Mama Bloom's Brood
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Mama Bloom's Brood is an early series from around 1934 that blends elements of soap opera with situation comedy. Each episode runs for fifteen minutes and features a serialized, domestic focus, placing it firmly within the soap opera genre. However, the light-hearted and humorous treatment of plot and character aligns it with the sitcoms that emerged during radio's golden age.
The story follows Papa Bloom (Jake), who, with the help of Mama (Becky), sells his kneepants factory at a profit as he reaches retirement age. Together with their children—daughters Yetta and Sarah and sons-in-law Harold and Sidney—they embark on a long-awaited automobile trip to Hollywood. Along the way, they encounter various adventures, including a stay at a resort hotel in Michigan where Jake discovers his unexpected talent for bridge. Their journey is filled with humorous moments, such as a comical encounter with movie actors posing as 'Indians' in the Arizona desert.
Mama Becky Bloom is a charming character reminiscent of Molly from The Goldbergs, known for her heavy Yiddish accent and humorous misunderstandings of American English and history. The program was syndicated around 1934 by Broadcasters Program Syndicate/Bruce Eells and Associates.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Old Geezer
Episode #2 is actually episode 1 And 2, joined. Also, this set fails to identify two missing programs, episode #51 & 52. As you listen to beginning of the episode that follows #50, it becomes apparent that there's a lack of continuity between It, and #50. Therefore, all (available) programs that follow #50 are two episode-numbers higher (ex, #76 is actually #78, as depicted by the Radio Gold Index). However, that doesn't detract from the this fact that this is a crisply-encoded, well-written sketch! Thanks for sharing it.
Loved every moment
A LibriVox Listener
Felt like I could be in my grandmother's kitchen as a little child again. Sorry that series is over. perfect cast
Very Nice
Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid
Very nice and charming soap opera. Sound quality is good. I'm glad so many episodes have survived.
Fanny Brice???
Momma Gayle
I'm positive that Mama is Fanny Brice. so that pretty much tells me all I need to know. I would listen to Fanny read a grocery list (which I'm sure world be HILARIOUS). Again I am so grateful to OTR and Librivox for bringing these treasures to us.
This is cute!
Dee_Grooovy
Very funny, very charming series - will definitely put a smile on your face :D
great show
Wise momma & can she mess up the English language 😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love It!
JeanieCat
Great show! Really funny and entertaining!
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OTRRArchive
FYI: Replaced files on this page from the Version 1.2 Release (05-Jan-2020). For the full OTRR Release, see the OTRR Certified page: <a href="https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Mama_Blooms_Brood" rel="nofollow">OTRR Mama Bloom's Brood</a> - Old Time Radio Researchers Group