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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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Audiobook - Chapter 9
Aug 7, 2023Tap to summarizeJACK BENNY and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy By Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley Read by Stephanie Henderson Chapter 9: Jack Bennys Turn Towards Television
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BONUS: Christmas Command Performance
Dec 16, 2020Tap to summarizeDecember 25, 1948 - Command Performance featuring Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Herbert Marshall, Jimmy Durante and more!
Transcribe →Fred Allen Interviews Jack Benny
Aug 20, 2017Tap to summarizeJune 19, 1940 - Jack Benny is a guest on Town Hall Tonight, Fred Allen's radio show. Everyone at this time knew that Fred Allen and Jack Benny hated each other (as a gag on the radio). In this episode Jack and Fred pretend not to recognize each other as they make cutting jabs.
Transcribe →Best of Fred Allen Feud
Jul 17, 2016Tap to summarizeThe Jack Benny / Fred Allen Feud started with an ad lib in 1936 and continued until Allen's death in 1956. These are some one the highlights!
Transcribe →Northwest Passage
May 22, 2016Tap to summarizeMay 19, 1940 - Mary plays a trick on Jack by pretending Dennis is related to the sponsor. The skit is a spoof on a forgotten Technicolor movie "Northwest Passage" with Spencer Tracy.
Transcribe →Clown Hall Tonight (Fred Allen)
May 11, 2016Tap to summarizeMay 5, 1940 - Jack Benny does his impression of Fred Allen with a clothes pin on his nose.
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