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After Jack learns that Jimmy and Gloria Stewart are making a film together, he decides to horn in on the act.
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00:00From Hollywood, the Jack Benny Program, with Jack's special guests, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart.
00:30You need a little more light.
00:43Oh, that's better.
00:49Well, let's see.
00:52Toast is buttered just right.
00:55Grapefruit is cold.
00:58It's exactly three minutes, and the coffee is piping hot.
01:04The boss told me to call him at 8.30.
01:08I should be finished by then.
01:15Rochester!
01:16How did you bang me up so early?
01:29Now, how can you say you didn't expect me when you've got my breakfast ready?
01:32Well, the toast is buttered just right. The grapefruit is cold. The coffee is piping hot.
01:44Hey, you thought of everything. Even the seed is warm.
01:51Well, I'm hungry. Rochester, did you fix yourself a breakfast like this?
01:54I thought I did.
01:57Boss, how come he got so early?
02:00Oh, I read in the paper last night, you know, that Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart were going to be on television.
02:05You see, this morning, that program, you know, this is Hollywood, that's where they interview celebrities.
02:10So I want to be sure and see them.
02:11Look, they'll be on in a few minutes. Bring the set over here, will you, please?
02:14Oh, for heaven's sakes.
02:25Rochester, this isn't an egg, it's one of my golf balls.
02:30So it is.
02:32Maybe when you're practicing your chip chats in the backyard, it'll end in our chicken coop.
02:37Well, even if it did, can't you tell the difference between a golf ball and an egg?
02:41Don't holler at me, the chicken is heartbroken.
02:47Never mind.
02:49Look, how long has this been in the boiling water, the golf ball?
02:54Three minutes.
02:56It's still soft now, I can't use it anymore.
03:01Here.
03:03What do you want me to do with it?
03:05Cook it another three minutes.
03:07Boss, you must be joking.
03:08Well, of course I'm joking.
03:11What do you want from the world's greatest comedians? Straight lines?
03:16Now get me, get me another egg, will you please?
03:19Okay.
03:20It's only 59 cents a jar, and you can get it at your neighborhood grocery store.
03:36And now for our first guests of the morning, I'd like to introduce to you one of Hollywood's happiest couples,
03:43Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart.
03:44Jimmy Stewart.
03:50Jimmy and Gloria, it was very nice of you to come down and be on the program this morning.
03:54Especially since you're so busy right now making a picture.
03:57Yes, we're just completing night train to Albany.
04:00And by the way, Gloria plays the part of my wife in the picture.
04:03Gloria, isn't this your motion picture debut?
04:05That's right.
04:07I was reluctant to do it, but Jimmy talked me into it.
04:10Oh, well, I didn't exactly talk her into it.
04:13All I did was mention the fact that I'm going to make a picture with Bridget Bardot,
04:17and first thing I knew, Bridget was out and Gloria was in.
04:24Oh, does Gloria also select your secretary?
04:26Yes, and he's very efficient.
04:28Jimmy, how does it work out?
04:32Doing a love scene on the screen with your own wife.
04:36Well, look, I'm an actor. I act.
04:39I mean...
04:41If you weren't a general, I'd slap your face.
04:47I think it's cute the way they kid each other.
04:52All right, boss.
04:54Here's another egg.
04:57Jimmy, you're one of the taller actors in pictures. How tall are you?
04:59I'm six feet four.
05:02But it's never really presented any problem.
05:05As a matter of fact, Jimmy's height comes in very handy at times.
05:08Especially when we're on safari.
05:10How's that?
05:11Well, last year when we were hunting giraffe, we put spots on his neck and used them for a decoy.
05:20Yeah, that's very nice. We're even now.
05:23She's been wanting to tell that joke for months.
05:29Jimmy, getting back to your career, you've certainly made a lot of outstanding pictures.
05:34Offhand, I can think of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Anatomy of a Murder, Rear Window.
05:41You Can't Take It With You, and that won an Academy Award, didn't it?
05:44The picture did, yes.
05:45Jimmy won his for the Philadelphia Story.
05:48Academy Award, Academy Award.
05:51I mean, I hate when people go on television and do nothing but brag about the pictures they've made.
05:56You know, Rochester, I've made 25 or 30 movies.
06:00Have you ever heard me brag about them?
06:02No, and I thought you were great in Ben-Hur and Mutiny on the Bounty.
06:10Rochester, I wasn't in Ben-Hur or Mutiny on the Bounty.
06:14I wasn't trying to help.
06:19Look, help me when we're in public, not when we're alone.
