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It's the tobacco that counts So smoke the smoke tobacco experts smoke Lucky Strike so round so firm so fully packed so free and easy on the draw Remember for their own personal smoky enjoyment independent tobacco experts named Lucky Strike first choice Lucky Strike first choice The Lucky Strike program starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston Phil Harris Rochester Dennis Day and yours truly Don Wilson Ladies and gentlemen Jack Benny and his troops have been on tour campaigning for the March of Dimes in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado So now let's pick them up on the California Limited on route to Los Angeles Mary and Jack are playing the game You you sure are lucky Mary I play better gin rummy than you do and yet you always win Well, it's your own fault. Jack. You don't concentrate on the card. I do too. Now. Let's see. I know you have three nines three queens and The six seven and eight of hearts so I know you can't use this card Here here's the deuce of spades gin Gin let me see your hand. There you are three eight four kings and three deuces Wait a minute. Where are those two nines you picked up that was yesterday Well go ahead and deal the cards again Yeah, I never played in such bad luck in all of my life. Hey Jackson. You got a corkscrew. Here you are Phil Thanks. Hope I have better luck with this hand and pick up your cards. Okay Hmm Jack pick up your last card. Whoops. Oh Boy, what a hand this is Mary. I'm warning you any card you throw I can use go ahead throw one. It's your turn first Oh, yes Here gin I'm sorry Mary. That's enough gin rummy for me. What do I owe you five dollars and twenty cents? All right I'll pay it tomorrow. Oh Jack you always say that why don't you pay up as soon as you lose Mary? It's so inconvenient. I don't care. Take off your shoe and pay me now All right, I'll pay you I'll pay you Turn around turn around just because you're gonna take your shoe off the fives are pinned to my underwear Here's your money. Thanks. You're welcome You know Mary, you're the luckiest person. Hey Jackson. You got a bottle opener. Here you are Phil. Thanks You know Mary you're the luckiest person I've ever seen. Oh, what's the difference you win once in a while, too Yeah, I guess so, but you know, we certainly didn't have a wonderful time in Denver And she wasn't exciting when we arrived in Pueblo. They picked us up in those police cars and drove us to the hotel What do you laugh a little when the police were helping fill in the car he started yelling you ain't got nothing on me You know Mary was too bad that Dennis couldn't have made this trip with us He'd have gotten a kick out of all that snow. Uh-huh, but I don't think he could have stood the train trip It's awful cold in here. Yeah, but you can't blame the train. I mean the weather outside is freezing here. Oh, hello, Don Hello, say kids the conductor just told me we're crossing the border into California right now. Yes She gets warm Will we be home soon Don now California is such a big state we don't get into tomorrow morning gosh another night on the train Hey, Jackson, you got any extra glasses in here? Yeah, Phil. There are three of them over there. Thanks Say down down. I haven't seen you since we left Denver. Are you on are you on this car? No, no I'm two cars back two cars back. Wait a minute. Don. That's the diner. I know Hungry how about sandwiches? All right, Mary. I'll go and get some I'll be back in a few minutes. Okay. Let's see The diner is down this way Who knows how much I love you you do Who has the charms that very few do I do Thank you pardon, mister. Yes, could you tell me which way the engine is the engine? Oh, yes You're going in the wrong direction. It's the other way. Now. Why do you want to know I'm the engineer? the engineer hey Yeah, I hope he finds before we reach Los Angeles the first time I ever went to Catalina by rail And with this fog, you know, it could happen. Oh Well, the diner should be in the next one. What you tell me Rochester. I can't understand how many have it got along without you Me neither. Oh, oh, there's Rochester in the washroom talking to one of the porters. I got to listen to this Say Rochester besides writing his radio show. What else you do for Mr. Benny? Well, I'm his publicity agent manager and last but not least I'm his personal advisor He won't even make a picture unless I okay the script Well, what about the horn blows at midnight? I was out of town when that Too bad, Mr. Benny wasn't Mr. Benny won't do a thing without my approval. Well, tell me Rochester. Do you happen to handle his money my friend? When Mr.. When you discuss mr.. Benny's money remove your hat and bow towards the Bank of America Well, I can't understand why mr.. Benny saves his money like that. Don't he know he can't take it with him Well, several people have told him, but he's never heard it direct from headquarters Say Rochester another thing I've been wanting to ask you how old is mr.. Benny? 38 well Rochester, I thought it was just Duke on the radio. Well in the vernacular we show people That is known as a running gang. Well, how long has it been running? Two years longer than the Mississippi How do you like that and I come on Rochester we old friends and we all alone you can tell me is right age Well All right, lean over here now whisper it mr.. Benny's real a Rochester. You know how much I love you Never mind that now Rochester. I don't like you discussing my private affairs Yes, and will you please go to the diner and get some sandwiches for me and miss Livingston bring them back to my car? Yes Hmm, I think he'd know better than to talk about me in front of strangers No, here's Mary's compartment Gee jack it took you a long time where the sandwiches Rochester will bring him in a minute one place or more cars Mary No, I'd rather listen to the radio say this is Wednesday night and Dennis a show is on right now a tune them in Mary Oh Gee we just caught the end of this program. It'll be good to see him again. What a merry you've got a couple of aspirins Got yourself a little hangover. Well, don't expect any sympathy from me Phil Jackson gee You know how it is train trips are dull all cramped up in a tiny compartment all by myself and away from home and Well, I got kind of moody so I Don't know I I just sat down and started thinking. Oh Well, I can understand that Phil. What were you thinking