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Guest Virginia Bruce - broadcast from Quantico Marine Base, Virginia

Jack Benny · 1942 · 30 min · 3,751 words

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The Great Nutz Flakes program coming to you from the United States Marine Base at Quantico, Virginia, and starring Jack Benny. With Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Rochester, yours truly Don Wilson, and the MacFarlane twins and their orchestra.

Friends, you know what I received the other day? A fan letter. Yes, heard it said, Why don't you people do something about that dull word, delicious? I've heard it on the air 40 times today. Go and get yourself a new word.

So my fan doesn't like delicious, eh? Well, I wonder if he'd settle for a du super duper pan dandy. Well, instead of saying how delicious grape nuts flakes are, I can certainly call them sweet as a nut grape nut flakes.

And oh boy, does that describe to a T their delicious... No, no, no, wait a minute. I mean their multi-rich flavor. And I'll wait you there's one thing my fan does like about delicious. And that's the ditto way grape nuts flakes taste.

taste and their ditto crisp and toasty texture. And does this nutritious and delectable breakfast food satisfy why you'll find the whole family clamoring for it. So try this ambrosia, this well elegant breakfast dish, grape nuts flakes tomorrow.

You'll find their delicious. The Rome de Morocco played by the orchestra. Now, ladies and gentlemen, from Quantico, Virginia, where we're broadcasting to the world's roughest, toughest fighting man, the United States Marine.

You said it. We bring you the Waikigin Cream Puff, Jack Benny! Thank you! Hey, what happened to that first number there? My goodness. I thought Phil Harris was back with us again. I mean, what the...

Hello again, this is Jack Benny speaking, and Don, Don, you can talk about my gray hair and you can kid me about being, shall I say, conservative. But when you call me a cream puff, that's going too far.

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