06:23Now, Gloria, this picture you're making with Jimmy, even though it's your first one, you're not an amateur.
06:28I mean, you've made several appearances on the Jack Benny television show, haven't you?
06:33Yes, but you're not a professional until you're paid.
06:38You mean those stories are true about Mr. Benny being cheap?
06:41Well, I think Fred Allen described Jack best when he said,
06:47Benny isn't cheap, it's just that he has short arms and carries his money low on his pocket.
06:57Incidentally, do you see much of Jack in private life?
07:00Well, yes. We live in the same neighborhood and he's been over to our house 10 or 15 times for dinner.
07:05Honey, Jack's been over to our house 31 times for dinner.
07:10I know, but I'm talking about the times he was invited.
07:15It matters because he's always welcome.
07:18You see, Rochester, and you told me so many times not to go.
07:24I didn't see that, boss. I said it's nice to bring home a doggy bag.
07:33You know, we think a lot of Jack. He's a fine gentleman, wonderful comedian, and Gloria and I are very proud to count them among our friends.
07:40Gee, I knew they liked me, but I didn't think they were that nuts about me.
07:46Well, we've really got to be running along. They're waiting for us at the studio.
07:51By the way, where are you making the picture?
07:53Universal.
07:54Well, good luck to both of you, and thank you for coming down.
07:57Thank you very much.
07:58Bye.
07:59Now, getting on with the program, we'd like to tell you more about our sponsor's product.
08:04Remember, it's only 59 cents a jar, and you can get it at your neighborhood grocery store.
08:10You know, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are wonderful people.
08:14Who else would go on television and say such nice things about me?
08:18I can't think of anyone.
08:22Of course not.
08:24Gee, I knew that Jimmy was going to make a picture, but I didn't know that Gloria was going to be in it with him.
08:31You know, since we're such good friends, I think I'll run down to the studio and wish her good luck.
08:36That's exactly what I'm going to do.
08:49Oh, Ronnie, we want this centered, you know.
08:51How about the stewards? Are they ready?
08:53They just left the dressing room. Good, good.
08:56Nick?
08:57You got a 35 on the camera?
09:04Oh, Jimmy. Gloria? Sort of late.
09:07That's all right, Jimmy. We'll be ready to go just as soon as they finish lighting.
09:10Fine.
09:11And hurry up, will you, boys?
09:12If we get this scene today, we'll be back on schedule.
09:14Good, good.
09:15Oh, by the way, I saw your television interview this morning, and I must say I was a little surprised.
09:20Surprised?
09:21Surprised?
09:22Yes, all those nice things you said about Jack Benny. I didn't know you were such good friends.
09:25Well, you can't always say what you think on television.
09:29And a lawsuit at this time would put us behind schedule again.
09:33Nobody would sue over a little television interview.
09:36You don't know Jack. Once he sued us for falling out of our orange tree.
09:40What was he doing up in your orange tree?
09:44Stealing oranges.
09:47Oh, Jimmy, now you're going too far.
09:49You make a sound as though Jack came all the way over to our house just to steal oranges.
09:53Oh, well, I didn't mean to imply that.
09:55Actually, he came over to sell us Christmas cards.
09:58And then, on the way out, he just suddenly decided to steal the oranges.
10:04It wasn't premeditated.
10:06It was one of those spur-of-the-moment type things.
10:12At least that's what he told the jury.
10:14And when they came back, the verdict was in his favor.
10:16He won?
10:17Yeah, Jack may not be much in pictures.
10:19You put him in a courtroom, he'll tear your heart out.
10:25I was crying and I was on Jimmy's side.
10:29You know, it's amazing that you people have any association at all.
10:32I mean, what's the basis for your relationship?
10:34Well, that's just it. There isn't any.
10:36But somehow, Jack seems to have the idea that we have something in common
10:40just because the same truck picks up our garbage.
10:47They don't get much at his house.
10:49Mr. Crane, we're ready now.
10:54Oh, good. Thanks.
10:55Shall we run through it once before we take it?
10:57Okay.
10:58Good.
10:59Places, please.
11:00This will be a rehearsal.
11:05Action.
11:12John?
11:15John, does this mean...
11:16Yes, I've made up my mind.
11:19I'm going to Albany.
11:21I've got to defend him.
11:23If you walk through that door, you're walking out of my life forever.
11:26But can't you understand? He's my brother.
11:29I've taken care of him since he was a boy.
11:32And if he's gone astray somewhere along the line, it's as much my fault as it is his.
11:37If I was ever sure of anything, it's this.
11:39I'm going.
11:40Good boy.
