Details for Ma Perkins

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Episode Name	Air Date	Notes
Ma Perkins	1933-12-13	The eighth show of the network series. Ma wants Evie to leave Willie Fitz. The program was rebroadcast as part of "Same Time, Same Station" (cat. #18222).
Ma Perkins	1944-06-07	Did Gary steal the $32,000? Evie tries to convince Faye that maybe he is guilty. 1:15 P.M. See cat. #18582 for NBC coverage of this broadcast.
Ma Perkins	1944-06-07	Did Gary take the $32,000? WEAF, New York I.D. 3:15 P.M. See cat. #18565 for CBS net coverage of this broadcast.
Ma Perkins	1945-08-10	3:15 P.M. (E.W.T.). NBC "False V-J Day" coverage, program #17. See cat. #53008 for sequencing. Jeffrey Powell can find little good in Stella. He's willing to pay her almost anything to help Gary. Stella's brother Bert wants that money badly and is willing to give up Faye to get it.
Ma Perkins	1946-06-19	The program was rebroadcast as part of, "Same Time, Same Station" (see cat. #18221).
Ma Perkins	1947-01-17	Willie and Shuffle have seen a Dr. Joseph, who looks just like dead Johnny Perkins. They want to keep this news from Ma, but she already knows about it! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-01-21	Dates on these syndicated shows are from the matrix. Faye, Shuffle, and Willie have come to see Dr. Joseph to find out for themselves who he is. He says they are his brother and sister! Shuffle invites Professor Bassett to meet Ma. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-01-21	Faye visits Pleasant Haven, where Dr. Joseph lives with Professor Bassett, his daughter Star and their servant Rudolf. After Faye leaves, Professor Bassett asks Dr. Joseph if the name Perkins means anything to him. Who is Dr. Joseph? Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-01-22	Shuffle, Faye, Evie and Willie are planning a surprise birthday party for Ma. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-02-04	Professor Bassett and Star come to see Faye to get Ma to invest in their "project." Music added locally (but can be heard faintly in the background).
Ma Perkins	1947-02-05	Banker Pendleton and Professor Bassett wants to expand Pleasant Haven, but most folks in town are waiting to see what Ma will do. Will she invest? Charlie Brown says "The Professor" says Ma is a hypocrite because she's not planning to invest in Pleasant Haven, nor let Faye invest. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-02-10	Ma is finally going to Pleasant Haven, even though she really doesn't want to. Both Faye and Shuffle sense that Ma feels that something isn't right. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-02-11	Ma finally goes to Pleasant Haven, and seems to be face to face with her dead son John! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-02-26	Gladys Pendleton comes to Ma and Faye for help. She thinks she can't do anything right, and laughs when they mention Pleasant Haven. She then gets a phone call from Professor Bassett. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-02-27	Ma goes to see Gladys. Is Professor Bassett selling pie-in-the-sky to everyone in town? Ma wants Gladys to help her out. Ma had better move quickly, the big town meeting about Pleasant Haven is tomorrow! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-12	Professor Bassett has proposed to Gladys. Ma has been living at Pleasant Haven. She's found out that two "students" have died and left Professor Bassett a lot of money! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-13	Ma is convinced that Professor Bassett is not the spiritual leader that everyone thinks he is! She asks Gladys if she would put her spiritual health in Professor Bassett's hands as Dr. Joseph enters the room....followed by Professor Bassett! Is this the showdown? Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-18	Professor Bassett has forced Ma to leave Pleasant Haven because her love for her dead son Jimmy has turned into a twisted thing centered on Dr. Joseph. Gladys turns her back on Ma. Shuffle and Ma decide that they must find out if Bassett is a killer, and a thief. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-19	Ma is home and Faye tells her that she's given Professor Bassett $5000. Banker Pendleton tells Willie that Prof. Bassett says Ma is trying to ruin Pleasant Haven. He claims that she's unbalanced about Dr. Joseph. Does she think he's really John? Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-20	Grocer Charlie Brown turns his back on Ma once again, believing what Professor Bassett has said. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-21	Professor Bassett has it all over town that Ma's not right in the head. Shuffle's gotten proof that Bassett's a thief and con-man, but he has only two days to stop him from leaving town with Gladys! