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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Donald Casali
11/27/2021 05:58:17 am
Thanks for the share! Love the Jack Benny Program. Jack's television show is also pretty terrific but his radio show is sublime, 'high art' indeed. Best wishes and thanks again.
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Robert Elisberg
11/27/2021 09:44:28 am
Donald, thanks for your note. I agree all around. Happily, too, there is a cable channel -- ANTENNA TV -- which runs two episodes of the "Jack Benny Show" back-to-back every Saturday night.
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