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Palm Springs Prices

Jack Benny · 1940 · 29 min · 4,025 words

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Jakey, now, now, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. The Jell-O program coming to you from Hollywood, California, stopping Jack Benny, with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, and Dendy O'er's truly Don Wilson. The orchestra opens a program with, I see the moon at noon.

Our ladies and gentlemen, along about this time each year, folks seem to appreciate a lovely Jell-O dessert, even more than usual. More Jell-O with its vivid shimmering colors, seems almost like a preview of spring.

It's glowing beauty makes you forget that winter is still with us. It adds a special note of gary and good cheer to any March meal. And the refreshing extra rich flavor of jello gives you a welcome for taste of next summer's fruits with all their tantalizing, juicy ripe goodness.

So brighten up tomorrow night's dinner with a brilliant jello dessert. Order several packages from your grocery for the first thing in the morning. Using any or all of Jell-O's six delicious flavors, Strawberry Raspberry Cherry are aims lemon or lime, and be especially sure to include Strawberry Raspberry and Cherry Jell-O.

Or each has a new improved flavor, obtained by using an actual flavor base artificially enhanced. And the result is something mighty swell, a unique and delightful flavor that you'll find better than ever. Enjoy attempting Jell-O dessert tomorrow.

That was I See the Moon at noon, played by the orchestra. And now, ladies and gentlemen, after a month's vacation in Palm Springs, we bring you a man who looks a month younger, as if that made any difference.

Jack Benny! Thank you. You log in. This is Jack Benny talking. And Don, I may only look a month younger, but believe me, I feel like a kid. If there was anything I needed, it was those four weeks on the desert.

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