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This Day in Jack Benny
Hosted by John Henderson · EN
The Jack Benny Show AKA The Jello Program AKA The Lucky Strike Program aired from the 1930's right through to the 1950's. Each week your host, John Henderson, brings an episode from that week 60-80 years ago. It's old, yet still as funny as ever.
"The Jack Benny program, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, and yours truly Don Wilson"
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The Charlie McCarthy Show with Jack Benny
1w ago00:33:32Tap to summarizeOctober 6, 1946 - Jack Benny guest stars on ventriloquist Edgar Bergan's radio program. It's a fun episode with Jack trying to get some publicity from the dummy.
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Heifetz and Benny 1942 (BONUS)
2w ago00:31:26Tap to summarizeSummer of 1942 Jack Benny and Jascha Heifetz appear on Command Performance along with Ethel Waters, Richard Haydn and Edward Arnold.
Transcribe →Parachute Jump
3w ago00:32:14Tap to summarizeMay 23, 1943 - From Gardner Field, near Taft, California. References include pin-up girl Betty Grable, the movie "Hello Frisco, Hello", Beeman's pepsin chewing gum, and rumble seats.
Transcribe →The Automat
May 2800:32:39Tap to summarizeMay 17 and 24, 1936 - Everybody's not so hot. Jack leaves New York for California with a visit from the travel agent. Jack and the gang visit the automat. These are two partial episodes edited together for a better listening expirence. References include Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Fred MacMurray, Fred Atair, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Mae West, W.C. Fields, Fanny Brice, Walter Houston, George M. Cohen, Guy Lombardo. They also mention the Hindenburg Zeplin.
Transcribe →Rancho Benny (Basic 7 Foods)
May 2000:33:40Tap to summarizeMay 16, 1943 - From the Marine training station at Camp Pendleton, California Jack Benny talks about being a lumberjack and the cast does a Mexican theme sketch. References include Dennis Day's new movie "The Powers Girls" and Rochester's new movie "Cabin in the Sky".
Transcribe →Going to the Zoo
May 1400:31:28Tap to summarizeMay 11, 1952 - Jack takes the Beavers to the zoo while Roy and Rochester clean on Mother's Day. References include Johnny Ray, Ike Eisenhower and Senator Estes Kefauver, Tarzan, and animal trainer Clyde Beatty.
Transcribe →At the Ball Game (Jimmy Durante)
May 700:34:25Tap to summarizeMay 4, 1952 - Jack Fixes the Phonograph. Jack and Mary go to a Los Angeles vs Seattle baseball game. References include president Truman's televised tour of the white house, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, songs "Slow Poke", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", "Dardanella", "The Sheik of Araby", "Keep the Home Fires Burning", "K-k-k-Katy", and "After the Ball id Over".
Transcribe →Swimming Pool (Loretta Young)
Apr 2900:32:51Tap to summarizeApril 18, 1943 - Jack Opens Swimming Pool for the Season. Loretta Young comes for a quick PSA for War Bonds. References include Eddie Cantor, Ronald Colman, Fred Allen, Barbara Stanwick, Ann Southern, Claudette Colbert, the Tom Colins cocktail, victory gardens, and bloomers.
Transcribe →Seance (Who Stole the Ding Dong?)
Apr 2200:32:39Tap to summarizeApril 25, 1954 - Seance at Jack's home after lunch at the diner. References include the song "Sombody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" by Ertha Kitt, the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Edward R. Murrow confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy, British sportscars called MGs, the "fat, fat lady in the sideshow", and the rule that you can only eat oysters in a month containing the letter R.
Transcribe →A Yank at Oxford
Apr 1500:38:05Tap to summarizeApril 10, 1938 - Jack Benny talks about building a house in Beverly Hills. References include British foreign secretary Anthony Eden, comedian Fred Allen, the song "A Cup of Coffee a Sandwich and You", and the movie A Yank at Oxford with Robert Taylor.
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