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Falling Star

Jack Benny · September 25, 1949 · 29 min · 3,690 words

The transcript of “Falling Star”, an episode of Jack Benny first broadcast September 25, 1949. 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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Lucky's Pay More. Yes, at the tobacco auctions. Lucky's Pay More. Millions of dollars more than official parity prices for fine, light, naturally mild tobacco. No doubt about it. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Imagine you're a tobacco auction.

The Buyers crowd around the baskets The auctioneer chanced and the bidding begins. As a basket of extra fine, light, mild leaf is offered for sale, as the price climbs higher and higher, at the peak bid.

Time and again, you hear. And another basket of truly fine tobacco is bought by the makers of Lucky Strike. Yes, Lucky's pay more, millions of dollars more than official parody prices for fine tobacco. So for more real deep-down smoking enjoyment from every puff, every pack, smoke that smoke a fine tobacco, lucky strike.

Prove to yourself how much finer, milder, more enjoyable, lucky's really are. You'll agree, in all the world there's no finer cigarette than lucky strike. The Rams starring Jack Benny with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis, Dave, yours truly Don Wilson.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's go back an hour. Jack and Mary are on their way to the studio at Rochester's driving. The roster is driving. Gosh, it's certainly a warm day, isn't it, Jack? Yeah. You know it was hot yesterday, too, and Friday the temperature reached 105.

Yeah. Say, Jack, wasn't it thrilling the Hollywood baseball team won the Pacific Coast pennant this year? Uh-huh. And the National League pennant race is tighter than it's been in years. Yeah. For heaven, say, Jack, put down that knitting and talk to me.

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