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November 4, 1960 – Jack Benny is the violin soloist at the Cleveland Symphony Benefit Gala.
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March 13, 1938 – Death in the Night Club. Jack and the gand talk about the Academy awards and do a play about a murder trial.
References inlcude Kenny Baker in the movie “Goldwyn Follies”, Fred Allen in “Sally, Irene, and Mary”, Edward G Robinson, Spensor Tracy, Shirley Temple and Robin Hood and his band.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1938-03-13_Jack_Benny_Death_in_the_Night_Club.mp3
March 7, 1954 – Jack’s big date at the Acme Plaza Hotel with Giselle Mackenzie broadcast from New York, New York with guest Frank Fontaine.
References include the play “Tea and Sympathy”, movies “Beat the Devil”, “It Should Happen To You”, and “Riot in Cell Block 11”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1954-03-07_Jack_Benny_Date_with_Giselle_MacKenzie.mp3
February 27, 1944 – At the Holywood Canteen Jack Benny and the gang broadcast for soldiers with guest Eddie Cantor.
References include celebrities Hetty Lamarr, Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Dorothy Lamour, Larry Adler, The Hall Johnson Choir, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra. Plus the song “Chloe”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1944-02-27_Jack_Benny_Hollywood_Canteen_Eddie_Cantor.mp3
February 13, 1944 – From March Field Jack tells the story of buying calmels in Egypt last summer. Larry Adler the harmonica player joins him to re-create a portion of thier USO act.
References include liquid stockings, Pepsi Cola, Wendel Willkie and FDR, The Andrews Sisters, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the songs “Mairzy Doats” and “Deep In The Heart Of Texas”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1944-02-13_Jack_Benny_Buying_A_Camel_Liquid_Stockings.mp3
January 28, 1951 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr Guest Show. Jack Benny and the gang are in New York getting ready for Jack’s second-ever television show. Phil Harris had won the Bing Crosby Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament at Pebble Beach by sinking an incredibly long putt on the 17th hole.
References include Bock Beer, Fred Allen, Ethel Merman, and the broadway shows “Guys and Dolls”, “Call Me Madam”, and South Pacific”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1951-01-28_Jack_Benny_Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.mp3
January 23, 1944 – From Camp Muroc in the Mojave Desert Jack Benny broadcasting for a crowd of soldiers with guest Alexis Smith returning for the second week.
References include Jack’s article in Liberty Magazine, Phillip Morris cigarettes, Fred Allen and the Andrews Sisters song “Shoo-Shoo Baby”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1944-01-23_Jack_Benny_Alexis_Smith_Shoo_Shoo_Baby.mp3
January 16, 1944 – From El Toro, California Alexis Smith makes guest appearance.
References include the Corsair aircraft with folding wings, Good Humor wagons, silent film actress Theda Bara, and Oscar Levant who names piano pieces on the game show “Information Please”.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1944-01-16_Jack_Benny_The_Constant_Nymph.mp3
January 6, 1952 – Jack Benny and the gang talk about the Rose Bowl then do thier version of the mystery radio show “Suspense”.
References include Los Angeles cross streets Pico and Supulvida, director of price controls Michael DiSalle, and the movie “Death of a Salesman” with Fredrick March.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1952-01-06_Jack_Benny_Suspense_Rose_Bowl.mp3
January 1, 1950 – Jack’s broken new year’s date. Mary invites Jack to her New Year’s Eve party but Jack is all dressed up for a date. Mel Blanc sings an Al Jolson song to promote his new record and Dennis Day sings “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts”.
References include Red Skelton’s Mean Little Kid, the Hooper Radio Rating, plus Phil Harris and Alice Fay.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/1950-01-01_Jack_Benny_Ive_Got_A_Lovely_Bunch_of_Coconuts.mp3
May 23, 1954 – Jack’s trip to Las Vegas is disscussed as well as Jack’s last television show of the season featuring Bob Hope, as well as Dennis Day’s TV Show.
References include the portable Crosley TV set, dialing information (1-1-3), “My Sin” perfume, The Good Humor man, Marylin Monroes and her husband Joe DiMaggio, Frank Sinatra’s song “Young At Heart”, Bing Crosby, and Howard Hughes.
May 20, 1945 – In San Francisco Jack Benny is joined by actress Rita Hayworth, Governer Earl Warren and harmonica player Larry Adler.
This is just after the German Surrender. References include Orson Welles, Bing Crosby in “Going My Way”, and Jack Benny’s movie “The Horn Blows at Midnight”.
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May 13, 1945 – Jack is going to San Francisco. It is Mother’s Day, the Sunday after V-E Day and Jack Benny is getting ready for a trip, so he gets some money from his vault.
References include Truman, Churchill, and Eisenhower, the Adjusted Service Rating (soldiers with 85 points could go home), J. Edger Hoover, actor Errol Flynn, songwriter Cole Porter, and singer Bing Crosby.
