well Frank Sinatra show
and Now ladies and gentlemen here is the
star of our show Frank Sinatra
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I'm sorry
ladies and gentlemen
I am not Frank Sinatra
although I must say that we do resemble
each other quite a bit and we were about
the same height in our eyes are blue
that is uh his mine are Bluer Than his
his are sort of a pale blue and mine are
more of a blue surge
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and of course I'm a little bit heavier
than Frankie but then who isn't you see
him
but ladies and gentlemen I did my first
my own first TV show a week ago last
Sunday I started my season and I thank
you very much I am
and I was such a big hit
that I'm now known as the Mori Amsterdam
of the Pacific coast
and of course the reason I'm here
tonight with Frankie you see Frank did a
guest shot on my television show last
year when I was in New York you see and
I didn't pay him for it you know I no
you know we were pretty good friends and
I didn't want to insult him you see by
paying him and I understand that tonight
he's not insulting me either
you know a friendship like that can
break both of us you know but
um another reason that I'm in New York
is because last Friday you probably read
this in the paper last Friday the Friars
Club gave me a testimonial dinner
because of my um
thank you because of my 20 years in
radio you see and not only that but also
because I've been a member of the Friars
Club theatrical Organization for a long
time you see in as a matter of fact in
Hollywood I'm an officer of the uh
Friars Club I'm known as the dean and
that's a very very important executive
position
I would say that the dean of the Friars
Club is comparable to a photographer on
Reader's Digest
but anyway it really is a great pleasure
ladies and gentlemen
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thank you very much
it's a great
it's a great pleasure ladies and
gentlemen
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it's a great pleasure ladies and
gentlemen to be here tonight
Zach you know you were only supposed to
introduce me and then tell a few jokes
and then introduce me you know oh well
you see Frank I got to talking about
myself and I'm sort of carried away you
know how you get like that you see but
uh what are we supposed to do right now
well we usually do a song right about
here we do
well unfortunately I don't sing I don't
know I I Know Jack but but I'm supposed
to sing a song here now oh you're going
to do the song I see well all right I
mean
on my show he had a half hour I got
about three seconds so far
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the snow is snowing
the wind is blowing
but I can weather the Stars
what do I care
how much it may storm
I got my love to keep me warm
I can't remember
a worse December
you just watched those icicles for
what do I care how the icicles for
I got my love to keep me warm
off with my Overcoat
off with my glove
I need no overcoating I'm burning with
love
my heart's on fire
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with one desire
so I will weather the Stars
what do I care how much it may storm
I got my love to keep me warm
up with my Overcoat
up with my gloves
I'm burning with love
my heart's on fire
with one desire
so I will weather the storm
what do I care how much it may start
look at here now I got my love to keep
me
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very much
on behalf of our sponsor I would like to
say that we had a wonderful time since
we've been here yeah right in just a
minute uh this is the only thing there's
only one thing that bothers me on this
show what's that Jay well you're
mentioning the sponsors after all I'm
for one sponsor you work for another and
uh I didn't ask first whether there's
any uh friction you see what I mean
between conflict between the two oh no
Jack you shouldn't worry about it you
don't have to correct me you know
no look Jack the product my English as
good as yours at least
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dad the product
the product is entirely different Jack
oh I mean we're on for Echo wear Echo
wear Echo where Echo wear
what's that that's a little Echo we have
here on our show and he sees he stays on
the ball every week when he hears this
kind of thing go on I wonder what keeps
them so sharp all the time split knives
that's kind of cute that's the sort of
an echo like that and I said yeah it's
cute whenever we mentioned a product he
repeats it LS mft
LS mft echo echo echo
Lucky Strike means fine tobacco
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be happy if I Echo be happy
if I Echo by Echo Spike today
I've been smoking anywhere
all righty and that's enough
all right let's forget about the yoga
business again now Jack what did you
plan to do for us tonight well I don't
know I thought the guest would be nice
if I uh told came out you know told
jokes like I did before you see you
think that's smart
look Frank I'm a comedian you know after
all you didn't hire John Foster Dulles
Well Jack what I mean today today the
trend is much different than it's ever
been I mean the comedians are more
physical like Jackie Gleason and Martin
Lewis and Red Skelton they bounce up and
down they take Falls and they're always
going you know it's very fast well I I
have the same uh system you see at home
when I do my television shows although I
haven't worked out where I stand
perfectly still you see and the camera
moves you see in that way the cameraman
makes more money and I last longer you
see no no I'm very serious Jack I mean
you gotta gotta take this seriously you
can't get by anymore on television with
just talk I mean when you even when you
tell a story you just can't tell a
straight joke you can't tell a joke when
you're doing a television it's got to be
