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3	A sort-of spinoff from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'', this Creator/{{NBC}} radio [[{{Sitcom}} sitcom]] ran from 1948 to 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.
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5	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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7	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).
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9	Two musical numbers were performed each episode, one by each of the leads.
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12	!This show provides examples of:
13	* ButtMonkey: Julius. Just... Julius.
14	** Though perhaps Alice's milquetoast brother Willie might be an even better candidate.
15	* CargoShip: Invoked. Phil ''loves'' his English roadster:
16	-->'''Alice''': Do you realize how lucky you are having a beautiful home, two wonderful children...
17	-->'''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.
18	-->'''Alice''': Well, thank you Phil...
19	-->'''Phil''': Alice, please, I'm talking to the car.
20	* {{Catchphrase}}: Willy's "Goooood morning, Philip!" and "Yes, indeed. Mmmmhmmm!"
21	** Julius almost always entered with a shout of "Hiya, Mr. Harris, I brung the groceries!"
22	* ChristmasEpisode
23	* DeadpanSnarker: Where do we start? Pretty much every single character on the show- even Willy had his moments.
24	* DelusionsOfEloquence: Phil does this all the time.
25	* 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).
26	* 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.
27	* DropInCharacter: Julius
28	* EnforcedPlug: Rexall, with lots of {{Lampshading}}.
29	** Subverted in the first few weeks of RCA's sponsorship, as, in-universe, RCA refused to allow Phil to do plugs during the show.
30	* GoodOlBoy
31	* HarpOfFemininity: Barbara the harpist
32	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Phil and Remley. They give each other presents. Awwwww...
33	* 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!"
34	* LargeHam - Remley on occasion (see TyrantTakesTheHelm below), also Julius.
35	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall - referencing musical numbers in middle of scenes or pointing out the "clumsy" segues.
36	* LittleMissSnarker: Baby Alice and Phyllis, even at five years old.
37	* {{Malaproper}}: Phil.
38	* 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.
39	** Remley's answer to every problem: "I know a guy..."
40	** Phil's band (and Remley's guitar playing) [[DreadfulMusician being terrible]].
41	* 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.
42	** Not to mention Julius was an obnoxious brat.
43	* SmallNameBigEgo: Phil.
44	* SpinOff: As noted above, from ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''.
45	* StillBelievesInSanta: Remley.
46	* 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 rather acrimoniously several years before the program premiered.
47	* ThisIsThePartWhere: Occasionally done to reference the musical numbers.
48	* TooDumbToLive
49	* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Remley, when he signs his name to Phil's Rexall contract. It doesn't take long before he's compared to Hitler:
50	-->'''Remley:''' From this moment on, I am your leader. You will respect my authority without question and obedience, [[LargeHam I AM AN ABSOLUTE POWER]]!
51	-->'''Band members''': Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley! Heil, Remley!
52	* WomenDrivers: Alice is a particularly hazardous driver and makes Phil nervous.
53	* YourMom: Alice does this when she runs out of intelligent comebacks, like "Ahhhh, your mother drinks warm beer!"
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