&quote;W.O. Mitchell's Jake & the Kid: the Popular Radio Play as Art & Social Comment.&quote;

W.O. Mitchell''s "Jake & The Kid" captivated radio audiences in the days before television and enjoyed ratings that rivalled those for the radio broadcasts of the CBC''s "Hockey Night in Canada." These homespun tales about the hired hand, Jake Trumper and his sidekick, The Kid, explored very human stories about life on the often cruel Prairies of Saskatchewan in a humorous vein that made a househo...