Jack Benny: Open Up That Golden Gate - Kenny Baker's first show (1935)
Laugh Track · Nov 12, 2026 · 29:30
Laugh Track · Nov 12, 2026 · 29:30
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Jack Benny gets a shave and a haircut at a barbershop, then arrives late to the studio where Johnny Green and his orchestra are rehearsing. In the studio, he meets Kenny Baker, a new tenor singer, who performs a song from a film and is given fan mail to read on air. Benny then presents a comic sketch about a studio executive who keeps changing the location of a picture, sending orders for elephants and camels across the world. The Jell-O program is broadcast on NBC and CBS Radio on November 3, 1935, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.
With Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Johnny Green, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, Eugene O'Wilson, Miss Glut, Mr. Paracite.
Listen for: Benny's exchange with Kenny Baker about their similar names, and the studio sketch about changing the location of a picture.
First aired on November 3, 1935 on NBC / CBS Radio.
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