Jimmy Durante Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall

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Herbert Marshall hosts a lively variety show for troops, featuring Janet Blair's romantic song and Sons of the Pioneers' "Columbus Stockade Blues." Jimmy Durante provides comedy by seeking romantic advice and impersonating Humphrey Bogart, who also joins in playful banter with Lauren Bacall. The show ends with thanks to the Armed Forces Radio Service.

Herbert Marshall runs an entertaining variety program for military personnel. Janet Blair performs a love song while the Sons of the Pioneers sing "Columbus Stockade Blues." Jimmy Durante brings laughs by asking for dating tips and copying Humphrey Bogart's style. Bogart himself appears and jokes around with Lauren Bacall. The program wraps up by thanking the Armed Forces Radio Service.

Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.

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