Thanksgiving Fest 2021
We'll end our Thanksgiving Fest with an assist from Eric Boardman. I'm a big, longtime fan of Jack Benny -- something I got a boost from by my Grandma Rose. But Eric is most likely a far-bigger fan, and he sent this link to the 1952 Thanksgiving episode of Jack Benny's radio program. As Eric wrote --
"Today's sitcom staffers should study the construction. And everybody else should howl with laughter---and marvel at the gags radio encourages. Benny's writers are constantly surprising us with 'visual' images. And Mr. Benny generously shares the jokes with his crackerjack cast. (Thanks always to the Sportsman Quartet for making cigarette commercials satisfying.) 'The Lucky Strike Program with Jack Benny' is high art, maybe the highest of the genre."
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