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Jack Benny Back On Radio With New Dramatic Plays
[from a newspaper of Oct. 9, 1938]
Jack Benny, a fugitive from a Summer resort mosquito, will present his own version of the film success, "Yellow Jack," during the broadcast with Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, and Phil Harris' orchestra over the NBC-Red network on Sunday at 7:00 p.m., EST.
With this presentation of this epic of the Cuban swamps, the Benny theatre project will launch another of its seasons of dramtic repertorie to replace the Punch and Judy show. At present Benny is too busy squashing the rumors that he will play the title role in "Yellow Jack" to make comment on his season's plans. Ever since Jack posed as the leader of the drawfs in "Snow White," he has avidly been searching for another vehicle in which he can be called "Doc." Therefore, Jack magnanimously leaves the leading role of sergeant to Phil Harris, to play Doctor Jack, the insect killer.
In addition to making his season's bow on the program, Andy Devine, the only member of the Benny gang who appeared in the film version of "Yellow Jack," will tackle the dual duties of playing a soldier and acting as technical advisor for the Benny drama. He will head a squad composed of Kenny, Don and Rochester. Mary Livingston will play the nurse whose fondness for Doc Benny is exceeded only by her affection for the rest of the soldiers in the medical corps.
Kenny Baker, who recently had a little trouble in Mayor Andy Devine's Van Nuys traffic court, will sing "I Used to be Color Blind." Phil Harris and the orchestra, with an eye to getting in solid with the boss, will play "What Have You Got That Gets Me?" from Jack's new picture "Artists and Models Abroad."

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