Jack Benny welcomes back Dennis Day, the Irish tenor, after his two years of service in the Navy, on a St. Patrick's Day broadcast. Jack and Mary Livingstone quiz Dennis about his time at sea, and Dennis recalls his service and his navy classification. Jack then asks Dennis to sing, and Dennis obliges with a Irish song. The episode also includes a sketch parodying Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, in which Phil Harris and the cast ask passersby who the better comedian is, Fred Allen or Jack Benny. The program is part of the Jack Benny series, broadcast on March 17, 1946.
Characters: Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson, Phil Harris, Don Wilson
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The Jack Benny Program. In a cigarettes, it's the tobacco that counts. And Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Italian. Yes, Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. So round. So firm. So fully packed. So free and easy on the draw.
LS MFT! LS MFT! Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. tobacco. So for your own real deep down smoking enjoyment smoke that smoke of fine tobacco lucky strikes. Excuse me this is Kenny Delmar. Excuse me I have a special announcement to make. Herbitides and cigarettes are back. Good news for those who prefer a cork tip cigarette. Herbitides in his back and there's
something about them you like. Herbitides in his back after being made only for the armed forces. Yes, Herbert Tiden is back. That cork tipped cigarette, Herbert Tiden, available now for you. Yes, Herbert Tiden is back.
And remember, there's something about them you like. There's something about them you like. This is Kenny Delmar. I trust you will welcome home Herbert Tiden. There's something about them you like. Back programs, firing today, March 17th, the St. Patrick's Day. As you all know, St. Patrick drove the stakes out of Ireland.
So today we bring you a man who was run out of Walk Eagan. Thank you, thank you. Well, again, this is Jack Vellie-Talkie. And Don, for your information, I wasn't run out of Walk Eagan.
It was merely a request by the city fathers and mine. And being a sharp guy, I took the hint in two shirts and left. Well, let's not talk about me after all, is the St. Denny's, I mean, St. Patrick's Day.
That's why I'm wearing this shamrock at My Lapel. Shamrock? Yes. I took a bite out of that $12 suit and turned green. All right, don't be funny. This is a very good suit. Taste it. I mean, feel it.
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That really increases your egg production. Did up to last Sunday. What happened last Sunday? All my hen's killed himself, straining. So long, dog! Well, I guess Mr. Day had his troubles, just like the city folks.
Let's try this next time. People in the middle and your most advanced are the way you like him and your own ass. Ah, Mr. Kitsil. You was expecting maybe a Fibon-Migee and Molotov? Tell me, Mr. Kitsil. How was the hot dog, isn't it?
Very good, except for one thing. Bank customers have trouble making up their minds. Making up their minds? So what? Whether they want the people in the middle and the most advanced are. I can see where that would pose quite a problem.
Anyway, what I'm trying to find out tonight is who you think is the better comedian, Fred Allen or Jack Bennett. In my house, that is making arguments. My wife, Touloule, is liking Fred Allen. And you?
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