MY FRIEND IRMA

OLD TIME RADIO - 2 CD - 102 mp3 - Total Playtime: 47:28:14

My Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, was a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films, television, a comic strip and a comic book, while Howard scored with another radio comedy hit, Life with Luigi. Marie Wilson portrayed the title character, Irma Peterson, on radio, in two films and a television series. The radio series was broadcast on CBS Radio from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954.
Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis, Diana Lynn) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate, Irma, a dim-bulb stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-twenties. Irma had her 25th birthday in one episode; she was born on May 5. After the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).

Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was "Chicken". Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes, which never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like, "My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny." The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent.

Irma worked for the lawyer, Mr. Clyde (Alan Reed). She had such an odd filing system that once when Clyde fired her, he had to hire her back again because he couldn't find anything. Useless at dictation, Irma mangled whatever Clyde dictated. Asked how long she had been with Clyde, Irma said, "When I first went to work with him he had curly black hair, then it got grey, and now it's snow white. I guess I've been with him about six months."
Irma became less bright as the program evolved. She also developed a tendency to whine or cry whenever something went wrong, which was at least once every show. Jane had a romantic inclination for her boss, millionaire Richard Rhinelander (Leif Erickson), but he had no real interest in her. Other actors included Bea Benaderet.

SHOWS LIST
My Friend Irma 1946-11-19 (000) Audition Show
My Friend Irma 1947-04-11 (001) Irma Meets Jane
My Friend Irma 1947-04-18 (002) The Prize Fighter
My Friend Irma 1947-05-02 (004) Irma is Convinced it's Jane's Birthday
My Friend Irma 1947-05-16 (006) Jane and Irma Lose Their Jobs (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1947-05-16 (006) Jane and Irma Lose Their Jobs
My Friend Irma 1947-06-13 (010) The Fur Coat
My Friend Irma 1947-07-07 (013) Too Much Publicity
My Friend Irma 1947-07-14 (014) Irma Gets Sick
My Friend Irma 1947-07-21 (015) Piano Lessons for Junior
My Friend Irma 1947-12-01 (034) The Reward
My Friend Irma 1947-12-08 (035) The Eyes Have It
My Friend Irma 1947-12-15 (036) Dancing Fools
My Friend Irma 1947-12-22 (037) Double Surprise
My Friend Irma 1947-12-29 (038) Gentlemen Prefer Blonde
My Friend Irma 1948-01-05 (039) The Great Irma
My Friend Irma 1948-01-12 (040) The Lucky Couple Contest
My Friend Irma 1948-01-19 (041) The Book Crook
My Friend Irma 1948-01-26 (042) The Lonely Hearts Club
My Friend Irma 1948-02-02 (043) The Red Head
My Friend Irma 1948-02-09 (044) Billy Boy, the Boxer
My Friend Irma 1948-02-16 (045) The Professor's Concerto
My Friend Irma 1948-02-23 (046) It's All Relative
My Friend Irma 1948-03-01 (047) Fortune Raised
My Friend Irma 1948-03-08 (048) Double Troubles
My Friend Irma 1948-03-15 (049) Buy Or Sell
My Friend Irma 1948-03-22 (050) Election Connection
My Friend Irma 1948-03-29 (051) The Big Secret
My Friend Irma 1948-04-05 (052) Irma's Inheritance
My Friend Irma 1948-04-19 (054) Dinner Date
My Friend Irma 1948-04-26 (055) Manhattan Magazine
My Friend Irma 1948-05-03 (056) Acute Love Sickness
My Friend Irma 1948-05-10 (057) Bon Voyage
My Friend Irma 1948-05-17 (058) Irma Wants to Join Club
My Friend Irma 1948-05-24 (059) Aunt Harriet to Visit
My Friend Irma 1948-06-07 (061) Trip to Coney Island
My Friend Irma 1948-06-14 (062) Al and Irma Buy a Wedding Ring
My Friend Irma 1948-06-28 (063) Planning a Vacation
My Friend Irma 1948-06-28 (064) Irma and Jane See A Ghost (repeat of 47-6-30)
My Friend Irma 1948-09-06 (065) Trip To Coney Island (repeat of 48-06-07)