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May 6, 1945 – Continuing a series of episodes about Jack Meeting his cast, this episode is about Jack hiring his announcer Don Wilson. Jack also gets ready to open his swimming pool for the summer.
References include the writer Mark Twain, the movie “Woman in the Window”, singer Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, announcers Harry Von Zell, Jimmy Wallington, and Bill Goodwin.
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April 29, 1945 – First episode with Jack Benny’s violin teacher Professor LeBlanc, played by Mel Blanc.
References include Lena Horne, Ronald Colman, songs “rum and Coca-cola” and “My Dreams Are Getting better All The Time”, books “Forever Amber”, The Rover Boys series, the Elsie Dinsmore series, and Bob Hope’s book “I Never Left Home”.
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April 22, 1945 – Broadcast from Twenty Nine Palms naval air station. The Jack Benny show is back after a week off due to the death of FDR.
Jack mentions the reviews of his new movie. Episode references include Dick Tracy and Gravel Gertie, Donald Duck, William Powell, Fitch hair tonic, songs “Apple Blossom Time” and “Surrey with the Fringe on Top”, and the sporting goods store Abercrombie and Fitch.
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John the BaptistStory: Young Jesus at the Temple / John The Baptist
Passage: Luke 2-3, Matthew 3 (Isaiah 40)
Broadcast Date: January 7, 1952
Songs: “Nothing Between”
“Shall We Gather at the River?”
“O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth”
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The TemptationStory: The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness
Passage: Matthew 4, John 1
Songs: “In the Hour of Trial”
“I Choose Jesus”
“When Love Shines In”
“Come Just Now”
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Water Into WineStory: Jesus calls the first disciples and turns water into wine
Passage: John 1-2
Songs: “I Must Tell Jesus”
“Jesus Calls Us”
“Trusting Jesus”
“He Included Me”
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Nicodemus
Story: Nicodemus
Passage: John 2-3
Songs: “Ye Must be Born Again”
“My Lord’s Gonna Move This Wicked Race”
“Jesus Will Walk With Me”
“Just A Closer Walk With Thee”
“Roll Jordan Roll”
“Why Not Now?”
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Woman at the Well
Story: The woman at the well / John arrested.
Passage: John 3-4, Matthew 14
Songs: “Just a Little Talk With Jesus”
“Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken”
“Sweeter as the Years Go By”
“Lead Me Savior”
“I’ll Be a Friend To Jesus”
“O It Is Wonderful”
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Healing at the PoolStory: Healng of the officials son / Healing at the pool.
Passage: John 4-5
Songs: “Fairest Lord Jesus”
“Jesus Took My Burden and Left Me with a Song”
“He Put a Song Into My Heart”
“Jesus the Very Thought of Thee”
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Rejection at Nazareth
Story: Rejection at Nazareth / Fishers of Men
Passage: Luke 4, Matthew 4, 13, and Mark 6.
Songs: “Mn of Sorrows, What a Name”
“Softly and Tenderly (Jesus is Calling)”
“Where He Leads I Will Follow”
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Jesus Heals ManyStory: Jesus Heals Many / Demon Possesed Man / Peter’s Mother-in-law
Passage: Luke 4, Matthew 4
“All Hail the Power of Jesus Name”
“Savior More Than LIfe To Me”
“My Faith Looks Up To Thee”
“Living For Jesus (A Life That is True)”
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The Paralyzed ManStory: Fishers of Men / Jesus Heals the Paralyzed Man
Passage: Luke 5, Matthew 9, Mark 2
Songs: “Assurance March”
“There is a Fountain”
“Jesus, I Come”
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The Calling of MatthewStory: The Calling of Matthew / Jesus heals the man with the withered hand
Passage: Matthew 9, 12, Luke 5-6, Mark 2-3
Songs: “Standing of the Promises”
“Happy In My Savior”
“Moment By Moment”
“Just As I Am”
“I’m Going Home”
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The Sermon on the MountStory: The Sermon on the Mount (Beatitudes, Lord’s Prayer, Do Not Worry)
Passage: Matthew 5-6, Mark 3, Luke 6
Songs: “Listening All The Night”
“Hath Everlasting Life”
“Dearer Than All”
“Tell Me The Old Old Story”
“My Faith Looks Up To Thee”
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The Wise and Foolish BuildersStory: The wise and foolish builders / Jesus annointed by a sinful woman
Passage: Luke 7, Matthew 7-8, 11
Songs: “On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand”
“I Am Amazed”
“Near To The Heart Of God”
“Now I Belong To Jesus”
