Thanksgiving at Mary's house
Jack Benny · November 26, 1944 · 30 min · 3,707 words
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The Lucky Strike program starring Jack Benny with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Larry Stevens and yours truly, Don Wilson. Well ladies and gentlemen, last Thursday was Thanksgiving. So let's turn back the clock and show you how Jack Benny and his gang spent the day.
scene opens in Jack's home in Beverly Hills and at the moment Rochester is straightening up the house. Night and day Thanksgiving comes and goes but I'm never done. I'm working all the time. I'm nothing but a one man assembly line.
Night and day. Rochester. Paul Robeson. Yes Mr. Benny. You're always singing. Well, I'm happy, boys. Here it is. Thanksgiving, and I'm glad I wasn't born in Turkey. Oh, you wouldn't like that, huh? No, I couldn't stand being in an oven hall and dressed in people peeping in a beer.
Oh. And when you ain't got no hair, you can't blush. Rochester, stop being so silly. You know, I'm going to miss Livingston's house for a Thanksgiving party, so help me get dressed. Okay, boys, but if I were you, I'd change my mind about wearing that old tuxedo.
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