Jack opens with topical jokes and mock-news material before the orchestra takes over for a musical interlude. The second half shifts into a deliberately old-fashioned melodrama parody, with the cast playing exaggerated family and romantic scenes while repeatedly breaking the action for jokes about the dialogue, timing and performance. Music and sponsor material frame the comedy throughout.
This The Jack Benny Program broadcast aired on January 22, 1933. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Jack Benny.
Characters credited in this version include Jack Benny (radio persona). The broadcast is also associated with Canada Dry.
Mixed historical subset showing Jack Benny’s evolution from sponsor-led musical/variety programs in 1932-34 to the ensemble situation-comedy/variety format of the 1941-42 Jell-O season.
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