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Private Notes
In the opening segment, Benny misses the opening of his show because he has fallen asleep in his dressing room. In his monologue, he mentions that he fell asleep because his show is now on later in the evening. Don and the Sportsmen Quartet keep doing commercials for their old sponsor, Lucky, rather than their new one, Lux. Dennis sings 'While we're young.' In the sketch, Jack imagines how his cast will all look 30 years from now.
In the opening sketch, the director says the show is too long, but Benny refuses to do the show unless they put back the line about his blue eyes. Instead, he insists that the Sportsmen Quartet do the Minute waltz commercial for Lux Soap in 40 seconds. In the main sketch, Benny does a benefit concert in Kansas City, and Truman invites him on a tour of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.
Webb and Benny do a Charlie Chan skit to prove how much it is like a Dragnet show; the title of the skit is 'Dragon Net.' Benny plays Charlie Chan, and Webb plays #1 Son.
In his monologue, Jack informs the audience that Jimmy and Gloria Stewart begged him to come to their anniversary party. However, Jimmy is seen explaining to his wife that he couldn't stop Jack from inviting himself. Benny and his irritating girlfriend Mildred crash the intimate dinner party at a swanky Beverly Hills restaurant and drive the Stewarts to drastic measures.
In his monologue, Benny says he is going to follow the new CBS policy and tell the truth from now on (probably with reference to the recent quiz show scandals). Don introduces Joyce Davidson, who tries to do the Lux Soap commercial while Don and Jack interrupt her constantly. Dennis sings 'Climb every mountain.' Jack introduces Jack Paar and they spar with each other. Then Paar asks Jack to replace him while he goes to Honolulu. Jack is reluctant, so Paar tells him to try it out with his own audience, and they do a version of the Jack Paar show, with Dennis doing an imitation of Charlie Weaver.
Dennis sings 'Sinner man.' In the sketch, the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, has asked Jack to play the violin at their meeting. He plays 'Love in bloom,' and 'Swanee River,' and is joined by a small band made up of some of the members of the club, who jazz up the performance.
George visits Jack and Rochester at home. Don has given both Jack and George duck hunting gear for Christmas; they phone Don to tell him they hate his gifts. In a flash-back Don remembers the time he took Jack and George duck hunting.
Jack relates how he found Shandu the Magician in Ben Blue's restaurant and got him to appear on his show.
Jack hosts an amateur show featuring a tuba-playing boy who won't play; a beautiful girl who does a strip routine; Howard McNear as Fletcher Quill the mindreader, who does the Lux ad; and Maurice Gosfield as Pvt. Duane Doberman, now out of the Army, and who does impersonations of Hitchcock, Charles Boyer, and Bette Davis.
Jack introduces Molly Bee and they discuss 'the new generation' and rock and roll. She sings 'Have you heard?' Don does the commercial as a Shakespearian soliloquy accompanied by Jack on his violin. In the sketch, Jack has Rochester doing a television survey to determine Jack's popularity; George Gobel plays a hillbilly in Kentucky who is the only person in the U.S. who watches Jack Benny, because that is all he can get on his TV.
Jack can't get to sleep, so he practices his violin at 2 a.m., and is arrested for disturbing the peace.
Jack insists on CBS letting him direct a Playhouse 90 episode. Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner play the stars of the production directed by Jack.
Jack has entered a slogan contest for Joshua Juice Vitamins; his slogan wins, but when the prize is given to someone else, he decides to sue.
Jack and his girlfriend Mildred walk in the Beverly Hills Easter Parade, where they meet Dennis, with a duck on a string, Benny's violin teacher, Jack's two old lady fans, and a photographer who takes their picture. Don Wilson dresses as an old lady in an Easter bonnet and talks with the TV interviewer covering the parade in order to do his Lux Liquid commercial.
Jack has just returned from Hong Kong, and Don carries him onstage in a rickshaw. Dennis Day, dressed as a Japanese announcer, does the Lux Soap commercial with a Japanese accent. In the skit, Jack's sponsors decide that Dennis Day is getting all the laughs, and the show will do perfectly well if it features Dennis Day and a talking dummy resembling Jack.
