tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post656825420217070272..comments2008-07-05T16:31:49.355+01:00Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-13611263051113474312008-07-05T16:31:00.000+01:002008-07-05T16:31:00.000+01:00

I rarely listen to serials in general, Jim; but I very much enjoyed Berg's biography <I>Molly and Me</I> and her account of how the <I>Goldbergs</I> came about. In his introduction to <I>The Rise of the Goldbergs</I>, a 1931 novelization of the program's earliest chapters, Eddie Cantor echoes your sentiments when he remarks that "Gertrude Berg is a lover of all that stirs the imagination,

Harry Heuserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516327808775454066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13049534.post-53862547061535764422008-07-05T15:40:00.000+01:002008-07-05T15:40:00.000+01:00

While I am not a huge fan of all things "Goldberg." I do like listening occasionally to them mostly because of Gertrude Berg's wonderful way of creating these soft human dramas that make thirties radio so exquisite to listen to. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for pointing me to this little piece of radio history that was not in my files.<BR/><BR/>I envy your trip back in time.

Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565836203120410773noreply@blogger.com