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The Christmas tree

Jack Benny · December 21, 1941 · 29 min · 3,635 words

The transcript of “The Christmas tree”, an episode of Jack Benny first broadcast December 21, 1941. 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.D.L. House 4. The Jell-O program brought to you by Jell-O and Jell-O Pudding, starring Jack Benny. With Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, and yours truly, Don Wilkes. The orchestra opens the program with Relax.

You know, friends, it's not really considered quite fair to open packages before Christmas, but of course there's one package that you can open any day with the whole family's hearty approval. And that's a package of Jell-O.

Open a package and serve it tomorrow. And let the folks at your house enjoy Jello's wonderful new, locked in flavor. Jello's gave scintillating colors and charm to any table. Then the festive touch to any meal.

Why, just to look at a bright shimmery mold of Jello, is enough to set appetite to tingle. And when it comes to flavor, well, Jello is simply in a class by itself. They're just nothing that can beat Jello's rich, tangy taste.

So full of intriguing flavors. So downright good and refreshing. Tomorrow, treat everybody to a tempting dish of jello. Ask your grocer for all of jello's six delicious flavors. They're all locked in and they're all better than ever.

That was Relax Played by the Orchestra. And now, ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Eul side season is here with all its joy and gazzy.

So without further ado, we bring you a star to place atop your Christmas tree, Jack Benny. Jack Benny! Jell-O-Genn is a Jack Benny talking, And, Dom, that was quite a whimsical introduction. A star to play to top your Christmas tree.

I thought you said that because I'm a movie star. Is that right? No, Jack, that was my thought at all. Oh. I meant that you actually and physically resemble a star. Oh, I don't, uh...

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