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-28	Ma, Shuffle, and Willie arrive at the Justice of the Peace just in time to stop Gladys from marrying Professor Bassett. They have proof that Bassett has inherited money that he hasn't told anyone about. Professor Bassett pulls a gun and tries to leave with all the money! He then tells Ma that Dr. Joseph is really her son John! Opening jingle deleted. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-03-31	Dr. Joseph isn't really Johnny, but Professor Bassett has everything believing that Dr. Joseph will go to jail unless Ma allows him to leave with everyone's money. Ma won't let him get away with anything. She wants him arrested, but Bassett jumps out of the window! Opening and part of the first commercial deleted. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-04-01	Both Ma and Gladys are thinking the same thought, maybe Gladys will give up her inheritance to save the town, now that Professor Bassett has escaped with everyone's money. If Bassett is captured, Dr. Joseph will go to jail, but if he escapes, Rushville Center is ruined! What will Ma do? Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-04-02	Ma goes to Pleasant Haven to warn Dr. Joseph and Star and to try to stop them from running away. Star admits that she's been in trouble before, and for the same thing, running a con-game! Ma knows that they're really innocent and gives them money to get away. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-05-15	Ma has gone to the bus station to meet Joseph and Star who are returning. We learn that Professor Bassett is now dead and buried. Ma has dinner for the family, including Joseph and Star! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-05-16	Faye and Ma sit and talk with Joseph after everyone else has gone. Ma keeps calling him John, and Joseph hints that he actually doesn't really know who he is! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-06-10	Willie and Ma talk about the money they're going to get, and the money that Star has inherited. Joseph comes to Ma for advice about that money, Ma is still confusing him with her dead son! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-06-11	Joseph and Star discuss moving from Ma's house. Star wants to leave but Joseph advises her to wait. The program is given an award by Mayfair Magazine as the program having had the most beneficial influence on American women. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-06-12	Ma, Willie, and Shuffle discuss how much Star loves Joseph. "So fierce" is the way Ma describes it. Good news: Dr. Hillary from the seminary is coming to talk to Joseph about entering the ministry! Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1947-06-13	Joseph has left to be interviewed for the seminary. Ma and Star wait at home. Ma gives Star advice about not pinning her hopes on a famous career for Joseph, to take the days as they come. Music added locally.
Ma Perkins	1948-01-08	Theme discs, 13 cuts of various lengths and moods. Openings, interludes, closings. To be used with Ma Perkins syndicated shows.
Ma Perkins	1948-04-13	Is Faye in love with Dr. Andrew White? He seems to be smitten with Gladys!
Ma Perkins	1948-08-13	3:15 P. M. Faye has finally decided to marry Carl Michaels. Ma has given her blessing.
Ma Perkins	1948-11-23	Faye has learned the truth. Andrew is married and the father of a little boy! Faye is walking in the rain and refuses to let Willie and Evie help her. Faye becomes hysterical, when Andrew grabs her.
Ma Perkins	1948-12-09	Faye is leaving for a "vacation" in New York. Meanwhile, Andrew's wife, Lillian is working morning and night. Ma telephones Lillian to offer advice, Lillian thinks she's "nuts." She asks Lillian if she's "happy" to give Andrew his divorce. Ma has an idea!
Ma Perkins	1949-02-22	Little Butch is "holding his own" in the hospital. He's down with Rheumatic fever and Lillian wants another doctor. "Ma" closes the program with a message to listeners to about Brotherhood Week.
Ma Perkins	1949-08-15	Joseph meets Miss Morrison and the sparks fly. Ma and Mr. Sinclair...the author.
Ma Perkins	1949-09-16	Joseph the milkman has a big date tonight with Miss Morrison.
Ma Perkins	1949-09-23	While Joe and Anne are stalled in Faye's car at 3 A.M., along comes the cops!
Ma Perkins	1949-11-01	A body has fallen out of the hotel widow of the room occupied by a couple writing a book about Rushville Center. The music cues are not heard on this recording.
Ma Perkins	1950-06-02	Gladys visits Ma, Sylvester asks Faye for a date.
Ma Perkins	1950-07-17	Willie visits Shuffle at his new job. He has been chased away by the cousins.
Ma Perkins	1951-01-16	Tom has decided to marry Kay and is trying to get their new place furnished. The program is followed by a "Radio" promotional announcement. The program is possibly dated later in 1951.
Ma Perkins	1960-11-24	The next-to-last episode of the series. In Ma's kitchen, Willie has taken off his coat and made himself useful.
