from television city in hollywood we bring you the jack many programs
thank you thank you very much ladies and gentlemen are welcome to the lucky strike
program
as you probably know this is my first television show of the season
and i'm quite excited about it because last year
i only did ten shows
the whole year this year i want to do thirteen
thirteen shows that's three more than i did last year
or four hundred and eighty six less
and arthur gottfried
this season i promise you i'm going to bring some of the most important guest
stars
that you've ever seen
on my on my television shows as a matter of fact i've already made arrangements
uh... to import
some of these celebrities
over from europe from italy
i'm bringing a lot of the celebrities i'm bringing over uh...
gene kelly
gregory peck
robert taylor flauded colbert
and uh... marie albergetti
or not all that when i got here and how
the others i'm bringing over you know
and i'm also going to have this year of
very very important
broadway celebrity
uh... mister wayne son
i know that his
that his name
at the moment is not
you're not familiar with his name but that as soon as you see him
you'll recognize
because for four consecutive weeks
he sat in the audience next to the celebrity
who was introduced by ed sullivan
his agent is a nutshell
well
anyway here i am for the first show and i'm uh...
one of the reason i'm so happy because i had for the first time a wonderful
vacation the most one of the i went to honolulu
you know for three weeks and ladies and gentlemen
if you've never been a hawaii
you must go
you know i always thought that those narrators
narrate the travelogues i always thought that they exaggerate but
really don't they don't it's such a beautiful place
the matter of fact the hawaiian islands
are really the
the the tropical island
of intent
yeah the tropical islands of untimely
the paradise of the pacific
how about you
the city of honolulu rising among regal palms on the curve of wikiki beach
the splendor of the royal hawaiian hotel and in the background
diamond
wearing a majestic crown of fleecy clouds held in place by the gentle
pressure of the trade winds
but all of this dream our visitors are abruptly brought back to reality
by the realization that their vacation has come to an end
but even the farewell is something to remember
hawaii's heartwarming aloha
as the luxurious queen of the pacific the lorlein prepares to sail
there is music
flowers and tumultuous gaiety
and here on the dock
is where one of the most colorful ceremonies of the island takes place
the presentation of the legs
this is an old custom
by which the natives express their feelings toward the departing visitors
first is the orchid leg
presented to those who have made friends while on the island
next comes the plumeria blossom
this token when presented to a traveler expresses the sincere wish
that soon he will return again
yes
nobody leaves the island without the adornment of at least one flowery
memento
or even the lei made of the common ordinary ginger blossom
is presented by the native shopkeepers to all those who have come into their
stores
and spent a little money
uh oh
is one of our departing visitors being neglected
can it be possible that of all those people with whom he
frolicked away those
carefree hours at waikiki
not one of them remembered to present him with the island's most treasured
ah
here comes someone to correct this oversight
Rochester isn't here yet
i wonder what's keeping
about time you got here come on we gotta get going
look look boss do we have to leave now of course we have to leave now why are you
dressed like that
i didn't have time to change i was a special guest at a luau
a luau
that's a hawaiian smorgasbord
i know what it is
and anyway why why were you a special guest
well this luau was given by the polynesian chapter of the
central avenue social and ukulele club
i know but you still could have left early enough to bring your own luggage
i couldn't help it they wouldn't let me leave until we drank a toast to king
kamehameha the first
king kamehameha the first then we drank a toast to king kamehameha the second
and i proposed a toast to king kamehameha the third
the third which led to a toast to king kamehameha the fourth look rochester
then they insisted that i drink a toast to king kamehameha the fifth
well you were certainly popular
popular?
boss shake hands with king kamehameha the sixth
there we are come on let's get in the bag and move on
hey mr. baby
hey mr. baby
i'm the manager of the haleakala
delicatessen in honolulu and in honor of you having taken all your meals with us
during your stay here in the islands we'd like to present you with this
uh... well that's what of course i noticed that the other passengers
received lays of uh...
of ginger and orchids
what is this one made of?
chicken livers
chicken livers?
then that way it on board boss the seagulls will drive us crazy
never mind thank you thank you very very much
what a show off
and so with her bow majestically pointing into the trade winds
the luxurious queen of the pacific delorelene
reluctantly sails from honolulu harbor
and as the aloha tower sinks behind the horizon
we bid
fond farewell to hawaii
however
our vacation has not come to an end
but we still have the luxurious voyage homeward
uh...
uh... nice uh...
nice voyage isn't it?
i said it's a nice voyage
yes yes it
it certainly is
our uh...
our position is latitude one forty five longitude twenty one
well that's nice
the wind you know the wind is coming from the south
south east at eight knots an hour
are you the navigator?
no no but i have a commander cory space patrol compass
i ate cereal that came out of my ears
that's how you get one of those compasses
how long did you live in kansas city
all about sixteen years
sixteen years
and uh...
you graduated from high school
in nineteen thirty six
there's uh...
