oh the jello program starring Jack Benny
with Mary Livingston Phil Harris Dennis
day and yours truly Don Wilson the
orchestra opens a program with playmates
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[Music]
and now ladies and gentlemen in the last
two weeks a new star has loomed over the
dramatic horizon a young man who is
destined to become one of the first
names in the American theater so without
further ado we bring you the man who
startled the world last Sunday with his
amazing performance in June moon Jack
Benny
[Applause]
Thank You jello again this is Jack Benny
talking and Don thanks very much for
that fascinating introduction when you
use words like that you charm me I mean
I feel that I'm a Cobra and you're a
flute a flute yes Don a big fat flu but
Don you'll do me a great favor if you'll
forget about the broadcast I did with
Orson Welles last Sunday forget about it
why Jack I thought you gave a splendid
performance in June moon it isn't that
down but the trouble I had with Orson
before we got into it I wouldn't go
through that again for a million dollars
Oh Jack I never saw a guy like you you
have trouble with everybody now wait a
minute Mary I never had a fight with
anybody in my life
not with your fists no I'm not talking
about that but you know very well that
Orson promised me a serious dramatic
play when I went over on his show last
week and instead of that he gave me June
moon what do you think I am a comedian
my goodness but Jack I heard the
broadcast and I thought you did an
excellent job while you were really
superb marvelous I was there goes the
fluid again
Don I'm not arguing about my performance
but I was supposed to be a young
songwriter from the connect today it's
hard to say
young songwriter from Schenectady but
that's not me well maybe I'm wrong jack
but I thought June moon was right up
your alley and the girl that played
opposite you was grand yeah she was a
cute kid not bad-looking either
you know Jack this may be just a silly
notion but listening to it over the air
I got the feeling that she wasn't acting
at all
she really sounded like she was in love
with you well let's not go into that but
it's it's amazing how you sensed what
actually happened yes sir I'm gonna take
that flute and hit you right over the
head with it oh stop
Mary Don isn't flattering me at all as a
matter of fact I've been taking that
young lady out all week we've been
making the late spots every night well
Jack what happened to your old girl the
one that worked in the restaurant
oh you mean Gladys abisco oh we split up
it was one of those lovers quarrels yeah
she charged that for a second cup of
coffee
he took his ring back wasn't that at all
she charged me a nickel for a hunk of
teeth on my apple pie you think your
wife-to-be
could give it to you
but I'm just as happy oh hello Dennis
hello mr. Benny did you get the telegram
I sent you about your swell performance
last week yes I did Dennis it was very
thoughtful of you but we we were
discussing that a little while ago and I
don't think the June moon was heavy
enough for me she it sounded very heavy
to me what I mean Dennis that I'm trying
to get into the dramatic branch of show
business I want to become a real actor
well if you ask me Jackson I think
you're a little bit off the B you're
going completely haywire heart can that
be the voice of the no cover charge
philosopher
what's that Phil well I'd like to know
why you want to be a dramatic actor
that's all because I want to return to
the theater I'm going back on the stage
back on the stage what for because radio
can't last haven't you read in the
papers about those sunspots I'm getting
out before it's too late you know it may
even be the end of the world what Jack
that's ridiculous you can't believe that
the world is coming to an end
he can't he's been building an ark all
week you guys can laugh I don't say I
didn't warn you what's this all about
mr. Benny well Dennis those sunspots
started last Sunday is he all over the
world radio Telegraph and telephone
communications were suddenly and without
warning paralyzed it was a terrible
thing
I'll bet Orson Welles had something to
do with that well say maybe he oh it
couldn't have been Orson I was with him
all day although come to think of it it
was just about a year ago that he pulled
that other stunt no no he wouldn't dare
monkey around with the son
no no no not him
Oh mr. Benny yes please I mean what is
it what is it speaking of mr. wells I
saw him last Sunday around half-past
twelve and he had the funniest look in
his eyes he did hey I wonder if he could
have that Mary get me Orson Welles on
the phone I want to have a little talk
with him okay you know fellas you can
never tell about a guy like that No will
you get Orson Welles please mr. Benny
wants to speak to him I'll get the
lowdown on this all right you know I had
a hunch that he might owe mr. Wales
now listen buddy come clean we got the
goods on you and you might as well
confess Mary give me the phone you got
to be subtle about this hmm hello Orson
mr. Jack Benny oh nothing just thought
I'd call you by the way Orson what are
you here from the son
[Laughter]
you devil he's making off he doesn't
know what I'm talking about fellas
now look Orson where were you between
the hours of 12:00 and 1:00 last Sunday
what am i driving at look Orson cut out
that Bologna you started those sunspots
last week and you know it
yes sunspots but but now wait a minute
Orson oh I am a oh I am a oh I am a when
he gets to Laos hang up
he passed that now Orson I just thought
that maybe you now hold on Orson
