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I Was Framed

Jack Benny · 1947 · 29 min · 3,438 words

The transcript of “I Was Framed”, an episode of Jack Benny from 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Jack Benny Program plays Jack Benny free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Jack Benny program presented by Lucky Strike. Lucky Strike, first again with tobacco men. First again with tobacco men. More independent tobacco expert smoke Lucky Strike regularly than the next two leading brands combined. There you have the findings of a recent impartial survey which reveals the personal smoking preference of tobacco man.

Auctioneers, buyers, and warehousemen. Yes, the survey shows Lucky Strike. First again with tobacco man. First again with tobacco man. First again with the man who can see the makers of Lucky Strike consistently select and buy that fine, that light, that naturally mild tobacco.

So light up a Lucky. Puff by puff, you'll see. L-S-M-F-T. L-S-M-F-T. Lucky strike means fine tobacco. And in a cigarette, it's the tobacco that counts. So for your own real, deep down smoking enjoyment, smoke the smoke, tobacco expert smoke.

Lucky strike. First again with tobacco men. The Lucky Strike program starring Jack Benny with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Dain, yours truly down Wilson. Ladies and gentlemen, once again, we'd like to take you out to Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hill.

It's evening and Jack has just finished dinner and is relaxing in his usual way. You know, Rochester, I always like to play my violin after dinner. No, it soothes and relaxes me.

I hope it doesn't bother you. Oh, no, I haven't had my dinner yet. You know, Rochester, I often think what a fool I was not to have made the violin my career. You know, I might have become a great virtue also, but no, no.

Instead, I had to become a comedian, a clown, a buffoon. What a rich buffoon! That's the wrong attitude. The world will be better off if people have a different viewpoint. No money isn't everything. Remember what Shakespeare said.

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