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The Parable of the SowerStory: The Parable of the Sower
Passage: Matthew 12-13, Luke 8, 11, Mark 4
Songs: “No Not One”
“The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago”
“Who’ll Be The Next”
“Jesus is Calling”
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Jesus Calms the StormStory: Jesus Calms the Storm / Demon-Possesed Man
Passage: Matthew 8, 13, Mark 4-5, Luke 8
Songs: “Eternal Father Strong to Save”
“Peace Be Still”
“A Shelter in the Time of Storm”
“The Banner of the Cross”
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Jairus’ daughter
Story: The Healing of Jairus’ daughter / Jesus sends out the 12
Passage: Luke 8, Mark 5-6, Matthew 5, 9-10
Songs: “I’m a Pilgrim (and I’m a Stranger)”
“His Eye is on the Sparrow”
“I Remember When My Burdens Rolled Away”
“Wonderful”
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Feeding of the Five ThousandStory: Death of John the Baptist / Feeding of the 5000
Passage: Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, John 6
Songs: “We Gather Today (To Ask the Lord’s Blessing)”
“Revive Thy Work, O Lord”
“Deep Down In My Heart”
“No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus”
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The Bread of LifeStory: The Bread of Life Discourse
Passage: John 6, Mark 6, Matthew 14
Songs: “Bread of Heaven (Guide Me O Thou Great Jehonah)”
“Christ Liveth In Me”
“Constantly Abiding”
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Unwashed HandsStory: That Which Defiles
Passage: Matthew 14-15, Mark 6-7
Songs: “Free from the Law, O Happy Condition”
“I Have Found Rest in the Lord”
“All-sufficiency of Jesus”
“O Wonderful Day”
“I’m Gonna Settle Down in Glory”
“Humble Yourself”
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Jesus Feeds Four ThousandStory: Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
Passage: Matthew 15-16, Mark 7-8
Songs: “Stranger of Galilee”
“With My Savior Through the Shadows”
“He Set Me Free”
“Since the Fullness of His Love Came In”
“Where Jesus Is, Tis Heaven”
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The TransfigurationStory: The Cofession of Peter / The Transfiguration
Passage: Matthew 16-17, Mark 8-9, Luke 9
Songs: “If I Gained the World”
“Jesus Shall Reign”
“Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory”
“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks”
“Sweeter Than The Day Before”
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The Greatest in the KingdomStory: Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy / the greatest in the kingdom / becoming like a child
Passage: Matthew 17-18, Mark 9, Luke 9
Songs: “Jesus is the Sweetest Name That I Have Ever Heard”
“Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus”
“The Bible Says”
“Sunlight”
“I’m So Happy and Here’s The Reason Why”
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The Wandering SheepStory: Feast of Tabernacles / The Parable of the Wandering Sheep / The Children
Passage: John 7, Mark 9-10, Matthew 18
Songs: “The B-I-B-L-E”
“Back in the Old Sunday School”
“He is Mine”
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”
“Jesus is the Sweetest Name That I Have Ever Heard”
“Jesus Alone”
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The Feast of TabernaclesStory: The Feast of Tabernacles
Passage: John 3, 7
Songs: “Blesses Assurance”
“There Is Glory in My Soul”
“Steal Away”
“When Discouraged with Fear (Victory in Jesus)”
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Light of the WorldStory: The woman caught in adultery / Jesus heals the man born blind
Passage: John 8-9
Songs: “My Jesus I Love Thee”
“In the Secret of His Presence”
“Lo, Jesus Comes”
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The Good ShepherdStory: Jesus sends the 72 diciples / the good samaritan / Mary and Martha
Passage: John 10, Luke 10, Matthew 11
Songs: “Bring Them In”
“Tell Me The Story of Jesus”
“I Have Christ in My Heart”
“To Eternity”
“A New Name In Glory”
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The Rich FoolStory: The Parable of the Rich Fool / Woes on the Pharisees / Do Not Worry
Passage: Luke 11-12
Songs: “More About Jesus”
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
“It’s Just Like Jesus”
“Old Time Religion”
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Woman Healed on the SabbathStory: Jesus Heals Crippled Woman on the Sabbath
Passge: Luke 12-13, John 10
Songs: “Once to Every Man and Nation”
“Under His Wings”
“Thou Remainest”
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The Lost Sheep and CoinStory: Jesus at a Pharisee’s House / The Parables of the Great Banquet / The Lost Sheep / The Lost Coin.
Passage: Luke 13-15
Songs: “Who Could It Be But Jesus?”
