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From March Air Field (inc)

Jack Benny · 1941 · 28 min · 3,643 words

The transcript of “From March Air Field (inc)”, an episode of Jack Benny from 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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The Jell-O program coming here from March Field, California, and brought to you by Jell-O and Jell-O footing starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester, and yours truly, Don Will. The author opens a program with Wings of America written by Lieutenant Jesse Hicks of the March Field Post.

Some of America played by the orchestra. And now, ladies and gentlemen, inasmuch as our program today of coming to you from March

Field, California, it is with great pleasure that I bring you that energy and energy to eminent authority on aviation flying jack benny thank you thank you you logan is a jack benny talking flat flat i'm flying boys and on that was really a lovely introduction i mean calling me an eminent authority on aviation

however flint out about that done why don't you remember jack just before the broadcast you told me to introduce you that way all Oh yes, yes, but that's the truth, Don. It isn't commonly known, but here's the first person to ever think of the airplane.

Only it so happens that a couple of other fellows perfected it before I did. The Smith brothers, Orville and Wilbur. They beat me to it. Pardon me, Jack, but you must mean the Wright brothers.

The who? Oh yes, yes, the Wright brothers. The Smith Brothers perfected the cross drop before I did. Everybody has the jump on me. Well, that's very interesting. But tell me, Jack, whatever gave you the idea of a far-flying machine.

For the airplane? Well, well, I was sitting on a fence one day when a flock of pigeons flew over my head and a thaw struck me. Anyway, anyway, I said if those things can fly so confetti.

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