Its a Joke, Son! is a 1947 English-language Comedy Romance motion picture written by Robert E. Kent and Paul Gerard Smith. The movie is directed by Benjamin Stoloff and produced by Aubrey Schenck under the banner of Bryan Foy Productions. Its a joke, son! features Kenny Delmar in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Jimmy Conlin, Douglas Dumbrille, 'daisy' The Dog and And Introducing. The music was composed by Alvin Levin. Cinematography was done by Clyde De Vinna and editing by Norman Colbert. The movie has a running time of 63 minutes. It was released on 15th January 1947. Its a Joke, Son! was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Eagle-Lion Films. The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his Allen's Alley resident-character heard on Fred Allen's radio program. Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly. The character inspired the creation of one of the most popular of the Warners' cartoon characters, Foghorn Leghorn, who re-worked most of the originals material and style. The title of this movie is a stock line- it's a joke, son---he would feed a befuddled Fred Allen each week. In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him. Written by Les Adams