“I’d Rather Have Jesus”
“I’ll Be So Glad”
“It’s Real”
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Mary and the AngelStory: Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary and the Angel
Passage: Luke 1
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1947
Songs: “Medley- The First Noel / Away in a Manger / O Come All Ye Faithful”
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
“Joy to the World”
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Joseph and MaryStory: Joseph and Mary / Zacharias and Elizabeth
Passage: Matthew 1, Luke 1
Songs: “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
“O Come All Ye Faithful”
“Silent Night”
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Christ is BornStory: Christ is Born
Passage: Luke 2
Broadcast Date: December 21, 1947
Songs: “Angels We Have Heard on High”
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
“Away in a Manger”
“The First Noel”
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Mary and the AngelStory: Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary and the Angel
Passage: Luke 1
Broadcast Date: December 7, 1947
Songs: “Medley- The First Noel / Away in a Manger / O Come All Ye Faithful”
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
“Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
“Joy to the World”
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Joseph and MaryStory: Joseph and Mary / Zacharias and Elizabeth
Passage: Matthew 1, Luke 1
Songs: “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
“O Come All Ye Faithful”
“Silent Night”
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Christ is BornStory: Christ is Born
Passage: Luke 2
Broadcast Date: December 21, 1947
Songs: “Angels We Have Heard on High”
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
“Away in a Manger”
“The First Noel”
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The Wise Men
Story: The Presentation / The Wise Men and Herod
Passage: Luke 2, Matthew 2
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1952 / December 28, 1947
Songs: “O Come All Ye Faithful”
“We Three Kings”
“God Rest You Merry Gentlemen”
“How Firm a Foundation”
“Joy to the World”
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The Christmas StoryBible Story: The Birth of Christ
Passage: Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2
Songs: “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
“O Holy Night”
“Angels from the Realms of Glory”
“Silent Night”
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Old Testament Overview Part 1Bible Stories: Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Noah and the flood, the call of Abraham, Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Joseph the provider, baby Moses and the exodus from Egypt.
Songs: “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
“Let Me People Go”
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Old Testament Overview Part 2Bible Stories: The 12 spies in Canaan, Moses sees the Promised Land, Israel wants a king, King David, Ecclesiastes, The Song of Solomon, Ahab and Jezabel, Jonah, Jeremiah, Daniel in the lions’ den, the Exile, Queen Esther, and Job.
Songs: “I am Bound for the Promised Land”
“Dare to be a Daniel”
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CreationStory: Creation
Bible Passage: Genesis 1
Broadcast Date: August 29, 1949*
Songs: “My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me”
“Will You Come and Follow Me? (The Summons)”
“Close to Thee”
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Adam and EveStory: Adam and Eve
Passage: Genesis 2-3
Broadcast Date: Unknown
Songs: “Sweeter Than All”
“Perfect Peace / Glory Hallelujah”
“Don’t You Want To Be A Lover Of The Lord?”
Cain and AbleStory: The Fall / Cain and Abel
Passage: Genesis 1-4
Broadcast Date: June 6 / July 11, 1948
Songs: “The Love of God (is Greater Far)”
“Crown Him With Many Crowns”
“I Am On The Highway”
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Noah’s ArkStory: Noah’s Ark
Passage: Genesis 6-9
Broadcast Date: March 24 / September 24, 1949
Songs: “Make Me A Channel Of Blessing”
“Sail On”
“Ship Ahoy”
“Get God’s Sunshine”
“In The Sweet By and By”
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Abraham and IsaacStory: Abraham and Isaac
Passage: Genesis 21-22
Songs: “Search Me O God”
“Nor Silver, Nor Gold”
“I Love to Tell The Story”
“Sunlight”
“Sometime”
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Jacob and EsauStory: Jacob and Esau
Passage: Genesis 25-28, 33
Songs: “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”
“Rise and Shine”
“O for a Thousand Tongues”
“Is Not This the Land of Beulah?”
“Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior”
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Joseph and His BrothersStory: Joseph and His Brothers
Passage: Genesis 37, 39-45
Songs: “Go When The Morning Shineth”
“Brighten the Corner Where You Are”
“Farther Along”
“No, Never Alone”
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MosesStory: Moses and the Burning Bush, The Golden Calf
Passage: Exodus 3-4, 32
Broadcast Date: October 30, 1955
Songs: “He is Able to Deliver Thee”
“Let My People Go”
“God Leads His Dear Children Along”
“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks”
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Desert WanderingBible Story: Wandering through the desert
Passage: Numbers 11, 13, 20, 27, Deuteronomy 31-34
Broadcast Date: March 11, 1946
Songs: “‘Tis Good to Love in Canan”
“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”
“My Lord Knows The Way Through The Wilderness”
“I Long Ago Left Egypt For The Promised Land”
“Dare to Stand Like Joshua”
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Deborah the JudgeStory: Deborah
Passage: Judges 4-5
Broadcast Date: November 3, 1957
Songs: “Standing in the Need of Prayer”
“Sound the Battle Cry”
“Back of the Clouds”
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Samson and DelilahStory: Samson and Delilah
Passage: Judges 14-16
Broadcast Date: November 19, 1951
Songs: “This World Is Not My Home”
“Win Them One By One”
“In the Secret of His Presence”
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RuthStory: Ruth
Passage: The Book of Ruth
Broadcast Date: May 13, 1945
Songs: “The Love of God (Is Greater Far)”
“The Lights of Home”
“Majestic Sweetness”
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David and GoliathStory: David and Goliath
Passage: 1 Samuel 8-20
Broadcast Date: October 10, 1945
Songs: “The Lord is My Shepherd”
“David and Goliath”
“Sweet Will of God”
“Faith is the Victory”
“Victory Through Grace”
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David and JonathanStory: David and Jonathan
Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 20-24
Broadcast Date: October 17, 1945
Songs: “Psalm 23”
“An Evening Prayer (If I Have Wounded Any Soul Today)”
“At Calvary”
“Under His Wings”
“God’s Tomorrow”
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David and King SaulStory: David and King Saul, The Witch of Endor, Saul’s death.
