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thank you thank you very very much
ladies and gentlemen and welcome to our
show
you know this is the course the night
before Christmas and upstairs CBS is
giving a Christmas party right now you
see and they have mistletoe hanging all
over the the doorways you know and Just
My Luck as I walked in lassie was coming
you know I don't know about you but to
me there is nothing more disgusting than
a dog that's had one too many
you know every Christmas time you know I
always give a party at my house I invite
the cast and the crew and we exchanged
gifts see we have a lot of fun but
tonight as long as I have to be in the
studio we're gonna have the party here
exchanged gifts right on the stage and
we're going to do it Rochester will be
here trimming the tree and everything
right here on the stage but meanwhile I
want to continue with the show now and
bring out my singing star Dennis de
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now Dennis I know you do some pretty
silly things but this is ridiculous
you ought to be ashamed of yourself what
is that look at will you please wait
look Santa I know you're Dennis what's
what's he doing here
oh he's gonna help me with my song oh I
get it
you're gonna sing Rudolph the red-nosed
reindeer no that's right
and it has something to do with the
reindeer No
how is he gonna help you with your song
well he's my piano player
well if he's your piano player I mean
why did you make him wear this well I
had to
why because I'm my music it says I
should be accompanied by piano and horns
are you belong with the orchestra like
you're always supposed to and you come
on you're going with me
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lay bell rings I in the lane no a
beautiful sight we're happy tonight
walking in the wind
gone away is the Bluebird here today is
the new bird he sings a love song as we
go along walking in the winter
wonderland in the meadow we can build a
snowman then pretend that he is parson
brown he'll say I a merry will faint no
man but you can do the job when you're
in town later on we will conspire as we
dream by the fire to face unafraid the
plans that we made walking a window
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I'm going to put these gifts under the
tree open the curtains please
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watch it how come you're not finish I
would have envisioned long time ago of
you to bought a tree instead of a
digging one out of the farm every time I
try to hang an ornament please hey
what's there what gifts are those over
there oh these the ones the boys in an
orchestra giving him well why are the
pricetag still out they said would save
about six months of arguments have you
ever heard me complain about getting a
gift that was cheaper than one that I
gave we'll never know till it happens
kalana you finish and when you get
through call and I'll continue with the
show fine okay you know ladies and
gentlemen I'm kind of glad that
Rochester isn't through there yet it'll
give me a chance to do something I've
always wanted to do that is to walk out
and talk to you folks in the audience
I've never done that before
and I've always wanted to do that so
here I I can get down myself
every Christmas they can't do enough
well see here we have here the gentleman
here what's your name sir Johnnie
Vickers Jack Johnnie Vickers I see where
you promised a bigger Tarzana Tarzana
well nice to have you at the show and
you doing oh I'm glad you're here now
let's see who else have we here well
there's a lovely woman here I are you
enjoying the show oh I certainly am mr.
Benny and since it's Christmas I'd like
to give you a little kiss oh he's a jar
of strawberry jam oh well thank you very
very much
mother Sara's jam oh yeah it's very good
strawberry jam well I imagine it is and
thank you very much miss miss mother
Sarah
my jam comes in many flavors
I never saw such enthusiasm here your
name sir Harry Johnson Harry Johnson I
see where you from mr. Johnson well I'm
from Nebraska Oh
I'm spending the Christmas in California
with my family oh I see mr. Benny I've
always been a big fan of yours I wonder
if I could have your autograph well
certainly certainly thank you very much
I haven't any paper with me though oh
well that's all right
you can write it on here
all right it would be easier if there
were some lines nice clean-cut fellow we
have here somebody over here Oh Oh
mister
Oh No what's he doing here he hates me
I'm enjoyed the show very much you are I
think you're giving a wonderful
performance
look I've been applauding till my hands
are always me I think you're funny do
you really oh how do you do
are you really
well I asked for that I guess I better
get back on stage now
Jack Paar does this every night nothing
like this
Oh down
will you take over while I put on
another cold wish oh I'll be glad to
Jack and that'll give me a chance to
play a little game yeah you and your
game my name is Santa Claus and we want
you to decide which one is the real
Santa Claus that's right you guessed it
this one is the real Santa Claus now
what do you do I work for the lipton tea
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what do you do I also work for Lipton
tea Don and I came down here to say
Merry Christmas to all of you from all
of us at Lipton tea well thank you very
much by the way what's your name Joe
Higgins what you told us that already
yes yes Santa Claus we know that and we
want to thank you for coming down here
and we hope you didn't mind helping us
out with our Lipton tea commercial well
this time I didn't mind oh you've done
commercials before oh yes
during the baseball season they made me
shave all right well thank you all very
very much
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through the season
did you have fun playing your little
game oh good good open the curtains in
here well alright I'm going to start
giving off presents right away hey
