Vic and Sade rehearsal; from left: Art Van Harvey (Vic), Bernardine Flynn,
(Sade), Paul Rhymer and Bill Idelson.

The sitcom Vic and Sade was created and written by Paul Rhymer. It was aired 
regularly on NBC radio from 1932 to 1944, then intermittently until 1946, and
was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and again in 1957.

During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most popular
series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according to Time, the
program  had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the majority of its span
on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute episodes without a continuing
storyline.

The central characters, known as "radio’s home folks", were accountant Victor 
Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey), his wife Sade (Bernardine Flynn) and their
adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson).

Adapted from radio to television, The Amos ‘n Andy Show was produced
from June 1951 to April 1953 with 78 filmed episodes, sponsored by the
Blatz Brewing Company.

The CBS television series used black actors in the main roles, although
the actors were instructed to keep their voices and speech patterns close 
to those of the radio shows stars Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.

Produced at the Hal Roach Studios, the show was among the first to be
filmed with a multi-camera setup, four months before the I Love Lucy
series used the same technique.

The original radio show was popular from the 1920s through the
1950s. It was created, written, and voiced by two white actors, 
Gosden and Correll (above).

Lockhart played the mother on the CBS television series Lassie from 1954 to
1973 and Lost in Space from 1965 to 1968. She made her film debut in A
Christmas Carol opposite of her actor parents, Gene and Kathleen Arthur
Lockhart, in 1938. June Lockhart originally started in theater.

Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten
(December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015)

(Fox News) – Dick Van Patten, the actor who found lasting fame
as the patriarch on TV’s "Eight is Enough," has died.

Van Patten’s rep confirmed the news of his death to FOX. The
actor died Tuesday in Santa Monica, California, of complications
from diabetes.

Original run on ABC: March 15, 1977 – August 29, 1981.

Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten
(December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015)

(Fox News) – Dick Van Patten, the actor who found lasting fame
as the patriarch on TV’s "Eight is Enough," has died.

Van Patten’s rep confirmed the news of his death to FOX411. The
actor died Tuesday in Santa Monica, California, of complications
from diabetes.

Original run on ABC: March 15, 1977 – August 29, 1981.