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Held Hostage for a Contract
Aired: Feb 6th, 1949. Jack locks announcer Don Wilson in a room and refuses to feed him until he signs his new contract, sparking a full-cast mutiny from Mary, Phil Harris, and Dennis Day. Sponsored by Lucky Strike, this 1949 broadcast is classic Benny farce: petty tyranny, running gags about his stinginess, and a barbershop quartet serenading a starving captive through a window.
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