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After returning from a trip to Chicago, Jack Benny tells about his trip on a streamlined train. Mary Livingstone and Phil Harris tease jack, despite his grand reception at the Chicago benefit. Did Jack no that you don’t get paid to appear at a benefit? How did he come to agree to it? Dennis Day joins the fun just in time to hear about Jack’s dates in the windy city. He then sings, Two Hearts that Pass in the Night.
The Quiz Kids are on hand to match wits with the cast. Jack tells that he will be on an upcoming episode of the Quiz Kids show. Before the brainy Kidds show up, the cast show off a little lack of grammar knowledge. Rochester phones in to ask what happened to the gas man,. Did Carmichael the polar bear have something to do with it?Maybe the quiz kids know what happened to the gas man. Phil plays , A Very Short Number.
The kids show up, and roll call is taken. Even before the quiz begins, the kids show their smarts, compared to the adults. It doesn’t take long to figure out the game is rigged, with the kids taking all the difficult questions, and Jack’s kids slipping by… barely… with easy ones.
