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Leaving for Chicago by train

Jack Benny · 1945 · 23 min · 3,172 words

The transcript of “Leaving for Chicago by train”, an episode of Jack Benny from 1945. 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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Tomorrow the Jack Venice Show leaves for a three week trip to Chicago and New York. So let's go out to Jack's home in Beverly Hills where Rochester is helping him pack. Be careful how you fold it over the hanger Rochester.

Yes, boys. Kevin Ottawa increases in it. OK, OK. Now pack the other one. I don't want to be caught short on the trip so I'll take all four of them. All right, if you include the blow on your wind.

Oh, yeah. How I think we ought to start packing your clothes? Okay, I'll take this one, and this one, and this one, and no, no, this one. Oh, Big Cabo Boss, you're almost sneaking a suit with a cotton pants match.

Don't let me do that, Rochester. I don't want to give Hollywood a bad name. Come on, help me with the rest of my thing. All right, here you are, Boss. Peek-a-boo! Rochester, just pack that underwear and stop playing games.

Now hurry. Now hurry, hurry. Quiet, Polly. Now let's see. You packed my aspirin, vitamins, blood tonic, nerve tonic, sleeping pills, liver pills, listerines, benzodrine, tablums, cusages, and sympathy, soothing syrup. Oh yeah, sympathy, soothing syrup.

Did you put in the 10th-cent size or the 25th-cent size? The tests and size are gallon ought to be enough. Now let's see if I have everything for the trip. Soch, shoe, short, shirt, ties, hat, top coat, sandwiches, soda pop, and cash register.

Now what else? Oh yes, I think I'll take a good book to read. How about this one over here? Hmm. I stand condemned. Oh, I read that. It's a wonderful story. It's about a man who goes to the electric chair and leaves three lovely children.

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