This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 108: Halloween 1948—Dewey Vs. Truman

On Halloween 1948, after Jack Benny signed off at 5:30 Pacific time, Phil Harris & Alice Faye signed on.

Benny’s famous bandleader joined The Fitch Bandwagon in 1946. In October 1948 he and starlet wife Alice Faye were given name billing. Rexall signed on as sponsor. That month, their rating was 21.2, fourth-highest on air, and a point higher than Benny’s.

Radio writer, director, and actor Elliott Lewis played Frank Remley, in a take on Phil’s real-life band member. Remley had worked Benny’s show, who often singled him out for critical comment.

Harris’ character was lazy, shiftless, stupid, and alcoholic, and Remley, though never given voice on Benny’s programs, became the point man for Harris’ virtues.

On the Harris show, the “Frank Remley gag” was expanded into a speaking role: Remley played the part in the first episode, but it didn’t work. Elliott Lewis turned the role into a comic masterpiece. The cast also featured Gale Gordon, Robert North, Jeanine Roose, Anne Whitfield, and Walter Tetley.

The show would peak in December with a twenty-six point rating. Writers Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat had to account for five-minutes of necessary cuts because of audience laughter.

All good things must come to an end but bad things come to an end too which means that Phil Harris’s band rehearsal is finally over. Right now we find Phil and Elliott strolling casually up Hollywood Boulevard on what would otherwise be a very pleasant afternoon. . . 

Duration: 30:47 

Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Bill Forman, Elliott Lewis

 Broadcast Date: 11th December 1953

Phil Harris defines the words high achiever. Former tennis prodigy, the only ever winner of both the REISA Sales Person & Auctioneer of the Year and now the leader of Harris Real Estate with over 175 staff, he’s an impressive study. Phil takes us behind the scenes of his success and talks about the challenges from selling just one property in his first 6 months to the lessons and reaction of his recent high-profile court case. In-between there are lessons on resilience, the mindset of elite performers and the importance of self-care.

It’s The Phil Harris And Alice Faye Show on this week’s A Legacy Of Laughs. We’ll hear their broadcast from December 8, 1946, titled, Emily’s Musicale.

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For our guest today, we have Phil Harris.  He left his well-paying six-figure job to become the owner of the Property Guys franchise out in the Okanagan area in BC.  They are disrupting the real estate industry by providing an alternative, affordable, and convenient way to sell your home. One of the cool things we talked about is risk and how the numbers, or lack thereof, doesn’t always give the full picture and a leap of faith is sometimes required.  Keep listening to find out more.

Show Notes:

• Real estate sales service that’s a hybrid between a self-serve and full service real estate service spanning the Okanagan from Osoyoos to Revelstoke
• Quit his 6 figure project management job to pursue this business to create the lifestyle he wants for himself and his family
• Just dived into the business without really knowing much about the financials of the business; leap of faith
• Zoho CRM has a lot of functionality but not the most user friendly
• In hindsight, should’ve started a business sooner with less due diligence
• Most businesses are up to the owner to push it across the line
• There’s never a unicorn of a business
• Sometimes, the concept of the business is more important than the numbers. As long as the concept makes sense

Contact info:

• Propertyguys.com
• npharris@propertyguys.com
• Cell: 778-932-5947

In this episode, Dr. Wilson is back with Dr. Phil Harris talking about why everyone is sick and how the body is preprogrammed to heal itself. 

In this episode, Dr. Wilson sits down with Dr. Phil Harris to talk about the TRUTH about the immune system and how to make sure your body is functioning at its best.