11:41And someday you'll realize I was right.
11:50Cut!
11:52That was fine, Jim. Just fine.
11:53Shall we try one on film?
11:54Fine.
11:55Good.
11:56Places, please.
11:57Quiet. Quiet on the set. This will be a take.
11:59Now keep up that dramatic feeling all the way through.
12:01Hmm?
12:02Fine.
12:03Yeah.
12:04All right, roll on.
12:08Scene 15, take one.
12:12Action.
12:13John?
12:23John, does this mean...
12:24Yes, yes, I've made up my mind.
12:27I'm going to Albany.
12:29I've got to defend him.
12:30If you walk through that door, you're walking out of my life forever.
12:34But don't you understand? He's my brother.
12:37I've taken care of him ever since he was a boy.
12:39And if he's gone astray somewhere along the line, it's as much my fault as it is his.
12:45If I was ever sure of anything, it's this.
12:48I'm going.
12:58Oh, excuse me.
12:59I'm looking for Jimmy Stewart.
13:02I wanted to, uh, tell him...
13:05Oh!
13:06Jimmy, I didn't mean to disturb you. I didn't know you were taking a nap.
13:15Jack, what are you doing here?
13:18Oh, well, Gloria, you know, I saw you and Jimmy on television this morning,
13:22and when I found out that this was going to be your first picture,
13:25I thought being we're such good friends, I ought to come over, you know, and congratulate you.
13:28Congratulations.
13:29Yes?
13:30Do you mind waiting until we finish this scene? We're a little behind schedule.
13:34Oh! Oh, sure. I'm sorry. Certainly.
13:37Certainly. I'll just sit over there.
13:41Shall we try it again?
13:43All right.
13:45Places, please. We'll try another one.
13:47I'm sorry. I didn't know I took your seat there.
13:55The director.
13:57Oh!
14:02Well, I was standing right in front of the camera there.
14:05Uh, one other thing, Jim. This time, make it strong. A little more firmness, huh?
14:20All right. Come.
14:26Scene.
14:27Scene 15, take two.
14:30Action.
14:37John?
14:39John, does this mean...
14:40Yes. Yes, I've made up my mind.
14:43I'm going to Albany.
14:45I've got to defend him.
14:47If you walk through that door, you're walking out of my life forever.
14:51But can't you understand? He's my brother.
14:53I've taken care of him ever since he was a boy.
14:57And if he's gone astray somewhere along the line, it's as much my fault as it is his.
15:02Cut!
15:08Jimmy, I felt that this time, you were a little too firm.
15:14You play this kind of a scene.
15:17I think...
15:18You think...
15:19Mr. Benny, I'll have you know that I'm the director of this picture.
15:23Well, I...
15:24I was only trying to help.
15:26Well, I don't need your help.
15:27Oh, wait a minute, Dick.
15:28Uh, Jack, when you first came in here, you said you had something to talk to us about.
15:32Now, what is it?
15:33Well, you know, I saw you and Gloria on television this morning. It was wonderful.
15:38And, uh, when I found out she was making her debut in pictures,
15:41I thought being with such good friends, it would be kind of nice if I gave her this good luck charm.
15:47See, it's a rabbit's foot.
15:48Oh, thank you, Jack.
15:50That's the same good luck charm I've carried all through my pictures.
15:54Oh, how nice.
15:56Here, Jimmy, I want you to...
15:58Go on, I think you want.
16:02Well, somebody take it!
16:03Jack, we appreciate your interest in Gloria's success, but would you mind if we got back to the picture now?
16:13We're behind schedule. Would you mind, would you sit over there, please?
16:17Oh, sir.
16:22Places, everybody.
16:24Quiet on the set. This'll be a take.
16:25Roll'em.
16:28Scene 15, take three.
16:30Action.
16:40John?
16:42John, does this mean...
16:43Yes, yes, I've made up my mind.
16:46I'm going to Albany.
16:48I've got to defend him.
16:50If you walk through that door, you're walking out of my life forever.
16:54But don't you understand? He's my brother.
16:56Cut!
16:57I've taken...
17:00Will you please stop interrupting? I'm directing this picture.
17:04Well, for your information, Mr. Crane, making motion pictures is not a cut-and-dried business.
17:10There's no one sure way of making a good movie.
17:13We've got to learn by our mistakes.
17:16You better listen to him, Dick. He's made some beauts.
17:19Thank you, Jimmy.
17:25Now, in this scene...
17:28Oh, shut up!
17:34Now, what's he upset about?
17:36Look, fellas, while you're discussing this, I'll go get a cup of coffee if you don't mind.