hold on hold on wait a minute Orson
sticks and stones will break my bones
but names will let now hold on
well if that's the way you feel about it
it's alright with me goodbye I still
think he had something to do with it he
can't fool me with all that yelling and
calling names but I can't understand
Orson not letting me in on it
playful yeah do you think that being
together like we were he'd have said
something to me
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[Applause]
[Music]
relax played by Phil Harris and his
musical troubadour
a troubadour meeting musicians that
travel from place to place so what are
they waiting for and now ladies and
gentlemen all right Jackson you just
keep that up and one of these days we
will pack up and leave well even with my
rheumatism I'll be glad to wave goodbye
and now ladies and gentlemen as we
announced last week for our feature
attraction tonight the Bene how do they
ever think of all those jokes players
will present their version of Walt
Disney's full-length Technicolor
production that favorite of young and
old that immortal fairytale Pinocchio
thank you fudge cake now in our version
in our version of this fairy tale I will
play that lovable little wooden doll
conocchia at the beginning I am nothing
but a marionette but as the story
progresses I become a real live boy with
red blood in my veins well I'll send out
for someone Let's Get gone
nevermind now Mary Livingston that funny
girl will play the part of little Mary
cricket who lives next door to Pinocchio
you see folks I'm changing the story
here and there hey Jackson why don't you
leave the play the way it was Walt
Disney did a marvelous job because I'm
trying to improve it Phil you know fix
it up you're the kind of a guy that
would draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa I
wouldn't have anybody that would put a
mustache on him ought to be shot
[Music]
it's not ahem that's a lady now Phil
getting back to our play you're gonna be
a portable agent you're the villain who
tries to lead me astray and Dennis
you're gonna be Phil's partner in
business and crime oh boy it lasts I'm a
heel that's right
and Don yes Jack there's a very
important part left for you monstro the
whale whale well that doesn't seem to be
so important oh but it is done you see
the whole third act takes place in your
tummy well so much for our casting an
apple
wait a minute cat who's gonna play the
part of the old toymaker you know the
man that builds you oh yes I nearly
forgot
the toy maker ladies and gentlemen will
be played by mr. Spencer Tracy's are you
here Spencer right here my boy I'm all
ready I thought it wasn't the movie star
what you say Mary I thought it wasn't
the movie star well Mary of course not
you don't think I could get the real
Spencer Tracy to come up here for $8 you
could try don't think I didn't
and now ladies and gentlemen in a few
moments we will take you away to the
land of make-believe and give you our
interpretation of that delightful
fantasy Pinocchio Denis set the scene
please
[Music]
when you wish upon a star makes no
difference who you are anything your
heart desires
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if your heart is in your dream no
request is too extreme dream Hey she
brings fulfillment
Oh
[Music]
and
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
the scene ladies and gentlemen is the
toy shop of old man Benny
located in a tiny little town in a land
far far away a bright fire is burning on
the hearth and in one corner of the room
the old toymaker is busy putting the
finishing touches on a beautiful new
doll at meatballs
it is evening and the silence is broken
only by the tick-tock of many musical
clocks
listen now let me see oh my golly this
legs stealing right yeah that's better
oh my my ears are too big I wonder if I
should saw them all
hello mr. Benny well hello Mary cricket
what are you doing out so late I just
thought I'd drop in and see you how are
you coming along with the new doll oh
just fine it's almost finished
why do you think of you he's got a lot
of wrinkles for a doll hmm a little
crack in the wood and she calls it a
wrinkle I think I look swell now let's
see
I got his cheeks painted and his
eyebrows fixed one more thing and I'm
through what are you doing now mr. Benny
I'm doing his hair he just like they do
at Paramount
that's oh yeah all finished marry my
little wooden head what should I name
him
how about Fifi that's a girl's name I
know what I call him marry Pinocchio
Pinocchio my own little Pinocchio oh boy
Pinocchio Benny look Mary isn't he a
beautiful doll and he looks so real
he sure does my my I wish she was alive
and could walk and talk I wish she was
my son my own little boy yes I heard
what you just said and you've given so
much happiness to others
I'm going to make your wish come true I
will give nice to Pinocchio what how can
you do this who are you I am the Blue
Fairy the Blue Fairy she's a fan of
fairy I ever saw
[Laughter]
I wish I wish married chief still she'll
gum up the works
Pinocchio I am going to touch you with
my magic wand little puppets made of
pine oh wait the gift of life is vine Oh
jello again this is Pinocchio speaking
Mary did you hear that my little
Pinocchio pops he's alive I'll say I am
and miss fairy I sure want to thank you
for doing this that's all right kid
I'm a human being
well I gotta run along now I'm up slide
back to the wind isn't this wonderful I
can breathe and I can walk and I can
talk what do I want to whistle and blow
but if my whistle
[Music]
[Applause]
