in 1931. The series moved to CBS in 1936 with the title shortened
to The Goldbergs. Like other 15-minute comedies of the day, such
as Amos 'n' Andy, Lum and Abner, Easy Aces, Vic and Sade and Myrt
and Marge, The Goldbergs was a serial offering with running storylines.
And Berg's usual introduction---in character as Molly, hollering,
"Yoo-hoo! Is anybody?"---became an instant catch phrase.
In the 1940s, it was followed by future TV game host Bud Collyer
warbling, "There she is, folks--that's Molly Goldberg, a woman
with a place in every heart and a finger in every pie."
The show was so popular for many years that fans wrote letters
to the show's characters, as well as the performers. When Gertrude
Berg missed a couple of weeks due to illness, stations carrying
the show were flooded with get-well mail. At the height of the show's
popularity, Life wrote:
For millions of Americans, listening to The Goldbergs... has been
a happy ritual akin to slipping on a pair of comfortable old shoes
that never seem to wear out.
Radio historians Frank Buxton and Bill Owen, in The Big Broadcast
1920-1950, noted that The Goldbergs, which could have been considered
a soap opera as much as a comedy, noted that it "differed from
most of the other 'soaps' in that its leading characters lived through
relatively normal situations. Even though it was the story of a
poor Jewish family in New York, it had identification for a wide
segment of listeners."
This collection of The Goldbergs Greats includes 429
different shows and appearances for a total of 88+ hours of listening
enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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