Good Radio Joke Worth £5O
'TO a radio comedian a good joke or J gag is worth £5O. They will not pay that, but after an hour or two’s haranguing they will settle for £lO, The market for acceptable gags, according to Phil Baker, currently appearing in Samuel Goldwyn s technicolour musical extravaganza, “The Goldwyn Follies,” is getting poorer every day. And if the situation keeps up most radio comics will have to bring out last year’s jokes. Some say they do already. For years Baker has headlined one of the most popular chain broadcasts in America, with a fine selection of gags. He still has enough of them saved up for some time to come, but, like all who live on laughs, he is apprehensive for the future. He estimates that there are 1200 gags sprung every week on the tolerant American radio public. Most of those are concocted by radio writers.
I ESLIE HOWARD will next be seen in a screen version of Barrie’s famous play, “The Admirable Crichton.”
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 72, 17 December 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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