17:39Okay, dear.
17:42Yeah, I...
17:44I wish you hadn't let her go, Jimmy, because I have a suggestion for her, too.
17:49What makes you think you could come down here and barge right in and interrupt while we're making a picture?
17:55What makes you do things like that?
17:57Well, actually, Jimmy, I did it out of friendship.
18:01When I heard the nice things you said about me on television this morning, I...
18:05I felt that we were good friends.
18:06Well, if we're such good friends, how's it come that you've been over to our house for dinner 31 times and you've yet to invite us to your house for dinner?
18:15Well, now, strangely enough, I was going to ask you to come to our house tonight.
18:20But then, you know, you have to go to Albany to defend your brother.
18:26After all, you've taken care of him, you know, since he was a kid.
18:30That's right, and if he's gone astray somewhere along the way, it's as much my fault as it is his.
18:34Because I... I won't be...
18:36But what am I saying here?
18:37If this is from the scene or this is the thing we've been having so much trouble with?
18:41That's just it.
18:42If you weren't worried so much about coming to my house for dinner, you wouldn't keep lousing it up.
18:48Just fine until you walked in.
18:50What?
18:51If I didn't know your real age, I'd punch you right in the nose.
19:06Now what's he upset about?
19:09Jim, can we go on?
19:11I don't know!
19:12Ask him!
19:17Oh, Jimmy, look.
19:18Don't be angry.
19:19This is a difficult scene.
19:20I can understand that.
19:21Look, why don't you let me show you?
19:24Let me run through this scene.
19:25Mr. Benny!
19:27Oh, wait a minute, Doug.
19:28Wait a minute.
19:30Let him do it.
19:31That's what I've got to say.
19:33Here, you go to Albany.
19:34All right.
19:40Places, everybody.
19:42Oh, as long as Gloria is gone, let the script girl read her lines.
19:48Okay.
19:51Go ahead. Let's get this over with.
19:58Here I come.
20:04John, does this mean...
20:14Yes.
20:16I've made up my mind.
20:19I'm going to Albany.
20:21I've got to defend me.
20:23That door, you're walking out of my life forever.
20:26But don't you understand?
20:28He's my brother.
20:30I've taken care of him since he was a kid.
20:33And something has gone astray along the way.
20:38It's as much my fault as it is his.
20:42So if I was ever sure of one thing, it's this.
20:46I'm going.
20:59What happened?
21:00You knocked out Jack Benny.
21:03Oh, my goodness.
21:04Throw some water on him.
21:05Water?
21:06Are you crazy?
21:07Let's get the scene before he comes to.
21:08Come on.
21:09Somebody get Jack out of here.
21:20This will be a take.
21:21Roll up.
21:23Scene 15, take four.
21:25Action.
21:30John?
21:33John?
21:35John, does this mean...
21:36Yes.
21:37Yes.
21:38I've made up my mind.
21:40I'm going to Albany.
21:42I've got to defend him.
21:43If you walk through that door, you're walking out of my life forever.
21:46But don't you understand?
21:48He's my brother.
21:50I've taken care of him ever since he was a boy.
21:53And if he's gone astray somewhere along the line, it's as much my fault.
21:56We'll be back with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart in just a moment.
21:59But first...
22:00Well, this scene will finish the picture.
22:03Places, please.
22:04Gloria, you'll be right here.
22:07All right.
22:09Quiet, quiet, everybody.
22:10This will be a take.
22:11Roll up.
22:14Scene 41, take one.
22:18Action.
22:20I wish John would get back from Albany.
22:22This trial's been going on over two weeks.
22:24John, you're back.
22:25Yes, I am.
22:26I have wonderful news for you, honey.
22:27I got my brother off.
22:28They released him in my care.
22:29I brought him home with me.
22:30He's going to live here with us.
22:31Oh, honey.
22:32Well, I know he's a rat and a gambler and a no-good bum, but he's my brother and we can straighten
22:45him out.
22:46Don't worry.
22:47Henry, you can come in now.
22:54I know I'm going to enjoy living with you folks.
23:01Scott, what's going on here?
23:04He got me out in the hall and talked me into being in the picture.
23:07He's not going to be in the picture.
23:10Well, can I at least stay on the set?
23:12If you promise to be quiet.
23:14Good night, folks.
23:15I'll be seeing you soon.
23:24Thanks!
23:26Thanks.
23:34It was passed.
23:36Guys?
23:37I'll be seeing you soon.
23:38I'll be serving more of things like initiating.
23:41There's no way that Yuri kind of Darby happened outside.
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