acting out now look I'll show you what I
mean two guys that they met at an Elks
convention see Sam and then Max and they
meet and they say they went to the bond
and Sam said rehearsal it was Harry
thank you
Sam and Harry and Sam walks up and he
says hello Harry how are you see he says
what do you know he's to say are you a
large member and the other fellow says
no I'm just average size and he says
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do you still make records
yes of course I do good good
I think though seriously uh maybe you
ought to get started by announcing so
like maybe sort of a master of ceremony
well that's the thing that I would like
to do on the show Frank because that's
what I've done all my life even before
radio all right I was a Master of
Ceremonies now who would you like to me
to introduce first June Hutton
I see all right now what would you want
me to say about her I mean you know much
more about it well when introducing June
Hutton I would say something like um
ladies and gentlemen we're very
fortunate tonight having with us a uh a
young lady who's provided and provided
us with many many Pleasant vocal moments
from show to show and I hope uh she
continues to do so in the future
and um this young lady is not only
gifted with a beautiful voice but she
has charm she's lovely and she's always
welcome on our show so ladies and
gentlemen we're very proud to present to
you
June
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something
definitely mystify
me
tell me
why should it be
you have a part to hypnotize
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you do something to me something that
simply
mystifies me tell me why should it be
here you have a part to hypnotize
me
your spouse
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yeah man
hey
thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
You Know Jack I wasn't kidding before
he's had a lot to do since he came to
town with a Friar's dinner and his own
television show and a lot of stuff he's
been working so he's a little tired now
this being in our show he's up resting
in his room I have to go up and bring
him a cup of hot milk in a little while
meantime I can introduce a man who is
probably one of the greatest artists in
this field ladies and gentlemen the
wonderful Larry Griswold
I'm awfully sorry Mrs Tanaka but Larry
is unable to make it over here tonight
you see he was out celebrating again and
he's in no condition today what do you
mean he can't make it what are we going
to do the whole family I'm Larry's
father oh I've known him ever since he's
a little boy look I taught him all the
Dives I'll run up and do a couple of
Dives so he won't disappoint your people
no wait a minute wait a minute can you
do this of course I keep myself doing
Athletics down to gymnasium at the ywmca
don't worry about it
you worry about Megan
I've been a lot higher than this a lot
of time
hey Buck watch who you're pushing around
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first I better try out the voice for
Strings
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just the hypotenuse
foreign
's a little narrow I missed my step
well
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I'll start off with a Swan Dive and then
lead up to the more complicated
maneuvers
oh that's my tie welcome
boy that scares me too
all right
let's open up with a back jack knife
which is one dive I can do on it
you don't all dive you gotta concentrate
on just two things control that's both
of them
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well never give up but never say die I
always
give the preliminary diet will start
right off with a full twisting one and
one half First the full twist
or am I cool
oh slip recording I'm gonna take my
shoes off the board and slippery
keep them together
last pair of nylons
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oh I don't want to go in with my watch
on I wouldn't want to get that baby work
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I almost forgot to put on my diving cap
I can't stand water in my ears when I
died
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we have another very unusual artist with
us tonight although he's just a 10 year
old boy he's been acclaimed everywhere
as one of the outstanding violent
virtuosos of our time as recent
appearance of Carnegie Hall has won much
praise High Praise from all the critics
ladies and gentlemen Master Charles
Castleman foreign
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thank you ladies and gentlemen for my
first election tonight I would like to
play the Ukrainian Fantasy by winoowski
Anderson
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Frankie Frank
apparently did you find me did you see
Mr Sinatra into it oh yes he went down
that way oh he did oh thank you
upon me
so you you play the violin man yes sir
do you uh do you practice
you don't practice
you'll certainly never get anywhere if
you don't practice
after practice practice practice you see
if you want to be if you want to be good
you know and these are the important
years you know I I remember when I was
your age you do
yes I used to practice every day and
that's how I became a very very fine
violinist
um you're going to play a number now are
you yeah do you mind let me show let me
see how you uh how you hold the ball
whenever you'll never you'll never get
anywhere that later let me show you see
in the first place the way you're
holding the bow you see it could slip
right out of your hands don't you see
you must hold the bow like this
you see what I mean stiff like this this
is called the Western grip you see what
I mean see that it'll never get away now
your your chin how do you put the violin
on it no no no no you must rest it a
little bit you see what I mean
and hold this like this you see what I
