 Goldsmith then brought Henry and his family to sketches for popular radio series featuring singers Rudy Vallee and Kate Smith, before the sketches' popularity moved NBC to give Goldsmith a chance to develop a full half-hour comedy as a summer replacement for Jack Benny in 1938.By 1939, "The Aldrich Family" had become a hit series in its own right; Katherine Raht's (as mother Alice Aldrich) opening shout ("Hen-"reeeeeee!