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Owner Duffy was never heard nor seen, either on the radio program or in the 1945 film adaptation or the short-lived 1954 TV series.

Archie constantly bantered with Duffy's man-crazy daughter, Miss Duffy ( played by several actresses, beginning with Gardner's real-life first wife, Shirley Booth ), and especially with Clifton Finnegan ( Charlie Cantor, later Sid Raymond ), a likeable soul with several screws loose and a knack for falling for every other salesman's scam.

Eddie the Waiter was played by Eddie Green ; the pianist Fats Pichon took over the role after Green's death in 1950.

Hoping to take advantage of the income tax free status of Puerto Rico for future projects, Gardner moved the radio show there in 1949.