Undated Broadcasts Identified: Cecil and Sally

Undated Broadcasts Project — Cecil and Sally Spring 1932 Arc

Continuing our chronological resolution across the 1928–1933 syndicated daily comedy serial Cecil and Sally (starring Johnny Patrick and Helen Troy), This update resolves an additional 50 sequential broadcasts (Sequences 1038 through 1087, representing Episodes 681 through 730).

Airing daily across the West Coast on KPO/KYA and nationwide via transcription discs between March 9 and May 5, 1932, this sequence chronicles several of the program's most celebrated farcical storylines:

• The Mrs. Mason & Dr. Gilroy Wedding Debacle: After Mamie learns Garrett Gilroy has kept his seven children secret and flees, predatory widow Mrs. Mason announces a whirlwind engagement to the doctor. Sally agrees to sing a solo soprano hymn at the ceremony, while Cecil tries to rent a tuxedo from a bewildered neighborhood butcher. At the altar, Dr. Gilroy is a no-show, leaving behind a blunt desertion note, and Mrs. Mason pays hush money to Cecil and Sally to keep the humiliating scene quiet.
• The Deed-a-Day Club: Sally founds a neighborhood youth charity club, defeats Sybil in a heated election for president, and delivers an impassioned radio broadcast on civic service.
• Nero Eats the Thirty Dollars: Sally entrusts Cecil with thirty dollars of charity club dues. Disaster strikes when Cecil's rambunctious dog Nero literally chews up and swallows the cash.
• The Warehouse Accusation: Desperate to replace the devoured charity funds, Cecil rents his jalopy Ben Hur to a waterfront character and borrows pocket money from Uncle Thomas' store register. Rival Alexander witnesses the transaction, accuses Cecil of theft and bootlegging, and provokes Cecil into challenging him to a bare-knuckle boxing match.

Reaching 2,089 broadcasts resolved in the master project ledger, each broadcast features verified daily airdates, standardized comedy taxonomy, and pure narrative synopses.

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