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Opening the show sounding very happy, Al Jolson went right into his opening number, "When The Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along."
After this song, Ken Carpenter discussed last week's pre-empted program. Mr. Jolson took a few moments to impersonate Winston Churchill, the responsible party. Following this, there was some of the usual bantering about Mr. Jolson's education, with a lateral to a character in another program. Ultimately, we get to Mr. Levant's piano number, the second movement from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto Number One.
A Velveeta commercial was next on the schedule, followed by a reference to Easter, that year the Sunday following the broadcast. After Oscar Levant gave his interpretation of "Easter Parade" for rabbits, Al Jolson and Lou Bring brought out the true beauty of this Irving Berlin seasonal classic.
After the number, enjoy some ethnic memories of New York and its gastronomic delights, along with a few stories of Jolie's little son, Asa. With a glance toward the Broadway scene, the Cole Porter show Kiss Me Kate was mentioned, and Jolson went into a great performance of a number from the show, "Why Can't You Behave?"
Entering in his unique manner, Groucho Marx next approached Jolson with the offer of buying a baseball team. Stocked with double entendres, listen carefully as these two masters wade their way through this bit.
They finally get to the end of this bit, and reward us with a duet of an old Jolson tune, recorded on Columbia in 1913, "That Little German Band."
A new spring food idea is the center of the next commercial, Velveeta on veggies. Yum!
To close the program, Al Jolson introduced another Irving Berlin song, putting his own touch to "Say It Isn't So."
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This is an excerpt of the 07 Apr 1949 Kraft Music Hall, starring Al Jolson with Groucho Marx. Groucho tries valiantly to sell Al Jolson a baseball team, and the two conclude the segment with a duet of "That Little German Band." |
Updated 06 Apr 25 |