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Christmas Gift Exchange

Song · Jack Benny · January 5, 1941 · 28 min · 3,674 words

The transcript of “Christmas Gift Exchange”, an episode of Jack Benny first broadcast January 5, 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 orchestra opens a program with Moon Over Tarzana. The orchestra opens a program with Moon Over Tarzana. Bright and gay and so exciting, quick and frissy and inviting. Full of flavor, rich and mellow all together, this spells jello.

Yes, friends, jello is certainly an all around good dessert. It's the dessert that has everything, rich shimmering colors that tell you here's a mighty swell tree and a world of grand intriguing flavor. Flavors so pleasing, so refreshing, so downright satisfying, that it rivals the real juicy ripe fruit itself.

Jello is easy to prepare, too. One of the simplest and quickest desserts you can possibly serve. And of course, you can treat the families of a delightful jello dessert for only a few pennies. So order Jello tomorrow, choosing any or all of Jello's six delicious flavors.

Strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange, lemon, or lime. Incidentally, strawberry and raspberry jello are now better than ever. have a new improved flavor obtained by using a natural flavor base, ought to fish me in a half.

Try these grand flavors and enjoy Jell-O's rich distinctive goodness. Serve a tempting mold of Jell-O's tomorrow. That was moved over to our zenup by the orchestra. And now, ladies and gentlemen, this being the fifth day of January, we bring you a man who is still doing his Christmas shopping, Jack Benny.

Thank you, thank you. Well again, this is Jack Benny talking and, Don, when you saw me in that department store yesterday, I wasn't shopping. I was exchanging some of my quickness gifts. Well, that's quite a coincidence. I was doing the same thing.

Would you believe that Jack, three different friends gave me electric razors? Well, you think that's bad? I got enough bottles of cologne to have people whistle at me for the next ten years. Well, getting down, I must have gotten 25 bottles of that stuff.

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