Bob and Ray

Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were an American comedy duo that began in radio in 1946 with a daily 15-minute show titled Matinee With Bob and Ray. They continued on the air for over four decades on NBC, CBS, Mutual, New York City local stations WINS, WOR, and WHN, and NPR, ending in 1987. Some episodes were released on phonograph records, and the pair had a 15-minute television show that ran from November 26, 1951 through September 28, 1953 on NBC. (It was a full half hour for the summer of 1952 only.) The duo also returned to television in the latter part of their career, both in a one-shot 1979 NBC special with members of the original Saturday Night Live cast, and in a series of specials for PBS in the early 1980s.

Sources

Dunning, John. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0195076788

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