Gosden and Correll's radio broadcast was a couple of men acting out a story. They work together for a taxi company. One of the men, Amis, is dating a girl named Ruby. The other night when he went to her house for a date there was a man named Earl there so Amis was angry. Ruby calls to talk with Amis but he is out so she talks with the man that answered the phone. She asks him for advice and he says he will get Amis to call and ask her on a date and when he does to say that she has a date and then he will be jealous and won't be able to be angry anymore. She agrees she will do it and they get off the phone. When Amis comes back he persuades him to call and ask Ruby on a date, as planned, but tells Amis that if she says no it is because she doesn't love him she loves someone else. He calls and she says that she has another date. At the end of the broadcast Earl comes in and confronts Amis about being angry and says he is going to go over to Ruby's whenever he wants and there isn't anything anyone can do about it.
I had chosen this broadcast because it was under the comedy section. It is interesting to see how people were entertained in the 1930s. Listening to this broadcast today it was not very amusing to me and definitely not a form of entertainment, as it was a popular form in the 1930s. I didn't hate the broadcast but I did not find listening to be something I am interested in. You can see how different even things as comedies have changed in the past 80 years.
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