Encyclopedia Britannica - Jack tells how he saved Fred Allen's life

J.D.E.L.L. OOOO! The Jell-O program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Kenny Baker, and yours truly, Don Wilson. The orchestra opens the program with This Is It. You know, it's always quite a compliment to say that somebody is a good mixer.

Well, that's just what Jell-O is. What Jell-O combines perfectly with every sort of fresh and canned fruit. And that's a swell-eyed ale for right now to brighten up wintertime menus. Perhaps a game old of orange jello with candy precots inside.

Maybe rich red strawberry jello combined with sliced fresh oranges. Or delicious cherry jello arranged in shining layers with sliced bananas and canned cherries. There are dozens of combinations to choose from, and they're all grand.

For jello brings you that wonderful extra rich fruit flavor, so tempting and good it rivals the taste of the real ripe fruit. And Jell-O's clear glowing colors look so lovely with the fruits held shimmering inside.

So give your family some of these delicious Jell-O combinations soon. But be sure to make them with genuine Jell-O if you want to enjoy Jell-O's extra-rich fruit flavor. Look for the big red letters on the box.

They spell Jell-O. This is it played by the orchestra. Now ladies and gentlemen, we bring you a man who used to be a beautiful baby, Jack Benny.

Benny! Yeah, Jill Ogan, this is Jack Benny talking. And Don, I like that beautiful baby introduction. Was that just a lucky guess or did you have authentic information? Well, Jack, when I was over to your house for dinner the other night, I took a peek at that old family album of yours.

Oh, yeah. And I must say you were a gorgeous infant. Were you really so good looking? Well, I don't want to sound foolish or anything like that, but for the first 17 months of my life, I was a length ahead of Robert Taylor.