In Volume Two of Jack Bennys Lost Broadcasts, (25 episodes from August 1 to October 26, 1932), Benny and scriptwriter Harry Conn continue to craft a personalitybased radio variety program They draw on Bennys vaudeville style and explore new constructions of comedy characters and situations Benny and Conn develop quirkyyetlikeable identities for the major performers Broadway Romeo Jack, tightwad band leader George Olsen, sultry vocalist Ethel Shutta and flighty young fan Mary Livingstone from Plainfield, New Jersey The cast bounces jokes, reactions and bad puns off each other This series features experimentations several political skits, a serious romance for Jack and Mary, and the programs first film parody then ends with a sudden twist Highlights of Volume Two include: Nickel Back on the Bottle becomes a nationally popular catch phraseMarys first Labor Day poemJack provides running commentary of a prize fight between Battling Herbert Hoover and Fighting Franklin RooseveltThe cast performs their first parody of a popular movie, in Grind HotelThese 25 hilarious radio scripts offer Jack Benny at his early creative best Kathryn FullerSeeley is the author of Jack Benny and the Golden Age of Radio Comedy (2017) and books on early motion pictures and nickelodeon audiences She teaches media history of the University of Texas at Austin