Special guests: Roy Rowan, Bill Baldwin and John Charles Daly.
Jack salutes Don Wilson over his 27th anniversary of working with him, and he gives Don a crown, a cape, and a throne (which collapses under Don’s weight); the Sportsmen Quartet serenade Don with a special rendition of “Down Yonder“. In flashbacks, Jack remembers how Don came to work for him: Jack’s radio sponsor, the Universal Corset Co., holds auditions for an announcer for Jack’s program. Don is awful — he’s only there to complain about a corset he bought — but he’s the only one who laughs at Jack’s stale jokes. Jack sends Don to elocution lessons and a dance school where he becomes a ballerina.
John Daly presents Don with a plaque for his achievements in broadcasting and congratulates him on saving the Benny show when it was “down.” Don agrees that the show was a flop without him. An insulted Jack breaks the plaque over Don’s head.
January 15, 1961
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