seem to the following morning Pinocchio
Benny is on his way to school
accompanied by little Mary cricket gee
Mary cricket I'm so thrilled going to
school and meeting all the little boys
and girls tell me what what other
children go to school beside that well
there's Betty Davis Robert donat Barbara
Stanwyck Clark Gable Greta Garbo and
Paul Muni oh boy am I gonna be in their
class never you don't have to be so
positive about it but Pinocchio there's
one little boy you want to stay away
from Freddie Allen the school bully
Freddy Allen yes he was so bad
one day the Blue Fairy changed him into
a jackass a jackass gee could you notice
any difference anyway I won't be scared
of him oh look Mary cricket who are
those two men coming towards us that's
Harrison day a couple of vaudeville
agents you stay away from them Pinocchio
why they're always trying to take little
boys away from school and put them on
the stage so they can make money out of
them oh well I can take care of myself
well well well look a hair day and the
little boy in town well well well
where you going
Fifi we pick a different name it's
Pinocchio I'm on my way to school school
now look-a-here bub
you're a chuff to go to school come
along with me and I'll put your father
bail water bills what's that he asked
what it isn't he helped kill it I did
not
what's bought a bow mister the theatre
the stage be a comedian and make easy
money move food why sure let's give him
a sample of a partner okay now get this
gag Bob you know de my girl wants 35
miles last night goodness oh gee mister
if I went on the stage could I tell
funny jokes like that just about oh boy
I don't want to go to school I want to
go into vaudeville remember what the
Blue Fairy told you take the straight
and narrow path
I don't care Mary cricket I want to go
on the stage I want to be an actor hi
diddly deee an actor's life for me
I'll promenade with a big cigar and
drive around in my next car you lay
those eggs in your sleep you'll have the
audience yelling but don't call me I'm
an idiot
hi diddle Edo good old finocchio he'll
tell those gags and he'll make them roll
and if he flops and upon my soul I'll
get him a job at the Wilshire Bowl
[Music]
why don't you it is seen three so
Pinocchio Benny went into Waterville
under the management of Harrison day and
after flopping in Philadelphia playing
an egg in Evansville and being tomato in
Toledo hmm I was not Pinocchio decided
there was no place like home as we pick
him up now he is back in the toy shop
where he discovers that his father is
missing and the place is completely
where can my father be there's dust and
cobwebs everywhere way up on the ceiling
and under the chair boo-hoo-hoo I wish
the Blue Fairy was here
why it's the Blue Fairy what are you
crying for Pinocchio because I ran away
and went into border though I know I
caught you in kenosha when I came back
just now I found that my father has
disappeared I wish I knew where he was
Pinocchio I have sad news your father
went looking all over the world for you
and his boat was swallowed by dumps from
the whale died strolled away good heaven
is my father still alive yes
so go finocchio find him and I will
watch over you
gee thanks goodbye Blue Fairy so long
Kid here I go
[Music]
why why Blue Fairy what happened I
couldn't make it
[Music]
oh that's too bad
scene for Pinocchio Benny and little
Mary cricket have left home in search of
his father they are now at the bottom of
the ocean trying to find Don stroll the
whale that's me for so we now take you
to the depths of the sea
[Music]
gosh it's wet down here imagine three
days underwater yeah I wish I had some
soap I take a bath
look Mary cricket look at that school of
fish their key and they're all the
colors of the rainbow
yeah now follow me Mary we must find
John stro the whale yeah I hope we meet
him soon we did our line
what's that Pinocchio a pickled herring
and old boy is he marinated let's go
this way Mary Oh Mary look look look at
that big black shark coming toward your
life it's done throw
he's got his mouth open he's gonna
swallow us here he come hold my man Mary
we're going in
[Music]
gee Mary we're inside the way yeah isn't
it dark in here turn on the switch there
it is by its third rib okay
I'll stick close to me Jean what a big
place
gee what a big place listen Mary there's
an echo in here hello echo hello echo
I'm looking for my father
I'm looking for my father is he in here
I don't know hey Eddie is he in here I
don't know hey I don't know hey
come come on Mary follow me oh look at
that sign there where right there it
says that don't be a slave you
burma-shave my goodness they've even got
those signs in here gee I wish I could
find my father
wait a minute no feel no coming horses
oh yes and it looks like they don't you
my boy Pinocchio father Mary it's my
father
Oh Pinocchio at last I found you my own
little boy yes Father
and I will never run away again I
forgive you my boy come we will go home
but father we're inside of a whale how
can we get out why it's the Blue Fairy
but I'm afraid miss fairy how will we
ever escape you can get in we can get
out
oh that's right see father isn't the
Blue Fairy wonderful to us yes my son
all you have to do is wish upon a star
but remember you must always be a good
little boy and never run away from home
again oh I won't father I won't
you
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
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we're a little late so good night folks
[Music]
this is the National Broadcasting
Company
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