Guys, I never heard of him until 30” ago, altho I remember Queen For a Day.
The radio programs were considered a treat and were rationed. There was the Sunday night line-up (Jack Benny, Phil Harris, Duffy’s Tavern) and a few radio soaps for the rare times that I was ill and not in school.
We didn’t get a TV until early fifties – Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Lucy…I was in HS by then and out of the house most of the time, except for studying, sleeping and meals. The screen was the size of a small laptop and the housing the size of a small house.
Harp kindly called me “doyenne;” perhaps “dowager” is better.