Duffy’s Tavern was a radio sitcom that aired from 1940 to 1952 on CBS (1941-1942), NBC Blue (1942-1944), and NBC (1944-1951). The title refers to a place situated on 23rd St. in New York, managed by a guy named Archie, played by Ed Gardner. Shirley Booth, Gardner’s wife, also starred with him on this show. Booth had the role of Miss Duffy.
At the beginning of each episode, the song “When Irish Eyes are Smiling,” will be heard, which will be interrupted when Archie gets a phone call. He would answer the call with his popular line “Duffy ain’t here, Archie the Manager speakin’... Then, throughout the show, there are some popular stars that will drop by. Apart from Ava Gardner and Booth, other regulars of the show include Charlie Cantor, Eddie Green, Alan Reed. The star-studded guests were Fred Allen, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope,, Boris Karloff, Shelley Winters, and many more. Click here to read more about Duffy's Tavern
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| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.05.1943 | duffy's tavern (072) guest milton berle |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 5, 1943. Program #5. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Miss Duffy wa... | |
| 01.05.1943 | duffy's tavern milton berle afrs#5 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 5, 1943. Program #5. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Miss Duffy wa... | |
| 03.23.1943 | duffy's tavern (083) with susan hayward and frank buck |
+ Duffy's Tavern. March 23, 1943. Program #19. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie the bi... | |
| 06.01.1943 | duffy's tavern tallulah bankhead afrs#8 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. June 1, 1943. Program #8. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Tito Guizar sing... | |
| 06.15.1943 | duffy's tavern (095) with clifton fadiman |
+ Duffy's Tavern. June 15, 1943. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Clifton Fadiman visit... | |
| 10.19.1943 | duffy's tavern peter lorre & raffles the talking mynah bird |
+ Duffy's Tavern. October 19, 1943. Blue Network. Sponsored by: Sal Hepatica ("Duffy's First Reader"... | |
| 10.26.1943 | duffy's tavern (101) archie's life story (with ida lupino) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. October 26, 1943. Program #24. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Ida L... | |
| 11.02.1943 | duffy's tavern (102) the poker game |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 2, 1943. Program #25. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Charl... | |
| 11.09.1943 | duffy's tavern (103) with lucille ball |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 9, 1943. Program #26. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie's go... | |
| 12.07.1943 | duffy's tavern (107) bing crosby may buy a half interest in the bar |
+ Duffy's Tavern. December 7, 1943. Blue Network. Sponsored by: Sal Hepatica, Minit-Rub. Will Bing C... | |
| 12.14.1943 | duffy's tavern (108) archie's song (with joan davis and newlywed dinah shore) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. December 14, 1943. Program #31. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guests are... | |
| 01.04.1944 | duffy's tavern fred allen |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 4, 1944. Blue net, KECA, Sponsored by: Minit-Rub, Sal Hepatica. The prog... | |
| 01.25.1944 | duffy's tavern (114) with deems taylor |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 25, 1944. Program #36. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Deems... | |
| 02.01.1944 | duffy's tavern (115) archie needs finnegan to marry billie burke |
+ Duffy's Tavern. February 1, 1944. Program #37. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie want... | |
| 02.22.1944 | duffy's tavern (118) archie invests in an oil well (with phil baker) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. February 22, 1944. Program #40. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie wan... | |
| 02.29.1944 | duffy's tavern gracie fields afrs#41 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. February 29, 1944. Program #41. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie tur... | |
| 03.07.1944 | duffy's tavern (120) archie gets tax advice from colonel stoopnagle |
+ Duffy's Tavern. March 7, 1944. Blue net, KECA, Sponsored by: Minit-Rub, Sal Hepatica. Archie is ... | |
| 03.14.1944 | duffy's tavern gertrude lawrence afrs #43 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. March 14, 1944. Program #43. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie has wr... | |
| 03.14.1944 | duffy's tavern (121) archie writes a play (with gertrude lawrence) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. March 14, 1944. Program #43. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie has wr... | |
| 04.11.1944 | duffy's tavern carole landis afrs#47 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 11, 1944. Program #47. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Carole ... | |
| 04.11.1944 | duffy's tavern (125) carole landis talks about women in the work force |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 11, 1944. Program #47. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Carole ... | |
| 04.18.1944 | duffy's tavern (126) guest charles laughton |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 18, 1944. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie wants guest Charles... | |
