Let's take a trip back in time to the Golden Age of Radio with Jack Benny, whose radio show at the time was known as The Jell-O Program as part of a deal with General Foods. The sponsor would shift to Grape Nuts 4 years later due to a wartime sugar shortage.
The 1938 Christmas show would be the last time singer Kenny Baker would spend the holidays with the Benny troupe. He left the series soon after, to be succeeded by Dennis Day. The plot here is Jack is holding an open house for Christmas......
Benny would remain with General Foods until 1944, and the radio series would soldier on into the 50's, as we've previously documented.
Rating: A.
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