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Hosted by Jean Tierney. She introduces Martha Tilton who sings, Besa Me Mucho. Jean is back to share greetings from the mailbag, and from all those guys with the crazy nicknames.
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys play and sing, Easy rocking Chair. He follows it up with, Wait for the Light to Shine.
Jean introduces Clifton Finnegan from Duffy’s Tavern, and she talks with the slow witted character about his being so dopey as Jean quizzes him about George Washington. charlie Cantor is Clifton Finnegan. Jean dips into the mailbag again. The AFRS orchestra plays and even sings, The Army Nurses Song. Jean Tirney responds to a request, and helps to present the sound of a fertilizer spreader.
Virginia OBrian sings, Take It Easy. After more mail from soldiers with those odd nicknames, Jean gets involved in a comedy routine. Frank Morgan and partner talk about having a flat tire, farming, livestock, and generally about Frank’s mythical family history on the old homestead.
Martha Tilton returns to sing, I’ll Get By. Jean jshares a parting word with the troops as the show ends.
