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Hollywood's Ambassador to New York, affable Ken has made his show the favorite of such visiting film folk as lovely songstress, Frances Langford.
Can you write a
joke
for
Ken Mu» ay?
Announcer Nelson Case talks freely at left, while below Ken explains to Rosie the bear that the muzzle is just to keep her from ad libbing. That night both their comedy sketch and her muzzle came off nicely.
• The "cross-over joke" is a Murray institution. He uses several to start festivities each Saturday night. They're brief and simple, involving an exchange of remarks between Ken and characters crossing -the stage. Study the samples below, watch the program, and send your joke in. The winning cross-over joke submitted will be used by Ken on his program, and Ken will send the winner a big box of his personal cigars, one of his canes, a personally addressed recording of the joke being used, an honorary membership in the Gagwriters' Institute, and a $25 U.S. Savings Bond. Writers of the five next-best jokes will receive $5.00 each.
It's not difficult; check these samples: 1: FIREMAN WALKS ACROSS STAGE
VERY SLOWLY KEN: Don't tell me you're going to a fire? FIREMAN: Yep, my favorite butcher shop
is burning down right now. KEN: Why don't you hurry? FIREMAN: What for, I like my meat well
done. 2: GIRL CROSSES WEARING BATHING
SUIT AND CARRYING FISHING
ROD KEN: Isn't that kind of silly, going fishing
in an outfit like that — what do you expect to catch? GIRL: I don't know, but this is the way
my mother caught my father.
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Address your joke to:
KEN MURRAY JOKE CONTEST
P. O. Box 1483
Grand Central S
New York 17—
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Mirb**^110' none can be returneo ■s cannot undertake to enter irrespondence concerning this contt Winner's name will be announced on t Ken Murray Show when it ^'"^i/issue channels in September, an^ ,n a T7„,,,vS of Radio Television Mir1°B' t ," 15, must be postmarked »» 'ater, X h™toTt of 1951. Ken M»^{ /nd th« A sole
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