Ma Perkins	1960-11-25	The last show of the series. Virginia Payne speaks to listeners after twenty-seven years on the air in the same role. The program (in much better audio) was rebroadcast on "Same Time, Same Station" (cat. #18222).
Ma Perkins		Shuffle gets Marietta to give Faye the truth about Sylvester.
Ma Perkins		Cousin Ed gives his son Sylvester pointers on how to go about proposing to Faye.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle tells Willie to tell Ma about Sylvester's investment but Sylvester swears him to secrecy.
Ma Perkins		Ma asks Evie and Willie if they gave their life savings to Sylvester. They lie and say "no."
Ma Perkins		Ma tells Shuffle she suspects something is wrong and he says he'll be right over.
Ma Perkins		Faye tells Ma about Sylvester's proposal. Evie continues to lie.
Ma Perkins		Both Shuffle and Ma try to get the truth from Evie, but she continues to lie.
Ma Perkins		Willie still has not gotten a job. Shuffle tricks him into telling Sylvester's swindle.
Ma Perkins		The truth is out at last.
Ma Perkins		All of Sylvester's trickery is at last brought out into the open.
Ma Perkins		Even with all the evidence before her, Ma wants more facts before she takes action.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle is overjoyed that at last Ma has found out about the cousins.
Ma Perkins		Ma finally confronts the cousins and asks them why they lied.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle is very disappointed with Ma's leniency toward the cousins.
Ma Perkins		The family meets to decide how to talk Evie out of mortgaging the house to get more money for Sylvester.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester convinces Evie to mortgage the house rather than insisting on getting her money back.
Ma Perkins		Faye gets Sylvester to promise to return the $2000. He's after bigger game.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester decides to wreck his car and collect the insurance money to pay Willie back.
Ma Perkins		Ma recalls to herself all the trouble she's had since the cousins came. Sylvester's car stalls in the railroad tracks.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester's car has been wrecked. Cousin Bonita suggests that something might be wrong.
Ma Perkins		Everyone, including Shuffle, has been invited to the cousin's house for a mysterious gathering.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester has proposed and Faye has turned him down. Ma quizzes Ed about Mr. Myers and his mine. Shuffle has new evidence against the cousins.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle has proof that Mr. Myers isn't connected with the mine and things look bad for the cousins.
Ma Perkins		Ma has finally decided to see if Mitch Myers really signed the fake stock certificates. The real Myers arrives.
Ma Perkins		Who should come to town, of all people, the real Mitch Myers. Cousin Ed schemes how to use him to the best advantage.
Ma Perkins		Ma finally learns the truth about the cousins (again). She tells Cousin Ed that he "ain't been nice". Sylvester again proposes to Faye.
Ma Perkins		Ma, Willie and Shuffle try to get information from Cousin Bonita. She wants to help, but knows nothing.
Ma Perkins		Bonita thanks Ma for getting the cousins out of jail. Faye is invited to go to New York.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle returns to the lumber yard. Faye gets a call from New York.
Ma Perkins		Spencer Greyson has decided to visit Faye. Faye thinks to herself how much she'd like to be married again.
Ma Perkins		Mr. Spencer Greyson has arrived in Rushville Center.
Ma Perkins		Everyone is aflutter as Faye prepares to meet Spencer for the first time in quite awhile.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester is chewed out by Cousin Ed who decides he's going to have him propose to Faye.
Ma Perkins		Spencer meets an old war buddy of his...who refuses to talk to him.
Ma Perkins		Faye is obviously very much in love.
Ma Perkins		Spencer has decided to stay in Rushville Center for a while longer.
Ma Perkins		Faye and Spencer are finding out more about each other.
Ma Perkins		Mysterious Tom Welles is still angry at Spencer Greyson, for no apparent reason.
Ma Perkins		Spencer Greyson wants to talk to Ma alone, and the family is sure they know why.
Ma Perkins		Spencer asks Shuffle to help him find out what's wrong with his old Army buddy, Tom Welles.
Ma Perkins		Faye is deeply in love with Spencer. He still hasn't written.
Ma Perkins		Ma and Faye meet Tom Welles on the street, and become friendly...in a way.
Ma Perkins		At Last! Spencer has written.
Ma Perkins		Faye reads her letter over and over again to the whole family.
