Duffy's Tavern
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Duffy's Tavern is an American radio sitcom that ran for a decade on several networks, concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.
Sam Berman's caricature of Ed Gardner as the bartender Archie on Duffy's Tavern was published in NBC's 1947 book promoting the network's top stars.
Poster for the Duffy's Tavern movie
Ed Gardner
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Ed Gardner was an American comic actor, writer, and director; he is best remembered as the creator, and star, of the radio's popular Duffy's Tavern comedy series.
Duffy's Tavern
…broadcast. The program often featured celebrity guest stars but always hooked them around the misadventures of Archie, the tavern's manager, portrayed by Ed Gardner. Archie was prone to involvement in get-rich-quick schemes and romantic missteps, and constantly communicated with malaprops and mixed metaphors. Gardner…
Gardner as Archie (left) with Ransom Sherman, the host of the radio program which replaced Duffy's Tavern for its summer hiatus.