Passage: 1 Samuel 24-31, 2 Samuel 1
Broadcast Date: October 17, 1945
Songs: “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
“Ten Thousand Time Ten Thousand”
“Wonderful Grace of Jesus”
“Twas a Glad Day When Jesus Found Me”
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King DavidStory: King David
Passage: 2 Samuel 1-6
Songs: “The Lord’s My Shepherd”
“Steal Away to Jesus”
“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”
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David and BathshebaStory: David and Bathsheba
Passage: 2 Samuel 11-12
Broadcast Date: October 19, 1954
Songs: “When God is Near”
“Whiter Than Snow”
“Joy Unspeakable”
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David and AbsolomStory: David and Absolom
Passage: 2 Samuel 13-15, 18
Songs: “Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah”
“In My Heart There Rings A Melody”
“In The Hollow Of His Hand”
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David and SolomonStory: David and Solomon
Passage: 2 Samuel 7, 1 Kings 1-3
Broadcast Date: January 15, 1967
Songs: “O That Would Be Glory”
“When I Kneel Down to Pray”
“Jesus Revealed in Me”
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King SolomonStory: King Solomon
Passage: 1 Kings 9-11, 2 Chronicles 9
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ElijahStory: Elijah (Elias)
Passage: 1 Kings 17-21
Songs: “My Didn’t it Rain”
“Lift Thine Eyes Elijah”
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
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Esther the QueenStory: Esther
Passage: The Book of Esther
Broadcast Date: December 31, 1944
Songs: “The King’s Business”
“‘Tis Burning in my Soul”
“Where is my Boy Tonight?”
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JobStory: Job
Passage: The Book of Job
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1945
Songs: “Blessed Be The Name”
“I Know That My Redeemer Liveth”
“Come Just As you Are”
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PsalmsStory: Readings from the book of Psalms
Broadcast Date: October 31, 1945
Songs: “His Yoke is Easy (The Lord is my Shepherd)”
“Wonderful Peace”
“Home Sweet Home”
“Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy”
Medley: “For God so Loved the World”
“More Time Alone with Thee, Lord Jesus”
“Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace”
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Song of SongsStory: Song of Songs
Passage: The Book of Song of Solomon
Broadcast Date: April 20, 1947 / September 29, 1941
Songs: “When the Saints Go Marching In”
“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go”
“The Lights of Home”
“In the Hollow of His Hand”
“Fairest Lord Jesus”
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EzekielStory: Ezekiel’s Vision and the Babylonian Exile
Passage: The Book of Ezekiel
Songs: “Ezekiel Saw The Wheel”
“Dry Bones”
“Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Me”
“Shadrack”
“Jonah and The Whale”
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April 8, 1945 – From Torney Hospital In Palm Springs, Jack Benny dreams (guest star) William Powell is his butler.
References inlcude the radio shows “Breakfast at Sardi’s” and “The Aldrich Family”, the song “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive”, Jack Benny’s movie “The Horn Blows at Midnight”, Fred Allen’s movie “It’s In The Bag”, movie stars Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Van Johnson, Charles Boyer, Spencer Tracy, Fred MacMurray, Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman, Eleanore Powell and Hedy Lamarr.
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January 31, 1943 – Broadcast from Quantico Marine Base, Virginia with the actress Virginia Bruce, director Gegory Ratoff and guest band the McFarland twins.
References include the movie “Casablanca”, and the Casablanca Confrence with FDR and Churchill.
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February 7, 1943 – Jack is late and guest George Jessel subs for Jack.
References include Fred Allen (with a clip of Oscar levant talking about playing with Jack Benny at Carnegie Hall), Abbot and Costello, Benny Rubin and Joe Lewis.
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February 21, 1943 – Jack’s Monument. From Chicago, Jack Benny broadcasts from the Army Air Force’s Technical Training Center with guest bandleader Bob Crosby, brother of Bing Crosby.
The program is briefly preempted by a message from the OPA about rationing. They mention Fred Allen, Hedy Lamarr and historical Navy Admiral George Dewey.
