 on air and lucky strike first again with tobacco men more independent tobacco experts smoke lucky strike regularly than the next two leading brands combined a recent impartial survey reveals this overwhelming smoking preference of the men who really know tobacco the independent auctioneers buyers and warehousemen remember at market after market these experts can see the makers of lucky strike consistently select and buy that fine that light naturally mild tobacco and they for their own personal smoking enjoyment choose lucky strike so light up a lucky yourself and puff by puff you'll see lsmft lsmft lucky strike means fine tobacco and this fine lucky strike tobacco means real deep down smoking enjoyment for you yes you'll like lucky strike I'm starring Jack this Rochester dynasty and yours truly down with Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills but at the moment Jack is taking a bath so we'll take you to Mary Livingston's house instead oh Pauline yes you can have the rest of the evening off I have a date tonight we may go to a movie or we may go to a nightclub I'm going with mr. Benny oh I know what you mean Pauline but I haven't been out with mr. Benny since we got back from Europe gee I'll bet your trip to England would have been a complete fizzle if it hadn't been for Phil Harris I have a crush on Phil haven't you Pauline did you get to act with mr. Harris at the palladium yes we did one sketch together and at the end of the scene he kissed me oh tell me miss Livingston what's it like when Phil Harris kisses you and it's like being slapped in the face with a bar rag miss Livingston please this is Barbara Stanwood thank you Pauline hello Barbara hello Mary I called you because Bob has a conference at the studio tonight and I'm having a few girls over for bridge would you like to join us oh I'd love to Barbara but I promised Jack I'd go out with him tonight oh then you're going to see my picture sorry wrong number how do you know Jack just called me for passes yes and tomorrow night Jack's taking you to see loves of common what makes you so sure he asked me for Rita Hay was phone number no wonder I've never seen any of lassie's pictures she hasn't got a phone anyway Barbara you shouldn't have given Jack those passes well I was going to turn him down but when he came over to pick them up he said he'd tell a joke on his program plugging my picture oh fine did he tell you the joke yes it was a dilly about two termites who get indigestion from eating bad wood sorry wrong lumber he tells that gag in the program I'll punch him right in the nose I already did you know Mary Jack can be so corny I can't understand why you go out with him all the time oh he isn't so bad Barbara I'll admit Jack may not be the handsomest man in the world but he's not the homeliest well no he may not be the wittiest but he's not the dullest no I guess not and he may not be the most generous but shall we dance Barbara Jack isn't so bad no I guess you're right Mary he did bring Bob a nice present from Paris a beautiful bright yellow beret a yellow beret yeah Bob wore it yesterday at the studio oh I bet it was a riot no but it started one what happened phone or no phone lassie chased him up a tree well imagine giving Bob a beret say Barbara did Jack bring you anything from Europe no but I'm awfully glad he's back you are nobody can do rough dry like he does well you can thank me too I help on my days off well I'm sorry you can't come over tonight Mary but I hope you like my picture oh I'm sure I will and maybe we can get together next week goodbye Barbara bye well I'm all ready to go to the movies have me on my umbrella will you Pauline Miss Livingston it stopped raining I know but you've never sat next to Mr. Benny when he's eating popcorn well he should be here in a few minutes strawberry shortcake with whipped cream you better eat it faster you'll be late for the movies I know I know Rochester look at me do you think I need a shave well yes and no what do you mean yes and no after the movies if you take Miss Livingston home by the way a wheelchair boulevard no Griffith Park yes I'm not going by way of Griffith Park my car is too old for that well I'm almost through I'm almost through eating say boss before you leave I better put a patch over that slow leak in your rubber cushion why last time you went to the movies you kept sinking lower and lower and Miss Livingston thought you were unhappy with the picture oh yeah well put a piece of adhesive on the leak or some scotch tape I mean fix it up any old way any old way Rochester Rochester that echo again didn't you hear it no boss I didn't hear a thing that's funny I wonder if I'm just imagining it oh well here's the plate Rochester I finished my dessert just a minute boss let me look at you again yeah I'll go get the razor and shave you shave me yeah you've got so much whipped cream on your face and be ashamed just to wipe it off never mind I'll use my napkin now lay out a suit for me will your Rochester okay oh by the way Mr. Benny Dennis Day came over a little while ago and he said he wanted to see you oh well why didn't you tell me Dennis Dennis say Mr. Benny I don't know why people rave so much about television what programs there I've been sitting here watching it for three hours and all they've shown us that ocean picture all you can see is the waves splashing up against the screen Dennis you're looking at the Bendix in the other room now what what did you want to see me about well my mother had to go to a club meeting and she won't be back too late so she told me to come over here so I won't get into mischief mischief Dennis you're old enough to take care of yourself no I'm not last week when my mother left me alone it was terrible what I was sitting there getting bored I