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Jack is so upset he argues with Mary in the hallway and doesn’t want to go on stage. Did he really do so badly on his appearance with the Quiz Kids program? The show opens and Don introduces that great mind of our times, Jack Benny. The cast very to build Jack up. Has he been having suicidal thoughts? Despite his embarrassment, Jack thinks the kids are cute, and gets teased about having them stay in his house. Dennis Day sings, Once Upon a Summertime.
After being forced to read one of Jack’s corny commercials, Don storms out. When Phil Harris arrives, he shares a little of the kind of humor he does in his musical act. Rochester interrupts the vaudevillian fun to let Jack know its time to take the Quiz Kids to the train station. As they go Phil plays some swinging traveling music.
On the ride in the Maxwell, we learn what the kids think about Jack’s performance and their stay in California. Is Don still mad? Did the kids get to see Carmichael? What did happen to the gas man? Has Jack really been charging the kids rent?
