Jack Benny · 1943 · 29 min · 3,822 words
The transcript of “Last show for Grape Nuts”, an episode of Jack Benny from 1943. 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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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Jack Benny. Friends, the black market in gasoline has undoubtedly made necessary some of the past cuts in coupon values, for there's no magic source of supply for black gas. There's just so much to go wrong for civilian use, and black gas comes out of honest people's gasoline tanks.
If you buy gas without the proper coupons, you actually encourage robbery and counterfeiting. We have reached nearly the top productive capacity from our reserves, yet our armed forces need more petroleum products than ever before, or we are facing the crucial hour of this war.
Your part and the part of every loyal American is to do all you can to stamp out the black market and conserve precious gas. Don't apply for any more than you actually need, and never buy one gallon of gas without the proper coupon, an honest coupon issued by your ration board.
It's one more blow for victory. One more way we can back up our fighting boys. The Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts Flakes program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester and yours truly, Don Wilson.
If I suddenly pointed at one of you and said, you're neglecting your husband, I bet you'd be very indignant. But just think back a minute. back to breakfast time. Do you let that hard-working husband of yours dash down in the morning, snatch a gulp of coffee, and then sprint for the bus? Well, if he does, you are neglecting
him. And he isn't going to thank you either when he gets that letdown feeling from lack of food round about eleven. Now, lady, if your husband comes up with the old one that he hasn't timed for breakfast, just have your answer already. Just feature at breakfast a big tempting bowl of quick-to-fix grape nut flakes,
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