wanted some excitement so I stuck my head in the Mixmaster you stuck your head in the Mixmaster that's the craziest thing I've ever heard of you've never tried it don't knock it look kid from what you told me I'm not gonna leave you alone in my house either you better come with Mary and me we're gonna see sorry wrong number with Barbara Stanwyck I don't blame you though she's a wonderful actress I don't know she's so realistic no so vibrant so so Dennis you heard that echo didn't you know you still keep hearing it mr. Benny yes and I don't know how to get rid of it I don't know what to do why don't you stick your head in the Mixmaster oh stop now Dennis while I'm changing my clothes run over the song you're gonna do on the program will you okay give us and I've only got two passes let me see shall I kill myself I'll figure out something Jack you ought to be ashamed of yourself asking Barbara Stanwyck for passes oh I don't know Mary I gave her passes to my picture for your picture they were dropping tickets from airplanes I didn't mind the tickets but I got hit on the head with a dish well I'll go over and buy Dennis's ticket now wait here for me G Dennis you'll love sorry wrong number it's so tense and exciting it is yeah all through the picture Barbara Stanwyck cries to use the telephone and by accident the wires get crossed and she hears two men plotting her own murder gee well come on let's go I got your ticket Dennis and Dennis as we go in hold my hand and call me daddy here you are Jack I want to sit in the loges loges these passes are for general admission the loges will be an extra 60 cents oh well daddy get your hand out of my pocket oh I'm sorry how much did you say that was mr. I gave it to him already oh well let's go in imagine a big star like Barbara Stanwyck couldn't get me low seats come on what dog scorecard wait a minute bud this is a theater what's the idea of selling football pennant for the newsreel oh you brought your own up bud here I'll do your right please mark is this aisle to the right right here I'll open the door Mary gosh the picture started already yeah here three seats over here get in Dennis you're worried about your option and you try to get your sponsor mr. Riggio on the phone look Mary what was it Mary what happened I'll tell you what happened mr. Riggio in 15 minutes I'll be out of a job now get me Hollywood 7337 Holly here's a cracker and eat it slowly it may be your last five years ago when I was 38 mr. Riggio please Frank had a swell idea warn me fingers so swollen it won't fit in the hole wait a minute I know I'll call my agent that's it my agent why am I paying him 9% I get mr. Riggio tell him I'll do anything he asked this year I'll suggest it myself why not the lines clear I still have time yeah me give me mr. Riggio quick this is Jack been this is Jack Benny hello again before you say anything listen to me you got to hear my side of it I know I've been on the air a long time but I'm not true yet honest I'm not there's still a few good years left and I want you to have free and easy on the draw the first to get with tobacco man I heard you talking to a man named Frank I overheard you telling to let somebody go that you that you didn't want him anymore the bookkeeper doing his work what else could you do I mean it's not your fault he isn't capable no place for sentiment and business that's what I like about you mr. Riggio you don't let your heart rule your head that bookkeeper got what was I don't believe in a man whining and trying to hang on to a job when he's not one I agree with you a man fails to deliver let him go get rid of my say fire gentlemen travel on our highways is increasing it is now 11% above pre-war peak so when traveling obey the law don't take a chance and be careful the life you save may be your own a recent impartial survey covering all the southern tobacco markets reveals lucky strike first again with tobacco man yes more independent tobacco experts smoke lucky strike regularly than the next two leading brands combined excuse me but who are these tobacco experts they're the men who really know tobacco the independent auctioneers buyers and warehouses and it's important for you to know that more of these independent tobacco experts smoke lucky strike regularly than the next two leading brands combined you've heard the survey results now here what mr. Charles L. Belvin independent tobacco buyer who's attended more than 2,000 tobacco auctions recently said season after season I've seen the makers of lucky strike by good ripe mild tobacco fine tobacco that makes one swell smoke I smoke lucky 16 years a lucky strike smoker for 16 years and remember mr. Belvin like you looks to the cigarette he smokes for enjoyment real deep down smoking enjoyment so light up a lucky yourself and puff by puff you'll see LSMFT LSMFT lucky strike means fine tobacco and this fine lucky strike tobacco means a really enjoyable smoke for you yes you'll like lucky strike ladies and gentlemen stay tuned in for the Phil Harris Alice face show which follows immediately and on Saturday be sure to listen to a day in the life of Dennis Day I want to thank Ms. Barbara Stanley for being with us on the program tonight and for the passes and Rita I couldn't get you on the phone so send three please out of my friends in San Francisco I'll be seeing you at the opera house on Friday October 22nd at the Friars frolic for the variety club benefit are you going to San Francisco at Jack oh you're gonna go by plane by plane well no oh then you're going on the train the train no oh then you're gonna drive your car no no you see I made a deal with a fellow who's going that way oh you're gonna share expenses no all I have to do is help him unload the oranges this is NBC the national broadcasting company