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He Fumbled The Ball

Jack Benny · November 16, 1941 · 30 min · 3,684 words

The transcript of “He Fumbled The Ball”, an episode of Jack Benny first broadcast November 16, 1941. 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 Jell-O program brought to you by Jell-O and Jell-O Pudding starring Jack Benney with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, and yours truly Don Wilson. The orchestra opens a program with Jump for Joy. The rich grilling enjoyment you get from today's new Jell-O.

Now made better than ever by Jell-O's wonderful locked-in flavor. Here's one of the biggest improvements ever made in Jell-Oton desserts. The new scientific method by which Jellows' full original goodness is locked right into the tiny jello particles.

The gelatin dessert you used to buy continually lost flavor during the days they spent in the package. They became flat and tasteless as time stole away their freshness. But the new Jellows differ. Today all of Jellows' bright tingling flavor is locked into Jellows' crystal-like particles.

Locked in for keeps where time can't touch it, no matter how long your Jellows remains in the package. Just prove it for yourself. Open a package of jello. Notice there's no heavy fruitier aroma that tells of escaping flavor. Then dissolve the jello and presto you unlock its captive delight and outpaws a delicious flood

of flavor. Don't wait another day to try it friends. Order several packages of the new jello tomorrow. The flavor never goes away. We put it in and it's there to That was jump for joy played by the orchestra.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, as you all know, next Thursday is Thanksgiving, and no doubt most of you will have turkey for dinner. That's right. So this evening, without further ado, we bring you a chestnut for your dressing, Jack Benny.

Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. You know again, this is Jack Benny talking, and Don, thanks so much for that introduction. It was not only topical, but flopical. Chestnut for your dressing. Well, in my opinion, Jack, it was a very clever gag.

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