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Marching feet close in on the house where Jack Benny lives. What’s the parade all about? Mailmen are delivering the entries in the contest to tell why people hate Jack. Inside, Jack talks with Phil about Christmas gifts. With mail piling up, it’s hard to get to the door for some jabs from Frank Nelson.
Larry Stevens has to bow out of singing, and Rochester joins the fun in the jokes about the mail. What’s a frustrated Jack to do? After a brief musical interlude, Jack gets busy with making Christmas shopping lists.
Phil gets a phone call from his daughter to talk about Santa, and Christmas. A child actress, of corse. Jack tries to tune in the radio but has trouble with the stations. Will he find the show that Don is on amid the crazy music, drama, and commercials? Maybe Jack will get some good gossip about him, rather than all the hate mail he has been getting lately. Lewella Parsons makes a radio appearance on Jack’s dial.
Note: The real life Baby Alice would be about 4 years old at this time. If she were starting school, it would have been in a preschool program of some kind. It wasn’t always customary to have a kindergarten at most schools. With Mary out with laryngitis, Jack says a special goodbye at the show close.
