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Meet Corliss Archer

6 episodes · 1946–1956 · CBS · Comedy

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F. Hugh Herbert based his stories about fifteen-year-old Corliss Archer partly on his own teenage daughter. The radio show ran from January 1943 to September 1956, mostly on CBS, with Janet Waldo, Priscilla Lyon and Lugene Sanders among the Corlisses. The same stories became the play and Shirley Temple film Kiss and Tell. Fewer than 24 episodes are known to survive.

Sources: Meet Corliss Archer, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1946

• The Photo Contest April 28, 1946 · CBS · 30 min
  Corliss is out to win the town's candid-camera contest with her new camera, and Dexter pays for it. The first show for Campbell's Soup.
• Dexter's Rival June 23, 1946 · CBS · 23 min
  Corliss wants a fortune teller to tell her who'll take her to the dance, and it's Dexter's two dollars that pays for it.
• The Babysitting Job August 11, 1946 · CBS · 29 min
  Corliss takes a babysitting job without telling her parents.

1947

• The Beauty Contest April 6, 1947 · CBS · 30 min
  Corliss tries to become Sweetheart of the Year.

1950

• Mr. Archer's New Suit April 9, 1950 · CBS · 23 min
  A phone-book mix-up sends Mr. Archer's new suit to the Salvation Army, and then the garbage disposal and the radio break.

1956

• Dexter's Future in Law September 16, 1956 · CBS · 24 min
  Corliss decides Dexter's future lies in the law, which costs somebody a valuable law book.