The Art Critic

presents The Mel Black Show written by Mac Benoff with Mary Jane Croft, Joe Curtin's Conry, Dallen Reed, Earl Ross, The Sportsman, Victor Miller and his Orchestra, and starring the creator of The Voice of Bugs Bunny.

Eee. What's up, Jack? Yes, Colgate to the Father for a breath that's sweet and teeth that Sparkle brings you to the Mel Black Show, with Mel playing his new character, Zookie. Hello, everybody, everybody, everybody, hello, everybody, everybody.

Hi. And starring himself in person, thou blag. Hi, folks. A-g-a-g-a-boo-g-a-boo-g-a-g-a. A cloak of plume shrouds the nation tonight, as men with heavy heart sit down to the task of making out their income tax. High and low, they search for possible deductions to lessen the burden of payment.

In New York, Bill Lennyhan, short story writer, says, Well, I've certainly used his typewriter a lot. I'll deduct for a new typewriter. And in Los Angeles, Tom Bassett, prominent butcher, says, Well, I'll certainly use this scale a lot. I'll deduct for new scale.

And in the little town where Mel Blank lives, Mel Blank fix a chop proprietor says... Well, I'll certainly use this chair a lot. I'll deduct for a new pair of pants. After a while, Mel's girlfriend, Betty Colby, came into the fix a chop and after watching Mel work on his tax form a while, said...

Mel, are you sure you know what you're doing? Of course, Betty. You just follow the instructions. You get together everything you made the past year. All your salary. But then what? You put it in an envelope and send it to the government.

That's all? That's the first quarter. You do that for three more quarters and then you wait. For what? For a letter saying you haven't sent enough. Gosh, how am I going to raise enough money to pay my income tax?