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A spin-off from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', this radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 and followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
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A spin-off sort-of spinoff from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', this Creator/{{NBC}} radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 1954. As the title suggests, it starred the real-life husband and wife team of Phil Harris and Alice Faye as fictionalized versions of themselves.
The series followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
The series followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
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* RunningGag: Almost every week, Phil and Remley bribe or trick Julius into acting as a guinea pig to achieve their goals by subjecting him to some kind of cartoonish torture- drowning him, electrocuting him, etc. He occasionally gets revenge, though.
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* RunningGag: Almost every week, Phil and Remley bribe or trick Julius into acting as a guinea pig to achieve their goals by subjecting him to some kind of cartoonish torture- torture: drowning him, electrocuting him, etc. He occasionally gets revenge, though.
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* ThisIsThePartWhere - occasionally done to reference the musical numbers
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* ThisIsThePartWhere - occasionally ThisIsThePartWhere: Occasionally done to reference the musical numbersnumbers.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm - Remley when he signs his name to Phil's Rexall contract. It doesn't take & he's compared to Hitler:
-->'''Remley''': From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
-->'''Remley''': From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm - Remley TyrantTakesTheHelm: Remley, when he signs his name to Phil's Rexall contract. It doesn't take & long before he's compared to Hitler:
-->'''Remley''': -->'''Remley:''' From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
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* WomenDrivers - Alice is a particularly hazardous driver and makes Phil nervous.
* YourMom - Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ah, your mother drinks warm beer!"
* YourMom - Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ah, your mother drinks warm beer!"
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* WomenDrivers - WomenDrivers: Alice is a particularly hazardous driver and makes Phil nervous.
*YourMom - YourMom: Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ah, "Ahhhh, your mother drinks warm beer!"beer!"
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* TakeThat: Every episode ended with the announcer saying "Alice Faye appears through the courtesy of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century-Fox]]" -- a jab at the studio, as Faye had quit some time before the program premiered.
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* TakeThat: Every episode ended with the announcer saying "Alice Faye appears through the courtesy of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century-Fox]]" -- a jab at the studio, as Faye had quit some time rather acrimoniously several years before the program premiered.
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* {{Catchphrase}} - Willy's "Goooood morning, Philip!" and "Yes, indeed. Mmmmhmmm!"
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* {{Catchphrase}} - {{Catchphrase}}: Willy's "Goooood morning, Philip!" and "Yes, indeed. Mmmmhmmm!"
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* DeadpanSnarker - Where do we start? Pretty much every single character on the show- even Willy had his moments.
* DelusionsOfEloquence - Phil does this all the time
* DoomItYourself - many episodes use this, from coloring Julius' hair with fabric dye, to buying a live steer to save money on steak (which it doesn't).
* DreadfulMusician - A RunningGag where everyone from the sponsor to Phil's own family talk about how bad Phil's band is, especially guitar player Frankie Remley (see quote in description above). Phil also can't read music and only knows the scale as far as "do re me fa..." and teaches the children accordingly.
* DropInCharacter - Julius
* EnforcedPlug - Rexall, with lots of {{Lampshading}}
* DelusionsOfEloquence - Phil does this all the time
* DoomItYourself - many episodes use this, from coloring Julius' hair with fabric dye, to buying a live steer to save money on steak (which it doesn't).
* DreadfulMusician - A RunningGag where everyone from the sponsor to Phil's own family talk about how bad Phil's band is, especially guitar player Frankie Remley (see quote in description above). Phil also can't read music and only knows the scale as far as "do re me fa..." and teaches the children accordingly.
* DropInCharacter - Julius
* EnforcedPlug - Rexall, with lots of {{Lampshading}}
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* DeadpanSnarker - DeadpanSnarker: Where do we start? Pretty much every single character on the show- even Willy had his moments.
*DelusionsOfEloquence - DelusionsOfEloquence: Phil does this all the time
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*DoomItYourself - many DoomItYourself: Many episodes use this, from coloring Julius' hair with fabric dye, to buying a live steer to save money on steak (which it doesn't).
