Thanksgiving Day Dinner
Jack Benny · November 23, 1941 · 29 min · 3,835 words
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J.E.E. Health, all over. The Jello program brought to you by Jello and Jello pudding, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, and yours truly, Don Wilson. The orchestra opens the program with one on the house.
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Today, Jell-O's vivid original goodness is locked right into the tiny Jell-O particles, where time can't touch it. It's protected against fading or changing in any way, and it comes out of the package just as rich and full flavor as it went in.
Prove it for yourself. Open a package of Jell-O. Notice that there's no heavy, fruitier aroma, no sign of escaping flavor. But when you dissolve the jello, you unlock its captive goodness. And out it pours for your pleasure.
So order jello tomorrow. Look for the big red letters on the box. And be sure to get jello. The flavor never goes away. We put it in and it's there to stay. As one on the house played by the orchestra.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, we would like to take you back three days and show you how Jack Benny entertains the gang on Thanksgiving. The time 2 p.m. last Thursday. The scene, the kitchen of Jack's home in Beverly Hills, where we find Jack, Mary, and Rochester preparing the dinner.
Take it away! Now what else? Oh yes, Rochester, hand me those little plates there, will ya? Hey, our boss! Let's see. A black one for Phil, a green one for Alice, a black one for Don, a green one for Mrs. Wilson, a black one for Mary.
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