Jack Benny – Ah Wilderness. 360412

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson posing for a photo in 1938.

Broadcast from Cleveland, Don and Jack talk about his reviews from his appearances in town. Mary turns out in her new Easter outfit. Kenny is all decked out in Spring fashion. Mary has an Easter poem. As she reads, Johnny Green plays, Goodie Goodie.

As the band finishes, Mary is still reading her poem and finishes. Jack and Johnny talk about where they have been staying for their visit to Cleveland. Jack introduces the night’s play, Ah Wilderness. Kenny sings, In the Hills of Wyoming.

The spoof of Eugene O’Neil’s play begins. Kenny is the son who drives his parents crazy by staying out with the girls all night. The parents, Jack and Mary, confront the loose behavior that is so ridiculously quaint. Jack tries to tell Kenny the facts of life.