Word: jello
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there is time for a baseball game or a swim (being careful of the sharp coral rocks). Or perhaps a can of beer-the ration is two cans a week in the isolated outposts. Supper may be Spam, canned beans, baked potatoes, coffee with chicory and canned milk, Jello...
When Father John brought My Dear Children to Manhattan, Diana was on hand for the opening-and on guard. She was on guard against Father's estranged fourth wife, jello-eyed Elaine Barrie Jacobs, who, enmeshed for the occasion in a gold net dress, was already clamoring for "24 hours of bliss." Later, in a crowded and craning nightclub, the young women engaged in five hours of psychological warfare over the old man. Said Diana: 'Either she leaves or I do." Fifteen hours later, polishing off his whiskers like a pleased tomcat, John Barrymore emerged from the Hotel...
...being "sweater girl of the year" (in Charley's Aunt), got another present last week-not to be opened until autumn. Next season, Sponsor General Foods confessed, Benny will plug some other General Foods product, not the Jell-O with which he shares his present fame. Reason: JellO, being 60% sugar, may not be made nor sold in sufficient quantities to warrant the expensive exertions of Funnyman Benny, whose new two-year contract calls for a salary of $22,000 a week for 35 weeks-highest pay in radio. General Foods last week meditated giving Jell-O to Kate...
...dynamite, "Hold That Ghost" is easily one of the top ticklers of the year. A thousand good gags--they've all stood the test of time--have been thoroughly rehashed and served up with a haunted house and the gaunt Andrews Sisters. This is unadulterated slapstick with Jello Costello as usual getting the slaps. If you've followed the 1941 Laurel and Hardy in their rampage through our armed forces, come back for more of the same comedy--if not, then come to form the Abbott habit...
With the U.S. spending billions for defense, radio last week dedicated a great deal of time and money for tribute. The occasion was the start of the tenth year of big-time broadcasting for silver-haired, jello-jowled Comedian Jack Benny, No.1 U.S. radio entertainer. The tribute, carefully prepared by a hard-working phalanx of publicists, was about the biggest thing of its kind radio had ever seen...