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Command Performance, a War Department idea, has struck sparks with the armed forces abroad. To date, an Alaskan private, lonesome for the songbirds which woke him mornings back home in Indiana, has heard his birds; another soldier overseas has heard the voice of his favorite cocker spaniel; bleary Robert Benchley has given a vernal lecture for sailors on The Facts of Life (e.g., "Fish are a very poor example of the Facts of Life . . . because they work under water and . . . don't know anything...
Note to Robert Benchley, Jr., c o Harvard Lampoon: Your mag picked Vronica Lake as the year's biggest pain-in-the-neck or something like that. You might like to know that your pappy has been cast by Paramount to support Miss Lake in "I Married A Witch." . . . --Boston Traveler, Feb. 9, '42. Chapman's Hollywood...
When asked if a reserve store of sugar had been built up to cover emergencies, Durant said, "We don't heard at Harvard." Robert C. Benchley, Jr. '43, President of the Lampoon, announced that the Lamp "would raise cain" to alleviate any sugar shortage...
Although a complete book had already been written by Coles Phinizy '42, Robert Benchley, Jr. '42, and Arthur Viner '42, and the musical score by Robert Coleman '42, the officers felt that "the arguments against a show were insurmountable. The story, revolving around Hollywood situations, was titled "Hey, Mr. Hays...
Obviously bored with the over-worked publicity gag. Benchley's only comment was "What is Tufts?", Miss Lake's comment as reported by the United Press, was: "When Robert Benchley said he could get me some wonderful publicity in the Harvard Lampoon, now that his son was editor, I didn't believe it. But he certainly came through." Lampy bestowed Ann Sheridan the distinction of being least likely to succeed, and Hollywood immediately flooded the nation's presses with actress' alleged scathing remarks...