My Friend Irma 1948-09-13 (066) Irma's on a Budget
My Friend Irma 1948-09-27 (068) The Professor Loses His Job
My Friend Irma 1948-10-04 (069) The Restaurant is Losing Money
My Friend Irma 1948-10-11 (070) Irma Attends a Charity Ball
My Friend Irma 1948-10-18 (071) Irma Loses Her Boss's Glasses
My Friend Irma 1948-11-15 (075) Thanksgiving is Approaching
My Friend Irma 1948-11-22 (076) Wall Street Magazine Runs Contest
My Friend Irma 1948-11-29 (077) Jane Throws a Costume Ball
My Friend Irma 1948-12-06 (078) Irma Signs up for Piano Lessons (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1948-12-06 (078) Irma Signs up for Piano Lessons
My Friend Irma 1948-12-13 (079) Jane Quits Her Job
My Friend Irma 1948-12-20 (080) Irma's Christmas Party
My Friend Irma 1948-12-27 (081) Irma has a New Boyfriend
My Friend Irma 1949-01-03 (082) The Double Date
My Friend Irma 1949-01-10 (083) Irma and Jane Swear Off Men
My Friend Irma 1949-01-17 (084) Irma and Al Break Up
My Friend Irma 1949-01-24 (085) Mrs. Rhinelander Is Depressed
My Friend Irma 1949-01-31 (086) Professor Kropotkin to the Old Folks Home
My Friend Irma 1949-02-07 (087) Train to Lake Placid
My Friend Irma 1949-02-14 (088) Valentine's Day
My Friend Irma 1949-02-21 (089) Irma Buys a Used Car
My Friend Irma 1949-02-28 (090) Irma Does Her Taxes
My Friend Irma 1949-03-07 (091) Five Hundred Dollars
My Friend Irma 1949-03-14 (092) Al Wants to Move to Nebraska
My Friend Irma 1949-03-21 (093) Irma Gets Fired
My Friend Irma 1949-03-28 (094) April Fool's Party
My Friend Irma 1949-04-11 (096) Piano Lessons For Irma
My Friend Irma 1949-05-02 (099) Irma Reads A Mystery Book
My Friend Irma 1949-05-09 (100) Venus De Milo Missing Arms
My Friend Irma 1949-06-06 (104) Owning a Piece of a Wrestler (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1950-05-29 (156) The Fifty Dollar Loan (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1951-04-02 (191) Irma Decides Al Needs a Pyschiatrist
My Friend Irma 1952-01-06 (216) Memoirs
My Friend Irma 1952-01-13 (217) Cub Scout Speech
My Friend Irma 1952-01-20 (218) The Burglar
My Friend Irma 1952-01-27 (219) The Lonely Hearts Club
My Friend Irma 1952-02-03 (220) Newspaper Column
My Friend Irma 1952-02-10 (221) Dictation System
My Friend Irma 1952-02-17 (222) Jane Decides to Quit her Job
My Friend Irma 1952-02-24 (223) Lost Friendship Ring
My Friend Irma 1952-11-18 (246) Mrs. O'Reilly Gets Arrested
My Friend Irma 1953-01-27 (256) Irma Gets a Raise (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-02-24 (260) Al's Youth Restorer
My Friend Irma 1953-04-21 (268) Way to a Man's Heart (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-04-28 (269) Irma Takes Up Yoga (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-05-05 (270) Irma Wants Older Man (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-05-12 (271) The Picnic (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-05-19 (272) Irma's Brother Lectures (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-05-26 (273) Free Trip to Europe (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-06-02 (274) Laughing Boy (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-06-09 (275) The Martins Fight (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-06-16 (276) Ghost Show (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-06-23 (277) Irma Writes a Column (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1953-06-30 (278) Irma Buys an Air Conditioner (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1954-01-05 (284) Irma and the SPCS (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1954-03-23 (295) Irma and Astrology (AFRS)
My Friend Irma 1954-04-27 (300) Mr. Clyde Divorcing
My Friend Irma 1954-06-29 (309) Irma and Jane See a Ghost
My Friend Irma xx-xx-xx Al Manages Murderin' Mushy (AFRS)
My Friend Irma xx-xx-xx Irma Thinks New Renter is a Murderer (AFRS)
My Friend Irma xx-xx-xx The Martin's Dog and A New Society
Wrigley's Thanksgiving Show 48-11-25 My Friend Irma Thanksgiving

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