Jake and the Kid was a CBC drama series by W. O. Mitchell. Programs in the series chronicled the amusing and serious events in the lives of a boy, his mother and the hired man on their farm in the mythical community of Crocus, Sask. Mitchell's Jake and the Kid stories had been presented on CBC radio in past years. The characters were first seen on television in an episode of the First Person series titled "Earn Money at Home" in 1960.