*DreadfulMusician - DreadfulMusician: A RunningGag where everyone from the sponsor to Phil's own family talk about how bad Phil's band is, especially guitar player Frankie Remley (see quote in description above). Phil also can't read music and only knows the scale as far as "do re me fa..." and teaches the children accordingly.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners - Phil and Remley. They give each other presents. Awwwww...
* LampshadeHanging - In one episode, when Willy is the butt of one of Phil and Remley's schemes, Julius says, "Fellas, I'm hurt- this is the kind of torture you usually reserve for ME!"
* LampshadeHanging - In one episode, when Willy is the butt of one of Phil and Remley's schemes, Julius says, "Fellas, I'm hurt- this is the kind of torture you usually reserve for ME!"
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* HeterosexualLifePartners - HeterosexualLifePartners: Phil and Remley. They give each other presents. Awwwww...
*LampshadeHanging - LampshadeHanging: In one episode, when Willy is the butt of one of Phil and Remley's schemes, Julius says, "Fellas, I'm hurt- this is the kind of torture you usually reserve for ME!"
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* LittleMissSnarker - baby Alice and Phyllis, even at five years old
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* TakeThat: Every episode ended with the announcer saying "Alice Faye appears through the courtesy of [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century-Fox", Century-Fox]]" -- a jab at the studio studio, as Faye had quit some time before the program premiered.
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* SpinOff: As noted above, from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
* SpinOff: As noted above, from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
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* SuddenlyVoiced - Barbara the [[HarpOfFemininity harpist]].
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A spin-off from ''TheJackBennyProgram'', this radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 and followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
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A spin-off from ''TheJackBennyProgram'', ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', this radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 and followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
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* TedBaxter
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* ExecutiveMeddling - When the show's sponsorship changed from Rexall to RCA Victor, the character played by actor Elliott Lewis was no longer referred to as "Remley", but as..well, [[TheDanza "Elliott"]]. Also, a different actor played Willy after the change in sponsorship.
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* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Modern listeners may wonder why Julius the grocery boy sounds so much like [[RockyAndBullwinkle Sherman]]. Answer: Walter Tetley.
** Not to mention that Phil is [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo the bear]].
** Modern listeners may wonder why Julius the grocery boy sounds so much like [[RockyAndBullwinkle Sherman]]. Answer: Walter Tetley.
** Not to mention that Phil is [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo the bear]].
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* TheDanza - In the 1953-1954 season, Frankie Remley became Elliott Lewis, which was the name of the actor who played Remley. Phil had left Jack Benny's show and CBS retained the rights to the Remley name.
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A spin-off from ''TheJackBennyProgram'', this radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 and followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
The show was sponsored by the Rexall drug company, and several times episode plots involved some mess Phil makes of the yearly contract, breaking something in one of the stores, or even taking it upon himself to sell everything in the store for a penny, among other things. The humor on Alice's side revolved around her large fortune (as well as her faded movie career) and her occasional "Ah, [[YourMom your mother]]..." insults when she's at her wits end. Phil is often portrayed as TooDumbToLive, the usual things on his mind being pride in being from the South, thinking he's smarter than he really is, and his ego (the size of a house).
Two musical numbers were performed each episode, one by each of the leads.
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!This show provides examples of:
* ButtMonkey: Julius. Just... Julius.
** Though perhaps Alice's milquetoast brother Willie might be an even better candidate.
* CargoShip: Invoked. Phil ''loves'' his English roadster:
-->'''Alice''': Do you realize how lucky you are having a beautiful home, two wonderful children...
-->'''Phil''': And you, you beautiful dove you. You lovely thing. I'd never thought I'd live to see the day when anything so gorgeous as you would belong to me.
-->'''Alice''': Well, thank you Phil...
-->'''Phil''': Alice, please, I'm talking to the car.
* {{Catchphrase}} - Willy's "Goooood morning, Philip!" and "Yes, indeed. Mmmmhmmm!"
** Julius almost always entered with a shout of "Hiya, Mr. Harris, I brung the groceries!"
* ChristmasEpisode
* DeadpanSnarker - Where do we start? Pretty much every single character on the show- even Willy had his moments.
