Wednesday, August 2, 2017

How Jack Benny And Harry Conn Figured Out The Formula For Situation Comedy

“In vaudeville you had one show and that was it. You changed it whenever you felt like it,” Benny said, years later. But, in radio, “when you realized that every week you needed a new show, this got a little bit frightening.” In another interview, he recalled, “The first show was a cinch—I used about half of all the gags I knew. The second show consumed all the rest, and I faced the third absolutely dry.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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