I'll have to miss the July 17 chat...

[Brad from Georgia]

...because I'll be on the West Coast on the 17th. You guys have a great time, though. I enjoyed "June Moon" and will only observe that Jack was a pretty good actor to be able to portray a bad actor so well!

[Brad from Georgia]

While we were in California, my wife and I had a perfectly delightful lunch with Eddie and Carolyn Carroll. Laura is right--you just can't talk to Eddie more than ten minutes before you begin to "do" Jack Benny yourself.

Oh--I did get one good laugh out of Eddie. At the end of the meal, he reached for the check, and I said, "Let me get that!" "No, no," he insisted. "You're visitors in California, it's our treat."

So I did my best Frank Nelson (recognizable is about all you can say for it) and mourned, "Oh, please, Mr. Benny--leave me some illusions."