* DelusionsOfEloquence - Phil does this all the time
* DoomItYourself - many episodes use this, from coloring Julius' hair with fabric dye, to buying a live steer to save money on steak (which it doesn't).
* DreadfulMusician - A RunningGag where everyone from the sponsor to Phil's own family talk about how bad Phil's band is, especially guitar player Frankie Remley (see quote in description above). Phil also can't read music and only knows the scale as far as "do re me fa..." and teaches the children accordingly.
* DropInCharacter - Julius
* EnforcedPlug - Rexall, with lots of {{Lampshading}}
** Subverted in the first few weeks of RCA's sponsorship, as, in-universe, RCA refused to allow Phil to do plugs during the show.
* ExecutiveMeddling - When the show's sponsorship changed from Rexall to RCA Victor, the character played by actor Elliott Lewis was no longer referred to as "Remley", but as..well, [[TheDanza "Elliott"]]. Also, a different actor played Willy after the change in sponsorship.
* GoodOlBoy
* HeterosexualLifePartners - Phil and Remley. They give each other presents. Awwwww...
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Modern listeners may wonder why Julius the grocery boy sounds so much like [[RockyAndBullwinkle Sherman]]. Answer: Walter Tetley.
** Not to mention that Phil is [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo the bear]].
* LampshadeHanging - In one episode, when Willy is the butt of one of Phil and Remley's schemes, Julius says, "Fellas, I'm hurt- this is the kind of torture you usually reserve for ME!"
* LargeHam - Remley on occasion (see TyrantTakesTheHelm below), also Julius.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall - referencing musical numbers in middle of scenes or pointing out the "clumsy" segues.
* LittleMissSnarker - baby Alice and Phyllis, even at five years old
* {{Malaproper}} - Phil
* RunningGag: Almost every week, Phil and Remley bribe or trick Julius into acting as a guinea pig to achieve their goals by subjecting him to some kind of cartoonish torture- drowning him, electrocuting him, etc. He occasionally gets revenge, though.
** Remley's answer to every problem: "I know a guy..."
** Phil's band (and Remley's guitar playing) [[DreadfulMusician being terrible]].
* SitcomArchNemesis - Phil has two of these, Julius the grocery boy and Alice's brother Willy. While Willy is just plain annoying, Julius is madly in love with Alice.
** Not to mention Julius was an obnoxious brat.
* SuddenlyVoiced - Barbara the harpist.
* TedBaxter
* TheDanza - In the 1953-1954 season, Frankie Remley became Elliott Lewis, which was the name of the actor who played Remley. Phil had left Jack Benny's show and CBS retained the rights to the Remley name.
* ThisIsThePartWhere - occasionally done to reference the musical numbers
* TooDumbToLive
* TyrantTakesTheHelm - Remley when he signs his name to Phil's Rexall contract. It doesn't take & he's compared to Hitler:
-->'''Remley''': From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
-->'''Band members''': Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley!
* WomenDrivers - Alice is a particularly hazardous driver and makes Phil nervous.
* YourMom - Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ah, your mother drinks warm beer!"
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A spin-off from ''TheJackBennyProgram'', this radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 1954 and followed the home life of bandleader Phil, wife Alice, and his two girls Phyllis and Baby Alice. His best friend is Frankie Remley, his suppposedly-inept guitar player ("Lucky I'm in your band, ain't it?"), and the thorns in his side are Julius the grocery boy (who is madly in love with Alice) and his brother-in-law Willy.
The show was sponsored by the Rexall drug company, and several times episode plots involved some mess Phil makes of the yearly contract, breaking something in one of the stores, or even taking it upon himself to sell everything in the store for a penny, among other things. The humor on Alice's side revolved around her large fortune (as well as her faded movie career) and her occasional "Ah, [[YourMom your mother]]..." insults when she's at her wits end. Phil is often portrayed as TooDumbToLive, the usual things on his mind being pride in being from the South, thinking he's smarter than he really is, and his ego (the size of a house).
