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Duffy's Tavern — 1944

42 episodes broadcast in 1944.

January 4, 1944 Guest: Fred Allen Listen (MP3)
Archie brings Fred Allen down to Duffy's Tavern.
January 11, 1944 Guest: James Cagney and Benay Venuta
January 18, 1944 Guest: Lauritz Melchoir Listen (MP3)
January 25, 1944 Guest: Deems Taylor and Paul Whiteman Listen (MP3)
Deems Taylor conducts a grand operatic arrangement of one of Archie's tunes.
February 1, 1944 Guest: Billie Burke Listen (MP3)
Archie schemes to marry off a local forger to guest Billie Burke.
February 8, 1944 Guest: Major Edward Bowes
February 15, 1944 Guest: Laird Cregar Listen (MP3)
February 22, 1944 Guest: Phil Baker Listen (MP3)
Archie tries to get onto Phil Baker's quiz program, chasing cash for an oil-stock scheme.
February 29, 1944 Guest: Gracie Fields Listen (MP3)
Archie converts Duffy into a hotel for a guest paying in crisp ten-dollar bills, and Gracie Fields sings.
March 7, 1944 Colonel Stoopnagle's Tax Reducing Machine Listen (MP3)
Wrestling with his income taxes, Archie gets dubious help from inventor Colonel Stoopnagle.
March 14, 1944 Guest: Gertrude Lawrence Listen (MP3)
Archie has written a play and wants Gertrude Lawrence to star in it.
March 21, 1944 Guest: Fred Allen
March 28, 1944 Guest: Reginald Gardiner & Leo Durocher
April 4, 1944 Guest: Cary Grant
April 11, 1944 Guest: Carole Landis Listen (MP3)
It's Ladies' Day at Duffy's, with Carole Landis installed as the new manager.
April 18, 1944 Guest: Charles Laughton Listen (MP3)
Archie enlists Charles Laughton to help turn Duffy's into an actors' club.
April 25, 1944 Guest: Bob Crosby and Mr. Dolores Hope Listen (MP3)
Archie stages a mock radio show with Bob Crosby and Dolores Hope, hawking Duffy's pig's feet and borscht.
May 2, 1944 Guest: Dennis Day Listen (MP3)
Archie tries to line up a date for shy guest Dennis Day.
May 9, 1944 Guest: Adolphe Menjou Listen (MP3)
Adolphe Menjou delivers Archie's lecture on men's fashions while Yvette sings.
May 16, 1944 Guest: Prince Michael Romanoff and Ann Rutherford Listen (MP3)
May 23, 1944 Guest: Paul Lukas Listen (MP3)
The tavern crowd throws its own Academy Awards, with guest Paul Lukas.
May 30, 1944 Guest: Ozzie & Harriet Listen (MP3)
June 6, 1944 Guest: Basil Rathbone
June 13, 1944 Guest: Joan Bennett
June 20, 1944 Guest: Brian Donlevy
June 27, 1944 Guest: Ransom Sherman Listen (MP3)
In the season finale, Ransom Sherman auditions the regulars for his new program.
September 15, 1944 Guest: Rudy Vallee Listen (FLAC)
The new season opens with Archie trying to talk Rudy Vallee into broadcasting from Duffy's.
September 22, 1944 Guest: Gene Tierney Listen (MP3)
Archie makes a hopeless play to land a date with Gene Tierney.
September 29, 1944 Guest: Rise Stevens
October 6, 1944 Guest: Nigel Bruce
October 13, 1944 Guest: Bill Tilden and Babe Didriksen
October 20, 1944 Guest: Dorothy Lamour
October 27, 1944 Guest: Esther Williams
November 3, 1944 Guest: Maria Montez
November 10, 1944 Guest: Robert Benchley Listen (MP3)
Robert Benchley delivers a straight-faced lecture on crooning.
November 17, 1944 Guest: Ida Lupino
November 24, 1944 Guest: Harold Peary Listen (MP3)
December 1, 1944 Guest: Larry Adler - Harmonica Virtuoso Listen (MP3)
December 8, 1944 Guest: Charles Laughton
December 15, 1944 Guest: Sydney Greenstreet Listen (MP3)
December 22, 1944 Guest: Monty Woolley Listen (MP3)
Archie tries to talk Monty Woolley into playing Santa Claus.
December 29, 1944 Guest: Gracie Fields
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