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Disk 1 In 1969 Jack Benny hosted a a box-set of records looking back at old time radio. It was titles “Jack Benny Presents the Treasury of Golden Memories of Radio”. Side 1 – Remember Golden Radio? The Philco Radio Show with Bing Crosby, Jack Benny and Mary Livingston. George Burns and Gracie Allen. Eddie … Continue reading "Golden Memories of Radio"
May 25, 1952 – Jack prepares for his trip to London, then Jack gets money from Ed in the vault, and a visit from Dennis’ mother.
They mention the ocean liner that Jack Benny will take to London, the RMS Queen Elizabeth. They also mention the old Bundles for Britain program, the presidential slogan “I Like Ike”, singers Johnnie Ray and Ezio Pinza, and Verna Felton on The Dennis Day TV show.
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May 8, 1949 – Jack is upset with the cast for flubbing so many lines last week. Eddie Cantor stops by and discusses the article he wrote about Jack in Cosmopolitan magazine.
References include the Hooper Ratings, the fire at The Hollywood Park Race Track, the lifting of the Berlin Blockade, the song “Laugh Clown, Laugh”, Bromo Seltzer and Dr. Scholl’s corn remover.
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Here are Dennis Day’s appearances on The Kraft Music Hall with Al Jolson. December 9, 1948
February 3, 1949
May 8, 1949
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May 1, 1949 – Jack Benny, Mel Blanc and the gang do thier version of the Humphrey Bogart movie “The Treasure of The Sierra Madre”.
References include Arthur Murray Dance Studio, used car salesman Mad Man Muntz, the new Buick with side port holes, French bathing suits, Mermaids, Toni home permanents, ad agency BBDO, the May Company department store, radio characters Henry Aldrich and Titus Moody, quiz show “Take It or Leave It”, TV wrestling, Popeye the Sailor, and the movies “Mutiny on the Bounty”, “Flamingo Road”, and “Ma and Pa Kettle”.
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April 25, 1937 – In The Spring Tra-La. Phil Harris gets mad at Jack Benny for talking during the band number and the whole cast ends up walking off the set in anger. Then Jack visits Andy Devine at his parents house for supper.
References include the phrase “too, too divine”, the bandleader Abe Lyman, Ish Kabibble from Kay Kyser’s band, actor Clark Gable and actress Jean Harlow, and the circus lion tamer Clyde Beatty.
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April 18, 1937 – Lady Milicent’s Husband is the name of the English drawing room drama that Jack Benny and the gang put on.
References include Jeeves and Wooster, the actor Gary Cooper, casting for “Gone With The Wind”, the movies “Lost Horizon”, “Tarzan Escapes” and Jack Benny’s movie “College Holiday.
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April 11, 1937 – Guests Burns and Allen join Jack Benny for Buck Benny Rides Again (part 10).
References include the comedy trio The Ritz Brothers, the actor Adolphe Menjou, Ben Bernie’s catchphrase “Yowsa”. Plus a joke about shoe trees.
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December 12, 1954 – Jack Goes Christmas Grocery Shopping
Season 5, Episode 6
The other Christmas shopping episode! This is the live version and is about grocery shopping for the holidays so it kind of works for Thanksgiving as well.
February 7, 1954 – Jack Dreams He’s Married to MarySeason 4, Episode 6
Joan Benny Tribute Special with Kathy, Vincent, John, Terry and Buck chatting about Joan Benny.
January 17, 1954 – Liberace ShowSeason 4, Episode 5
What a fun episode with Jack having entertainment legend Liberace as his guest!
April 4, 1937 – Back From New York where Jack Benny made up with Fred Allen and ended the feud…for now. Andy Devine visits and they talk about the new movie “Turn Off The Moon” featuring Phil Harris and Kenny Baker.
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March 28, 1937 – The Train Ride to Hollywood. This is the first episode with Eddie Anderson who would later become a regular on the show as Rochester.
References include the singer Lily Pons and the movie San Fransisco with Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald.
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December 27, 1953 – Reminiscing About Last New Year’s
Season 4, Episode 6
Probably Jack Benny and Rochester’s most touching TV episode.
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March 24, 1952 – Jack and Mary attend the Academy Awards and Jack tries to sing his song.
References include the many celebrities at the Oscars – Host Danny Kaye, best actor nomonees Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire), Montgomery Clift (A Place in the Sun), Arthur Kennedy (Bright Victory), Fredric March (Death of a Salesman), and Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen) plus James Cagney, Lionel Barrymore, Edward G Robinson, Shelly Winters, Betty Davis, Irene Dunn, Joan Crawford, Gene Aurty, Charles Boyer and more.
They also mention the imfamous, short-lived TV show “The Continental”.
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December 6, 1953 – Irene Dunne ShowSeason 4, Episode 5
Jack Benny in a classic episode with Irene Dunne & Vincent Price!
March 12, 1944 – From Livermore, CA near San Fransisco. Jack in the Navy. References include Red Skelton, Abbot and Costello, Fred Allen, Maxie Rosenbloom, Shirley Temple and Lt Robert Taylor.