Two musical numbers were performed each episode, one by each of the leads.
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!This show provides examples of:
* ButtMonkey: Julius. Just... Julius.
** Though perhaps Alice's milquetoast brother Willie might be an even better candidate.
* CargoShip: Invoked. Phil ''loves'' his English roadster:
-->'''Alice''': Do you realize how lucky you are having a beautiful home, two wonderful children...
-->'''Phil''': And you, you beautiful dove you. You lovely thing. I'd never thought I'd live to see the day when anything so gorgeous as you would belong to me.
-->'''Alice''': Well, thank you Phil...
-->'''Phil''': Alice, please, I'm talking to the car.
* {{Catchphrase}} - Willy's "Goooood morning, Philip!" and "Yes, indeed. Mmmmhmmm!"
** Julius almost always entered with a shout of "Hiya, Mr. Harris, I brung the groceries!"
* ChristmasEpisode
* DeadpanSnarker - Where do we start? Pretty much every single character on the show- even Willy had his moments.
* DelusionsOfEloquence - Phil does this all the time
* DoomItYourself - many episodes use this, from coloring Julius' hair with fabric dye, to buying a live steer to save money on steak (which it doesn't).
* DreadfulMusician - A RunningGag where everyone from the sponsor to Phil's own family talk about how bad Phil's band is, especially guitar player Frankie Remley (see quote in description above). Phil also can't read music and only knows the scale as far as "do re me fa..." and teaches the children accordingly.
* DropInCharacter - Julius
* EnforcedPlug - Rexall, with lots of {{Lampshading}}
** Subverted in the first few weeks of RCA's sponsorship, as, in-universe, RCA refused to allow Phil to do plugs during the show.
* ExecutiveMeddling - When the show's sponsorship changed from Rexall to RCA Victor, the character played by actor Elliott Lewis was no longer referred to as "Remley", but as..well, [[TheDanza "Elliott"]]. Also, a different actor played Willy after the change in sponsorship.
* GoodOlBoy
* HeterosexualLifePartners - Phil and Remley. They give each other presents. Awwwww...
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Modern listeners may wonder why Julius the grocery boy sounds so much like [[RockyAndBullwinkle Sherman]]. Answer: Walter Tetley.
** Not to mention that Phil is [[Disney/TheJungleBook Baloo the bear]].
* LampshadeHanging - In one episode, when Willy is the butt of one of Phil and Remley's schemes, Julius says, "Fellas, I'm hurt- this is the kind of torture you usually reserve for ME!"
* LargeHam - Remley on occasion (see TyrantTakesTheHelm below), also Julius.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall - referencing musical numbers in middle of scenes or pointing out the "clumsy" segues.
* LittleMissSnarker - baby Alice and Phyllis, even at five years old
* {{Malaproper}} - Phil
* RunningGag: Almost every week, Phil and Remley bribe or trick Julius into acting as a guinea pig to achieve their goals by subjecting him to some kind of cartoonish torture- drowning him, electrocuting him, etc. He occasionally gets revenge, though.
** Remley's answer to every problem: "I know a guy..."
** Phil's band (and Remley's guitar playing) [[DreadfulMusician being terrible]].
* SitcomArchNemesis - Phil has two of these, Julius the grocery boy and Alice's brother Willy. While Willy is just plain annoying, Julius is madly in love with Alice.
** Not to mention Julius was an obnoxious brat.
* SuddenlyVoiced - Barbara the harpist.
* TedBaxter
* TheDanza - In the 1953-1954 season, Frankie Remley became Elliott Lewis, which was the name of the actor who played Remley. Phil had left Jack Benny's show and CBS retained the rights to the Remley name.
* ThisIsThePartWhere - occasionally done to reference the musical numbers
* TooDumbToLive
* TyrantTakesTheHelm - Remley when he signs his name to Phil's Rexall contract. It doesn't take & he's compared to Hitler:
-->'''Remley''': From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
-->'''Band members''': Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley!
* WomenDrivers - Alice is a particularly hazardous driver and makes Phil nervous.
* YourMom - Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ah, your mother drinks warm beer!"
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