mean this keeps you from slicing
and keep one foot out just a little bit
one out one leg out a little bit wait a
minute
you gotta keep the leg out just a little
bit like this there you are you see this
where you want now this is the way to
play a violin level now let me hear you
play a number now listen
go ahead let's hear it
you know Sinatra is supposed to come out
together oh man what are you doing
jack huh well I'm just giving the kid a
few pointers I think oh really uh Jack
did you ever hear of the concert
violinist Charles Castleman
Charles Castleman yes we went to school
together
in fact I taught him everything he knew
you know
well check uh this is Charles kesselman
oh well the Charles Castleman I think
I'm thinking I've had a trio and
Waukegan there was a a violin an organ
and a monkey you see what I mean the
monkey now has his own band it's called
Spike Jones
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Zach
let's get out for a while we'll let
Charles Castleman play this uh okay I
still think he hasn't got his legs right
I don't know this thing
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thank you
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foreign
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[Laughter]
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foreign
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thank you
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hi good job thank you very much
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thank you
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my concerto
is a sample Melody
a simple as the day
remember foreign
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and when you hear my song
you'll hear my heart
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my
concerto
here's a love song from the start
and when you hear my song
you'll hear
my heart
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thank you very much
thank you that was tea time
you see we feel that uh
they're building another Bungalow back
there
we feel that there's a halfway mark and
I show at this point a football team
gets time off between halves so I don't
see why we shouldn't I look like a
football team what are you gonna do
you know this is our last show from New
York City
starting starting next week our program
will originate from Hollywood the land
of the sunshine
sunshine
hey
I had a stand line one day last week
that had eight inches of sunshine out
there
but I'm looking forward to the trip back
because we're planning to fly the
southern route
see when the plane flies over Washington
I want to wave goodbye to some of the
money that we're made
you know I found out recently that
there's a check to this you see I mean
guys like Harry Richmond
Georgie price uh hope and Crosby they
got sidelines
side rackets Crosby's got an orange
juice business Hope Has oil wells I got
a trunk full of bow ties
and speaking of money our guest tonight
is not exactly destitute himself You
Know Jack goes around he tells everybody
that he has something put aside for a
rainy day
it could pour for 40 years
and he'd still be drier than a cow in a
Kansas Dust Bowl
there's a bad joke well what are you
gonna do and it was such a long time
getting around to a bad joke like that
of course there are other things in life
besides money but it takes money to get
them you know it makes you a little
nervous
anyway it'll be nice getting back to the
coast for a change I mean uh last season
we did all our shows from here and a few
this year and I think that our New York
fan club deserves a rest
down spotty
matter of fact we got a note from our
Hollywood branch and they were raring to
go they've been practicing by getting
autographs from uh champ Butler of a
couple of those boys out there see they
stay in practice you know it's amazing
how wonderful these kids are really they
wait around like for instance on a
pouring rainy day they wait for six
hours for an autograph and finally when
they get up real close to you some
little guy looks he says Ah this guy's
nothing
you know nine chances out of ten he's
right
yeah
I remember when I was a kid I used to
wait outside of stage doors I don't want
to give anybody's age away but when I
was a kid I used to wait for Crosby's
autograph
I love again one day I said you know I
have aspirations of being a singer and
he said something very nice very
encouraging to me he said you keep
singing kid someday you may be another
Rudy Valley
oh
what are you gonna do huh I can't help
it
you'll have to excuse me I'm a little
bit I've been well
I was up a little late last night Jack
Benny invited me to a party party
I should have known what kind of an
affair would be when he brought his
fiddle along
he told me that they were very very dear
friends of his and it was going to be a
lot of fun
it was some little place over in Jackson
Heights and it's called the banquet room
the banquet room of kozlenko's Bar and
Grill
it's in the back you know but they have
the weddings and it's on Queens
Boulevard right next door to zabriski's
bowling alley and Jimmy process a saloon
over there where Gleason hangs out well
when we got there
when we got there the say we were Riot
tonight
we got there the party was on the way
and you should have seen the ball that
they were having I gotta move the school
now
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I don't hear you that bowling alley next
door makes so much noise
now what is it my little one
sure I hired one he's late he should be
here 15 minutes ago already who did you
get Papa
his name is Jack Benny
he's the same fellow who played at Mama
and mine weddings there is he real good
one of the best
you think I spent twelve dollars a night
for just anybody
wow out of this he has to pay a singer
who is bringing with him
