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Don welcomes Jack with a birthday greeting, which sets the tone for the rest of the show. Jack admits to finally reaching 40. Even the audience has a birthday greeting when they sing to him. All but one person, Mel Blanc as Mr Finque. He just came to win on a game show. Mary gives Jack a birthday greeting, and tells the suspicious way she was reminded. Mary teases Jack about his age, brings greetings from her family, and winds up with a birthday kiss. Dennis Day also has a suspicious way that he was reminded of Jack’s Birthday, and tells a story of his own birth. Dennis sings, Bluebird Singing in My Heart.
Phil enters with birthday greetings that are designed to butter up Jack, and tells about his reminder of Jack’s birthday. Age jokes are back. Jack announces that a more classier type of show is coming, a more high class of comedy. He announces his appearance on the Ford Theater to be in, The Horn Blows at Midnight. The famous flop that Jack made 4 years earlier gets teased, then the Sportsmen sing, Love in Bloom.
A telegram has come for Jack. It’s from his sister to tell about a mistake on his age, it seems he really won’t be 40 afterall. So how old is Jack? To verify he phones home, but gets tied up with the Phone Operators, who talk about his dating life. . Jack finally gets through to Rochester, who has baked a birthday cake, and tries to verify what is on Jack’s birth certificate. . Well? How old is Jack? The world of radio may never know.
