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The announcer is Don Wilson. The sponsor is Jello. As the show opens, it is mentioned that this is a leap year. Mary is missing due to laryngitis. Don and Kenny talk about the missing Jack. Where could he be? What? A stingy joke directed at Don Wilson? With Jack gone, I suppose someone had to be cheap.
Mary Kelley plays the part of Mary’s sister, Mamie. We find her also in jail with Jack, and bandleader Johnny Green. Kenny and Don show up to bring the show to Jack. Kenny Baker sings, Little Rose of the Rancho.
Jack rallies the prisoners by telling them a sad story about a lobster family. Just when things can’t seem to get worse, Johnny’s whole orchestra are tossed into the cell along with Johnny’s piano for him to play. And they do. Jack’s lawyer Schlepperman visits. As he and Jack discuss the case. Johny plays, Music Goes Round and Round.
Finally, Jack and Johnny get their day before the judge. Don gets back at Jack with a stingy joke of his own. With the testimonies of the cast, things may not be looking well for our defendants, but at least the jokes keep coming. Johnny’s band plays, and wraps up the show. Mary makes a sneak appearance at the tail end of the show.
Trivia Alert: The judge makes a comment about Jack having to leave Waukegan in a rush in 1912. This is the actual year that Jack did strike out on the Vaudeville circuit.
