Christmas at Jack's house
Jack Benny · December 26, 1943 · 29 min · 3,329 words
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The Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts Flakes program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day Rochester and yours truly, Don Wilson. You've all heard the expression, let your conscience be a guide of course.
Well right now Uncle Sam is asking every one of us to pledge his conscience to his country to help food fight for freedom. So let's all produce and conserve, share and play square with today's food.
Don't patronize black markets. Buy no rationed foods without giving up the proper stamps. And eat more of the foods that are plentiful, thrifty and unrationed. Such are cereals. Delicious, molly rich, grape nuts and grape nuts flakes, for instance.
Two swells cereals that are not only thrifty and unrationed, but bring you grand whole grain nourishment. And you'll find grape nuts and grape nuts flakes bring you an extra bonus. They bring you plenty of real enjoyment too.
Grape Nuts, Crispin Crunchy, Grape Nuts Flakes, Delicate toasty Brown Flakes. So help food fight for freedom friends, let your conscience be your guide. And let 50 nutritious Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts Flakes help you on your way.
Ladies and gentlemen, we would like to turn the clock back about 20 hours and take you to Jack Vennie's house. It's Christmas night and Jack is expecting a few of his friends over.
It's about a quarter to eight and Rochester is preparing for the arrival of the guests. I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own. A doll that other fellows cannot steal. This living room hasn't been clean in weeks.
I think I'll surprise Mr. Benny and Dustin. Well, that's done. And then those flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes. Gee, the boss sure is a nice Christmas tree. Only it seems to be leaning a little.
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