Duffy Wants To Sell The Tavern (Guest Is Boris Karloff) 10-05-51 In the show's familiar opening, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," either solo on an old-sounding piano or by a larger orchestra, was interrupted by the ring of a telephone and Gardner's New Yorkese accent as he answered, "Hello, Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat. Archie the manager speakin'. Duffy ain't here — oh, hello, Duffy." Duffy, the owner, was never heard (or seen, when a film based on the show was made in 1945 or when a bid to bring the show to television was tried in 1954). But Archie always was — bantering with Duffy's man-crazy daughter, Miss Duffy (played by several actresses, beginning with Gardner's real-life first wife, Shirley Booth); with Eddie, the waiter/janitor (Eddie Green); and, especially, with Clifton Finnegan (Charlie Cantor, later Sid Raymond), a likeable soul with several screws loose and a knack for falling for every other salesman's scam. THIS EPISODE: October 5, 1951. "Duffy Wants To Sell The Tavern" - NBC network. Sustaining. The first show of the season. Duffy is planning to sell the tavern, so Archie gets Boris Karlof to scare off the real estate agent. "Fats" plays "Honeysuckle Rose." The system cue is added live. Ed Gardner, Ed Pinchon, Charlie Cantor, Boris Karloff, Hazel Shermet. 30:22. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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