Jack Benny – The Devine Farm. 371031

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson posing for a photo in 1938.

The show opens with the usual commercial, and another yummie Jell-o recipe by Don.

Rochester helps Jack get the party preparations finished up, with plenty of stingy jokes. Mary reports pesky neighborhood kids doing some friendly Halloween pranks on Jack. Rochester has help from his brother, September. The whole time, Jack’s miserly nature comes out in full force.

Kenny talks about his crazy Halloween pranks. Kenny sings, The Night is Filled with Music. Phil arrives with a girlfriend.

Once Don arrives, and plugs Jello, the party can begin in earnest. Gotta love those party snacks. As Jack still tries to figure out where he saw Phil’s date before, Andy Divine pops in.

After some mishaps with the festivities, Phil sings a few lines of, What Have You Got That Gets Me. The rest of the cast take a turn at singing goofy lyrics to the tune, and the show wraps up.

PS: I’m not sure where the title of the show comes from. The theme of it doesn’t have much to do at all with Andy Divine. A more accurate title might simply be, ‘Halloween Party.”