fixes a phonograph and buys a baseball team
Jack Benny · 1946 · 29 min · 4,016 words
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The Jack Benny program presented by Lucky Strike. L-L-S-M-F-T. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Just listen to the words of Thomas Ray Oglesby, ace tobacco auctioneer, who said... ...at all the markets I've attended. I've seen the makers of Lucky Strike by good, right, mile leave.
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So free and easy on the draw. The Lucky Strike program starring Jack Vennie with Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, and yours truly, Don Wilson. And now, ladies and gentlemen, let's go out to Jack Vennie's home in Beverly Hills where we find Jack trying to fix his broken phonograph.
Hand me the screwdriver, Rochester. I want to tighten the last screw on this phonograph. Here you are. There. That auto-fixing. I'll turn it on. Hmm. It was too fast. What record was that? Bing Crosby singing White Christmas.
It sounded more like Effie Boone singing Mother of Agree. Yeah. Yeah, I can't understand what's wrong with this phonograph. It's never given me trouble before. Well, boss, maybe if I took this and... Aright, I look what you've done. You've knocked the horn off.
And you tipped over the dog, too. This is be kind to animals, we. I'm sorry, boss. Let's take another look at the motor and see what's wrong. Okay, hey, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Here's a loose wire, and I see where it's supposed to go.
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