Variety Time

Jack Parr hosts a variety program of comedic sketches.

Cast

Jack Paar

as Master of Ceremonies

Hans Conried

as Rudy La Paix

Leon Errol

as Leon Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Dot Farley

as Edgar's Mother-in-Law (from "I'll Build It Myself") (archive footage)

Dorothy Granger

as Dorothy Errol (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

Edgar Kennedy

as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)

William S. Hart

as Texas Tex (archive footage) (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Aunt Jessie (footage from 'Hired Husband') (archive footage)

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