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Crazy Family is a 1939 Australian radio series by Sumner Locke Elliott for the George Edwards Players. It was about the eccentric Bonnett family.

Elliott appeared as a regular cast member in addition to writing episodes.

The series was sponsored by Woolworths which was unusual at the time. It appears to have been cancelled by April 1939. The serial was replaced by Geoffry Hamlyn Tells, also sponsored by Woolworths.

Premise

"Concerns the erratic antics of the Bonnet family. Their peculiar traits of character and their hobbies make living with them even more complicated. Mrs. Bonnet gives music lessons, collects strays cats and proceeds through life in a delightfully vague blur. Her daughter Felicity, in between catching whales, brings home a new fiance practically every week. The son, Kevin, plays drums and takes delight in setting off fire-alarms in shops, and their old Uncle Elija plays with trains. The Bonnets also have two Swedish servants, Mr. and Mrs. Stradivarius, who have eleven children, all of whom come to live in the Bonnet mansion. Life, of course, is hectic and the action is swift and uproarious in comedy. The Bonnets are left a fortune and almost as suddenly it is almost robbed from them by the entrance of a forgotten relative. "

Cast

• George Edwards as Mr. Stradivarius
• Nell Sterling as Clodda
• Sumner Locke Elliott as Kevin Bonnet

References

1. "4MB RADIO FEATURES". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 21, 014. Queensland, Australia. 17 March 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "What Is The Best Aerial? Good One Is Equal To Another Valve", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, April 12, 1939, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
3. "Crazy Family Saved By Relay", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, April 12, 1939, nla.obj-723760522, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
4. "They're Crazy, But They're A Tonic", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, March 29, 1939, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
5. "4MB RADIO NOTES". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 21, 044. Queensland, Australia. 22 April 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Pioneer Story From 2UW", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, May 3, 1939, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove
7. "Laugh your head off at "THE CRAZY FAMILY"", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, March 15, 1939, nla.obj-712991385, retrieved 20 February 2024 – via Trove

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Laugh your head off at "THE CRAZY FAMILY"". The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal. 33 (11). 15 March 1939.

• 1930s Australian radio series
• 1939 Australian radio dramas
• Radio plays by Sumner Locke Elliott