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Bob Priorities” Hope jokes about his reception to Great Lakes Naval Base, camp fire girls, sailors, fights, hammocks, and more. Chicago, wind, baseball, traveling, and rubber shortages are also topics.
Francis Langford sings, Somebody’s Taking My Place. Claudette Colbert tells about her experience with the sailors. Physical condition, tattoo, training, shooting craps, and more are included as topics. Also flirting, travel on trains, dining cars, the Victory Train, Hollywood starlets, and more. How does Bob think he stacks up against James Cagney and Charles Boier? Skinny Ennis sings, I’m Crazy About Mazie.
Traveling on the Victory Train, Bob and Skinny pack. Jerry Colonna joins to joke about the rubber shortage. Francis joins to talk about some of the other stars on the Victory Train. Vera Veg is chaperone, and tells about her duties. The cast board the train without much of a hitch.