| 04.25.1944 | duffy's tavern (127) crosby and hope (bob crosby & mrs delores hope) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 25, 1944. Program #49. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie and gu... | |
| 05.02.1944 | duffy's tavern (128) archie tries to get a girl for dennis day |
+ Duffy's Tavern. May 2, 1944. Program #50. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie tries to ... | |
| 05.09.1944 | duffy's tavern (129) men's fashion lecture (with adolph menjou) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. May 9, 1944. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Adolphe reads the lecture abo... | |
| 05.23.1944 | duffy's tavern (131) archie uses paul lukas for publicity |
+ Duffy's Tavern. May 23, 1944. Program #53. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The gang at the... | |
| 06.27.1944 | duffy's tavern ransom sherman afrs#58 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. June 27, 1944. Program #58. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The last show ... | |
| 09.15.1944 | duffy's tavern (137) rudy vallee does his show from the tavern |
+ Duffy's Tavern. September 15, 1944. Blue Network. Sponsored by: Ipana, Minute Rub. The first show ... | |
| 09.22.1944 | duffy's tavern (138) insurance policy for finnegan (with gene tierney) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. September 22, 1944. Program #60. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie tr... | |
| 11.10.1944 | duffy's tavern (145) party for singer bob graham (with robert benchley) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 10, 1944. Program #67. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Robe... | |
| 12.22.1944 | duffy's tavern (151) christmas program with monty woolley |
+ Duffy's Tavern. December 22, 1944. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie tries to talk gu... | |
| 01.05.1945 | duffy's tavern jinx falkenburg |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 5, 1945. Program #97. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie quits... | |
| 01.12.1945 | duffy's tavern (154) archie's adaptation of 'frankenstein' (with boris karloff) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 12, 1945. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie's written a play ... | |
| 01.19.1945 | duffy's tavern (155) archie asks linda darnell to the policemen's ball |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 19, 1945. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie plans to take gue... | |
| 02.02.1945 | duffy's tavern (157) with sonny tufts |
+ Duffy's Tavern. February 2, 1945. Blue Network. Sponsored by: Ipana, Minit-Rub, Vitalis. In order ... | |
| 03.16.1945 | duffy's tavern (163) guest pat o'brien |
+ Duffy's Tavern. March 16, 1945. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. AFRS replacing Danny Kaye ... | |
| 04.06.1945 | duffy's tavern finnegan the millionaire afrs |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 6, 1945. Program #88. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Finnegan has i... | |
| 04.06.1945 | duffy's tavern (166) finnegan the millionaire |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 6, 1945. Program #88. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Finnegan has i... | |
| 04.27.1945 | duffy's tavern (169) fish and fantasy (with john garfield) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. April 27, 1945. Program #91. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Guest John Ga... | |
| 05.18.1945 | duffy's tavern (172) archie's raise |
+ Duffy's Tavern. May 18, 1945. Program #94. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie still pl... | |
| 09.28.1945 | duffy's tavern deems taylor afrs#99 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. September 28, 1945. Program #99. , AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Deems Taylor visits th... | |
| 09.28.1945 | duffy's tavern (177) guest deems taylor |
+ Duffy's Tavern. September 28, 1945. Program #99. , AFRS rebroadcast. Guest Deems Taylor visits th... | |
| 11.09.1945 | duffy's tavern eddie quits (maxie rosenbloom) afrs#105 |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 9, 1945. Program #105. , AFRS rebroadcast. Eddie the waiter quits, so Ar... | |
| 11.09.1945 | duffy's tavern (183) eddie quits |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 9, 1945. Program #105. , AFRS rebroadcast. Eddie the waiter quits, so Ar... | |
| 11.16.1945 | duffy's tavern (184) archie hires madam zooma |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 16, 1945. Program #106. , AFRS rebroadcast. Archie hires Madame Zooma th... | |
| 11.30.1945 | duffy's tavern 186 un splitting the atom, with sandra gould {afrs#108} |
+ Duffy's Tavern. November 30, 1945. Blue net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Archie's friend Dave ha... | |
| 12.21.1945 | duffy's tavern (189) the cast does 'a christmas carol' |
+ Duffy's Tavern. December 21, 1945. Sponsored by: Minit-Rub, Ingraham Shave Cream. Guest is harpis... | |
| 12.28.1945 | duffy's tavern (190) balancing the books |
+ Duffy's Tavern. December 28, 1945. , AFRS rebroadcast. Archie tries to balance the tavern's books... | |
| 01.04.1946 | duffy's tavern guest alan ladd (afrs) |
+ Duffy's Tavern. January 4, 1946. Program #113. , AFRS rebroadcast. Archie wants guest Alan Ladd t... | |
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