everybody
now let's see oh here's a gift here's a
gift from Jack Benny - my makeup man now
let's see what else I got here oh here's
one - my stage manager from Jack Benny
from Jack Benny - Dennis - Dennis oh
thanks mr. Benny of UFO I've got a gift
for you yeah uh-huh I think you're gonna
like it because it's a little different
Oh would you push that table over here
favor you know I usually give you ties
and shirts and stuff like that but you
only sell them so this year I thought
I'd give you something a little more
permanent yeah this isn't a gag or
anything you don't know look
Oh Dennis that's me yeah I had it
specially made it took four weeks isn't
that one you know I got the idea at a
museum they had bust of Napoleon and
George Washington Caesar Oh Dennis
that's sweet I'm so grateful I'm gonna
take it right home and put it in my dad
no no in the kitchen it's a cookie jar
a cookie jar if the year is a corkscrew
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one he'd complain about these cookies Oh
Don da will you please take this a gift
to Frank Remley in the orchestra I gave
the other boys already their gifts Oh
Frank Remley be surprised how can he be
surprised jack you've got Twilight water
written all over the fact that what look
at you have to do that with Remini you
see when he opens a package and sees a
bottle he doesn't even wait to read the
lake I remember last year I gave him a
miniature ship in a bottle and the masts
stuck out of his mouth for three days
ah here it is from Jack Benny - his
script secretary
yeah jennette Merry Christmas and don't
say thank you that'll cost me $80 oh
here is something ladies and gentlemen I
have a special gift here a gift for
someone special that I want to talk
about he hasn't been on my show for a
long long time since his automobile
accident and you're gonna see him
tonight for the first time in almost a
year
Mel black
well now it's really wonderful having
you back on the show and particularly on
Christmas you know thanks Jack it was
nice of you to ask me and you know we've
missed you
Mel not only because of your talents as
an entertainer and a comedian because
but of your quality being such a fine
individual well I appreciate that and
I'm so glad you're gonna be well pretty
soon and you'll be able to walk that's
just wonderful and I you know many times
we'd rehearse and I think gosh why can't
Mel Blanc be here you know those lovely
voices that he does and those wonderful
imitation star cabin and give me the
gift already
thank you
you know Mel black has a wonderful sense
of humor I must tell you the night of
this accident that happened on Sunset
Boulevard here he was absolutely
unconscious and they borne to the
hospital and he would really had a bad
accident you know and they were they
were all these specialists working over
him is he and as soon as he opened his
eyes and he could see who they were tell
him what you said
I mean besides doing Bugs Bunny and
Porky Pig and those characters he also a
lot of characterizations on my program
for instance he always plays a part of
professor LeBlanc my vile French violin
teacher don't you Mel who a Monsieur
Binet oui
how would you like if I got my violin
and played a number for you right now no
no no no Monsieur beneath that well I am
NOT
and he also imitates my parrot remember
I had the parrot I might show do the
parrot the max 100 now I gotta tell you
something ladies and gentlemen this is a
true story this is really true but
during our radio when we were on radio I
went to my writers and I says fellas
look at Mel Blanc can imitate anything
or anybody let's trick him this show
let's put in something so difficult that
he will not be able to imitate it and we
won't tell him anything about it till he
comes to rehearsal so in the script we
put down for Mel to imitate an English
horse and we didn't tell them anything
about him we brought him the script and
here's exactly what he took so what you
did is the English horse
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never said a word just did English
horses like that listen now you know now
that you're getting along fine your walk
pretty soon I'm sure that our viewers
would like to know something about this
accident now how did it happen well I
was on my way down to Tijuana to do a
job
oh it show down there yeah where you
were going on oh you went down to Mexico
si si and but this accident happened on
Sunset Boulevard didn't she did you find
out who was that bumped into you
Saji
it was a pretty horrible accident
aren't you going to do something about
it what are you gonna do see unless you
would if you would have had me on your
show that night I wouldn't have to go
down to Mexico
oh here's a gift I have for a fellow
that was sitting in the audience now all
year long he plays the part of a man
who's supposed to dislike me but we're
really the best of friends Frank Frank
Nelson come on
thank you you are welcome and don't open
them tomorrow with you oh don't worry
don't worry I wouldn't allow you up you
know these these boxes are just props
they're all empty the only thing he
gives away is fresh air well in Los
Angeles bad isn't bad
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hey you lay one finger on me and I'll
punch you right Leonor
I thought here you were only acting you
really hate me don't you
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Jack will be back in just a moment but
first here's a word from our sponsor
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gentlemen
around keeping with the holiday season
Dennis day will sing A Christmas Carol
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Oh
for him Oh
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and now ladies and gentlemen on behalf
of my sponsors and my cast my crew I
want to wish each and every one of you a
very Merry Christmas
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tonight and this program is pre-recorded