about? Bourbon It was a wonderful show Robert Taylor did a great job pilling in for you Robert Taylor Robert Taylor some guy to pick out as my Replacement why what's wrong with Taylor? What's wrong with him? His real name is Spangler Arlington Brew Spangler Arlington Brew. Well, that sounds like the last names of Manny Mohan Jack My right name is Benny Kibelsky. What are you mad about doing him move in together? Take him. I don't want him stop being jealous Bob was wonderful on your show and the audience gave a terrific hand when he sang That's what I like about the South. I'll never see what people understand about that lousy song Chester with those sandwiches. I don't know I'll go out and look for Cute little baby Do you mind if I play with him for a second madam, right? No, not at all. Hello, baby And his eyes are the same color as mine Lake Louise blue here take him back lady. Have a lovely child. Thank you a Little doll just think someday he may run for president The Republicans don't make up their mind pretty sooner. Maybe this year Where can Rochester be with those sandwiches Things in life are free. What a song I'm sure this is the car. Well, Rochester. What else do you do for mr. Benny? Everything there ain't nobody works harder than I do instead of getting the sandwich He's still talking to the porter there. Well, if he wakes you so hard, why don't you leave? Oh, I couldn't quit mr. Billy. That would be cruel. What do you mean cruel? I'm the only man alive who knows how to put him together in the morning Put him together. Yeah, first I get his hand all the other sisters Rochester Rochester, why don't you get those sandwiches? I ordered them boys. They're sending them down with the waiter. Oh, well, then miss Livingston must have them by this time I'll go back to my compartment and go to bed. See you in the morning Pardon me madam pardon me sir Pardon me, please just a minute. Yes. Yes. Well, I'm a fan of yours I listen to you all the time on the radio. Oh really? What's your name? Joe Besser? Messer? No, I'm sorry. Are you on your way to Los Angeles? Yes I'm gonna be there for two weeks and I sure would like to get tickets for your program. Say, how do I go about it? Well, I don't handle the tickets myself But if you call my business manager Murd Blum at Hollywood 6265 He'll put you in touch with my secretary bird Scott at Hollywood 6234 You see and if mr. Scott has any tickets, you'll have you call the advertising agency Oh Look, I'll write it down and give it to you before we get off the train Well, we'll do do do that. I will I will Well, we get in early in the morning. I better get some sleep Hey Jackson. Oh good morning Mary. Hello Phil. Hey kids according to the timetable won't be long now We've already gone through San Bernardina Fontana Anaheim and we've gone. There goes Azusa You know Mary that's where they had to put off that taxi driver Remember the one that was so sentimental. He couldn't say goodbye to us what he left Yeah, what a silly guy. Hey look look the train is slowing down. That's right Jackson. We're coming into Cucamonga Well, Jack Jack, what is it done? Your quartet wants to say goodbye to you the sportsman. Yes, they're getting off here In Cucamonga, that's where they live No kidding fellas. Do you live here in Cucamonga? Well, what do you know about that we get off the Cucamonga and we're glad to be back For there in Cucamonga girlies never wear them longer you will love it Jack Just smell those orange trees lime trees they forgot much but we want it No matter how you coax us, we'll stay right here Oh bongo bongo bongo we get off at Cucamonga where we'll meet every boon He will be their archa nearing and the crowd will all be cheering as he chants that tune Your choice your choice our choice. We all agree tobacco LSMMT All the native sons and daughters state their nickels and their quarters just to buy that grassy easy on what? Your luggage will be taken through the cab stand. Can I brush you off miss Livington? Yes, please Brush you off. Mr. Benny. Yes, please Thank you. I'll brush you off miss Wilson. Please. I want your step, please everybody off No, there's somebody up in front with a lot of bags. Hey, you get moving Come on kids. We better get out of the cab stand. I hope we won't have to wait too long for our luggage There goes the red cap with our let's follow them Then we go right home boy. Am I excited we better hurry you will miss the train. Yeah, aren't we going to Denver? I'm back. We did last Sunday show there. That's right Dennis. We talked to your doctor And he wouldn't let us take you out of town. Yeah, how how you been feeling kid gee last week I had a visit my doctor five times You visit your doctor five times for a cold cold. He's got pneumonia Well Dennis if your doctor sick, why did he want you to visit him? He's delirious. He thinks I'm a basket of fruit You should have seen the trouble I had last Sunday Well, I wanted to get away from him so I could go to the studio and sing on your program on my program Dennis You couldn't have I wasn't even in town. Yeah, we should have told me Dennis when you got to the studio and you didn't see Don nor Phil nor Mary no musician. What did you think? I thought you were cutting down expenses Come on Dennis. Let's go home. I see you still have your luggage all except my coat. Oh, is your coat checked? No, it's my doctors Okay, Mary here comes the taxi Dennis. We'll see you later Would you take us out? Oh, it's you the taxi driver that brought us to the station I didn't want to come to the station, but you made me for heaven's sake. Look fellow. I hope you had a nice trip But don't ever go good Kissing your hand look driver. Come on. We put your bags in the car. Put your bags in the car We're going nothing more pathetic than a helpless child suffering from starvation exposure and sickness thousands of kids in the devastated countries are exactly in this predicament and can't do a thing to help themselves any more than yours or Mine could so it's up to us to give them a chance to survive We must help them grow up to be healthy clear thinking citizens or our own children will have to face more serious problems Then even we do now so let's help those unfortunate children by sending our contributions to crusade for children New York City Incidentally, they have a great slogan save a child save the future. Thank you Jack will be back in just a minute. 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