The Joan Davis Show

As a result, they went against a radio custom and did not allow her to say goodbye to listeners of her final Village Store program on June 28, 1945.

The premise had Davis as proprietor of Joanie's Tea Room, which resulted in use of that expression as an alternate title.

A noticeable change from the Sealtest show was that this program had few guest stars, relying primarily on situation comedy.

[3]: 127-128 Others heard on the program, in addition to Davis, Russell, and von Zell, were Verna Felton as Rosella Hipperton III and Cousin Corneila, Shirley Mitchell and Sharon Douglas as Barbara Weatherby, Si Wills as Serenus, Wally Brown as himself, and Ben Gage as Dr. Ronald Crenshaw.

Writers included Harry Crane, Larry Gelbart, Jack Harvey, Nat Linden, Herbert Little, Bob O'Brien, Joe Quillan, Jay Sommers, Si Wills, and David Victor.

[1]: 371  The program focused on "Joan's efforts to improve her life and find a steady boyfriend"[4]—a premise that was reinforced by the show's theme song, "Nobody's Sweetheart".

[1]: 371  Humorous incidents arose from Davis' interactions with the tea shop's regular customers as well as with other people she met.

The Choraleers provided vocal music, while Lud Gluskin, John Rarig, and Paul Weston led their orchestras.

[1] Leave It to Joan debuted on CBS on July 4, 1949, as a summer replacement for the first half hour of Lux Radio Theatre and ran until August 22, 1949.

[3] Leave It to Joan was the basis for an unsuccessful television pilot, Let's Join Joanie,[2]: 80  which was broadcast on January 12, 1951, on CBS.