{"product_id":"jack-bennys-lost-radio-broadcasts-volume-three-october-30-1932-january-26-1933-hardback","title":"Jack Benny’s Lost Radio Broadcasts - Volume Three: October 30, 1932 – January 26, 1933 (hardback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack Benny’s Lost Radio Broadcasts - Volume Three: October 30, 1932 – January 26, 1933\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited by Kathryn Fuller-Seeley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Jack Benny and Harry Conn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e376 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8.5x11 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN 9798887713731\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Volume Three of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJack Benny’s Lost Broadcasts\u003c\/em\u003e, (25 episodes from October 30, 1932 to January 26, 1933), Benny and scriptwriter Harry Conn face upheaval on every front. Sponsor Canada Dry moves them to a new network (CBS) and different broadcast nights (Thursdays at 8:15pm and Sundays at 10:00 pm). New bandleader Ted Weems and songstress Andrea Marsh take the place of George Olsen and Ethel Shutta, but Mary Livingstone’s role expands. Canada Dry insists that Sid Silvers join the cast as writer and stooge, and demands that the show narrative change to have Jack become a frustrated Broadway producer. After several weeks, Benny, Conn and Livingstone rebel. The sponsor backs down, and the show revives the comic banter, movie parodies and humorous ads that had made Benny famous. Until the rug is pulled out from under them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHighlights of Volume Three include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGracie Allen and George Burns burst into the January 8 episode as she searches for her missing brother George, winning national attention\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParodies abound of popular films like \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrand Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e, stage chestnuts like \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBertha the Sewing Machine Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, and origins of the Diddleberries versus Van Twiffs feud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh-stakes drama for Benny surrounding Canada Dry’s imposition of the “Bubbles of 1932” Broadway production storyline onto his show\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese 25 fascinating radio scripts show Benny facing some of the biggest challenges of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKathryn Fuller-Seeley is the author \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eof Jack Benny and the Golden Age of Radio Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and books on early motion pictures and nickelodeon audiences. She teaches media history at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998042149036,"sku":"frl1787292104739","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/jack-bennys-lost-radio-broadcasts---volume-three-october-30-1932-january-26-1933_1.jpg?v=1787292110","url":"https:\/\/streetlookboutique.shop\/products\/jack-bennys-lost-radio-broadcasts-volume-three-october-30-1932-january-26-1933-hardback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}