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hey this looks like fun Jack yeah how
about that
foreign
I wonder if she got a friend
I doubt it very much
what was that joke about the Kansas Dust
Bowl
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that was before Oh
hey there's there's our host Pulaski hey
Mr Pulaski hello oh hello Mr Washington
to meet Mr Sinatra how do you do
I thought you were going to bring a
singer
well he is a singer
that skinny little thing
I mean everybody can't be Alonso
don't forget listen he's wonderful Mr
Pulaski really you know I wouldn't
jeopardize my reputation after all
someday your daughter will have children
when they get bit married I want their
business too you know well maybe you're
right oh and remember another thing the
musicians only get two sandwiches a
piece
there's no limit on the coleslaw and the
pickles oh coleslaw pickles all you want
hey Jack Jack what's going on here well
Mr Pulaski you know as long as we came
over as guess you want to know if I play
a violin solo and maybe you'd sing a
song for oh no Jack I am rather tired I
don't know what you know sing
listen for I mean for two sandwiches
I'll give you three sandwiches
all right what is that that's a boat
that's a bowling well that's the
briskies bowling alley next door I used
to I played for his wedding oh you know
him too yeah I brought Lanny Ross with
me that time
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you know I guess I'm not as healthy as I
think I am what do you mean that's the
second time that vulture came down to
take a look at me well look let's
congratulate the bride yeah that's a
good idea yeah okay
congratulations okay very much
say uh Jack
what is this bit they're doing here well
you see at polish weddings Frank you see
they never give gifts they always give
money see the set of money say that's
wonderful yeah I think I'll contribute
something to the bride I think that's a
wonderful idea
thank you very much and good luck
Zach what about you well I thought I'd
wait till I get home and give them for
my own personal stationery
well congratulations Miss uh Louise
Stella Marie Francis
say Jack uh by some strange coincidence
those initials spell lsmft what a
coincidence my sponsor arranged it the
whole thing be happy go live thank you
very much you're welcome
listen you wanna dance
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I didn't hire you to dance I hired you
to play oh
well all right but you know what when
the music starts I can't make my feet
behave really I get it and tell that
thing that I want to hear them sing
Frankie yeah a minute yeah Jack I
thought I would like to hear you sing a
song after all you know how many times
did I get a fellow like Sinatra here why
don't you sing a song for him oh Santa
you put it that way up okay
you get the violin what do you have what
do you want to do
what do you want to do
come on he'd like to sing a song for you
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stop stop
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you call that music what are you talking
about we just nearly got killed we
nearly had an accident here with a
bowling ball came in there that was no
accident
they aimed at you
you're both true here's your nine
dollars
wait a minute you promised me twelve
dollars three for the singer how could
you do such a thing inviting me over
here and tell me it was a party and then
selling me out for three bucks Frank I
try to get you five but he wouldn't
well you're both fire take your nine
dollars and out
sorry Frank that was the best I could do
that's all right well let's get out okay
come on let's go
wait a minute now wait a minute they
promised us the sandwiches
and they said there was no limit to the
coleslaw and the pickle
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I would gather stars out of the blue
for you
I would make a string of pearls out of
the Dew
for you
for you oh
my way and over the street
carpets of clover I
let your feet
there's nothing in this world
I would not do
are you
just for you
over the highway
and over the streets
of clover
I'm gonna lay at your feet
there's nothing in this world I would
not do
baby for you
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ladies and gentlemen
Sunday was a very significant date and
we don't want to pass it without saying
something about Armistice Day
particularly in view of what's going on
in the world today
back in 1918 Armistice Day meant the end
of a war but it has come to mean a lot
more than that it's a symbol of the
things this country has always fought
for
Freedom equality in our way of life
a few years ago in Hollywood
Frank Sinatra made a picture that pretty
well expresses all of these things
the picture was called the house I live
in and anything it had to say then it
still has to say right now ladies and
gentlemen the house I live in
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looks like somebody's in for a licking
huh you bet
all right wait a minute back up back up
now steady
it's all right but six against one
that's not very fair is it oh come on
gang what's the matter here what's it
all about Mom
no I'm not scared I'll fight you even
well not if I can help but you look like
you take care of yourself I just want to
know what the gang was for we don't like
when our neighborhood or going to our
schools see I've been living here as
long as you since I was born even yeah
yeah now let's cut it out I'm serious
what's the matter is he got smallpox we
don't like his religion
his religion yay he's a dirty wait a
minute
oh I think I'm beginning to understand
this thing
yeah it must be one of those Rat Pack
gangs I've read about in the papers who
beat up on people Mister we ain't no rat
pack well they ain't regular guys but
sure I can tell you that
I don't know where to do about this it
must be pretty tough huh
