
Bob & Ray: The Soap Operas, Volume 5
Featuring Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife
(4 CDs, Catalog No. RACD 5030-4)
DISC 1 (55:30)
- Intro Bob and Fentress Synom preview upcoming feaures.
- Mary Backstayge Ralph Crusader investigates phony socks; Westchester Furioso.
- Mary Backstayge Mary & Harry prepare to return to Broadway in Westchester Furioso.
- Bob & Ray discuss plot development with Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee
- Mary Backstayge Greg Marlowe delivers Westchester Furioso script; Seattle calls.
- The Noctillio Lepporenus Dr. Edgar McClutchney, Noctillio Lepporenus Expert
- Mary Backstayge Rehearsals for Westchester Furioso in Seattle’s Space Needle restaurant.
- Wisdom of the Ages promo Webley L. Webster.
- Mary Backstayge Preparing to leave for Seattle; a disturbing telegram arrives.
- Wisdom of the Ages Famous Quotations. Webley L. Webster, moderator.
- Mary Backstayge Last minute packing; leave Pop Beloved behind?
- Wally Ballou & Artie Schermerhorn from the boardwalk at Abajona Park, MA.
- Impartial Survey #1 comparing the Bob & Ray show to all others.
- Studio Interview Oil discovered in Massachusetts.
- Mary Backstayge at Grand Central Station on the way to Seattle.
- McBeeBee Twins Vanilla Ice Cream; Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee on the Mary Backstayge plot.
- Mary Backstayge aboard the Hummingbird Express enroute to Seattle.
- McBeeBee Twins Claude & Clyde, the non-identical twin bandleaders .“Bei mir bist du schoen”.
DISC 2 (55:17)
- Mary Backstayge On the train with a wierd sounding man; an ominous Traingram arrives.
- Bob & Ray WOR Studio Banter billboard upcoming features; lady with ventriloquist’s dummy.
- Mary Backstayge Fielding Backstayge, Harry’s long-lost blacksheep brother appears.
- Webley Webster and Ralph Flinger talk with Bob: Whatever happened to Bob & Ray?
- Mary Backstayge Back aboard the crack Hummingbird Express to Seatlle.
- Impartial Survey # 2 comparing the Bob & Ray show to all others.
- Audience Interviews Cannon ball saleswoman; confused spy.
- Mary Backstayge In the lounge car. Greg Marlowe is missing. A mysterious train buff.
- Biff Burns interviews “Maurice the Canadian hockey player.”
- Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee Call him Chet.
- Mary Backstayge Greg is not on the train..A diabolical, mysterious Train Buff sings.
- Ralph Flinger, Mr. I-Know-Where-They-Are Spencer Gruber, the inventor of the wallet.
- Mary Backstayge Mary’s bequested broach.
- Artie Schermerhorn visits a paper clip factory in Napoleon, Ohio.
- Impartial Survey # 3.
- Mary Backstayge The train is robbed.
- Interview with a Troll.
- Mary Backstayge The Train Buff saves Mary’s life.
- Ralph Flinger Peter Mildew, the man who went over Niagra Falls in a barrel.
DISC 3 (55:26)
- Studio Banter Billboard of upcoming features.
- Mary Backstayge The police interrogate the mysterious Train Buff.
- Studio Banter Billboard of upcoming features.
- The Gathering Dusk Edna forgets the taxi waiting outside her house.
- Mary Backstayge Stuck in the elevator to the top of the Space Needle.
- Dr. Elmer Stapley, The Word Wizard For external use only.
- Mary Backstayge Greg Marlowe arrives and unsticks the elevator.
- The Gathering Dusk Edna fears that she’s being blackmailed.
- Impartial Survey # 4 Comparing the Bob & Ray show to another.
- Mary Backstayge Pre-openng jitters; Fielding Backstage attacks the troupe.
- Frederick “Doo Dah” Day Camptown Racetrack.
- Dr. Elmer Stapley, The Word Wizard Hard as nails.
- Mary Backstayge Harry sprains his ankle playing ping pong; Pop Beloved saves the day.
- Studio Banter with Chester Hasbrouck “Chet” Frisbee.
- Mary Backstayge The show opens with Pop in the lead. Calvin tells Mary to “break a leg.”
- Dr. Elmer Stapley, The Word Wizard Schoolteacher who likes to use profanity.
- Dean Archer Armstead Mumbling through the mulch.
- Mary Backstayge The curtain comes down. Clive Barnes misses the show.
- The Gathering Dusk Edna fears that her house is haunted.
- Mary Backstayge Waiting for the reviews with the Train Buff and Wealthy Jacobus Pike.
- The McBeeBee Twins have an oil tanker for sale.
DISC 4 (54:50)
- Mary Backstayge: Harry’s long-lost blacksheep brother, Fielding, plots futher mischief.
- Studio Banter: Bob, Ray & Webley Webster peview upcoming features.
- Mary Backstayge Cast Party: reading reviews, Mary sings, Pop Beloved takes a fall.
- You and Your Symptoms: #1 Dr. Arlington Garment. Dutch Elm Disease.
- Mary Backstayge: Pop Beloved is in the hospital with a sprained ankle.
- Left Handed Ladies’ Steeplejack Convention # 1. Mrs. Wendell Stoppdeck.
- Mary Backstayge: Pop Beloved’s odd hospital roomates. Dr. Fred B. Stole presents his bill.
- Left Handed Ladies’ Steeplejack Convention # 2. Other convention venues.
- Mary Backstayge Checking Dr. Stoll’s bill. Operation to removes Pop’s cast.
- You and Your Symptoms # 2 Dr. Arlington Garment. Irish Setter’s Tail Droop.
- Mary Backstayge Pop is discharged from the hospital. Dr. Stoll has an accident.
- You and Your Symptoms # 3 Dr. Arlington Garment. Man with shrunken nose.
- Mary Backstayge The show goes on. Fielding Backstayge is up to no good.
- Webley Webster Webley almost gets to play “Jealousy” on the pipe organ.
- Mary Backstayge Exploding flowers. Fielding watches TV waiting for bad news.
- Webley Webster complains about his interrupted organ recital.
- You and Your Symptoms # 4 Dr. Arlington Garment. Hay fever, ingrown toenails.
- Mary Backstayge Wealthy Jacobus Pike cancels the show. Dinner in the diner.
- Chester Hasbrouck Frisbee chats with Bob about the plot of the next Mary Backstayge episodes.
- Time Limitations: Webley Webster hosts panel discussions to see how long they will last.