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Pick and Pat

A buddy comedy minstrel-type radio program in the vein of Amos n' Andy and Two Black Crows.

Pick and Pat

15 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 3 hours, 3176 min)
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Pick Malone and Pat Padgett
It would be easy for modern listeners to dismiss or even ignore the traditions of American Minstrelsy and blackface performers. The performances created and reinforced stereotypes of the African-American experience that still brings shame to the American consciousness. There are few issues Americans find as abhorrent as the ones which recall that "peculiar institution".

Ignoring minstrelsy dismisses the practice's contribution to American entertainment. Minstrel shows were the primary source of entertainment for Americans for the greater portion of the 1800s, finally giving way to Vaudeville around the dawn of the twentieth century. Just as Vaudeville traditions carried into Radio and the early film industry, Minstrelsy laid the foundations for Vaudeville.

The buddy comedy format developed as part of the minstrel tradition. The pun and malapropism filled Stump Speech was a vital part of a minstrel show. Although primarily a monologue, the stump speech often took the form of a dialogue between two of the program's stock characters. These characters took the forms of "The Slave and the Dandy" or "Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bone". On the radio, they took the form of The Two Black Crows, Amos 'n' Andy, and Pick and Pat.

Pick Malone and Pat Padgett were vaudeville veterans who made the transition to radio, initially with a routine with the characters "Molasses and January". During the 1930's, they had a number of their own programs under the sponsorship of various U.S. Tobacco brands. They were also frequent guests on other U.S. Tobacco programs such as The Chesterfield Supper Club.

The humor of Pick and Pat seems less refined than that of the more popular Amos 'n' Andy, but they helped to blaze a path for teams like Laurel and Hardy, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, Kramden and Norton, and Flintstone and Rubble.

This collection is part of the larger Minstrel Show Collection.  For other similar series, see also Amos And Andy Music Hall, Beulah, Pick and Pat, Johnson Family, Black Crows, Johnson Family, Southland Echoes, and Sam n' Henry. See also: article on the history of Minstrel Shows and Old Time Radio.

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    Question about Teresa Brewer. It is said that during her teens in the 1940s in Toledo she was a regular on the Pick And Pat radio show. Who can explain that? It suggests Pick and Pat were in Toledo. Is she found on any tapes? Do the shows numbered 44000 and 45000 mean 1944 and 1945? Then when she moved to New York she appeared on the TV show American Minstrels and so did Pick and Pat. Both in NY now?

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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 3 hours, 3176 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 3 hours, 3176 min
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    1. 15 shows – total playtime 3 hours, 52 minutes
    2. Pick and Pat 330915 1st Great Big Things.mp3
    3. Pick And Pat 350308 Morton Bowe.mp3
    4. Pick And Pat 370531 Pat Plays Harmonica Parts 13.mp3
    5. Pick And Pat 370614 One Of Their Short Friends Pt 2.mp3
    6. Pick And Pat 370628 Dedicated To Boy Scouts Of America Pt 1.mp3
    7. Pick And Pat 380000 Accused Of Stealing Chickens Pt.2.mp3
    8. Pick And Pat 380000 Routine About Poetry Pt. 2.mp3
    9. Pick And Pat 380321 Whistle While You Work Pt. 13.mp3
    10. Pick And Pat 380523 Routine About Golfing Pt. 2.mp3
    11. Pick And Pat 380801.mp3
    12. Pick And Pat 380808 Harmonica In Opening Routine Pt. 1 3.mp3
    13. Pick And Pat 381212 Theres Gonna Be A Great Day Pt.1.mp3
    14. Pick And Pat 450723 Time Mary Small.mp3
    15. Pick And Pat Time 440000 Please No Squeeza Da Banan.mp3
    16. Pick And Pat Time 450000 Bell Bottom Trousers.mp3
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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 3 hours, 3176 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    106 MB – total playtime 3 hours, 52 min
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    1. 15 shows – 106 MB – total playtime 3 hours, 52 minutes
    2. Pick and Pat 330915 1st Great Big Things.mp3
    3. Pick And Pat 350308 Morton Bowe.mp3
    4. Pick And Pat 370531 Pat Plays Harmonica Parts 13.mp3
    5. Pick And Pat 370614 One Of Their Short Friends Pt 2.mp3
    6. Pick And Pat 370628 Dedicated To Boy Scouts Of America Pt 1.mp3
    7. Pick And Pat 380000 Accused Of Stealing Chickens Pt.2.mp3
    8. Pick And Pat 380000 Routine About Poetry Pt. 2.mp3
    9. Pick And Pat 380321 Whistle While You Work Pt. 13.mp3
    10. Pick And Pat 380523 Routine About Golfing Pt. 2.mp3
    11. Pick And Pat 380801.mp3
    12. Pick And Pat 380808 Harmonica In Opening Routine Pt. 1 3.mp3
    13. Pick And Pat 381212 Theres Gonna Be A Great Day Pt.1.mp3
    14. Pick And Pat 450723 Time Mary Small.mp3
    15. Pick And Pat Time 440000 Please No Squeeza Da Banan.mp3
    16. Pick And Pat Time 450000 Bell Bottom Trousers.mp3
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    15 recordings on 4 Audio CDs. Total playtime 3 hours, 52 min
    15 recordings on 4 Audio CDs
    total playtime 3 hours, 52 min

    Pick and Pat Disc A001

    1. Pick and Pat 330915 1st Great Big Things
    2. Pick And Pat 350308 Morton Bowe
    3. Pick And Pat 370531 Pat Plays Harmonica Parts 13

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    Pick and Pat Disc A002

    1. Pick And Pat 370614 One Of Their Short Friends Pt 2
    2. Pick And Pat 370628 Dedicated To Boy Scouts Of America Pt 1
    3. Pick And Pat 380000 Accused Of Stealing Chickens Pt.2
    4. Pick And Pat 380000 Routine About Poetry Pt. 2
    5. Pick And Pat 380321 Whistle While You Work Pt. 13

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    Pick and Pat Disc A003

    1. Pick And Pat 380523 Routine About Golfing Pt. 2
    2. Pick And Pat 380801
    3. Pick And Pat 380808 Harmonica In Opening Routine Pt. 1 3
    4. Pick And Pat 381212 Theres Gonna Be A Great Day Pt.1

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    Pick and Pat Disc A004

    1. Pick And Pat Time 440000 Please No Squeeza Da Banan
    2. Pick And Pat Time 450000 Bell Bottom Trousers
    3. Pick And Pat 450723 Time Mary Small

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