Five mornings a week, from 1932 to 1942, Allen Prescott, host of the program “The Wife Saver” greeted his faithful audience of housewives with a cheery, “Hello, girls.” Prescott, who sometimes received as many as five hundred letters a week from women all over the country, solved some of life's more mundane problems by offering such homey advice and household tips as how to get meat out of the can, where to store hats, and how to make new silk stockings last longer. Prescott's signature sign-off, “Mrs. Housewife, I hope there's nothing burning,” typifies his droll delivery.
Allen Prescott (1904-1978) was best known as the host of the program “The Wife Saver”, a light and humorous radio show offering household hints to housewives several mornings and afternoons a week. Prescott began his radio career as a newscaster in New York, appearing on a WMCA news program with Walter Winchell in 1929 and covering special events for WINS in the early 1930s. “The Wife Saver” aired on New York radio stations WINS and WABC in 1929, moving to NBC's Blue Network in 1932. By 1941 the program's name and format changed to Prescott presents; it was broadcast until 1943. Prescott also wrote two books and hosted several other radio and television programs. He died in 1978.
Title: [Allen Prescott publicity photograph]
Contributor Names: Prescott, Allen
Created / Published: [between ca. 1932 and 1942]
Source Collection: Allen Prescott Collection (Library of Congress) ppmsca 02992