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Sorry, Wrong Jokes: Barbara Stanwyck Calls
Aired: Oct 17th, 1948. Mary Livingston fields a call from movie star Barbara Stanwyck, who's plugging her new thriller "Sorry, Wrong Number" while trading gentle jabs about Jack's stinginess, his questionable gifts, and his knack for cadging free movie passes. Back at the Benny household, Jack preps for a date with Mary while Rochester frets over a leaky rubber cushion and a mysterious echo, and young Dennis Day wanders in baffled by his first brush with television. A classic slice of 1948 Benny domestic comedy, packed with running gags and a fun Hollywood cameo.
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