A Radio Almanac variety broadcast featuring Victor Moore, built from topical jokes, guest comedy, music and sponsor material. Moore's visit becomes a running comic story about housing, appointments and learning to become more assertive. The King Cole Trio performs during the program, and Welles also presents a short dramatic satire set in a fascist country about a little man who refuses to obey. The final portion turns serious with readings and commentary from Thomas Jefferson and Walt Whitman about democracy, America and the responsibilities of the future.
This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on March 1, 1944. It is listed as episode 6 in the archive.
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