what about your dad what kind of a man
is he what would he say about this
my Pop's so tough it's me he would huh
he's a pretty tough guy huh
you bet he's decided in the Army he was
wounded in Korea
there was one of them
say I bet he got some of that blood
plasma that you've been reading about
the Red Cross you bet it was hurt so bad
how to get it six times he told me even
six times
son anybody in your family ever go to
the blood bank mother and father both
hey it's pretty serious
you know it could be that uh his
father's blood to help save your Dad's
life that's pretty bad isn't it
whereabouts well don't you see his
father doesn't go to the same church as
your father
now you think maybe your dad would
rather have died than to take blood from
a man of another religion
would you want him to die or your mom no
well don't you understand fellas
religion doesn't make any real
difference
God created everybody
God didn't create one people better than
another and people worship God in
different ways all over the world many
many different ways
now my father came from Italy but I'm an
American but should I hate you because
your dad came from Ireland or Sweden or
Holland now wouldn't I be a fat head
you guys by chance remember anything
about Pearl Harbor
you ever read about it or hear about it
you bet I did my Uncle Michael
oh he was did he ever tell you about a
battleship chap Battleship called a
Haruna no
let me see if I can remember it seems
that the Haruna was raising the Dickens
with our boys and one day one of our
planes sighted it and got right over it
and you know what it takes to bomb a
battleship fellas it takes teamwork and
a lot of guts and know-how
and one of our planes got over it and
dropped a big 500 pound bomb right smack
in the middle of it and everybody in the
United States kind of threw their head
back and felt a lot better about that
now the pilot of that airplane was Colin
Kelly
he was an American and a presbyterian
you know who dropped the bombs
a boy from Brooklyn named my 11 an
American and a Jew now do you think
maybe they should have called off the
whole bombing raid because they wanted
the same religion
do you of course not don't be silly
another link but don't let anybody make
suckers out of you use your good heads
and let's have no more others fighting
well see you around I gotta go to work
what do you work
I sing oh you're a kid
I'll tell you what
you just stand right here and no hissing
allowed
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a name a man or a flag I see
a certain word
democracy
what is America
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to me
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the house I live in
a plot of Earth a street
the grocer and the butcher
people that
are the children in the playground
the faces that I see
all Races and religion
that's America
to me
the place I work in
the worker by my side
the little town or city where my people
The Howdy and the handshake they are
feeling
free and the right to speak my mind out
that's America
to me
the things I see about me the big things
and the storm
the little corner a new stand and the
house a mile tall
the wedding and the churchyard the
laughter and the tears and the dream
that's been afraid
for
160 years
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the town I live in
read the house
the pavement of the city
for a garden all in blue
the church the school the clubhouse
a million likes I see but it's special
the people
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that's a mess
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well I see you around boys
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thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
that's a fine piece of material I
wouldn't mind doing that every week it's
such a great piece of material uh I'd
like to thank Jack Benny for doing such
a wonderful job for us tonight
considering he didn't get any money for
it
and uh so ladies and gentlemen will you
help me thank Mr Benny Mr Jack Benny for
doing something
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Frank it was a great pleasure being with
you you know what was that joke about
the Kansas Dust
well Frank how are you going out the
coast maybe you can now do a show you
can be a guest on my show now you see
yeah well Jack I I I really would like
that but the next time I'd like to get
paid
well why well I mean I've been a guest
on your show and you were a guest on
mine yeah no no we're not even see you
do an hour show and I only do a half
hour show
so I mean you owe me some change
yes that's as a matter of fact well I'll
talk to you about that when I get out on
the coast when are you leaving for the
code well I'm leaving tonight right
after the show oh you're going tonight
so soon it is a shame why I wonder if
Mel Torme is in town because I'm what
I'm playing at another wedding tomorrow
well I'll get Robert Merrill here he'll
be all right thanks Frank
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just about the nicest person I've ever
known in all of Show Business he's a
real wonderful guy ladies and gentlemen
uh next week we have on our show from
the coast we have uh two wonderful
people whom we used last year and I'm
I'm deeply proud because I rooted so
hard we have the manager of the Year Mr
Leo durocher and uh and his lovely wife
Lorraine day so we have hirosha and Dave
and uh we may needle the Dodger fans a
little bit
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but uh we hope to have some fun in the
future weeks we'll have a visit from Bob
Hope and people like Lucille Ball and
Desi Arnaz and Dinah Shaw possibly we
will see you all very soon so keep
watching and drop us a line if you'd
like to hear any particular song good
night and bless you
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