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March 5, 1944 – From Lemoore Army Air Field, Don Wants to Get Paid. This is the first episode where Jack Benny says “Now Cut That Out!”.
References include George Burns’ singing voice, Bob Hope, Fred Allen, Hedy Lamarr, Betty Grable and her husband Harry James, and the song from Oklahoma “A Surrey With The Fringe On Top”.
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March 2, 1952 – Guest Show in Palm Springs at the Tamarisk Country Club. The surprise guests will be Danny Kaye, George Burns, Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx!
References include Lord Calvert Whisky, conductor Dir Thomas Beecham, Eddie Cantor, Lana Turner and announcer Harry Von Zell.
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November 15, 1953 – Johnny Ray ShowSeason 4 Episode 4
Jack Benny has guests singer Johnny Ray & entertainment legend Danny Thomas!
April 19, 1953 – Fred Allen ShowSeason 3 Episode 7
The one and only time either Fred Allen or Eddie Cantor would appear on The Jack Benny Program!
October 25, 1953 – Humphrey Bogart ShowSeason 4 Episode 3
Our team of Kathy Fuller-Seeley, Terry Phillips, and Zach Eastman, and Buck Benny introduce and present this wonderful episode!
March 9, 1952 – Gracie Bit Live
Season 2 Episode 4
This audio is only the third circulating episode of the Jack Benny TV show. Our team introduces it then shares the audio!
February 15, 1937 – The Lux Radio Theater presents “Brewster’s Millions” with Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone. There have been a few versions of the story including the 1945 movie (with Eddie “Rochester” Anderson in a supporting role) and the 1985 movie with Richard Pryor and John Candy. This pre-dates both.
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January 25, 1953 – 60 Piece Orchestra SkitSeason 3 Episode 5
We present a wonderfully rare episode from Jack Benny’s third television season with an introduction by Kathy Fuller-Seeley, John Henderson, Terry Phillips, and Buck Benny!
February 7, 1954 – Dennis is told to quit the show by his mother. Jack Benny is also visited by a ten-year-old Harry Shearer. Plus Mel Blanc’s hillarious rendition on “The Whiffenpoof Song (Baa Baa Baa)”.
References include the actresses Ava Gardener, Lana Turner, Jane Russel and Marilyn Monroe, who was on her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio.
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February 9, 1936 – Jack Benny and the gang have returned home to New York after almost a year in California. They mention the Winter Olympics in Germany, and the actor Cary Grant. Mary Livingstone writes a play about The North-West Mounted Police.
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January 24, 1954 – Re-run March 27, 1955 – After a visit with Bob Crosby at home, Jack Benny and the gang dramatize the Robert W Service poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”.
References include “Santa Baby” by Ertha Kitt, the end of the Chlorophyll fad, and the game of Scrabble. Plus a Lucky Strike commercial by the poet Ogden Nash.
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January 17, 1954 – This episode begins with Jack Benny and the gang have lunch at the drug store and ends with Jack fighting a parking ticket in court,
References incule Terry Moore’s ermine bathing suit, golfers Fred Wanpler, Lloyd Mangrum, Sam Sneed and Ben Hogen, musicians Bing Crosby, Liberace, The Bell Sisters, The Ink Spots, The Fred Waring Choir, and Teresa Brewer with her song “Ricochet Romance”. Plus the movie “The Eddie Cantor Story”, detective Boston Blackie, and Mandrake the Magician.
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January 18, 1942 – This episode was broadcast two days after the sudden death of Jack Benny’s co-star Carole Lombard. The episode is all music.
“In respect to Carole Lombard, his co-star in “To Be Or Not Be”, an Alexander Korda-Ernest Lubitsch film, to be released through United Artists, Jack Benny cancelled his Jan. 18 broadcast of the NBC Jack Benny Show, sponsored by General Foods (Jell-O). Although no specific explanation was given, the show was replaced by a musical program, featuring Mahlon Meerick’s orchestra, Dennis Day, soloist, and the Sportsman’s Quartet, vocal group. Don Wilson announced. Miss Lombard was scheduled for a guest appearance on the Jan. 25 Jell-O program.”
-Broadcasting Magazine
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January 9, 1944 – Jack Benny picks up his new pet Camel. The camel is played by a young Stan Freberg in his only appearance on the Jack Benny show. This is also the last episode with Jack’s pet polar bear.
References include bodybuilder Charles Atlas, comedian Fred Allen, and the Draft categories 4-F (Not qualified for military service) and 4-H (Deferred for reason of age, 38-44).
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December 14, 1941 – Horseradish, a ride in the Maxwell, a bird on a stick! Jack Benny is Christmas shopping for Dennis Day. This is one week after Pearl Harbor and the mention the blackouts that followed. Merry Christmas!
