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Tom Sawyer Part 1

Jack Benny · 1937 · 29 min · 3,969 words

The transcript of “Tom Sawyer Part 1”, an episode of Jack Benny from 1937. 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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J.P.A.L.F.O. The Jell-O program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston and Phil Harris in his orchestra. The orchestra opens a program worth in Old Chicago from the picture of the same name. Probably every woman listening to this program has heard her family say, can we have something different for dinner tonight?

Well you can always have something different when you keep a supply of Jell-O on your pantry shell. For jello is the one dessert that families don't get tired of because there are so many flavors to choose from and so many tempting ways to serve them.

One look at jello, one taste of that delicious extra-rich fruit flavor tells you that here's a swell treat. It has a fresh, real fruit goodness that makes every jello dessert a trial. And now that summer is almost here, you'll be using it a lot for salads too combined with fruits or crisp fresh vegetables.

There are recipe suggestions on every package, but be sure to get genuine jello and don't accept any substitutes for the real thing. Ask your grocer tomorrow for the one and only jello. Then all Chicago played by the orchestra. Now ladies and gentlemen, put on your carpet slippers, move your chairs up to the fireplace, and throw the radio on the fire, cause here comes Jack Benny!

Hello again, this is Jack Benny coming to you through a lot of smoke. And Don, I must admit that was a very funny introduction, but I guess I'm just not in the mood for it.

And incidentally, if I happen to be a little bit irritable and nervous tonight, you'll have to excuse me. Why? What's the matter with you, Jack? Well, Don, I've been on a very strict diet for about a week now, and it's kind of getting on my nerves.

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