At first, the show that became known as "Easy Aces" centered around the couple's bridge playing, according to John Dunning in "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio" (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998): "Ace was not wild about Jane's bridge game, on the air or off, and he kept picking at her until she lost her temper and threatened to quit. The show settled into a new niche, a more universally based domestic comedy revolving around Jane's improbable situations and her impossible turns of phrase."