someone being interviewed there must be a
celebrity of some kind
yes yes
you know uh... i'm uh... i'm a celebrity too
i guess i'll go to my stateroom
thank heaven now i can read
why doesn't he take those things off
i'm a man of a six. oh here boy here. are you? no but i know his majesty personally
yes there's nothing like a trip on an ocean liner
for a voyage at sea is synonymous with romance
on shipboard many a casual acquaintance has blossomed into true love
hello
hello
would you like to play some shuffleboard
no no thank you
deck tennis
no
no thanks i'm reading now
okay
celebrity being interviewed over there
just want to go over and see who it is
you know after all i'm a
part of a celebrity too
oh i i i
beg your pardon
it's quite alright
for heaven's sakes mr kentzel what are you doing on this ship
i just had a wonderful vacation in hawaii
no did you visit all the islands
i went from maui to kaui from hilo to hattie
from tuheitie to tahiti
no well you must have seen all those hula dancers then with the grass skirts
yes i did and you know the most beautiful girls i ever saw
was on the island of oahu
i know i know what you mean
well i mean is this your first trip
to the islands? oh goodness no every year this time i'm spending two glorious weeks
on the tropical islands of enchantment
no well how can you afford it
i've got a nephew who's a master of ceremonies on a quiz program
and you always win?
this year i went direct to hawaii and he tabled me the questions
no well that's a wonderful scene is your wife with you?
who do you think i'm hiding from?
after nineteen forty four what i'd be saying
how do you do
how do you do
certainly is a nice trip is it? yes it's lovely
weather and everything has been so nice
i'd like to introduce myself
i'm jack benny
i'm mrs michelson
i'm doctor kinsley
yes
a voyage at sea is an event that will always be remembered
because there are so many things to enjoy
dancing in the salon sunbathing on the top deck
swimming in the ship's pool
and in the evening there is always a movie in the ship's lounge
uh...
gentlemen prefer blondes
boy they sure had two beautiful girls in that movie
jade russell and
marylin monroe
i know them both so well
why couldn't one of them been on this trip
here i am alone
romantic mood
gee
marylin monroe
marylin monroe
don't leave marylin
marylin don't go
marylin please don't go
marylin wait
marylin
why did you walk away from me
why did you want to leave me
because i can't trust myself with you
you're so strong and i'm so weak
and when you look at me with those big blue eyes
i just
i understand
in the picture all i wanted was money and diamonds
but now for the first time
i realize that all i really want
is you
maryland
dream on mister benny dream on
marylin i'm mad about you
i'm mad about you too jack
will you do something wonderful for me
that would make me very happy
well of course maryland
i'd do anything
anything for you
in my next picture
it's going to be so many loves
i want to know when i need it
all maryland i'd
i'd love to be your leading man
now if you don't get permission from gary's and
who did mister zanuck have in mind himself
she's there
i just can't
get over
just the both of us here all alone
on the lower
and it's really
neither did me
why
why are you sighing
i was just thinking
how generous you are
just so we could be alone on this trip
you chartered the laureline for six hundred thousand dollars
i did
if that doesn't wake him up nothing will
and all of a sudden
when you
will you marry me
it didn't
difference in our ages
whether it's a much difference maryland your
twenty five
i'm thirty nine
what about twenty five years from now
when i'm fifty thirty nine
i never thought of that
the idea you shot
well will you
will you have dinner with me tonight
had not been checked
in the senate
at eight o'clock
and contribute
hat
happy
They give you the eye
Though I'll be gone for a while
I know that I'll be smiling
With my baby, bye, bye
And bye with my baby
Bye, bye
Marth, that's strange
What's strange?
I'm so crazy about you, but that kiss didn't affect me at all
That's funny, I'm a wreck
See you later, Jack
Don't forget
Marilyn, don't forget dinner tonight
I won't
At 8 o'clock
I'll remember
Marilyn, come back here a minute
Please come back
Marilyn, give me one more kiss before you go
Hey, wait a minute
You're not Marilyn Monroe
Well, you ain't no Weryl Flynn
Gee, when I was so sure I was talking to Marilyn Monroe
Ah, yes, the sea plays many mental tricks
As you're gently lulled in the cradle of tranquility
But there's nothing as soothing and restful
As a Pacific cruise back from the tropical islands of enchantment
Thank you very much
Marilyn, this is your first appearance in television, isn't it?
Yes, it is, Jack
Well, I'm quite flattered that you made your first appearance on my show
I really am
Just wonderful to have you
Have you a picture that's coming out pretty soon, a new picture?
I mean, we've seen Gentleman Prefer Blondes, another one, New one?
Yes, it's called How to Marry a Millionaire
It's also in Cinemascope
Oh, it is, in Cinemascope, too
You know, I made a picture once
The horn blows at midnight
And I believe if that had been made in Cinemascope
It would have been a huge success
Well, you know, Cinemascope is very complicated
In order to put the big screen in all the theaters
They have to take out a lot of seats
Well, in my picture, they could have taken out all of the seats
Jack, I don't know why you're always panning the horn blows at midnight
I saw it
You did?
Yes
And you don't know why I'm panning it?
Did you like it?
No
Well, thanks ever so
So long, goodbye, Marilyn
You know, ladies and gentlemen, I'm really quite, quite flattered
I feel highly honored that I was able to have Miss Monroe for my first show
And I do want to thank 20th Century Fox so much
Of course, another thing that thrilled me today
Because I also opened my radio series today
You know, I did my first radio show
And I had my same cast with me
There's Dennis and Mary and Don Wilson and Rochester
Everybody but Phil Harris
Funny thing, Phil Harris hasn't been with me for two years
And I still don't dare light a match in the studio
But I love radio
And, am I through?
Is that all I get?
Thank you very, very much