Easy Aces—a radio show -written by Goodman Ace, starred himself as a stressed out realtor and the exasperated but loving husband of the deceptively scatterbrained, malaprop-prone Jane Ace ("You've got to take the bitter with the better"; "Time wounds all heels")---The Easy Aces program became a long-running 15 minute serial comedy (1930-1945) and a low-keyed legend of old-time radio for its literate, bland conversational style and the malaprops of the female half of the team, the real-life spouse of Goodman Ace, his wife Jane. The show was done without an audience and is noticeably quiet. No sound effects… just dialog.  Sort of the same basis as Vic and Sade.  There is an "Easy Aces" Playlist on this Podcast.

The Easy Aces -  Mr. Ace Falls For Marge - Aug. 4, 1938 - Sitcom

Easy Aces—a radio show -written by Goodman Ace, starred himself as a stressed out realtor and the exasperated but loving husband of the deceptively scatterbrained, malaprop-prone Jane Ace ("You've got to take the bitter with the better"; "Time wounds all heels")---The Easy Aces program became a long-running 15 minute serial comedy (1930-1945) and a low-keyed legend of old-time radio for its literate, bland conversational style and the malaprops of the female half of the team, the real-life spouse of Goodman Ace, his wife Jane. The show was done without an audience and is noticeably quiet. No sound effects… just dialog. Sort of the same basis as Vic and Sade. There is an "Easy Aces" Playlist on this Podcast. Two back-to-back episodes are on this track.  The first one is "A Game of Bumper Cars" from May 13, 1941 and the second "Jane and Dorothy Visit Mr. Ace." from January22, 1943.

The Easy Aces  - A Game Of Bumper Cars - Jane And Dorothy Visit Mr. Ace  -Sitcom

Audio Intro gives background on this track's comedy skit and why listeners will not hear any music or an audience's laughter... Goodman Ace was quite good at focusing the listeners to listen to the dialog and not sound effects, music, or the reaction of a studio audience.  More shows like this in the "Easy Aces" Playlist

The Easy Aces -Jane Is Driving A Bus For The War Effort - July 21, 1943 - Comedy

Audio intro presents a brief "tutorial" on the  setup of this  very popular show and then introduces this episode "Jane Writes A Letter"... doesn't sound to difficult, but this is Jane... she wants to know how to spell "Right" "Write" "Rite"  and doesn't understand why there are so many ways to spell the same sounding word!  And that is just the beginning... Easy Aces has its own Playlist on this podcast.

The Easy Aces - Jane Writes A Letter- 1945 - Sitcom

In “Jane Takes Up Astrology,” Goodman Ace hopes to get a raise from his boss only to be sidetracked by his wife Jane who suddenly becomes interested in astrology.

Listen to this entertaining old time radio recreation of this very funny episode.

Recorded February 5, 2020

Easy Aces Jane Takes Up Astology

Over 13 years as the host of an Audio Theater radio show, I also produced/directed/edited over 70 re-creations of original shows starring local actors.  These were all aired on WSCA radio in Portsmouth, NH ... some were performed live, most pre-recorded.  No one is a professional actor, just local folks who did an excellent job in this Easy Aces comedy .  Intro gives background... This will live in our "Comedy" podcast list.

Easy Aces  - Jane Goes To A Psychologist -Re-creation -Sept. 22, 07 - Comedy

KTGY-LP, Community Supported Public Radio Broadcasting on 107.9 FM from Nipomo, CA

Retired Biology_Environmental Science educator... passion for old time radio... protecting the environment, civil rights, and audio/video editing for local radio and TV station  production.  Produced 60+ OTR re-enactments with local actors. 13 years as radio host for "Audio Theater". Currently co-host a show on local cable TV called "Living and Learning with Disabilities" and produce a storytelling program called "True Tales Live" which is found on Soundcloud and many other formats.

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