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How Jack joined the navy

Jack Benny · 1943 · 29 min · 3,890 words

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From Roosevelt Base on Terminal Island, the Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts Flakes program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester and yours truly, Don Wilson. But you believe it? I've just discovered Homer Blund is, well, he's a shirker. Now don't misunderstand me. Homer doesn't shirk his work, not that guy. But you know what that poor

egg does? He shirks breakfast, takes it on the sip and run. Now listen, Homer, it's mighty important for you to get a good breakfast every morning. Remember you haven't had anything to eat for the last 10 or 12 hours. Why, nutrition experts say mornings the time we should get at least one quarter of our entire day's nourishment. And they also tell us the adequate breakfast

should include a cereal with whole grain food values. Well that's grape nuts and grape nuts flakes for you. Two delicious cereals that are crammed full of whole grain nourishment. Iron, niacin and vitamin B1. Yes, and what downright good eating grape nuts are. Crisp and crunchy and grape nuts flakes tempting toasty brown flakes both with the same distinctive

sweet as a nut flavor. Now don't be a homer friends eat a good breakfast do a better job and for a treat that can't be beat feature great nuts or great nuts flakes. Ladies and gentlemen we're all gathered here at the Navy Small Craft Training Center at Roosevelt Base Terminal Island. That is all except Jack and Mary who are driving down. They should be here

any minute is enough just a little while after we can't understand we should have been there an hour ago well it's your own fault for not following instructions gee I hope we get there in time yeah you know Jack we played lots of army camps and marine camps but this is the first time we've been to a navy base this year

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