Bob & Ray: The Soap Operas,Vol. 2

Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, legendary American humorists, were loved by fans and by fellow humorists, comedians and broadcasters.  Every humorist and comedian from 1946 to the present was influenced by Bob & Ray including Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Jay Leno, George Carlin, Al Franken, Garrison Keillor and Kurt Vonnegut.  Bob & Ray have won three Peabody Awards and three Grammy nominations, as well as many other pretigious honors.

This 4-CD set features Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife and The Lives and Loves and Linda Lovely.  It contains 65 Bob & Ray rountines including favorites such as Grub, the Story of Food, the Gathering Dusk, Mr. Science, The Secret Heart of Sayville and the Clutching Hand.  There are many more routines that will make you smile and laugh, as you rediscover the timeless humor of the legendary Bob & Ray.

DISC 1 (56:13)
Mary Backstayge "Mr. and Mrs. Broadway,"
Song Tester
Linda Lovely chats with Bob & Ray
One Fella's Family
Jack Headstrong, All-American American
The Clutching Hand
Linda Lovely and David approach the new year
Mary Backstayge, Harry Backstayge interviews Calvin Hoogavin
Song Tester
Linda Lovely and her fiance, David, home from darkest Africa broke and broken
The Complete Burglary Kit offer
The Gathering Dusk, Edna sees the chiropodist
Wayside Doctor
How operate a Juke Box
Lewis Reeves, Tree Surgeon
Commercial:  Einbinder Flypaper
One Fella's Family, Mother Butcher makes jam

DISC 2 (53:51)
Mary Backstayge, Harry applies for a job in a peanut butter factory
How to sharpen a pencil
Mary Backstayge, Harry waits for his interview
Mr. Science!
Linda Lovely, Uncle Eugene returns from the wine cellar
Paper airplanes
Mary Backstayge, Harry meets Wallace Chunky
Linda Lovely, Fingers McGee cases Linda Lovely's house
Mary Backstayge, Harry tours the peanut factory
Safe Cracker
The Gathering Dusk, Edna makes a startling discovery
Drinking Fountain
Mary Backstayge, Harry's first day after work
TV Set Knitter
Mary Backstayge, Harry works overtime
Grub, the Story of Food
Mary Backstayge, peanut fever

DISC 3 (54:50)
Mary Backstayge, Harry goes home in a wheelbarrow
Theodore Evans Pomfert
Mary Backstayge, Harry contracts peanut fever
Webley Webster
The Secret Heart of Sayville
Akbar Maitai & Chester Hasbrook Frisbee
Mary Backstayge, Calvin prepares to fetch peanut fever serum
Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee
Speak Your Mind
Mary Backstayge, Calvin rides to New Jersey on horseback
Wally Ballou covers a log-rolling contest
Mary Backstayge, back in Skunkhanven, Long Island, the gang gets bad news
The Gathering Dusk, Edna needs her chimney swept
John Ralph Phipps, Celebrity Interview with Mevlin Swarmcycle
One Fella's Family, checking the furnace
Human Interest Stories

DISC 4 (57:00)
Mary Backstayge, the gang arrives in Foggy Bend
Linda Lovely has a new announcer
Cynthia's Sweets, commercial
One Fella's Family, hiding Easter Eggs
Mary Backstayge, alone with Mr. Gore
The Gathering Dusk, hoodlum leader Franchetti visits Edna
Jack Headstrong gets scared!
Mary Backstayge, a bad dinner in a haunted hotel
An oboe player discusses the symphony racket
Mary Backstayge, ski lessons from a drill-seargent
Linda Lovely, the law drops in on Linda
Rock Gardens, how to grow them
Mary Backstayge, Pop and Calvin are missing after a ski jump
Webley Webster get garnisheed
Mary Backstayge, Mary & Harry search for Calvin & Pop when Akbar shows up