The Happy Gang was a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio lunchtime variety show that ran from 1937 to 1959. During the Golden Age of Radio and well into the 1950s, it was one of Canada's most popular programs. In its heyday, it had about two million listeners a day.[1] The show was known for its "spontaneous humor, music, and corny jokes."[2]
The Happy Gang debuted on June 14, 1937 on station CRCT, a CBC affiliate in Toronto, later known as CBL.[3] Originally intended as just a summer fill-in, it gained a following, and was moved to the CBC network four months later. The Happy Gang ran for 22 years, totalling nearly 4900 broadcasts, until it was finally canceled in late August 1959.[4] The series also served as the template for CBC's French language service, Les Joyeux Troubadours (fr), which was broadcast from 1941 to 1977.
^"The Happy Gang". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
^Bill Taylor. "Happy Gang's Bert Pearl Dies in Los Angeles at 73." Toronto Star, June 19, 1986, p. F1.
^Morris Duff. "Old Happy Gang Gather to Recall Knock, Knocks." Toronto Star, April 8, 1963, p. 18.
^"Smiles Leave Happy Gang as End of 22-Year Era Looms." Toronto Star, August 28, 1959, p. 37.
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