Ma Perkins		Tom Welles, the mysterious "surly" so-called friend of Spencer Greyson's is invited to dinner.
Ma Perkins		The BIG news is Spencer calling Faye and inviting her to come and visit him in New York.
Ma Perkins		Faye decides to go to New York, but using her own ticket, not the one Spencer sent her.
Ma Perkins		Preparations are made for Faye's departure.
Ma Perkins		Tom Welles drops by for one of Ma Perkins' famous dinners.
Ma Perkins		Tom and Ma have become friends, but Tom lets slip a "bitter remark" about Spencer. Shuffle sells Tom his old bicycle.
Ma Perkins		Ma discusses the dinner with Tom Welles of the night before. Evie had a notice about Faye put in the town paper.
Ma Perkins		Evie, Willie and Ma discuss Faye's first letter from New York.
Ma Perkins		Tom Welles has been sick and Shuffle goes to visit him. He finds him bitter.
Ma Perkins		Evie has been researching the activities of Tom. A telegram arrives from Faye.
Ma Perkins		Faye's telegram says nothing except that she's returning. Speculation continues.
Ma Perkins		Willie has spoken to Al about keeping Tom's job while he's ill. Everyone wants to help Tom Welles.
Ma Perkins		Faye is back but says nothing about Spencer. Tom Welles collapses.
Ma Perkins		Ma goes to Al's diner to make sure Tom will have his job when he recovers.
Ma Perkins		Faye finally breaks down and admits things went very badly in New York.
Ma Perkins		Faye tells Ma about some of her experiences at a New York cocktail party with Spencer Greyson.
Ma Perkins		Tom Welles finds unexpected kindness beneath the surface of the folks of Rushville Center.
Ma Perkins		Ma and Faye continue to discuss whether she wants to marry Greyson. Ma is sure she'll decide wisely.
Ma Perkins		Faye appears to be forced by circumstances into meeting Tom on a friendly basis, after admitting to Ma she wants to love Spencer.
Ma Perkins		Tom and Faye meet in Tom's room, and it's hate at first sight.
Ma Perkins		Faye relates her experiences with Tom Welles to Evie and Ma. All of a sudden, in walks Tom.
Ma Perkins		Tom and Faye sit together in the moonlight. Tom kisses her and their friendship seems to be deepening.
Ma Perkins		Evie and Willie are throwing a New Year's party for the family.
Ma Perkins		Faye and Spencer, Ma and Shuffle, all welcome in the New Year.
Ma Perkins		Spencer Greyson has left, and Faye misses him.
Ma Perkins		Ma takes John and Esther to Esther's mothers to tell her of their marriage plans. Evil Mark overhears all.
Ma Perkins		Esther's mother visits her at Ma's house and calls her deceitful, and selfish. Her evil father has spread rumors about her all over town.
Ma Perkins		The whole town is up in arms about Esther's shameful behavior, even Willie is incensed.
Ma Perkins		Faye overhears vicious rumors about Esther and a planned boycott of the Perkins lumberyard.
Ma Perkins		The notes on the lumber yard fall due in two weeks and the boycott of the business has Ma strapped for cash.
Ma Perkins		Mrs. Pendleton plans to make more trouble for Ma, Esther receives a mysterious letter.
Ma Perkins		Ma has discovered that Mrs. Norris is a fraud and tries to arrive before she can leave town.
Ma Perkins		With commercials but no organ themes. Ma invites Cousin Bonita, whom she hasn't heard from in 30 years, to visit.
Ma Perkins		With commercials but no organ themes. Shuffle and Willie have a minor disagreement about Cousin Ed.
Ma Perkins		Complete body of show, but no open, close or organ themes. Ed is trying to cheat Ma Perkins out of $10,000.
Ma Perkins		Opening commercials and music deleted, closing commercial partially deleted. Evie has long wanted to be the president of her club, and she finally makes it.
Ma Perkins		No opening commercial. Ed and Bonita start their scheme to get Ma's $10,000.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Cousin Ed's phoney news that his Alaskan mine has been flooded has devastating effects on Willie and Evie.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ed and Bonita continue their attempt to get the sympathy of the Perkins'.
