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Old Fashioned Christmas

Jell-O Show · December 20, 1936 · 29 min · 3,420 words

The transcript of “Old Fashioned Christmas”, an episode of Jell-O Show first broadcast December 20, 1936. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Santa's North Pole Radio plays Jell-O Show free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Jell-O program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston and Phil Harrison his orchestra. The orchestra opens the program with I Feel a Song coming on. It's in the air around you with written in people's faces it's anywhere and everywhere the wonderful excitement that comes with Christmas Week. Now when spirits are high and appetites are keen Jell-O is the perfect dessert for you to

serve. For Jellows' festive shining colors, its delicious fresh fruit flavor are right in keeping with the gaiety of the season. So let Jellows help you celebrate your holidays. Serve it in any one of its six delicious flavors. Flavors unusually rich because they come from fresh ripe fruit. But just remember that there is only one Jellows and only Jellows brings you

that extra-rate fruit flavor. So make no mistake, insist on the real thing, insist on genuine jello. And now we bring you a man who stands for good wholesome entertainment, who stands for bright sparkling humor. In fact, a man who stands for almost anything, Jack Benny.

Hello again, this is standing Jack Benny talking. Listen, Don, I may be easy going in all that but there's a limit to just how much I will stand I think you found that out the past few weeks but I've never really seen you blow up Jack well that's because I managed to keep myself under control but if I ever lose my

temper well I just hope I'm not around when it happens oh Jack you haven't such a temper why I've heard you argue with Phil Harrison you've been as gentle as a lamb yes Don but you'll never know the battle that goes on inside of me now I I have to fight to hold myself back.

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