Another anthology of American Humour from the writings of Will
Rogers, Clarence Day ,
George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly , Franklyn Pierce Adams , Don Marquis , Frank Sullivan , Milt Gross ,
Robert Benchley , and Dorothy Parker with Macdonald Parke , Alan Keith ,
Thelma Paige , and Natalie Lynn
The programme arranged and produced by M. H. Allen
American literary humour has a longer tradition than most things American. A country that has produced Mark Twain , Bret Harte , and Joel Chandler Harris-to say nothing of the author of ' Helen's Babies 'has not only given itself a tradition but set itself a high standard.
As listeners will hear this evening, the tradition continues, the standard is maintained. Will Rogers on etiquette, F.P.A.'s impression of two women making a lunch appointment, Robert Benchley 's alleged true story of the death of Rasputin, and Milt Gross 's version of the Ferry Tale about de Fox, witt de Crow, witt de Chizze will bear comparison with anything by the older masters of American literary humour.