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reads The Purple Pirate

Jack Benny · November 16, 1952 · 29 min · 3,258 words

The transcript of “reads The Purple Pirate”, an episode of Jack Benny first broadcast November 16, 1952. 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 jack benny program transcribed and presented by lucky strike lucky that pressure hello friends this is don well you know that college here represents a lot of smoking cheer on campuses all over the country yes indeed because the nationwide survey based on actual student interviews and eighty leading colleges reveals that more smokers in these colleges prefer lucky than any other

cigarette but that's not all The survey also shows Lucky's gained far more smokers than the nation's two other principal brands combined. More important still, the reason most often given by students for smoking Lucky's was Lucky's better taste.

Yes, Lucky's do taste better because LSMFT Lucky's strike means fine tobacco, fine mild, good tasting tobacco and Lucky's are made better, made round and firm and fully packed to taste cleaner, fresher, smoother. So make your next carton Lucky Strike and you'll agree Lucky's better taste is something to cheer about.

Lucky Strike means buying back. The Lucky Strike program starring Jack Benny with Barry Livingston, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, the spokesman quartet and yours truly don't work. Ladies and gentlemen it's morning in Beverly Hills and as we look in on the Benny household we find Jack just entering the kitchen.

Hmm, Rochester must have overslept again. I'll go wake him up and have him fix my breakfast. I don't know why it is, but every time I give them a day off, the next morning you oversleep.

It's the second time that's happened this year. Oh well, I might as well let them sleep and fix breakfast myself. Now let's see, where does Rochester keep the coffee? I'll try this covered here. Now, it's filled with ideal dog food.

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