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The opening is shortened, and Bob gets right into talking about his recent world tour to overseas Army camps. Topics include singers like Crosby and Sinatra, food shortages, namely baked goods. Francis Langford sings, Day By Day.
Skinny Ennis sings, Little Abner Don’t Marry That Girl. Topics move from comic strips, to bubble gum, then Francis Langford tells about her recent appearances in Chicago. Bob gets in his recent appearance at the Hollywood Bowl. Johnny Mercer, that one man hit parade, comes out jive talking, as the jokes fly about his hundreds of hit songs. Flubbed words make for jabs at the censors,, though none are explicit. Francis Langford sings, Dreams Filled With You. Skinny Ennis sings, Sioux City Sue.
Johnny Mercer sings, In Savannah GA. Using the Southern theme, Bob takes a trip to Johnny’s real Southern plantation. Jerry Kolonna rides in to bring some Yankee fun to the South. Jokes include hints at the birds and the bees, the joys of being an imbecile, cotton pickers, and Southern hospitality. Francis lends her talents as the belle of the mansion. Mistakes with kissing in the dark don’t go well for Jerry, as the gang try to catch a cotton thief in the dark.
Note: Though the show has a date is 1943, the conversation about recordings of Bob’s wartime tour, I Never Left Home, seems to imply a post war date.