Ma Perkins		Complete for organ themes. Ma is shocked when Shuffle says he thinks Cousin Ed is a phony.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ma has known all along that Cousin Ed never had any money, but is thinking of lending him the money anyway.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ma tells Willie that the family will vote on whether to lend Cousin Ed the money.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ma has already decided to lend Cousin Ed the money, but the family has voted not to give it to him.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ma is deeply hurt because the family doesn't want to lend Cousin Ed the money.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for the organ themes. Ma is crushed about the whole affair, Cousin Ed swears he'll get even.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for organ themes. Ma and Faye have a long talk. The family has been a great disappointment to Ma.
Ma Perkins		Cousin Sylvester is slyly winning Ma's confidence as he tries to cheat Faye, Willie, and Evie.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle wants to visit Ma but is too far away. Willie is hurt because of Ed's lies about Ma and is about to fall for Sylvester's trap.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester has gotten a package of worthless stock certificates and plans to cheat Willie out of his $1700.
Ma Perkins		Evil Sylvester has just about taken the $2000 from Willie.
Ma Perkins		Willie has at last given Sylvester his last $2000.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester has bought a new car and clothes with Willie's money and has something important he wants to ask Faye.
Ma Perkins		Dr. Ballatine and Mary are seen in a house together, gossip begins. One commercial has been deleted.
Ma Perkins		Faye asks Shuffle for advice and he tells her that the cousins only want her money.
Ma Perkins		Gladys Pendleton feels there's more to Spencer than meets the eye.
Ma Perkins		Spencer leaves, promising someday to return.
Ma Perkins		Spencer Greyson's present has arrived. Shuffle tries to make friends with Tom Welles.
Ma Perkins		Ma asks Dee Pemberton for advice. What should she do about Faye? Jeff tells Ma and Shuffle that he's leaving his job at the lumber yard.
Ma Perkins		Ma visits Tom and they talk of many things. Tom strikes a discordant note about Spencer Greyson.
Ma Perkins		Tom has apologized for his rudeness and stays for supper. He seems to be becoming friends with Faye.
Ma Perkins		"America's Mother Of The Air." Ma's son-in-law, Willy has sold Ma's lumber yard to invest his money with two swindlers. They plan to make gasoline from corn stalks. A wartime broadcast. The program was rebroadcast on "Same Time, Same Station" (see cat. #18234).
Ma Perkins		Spencer asks himself, "What am I going to do about Faye?" We wonder.
Ma Perkins		Spencer announces that he must return to New York.
Ma Perkins		Faye and John argue at the dinner table while Ma tries to make peace. Faye decides to seek her fortune in the big city. The date is approximate.
Ma Perkins		Everyone is concerned because although Faye has written to everyone, she makes no mention of Spencer.
Ma Perkins		With commercials, but no organ themes. Ma Can't decide whether or not to buy another lumber yard. She gets a letter from a long lost cousin.
Ma Perkins		Complete but for the organ themes. Shuffle leaves when Cousin Ed comes right out and asks Ma to lend him the $10,000.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester has tricked Willie into quitting his job at the lumber yard and into investing his money in a phony stock.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester makes his first mistake while courting Faye.
Ma Perkins		Sylvester turns into a wolf and grabs for Faye. She runs away to Gladys who protects her.
Ma Perkins		Gladys tries to show Faye what a creep Sylvester is, but Faye doesn't want to hurt Ma.
Ma Perkins		Shuffle says that since there's no evidence against Sylvester, he's leaving and won't return until he has the proof.
Ma Perkins		The Cousins have alibied so well that Ma still has her doubts. They have offered to return Willie's money.
Ma Perkins		Ma suspects that Slyvester and Faye are going to elope. Sylvester meanwhile, still hasn't returned the money.
Ma Perkins		Faye decides she doesn't want to visit New York and Spencer Greyson for the Holidays, so she invites him to visit her.
Ma Perkins		The family is gossiping about the new romance.
Ma Perkins		Spencer has his private talk with Ma while the rest of the family wonders what's going on.
Ma Perkins		Spencer continues to pitch woo at Faye.
Ma Perkins		Evie and Faye talk about Spencer.
Ma Snikrep		A satirical recording made with the cast of "Ma Perkins" at the time. Spicy, if not quite off-color, the recording purports to be an episode of the CBS soap opera, with many of the on-air cast. With the use of adroit tape editing ( "Ma Snikrep") is "Ma Perkins" as heard by a audio tape being played backwards.