Romeo and Juliet preview
Jack Benny · October 25, 1936 · 29 min · 3,620 words
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Jake Beech, Alcal. All! The Dellow program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston and Phil Harris and his orchestra. The orchestra opens the program with Bojangles of Harlem from the picture swing time. Here's timely news for these exciting football days.
The weekly American High School magazine called Scholastic recently asked the 274 high school coaches to list the foods they recommend for football squads and training. Here are the results. Milt, head of the beverage list.
Apples were first among fruit. And jello topped all other desserts. That vote of confidence means a lot to jello. For those 274 coaches, represent some 245,000 high school athletes. Jello is good for them. But that is not all.
Jello also tastes good to them. Extra good. And not only to athletes, but to everyone else. Old and young as well. For jello is luscious. Of all gelatin desserts, jello and only jello brings you that delicious extra-rich fruit flavor.
So if you want the best, don't accept any substitutes. Get the real thing. Insist on genuine jello. And now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the star of two Paramount Pictures, Jack Benny.
Love sends a little gift of roses. Oh, Don, you got my introduction wrong. It's not the star of two Paramount Pictures. It's the star of many Paramount Pictures. Oh, sorry, Jack, my errands. So now, ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the star of two many Paramount Pictures, Jack Benny.
That's better. Oh, say Don, come here a minute. You know, I heard, now, this may be a surprise to you, but I heard quite a bit of unfavorable criticism about last Sunday's program. Now, some people seem to think that when I mention my performance in my new picture, the big broadcast, I was just a little bit too egotistical.
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