Thursday, January 24, 2013

Jack Benny - January 24, 1937 - Jack Practices the Bee

This is an interesting and funny episode from the earlier years of the show. Kenny Baker is still there, not having been replaced by Dennis Day yet. Phil Harris' wisecracking hep cat character hasn't been developed yet. The main sketch involves the cast going to a party at Phil's mother's house.

The middle Jell-O commercial has a nice touch, being presented as a song between Andy Devine and Mary. With today's concerns about commercial-skipping, this is the sort of thing the current shows need to work out how to do (in a modern way, of course.)

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