Thursday, April 22, 1943

Dear Diary,

All day jokes Bob pulled yesterday kept coming back to me. For instance, a little blonde girl climbed up to the railing of the platform, just in front of Bob. He looked at her and said, “Madeleine Carroll, Jr. She must user Pepsodent. Show ’em, honey.” The little girl turned around to the audience and smiled, and she didn’t have a single tooth in front. Bob added, “I hope you use Ipana.” He pulled several gags at Skinnay Ennis’s expense. He said, “When Skinnay got off the train, he took a deep breath, and one lung turned to the other and said, ‘See, this is the stuff I’ve been telling you about.’ ” He went on, “Skinnay’s a little overdrawn at the blood bank, but otherwise he’s doing okay.” When a large plane flew over at a low altitude, Bob said, “Here come the men with my laundry. Just drop it anywhere, fellows.” That part went out over K.R.L.D.