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December 24, 1942 – Command Performance featuring Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Harriet Hilliard, The Andrews Sisters, Spike Jones, Bing Crosby, Kay Kaiser, Ginny Simms, Ethel Waters, Charles Laughton, Edger Bergen and Charlie McCartney, Dinah Shore, Fred Allen and Jack Benny.
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November 28, 1954 – Jack Takes Dennis to the Psychiatrist. Meanwhile it’s the sportsman quartette’s birthday.
References include the children’s television host Pinky Lee, the Arthur Murray dance studio, ballet dancer Nijinsky, the sound barrier, the LA Times and Nat “King” Cole.
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November 12, 1961 – Jack Benny does stand-up comedy at the Royal Variety Performance in The UK.
January 13, 1957 – In this episode Jack tries to hire an opera singer in Rome, but he may have enlisted a hotel porter to sing instead. Keep your eye put for a young Sean Connery.
February 25, 1950 – In this public service film, Jack Benny joins a handful of celebrities to learn about a new group called The Christophers.
November 23, 1941 – Thanksgiving Day Dinner. Jack Benny invites his cast to his house for dinner including Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson and his wife Peggy, and Phil Harris and his new wife Alice Faye. Dennis is in blackface helping Rochester serve the meal. References include Miles Standish, Chipped Beef, Hedy Lamarr, Humphrey Bogart, and … Continue reading "Alice Faye (Thanksgiving)"
November 16, 1941 – He fumbled the ball. Jack Benny tells Don Wilson about his latest hunting trip, Phil Harris plans to be in a play of the pilgim historical fiction story “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, Dennis Day asks Jack about the NBC 15th Anniversary special from the night before, and Mary Livingstone plays … Continue reading "Duck Hunt (NBC 15th Anniversary)"
November 9, 1941 – Football Game. Jack Benny is making a movie (To Be Or Not To Be) with Carole Lombard and director Ernst Lubitsch. Phil Harris brings his pal, Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. References include Fred Allen, John Barrymore’s profile, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Alexander Korda, Al Smith and more. … Continue reading "Ernst Lubitsch (Leo Durocher)"
November 30, 1952 – Jack Benny meets “Margret Truman”, Bob Crosby sings a Peter Pan medley, Jack goes home to bet and burglars are foiled by his unique security system. Download Audio
September 1954 – This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of the Jack Benny radio show. I mixed the most interesting parts from the rehearsal on September 9, 1954 and the pre-edit master recording for the episode on September 26, 1954. It features deleted scenes, notes and chatter. You can listen to the finished broadcast … Continue reading "Behind the Scenes (September 1954)"
October 24, 1954 – Jack, Dennis and Don got to The Drive-In, after Jack Plays gin rummy with Rochester. References include flying saucers, Ronald Colman, and candy like Oh, Henry! bars and Tootsie Rolls, Download
November 4, 1951 – Dorothy Shay Season 2 Episode 1 Jack’s second available episode. The first episode of Jack’s second season on Television with Park Avenue Hillbilly Dorothy Shay as his guest!
October 19, 1941 – On the train to Los Angeles. References include Fred Allen in a bathing suit in a radio guide magazine, Bob Hope, Spencer Tracy, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Scottish singer Harry Lauder, and etiquette expert Emily Post. Download
January 16, 1949 – Jack’s Scrapbook Ronald Colman dreams he is Jack Benny and Jack is him. References inclåude the bug California snowfall, the Rose Bowl Queen, songs “slow Boat to China”, “Nature Boy”, an “California Hear I Come”, Ferde Grofé and “Pennies from Benny”, a touring vault for the March of Dimes. Download
October 12, 1941 – Jack Benny and the gang read reviews of last week’s opening program as they wrap up thier short trip to New York. References include Daryl F Zanuck, the Lewis/Nova fight, Mickey Owens dropping the ball at the world series, Errol Flynn’s fight with a columnist, Broadway plays, penguins in the Radio … Continue reading "Columbus Day"
October 4, 1941 – Jack is about to start the new season, bus is very nervous. Phil is in love with his new wife Alice Faye and Mary tell the story of going to Ebbets Field to watch the Brooklyn Dogers and New York Yankees in a World Series game. References include Olsen and Johnson, … Continue reading "Brooklyn Dodgers (From New York)"
February 1, 1948 – Jack and Mary See Ronald Colman’s Movie. References include Dennis’s wedding, Dorothy Dix advice column, USC football, Schlitz beer, Herbert Hoover, General Eisenhower, Tom Breneman, Hawaii travelogue, Ciro’s nightclub with Xavier Cugat and Jerry Lester, celebrities like Lana Turner and Frank Sinatra. Download
April 27, 1947 – Leaving for Chicago with the Colmans. Jack Benny is getting ready for his stage tour and tickets for his program for Ronald and Benita Colman. References include the controversy over Fred Allen. He had been cut off by the NBC censors for a joke last week. In the episode they mention … Continue reading "Tickets for the Colmans (Fred Allen Cut Off)"
April 14, 1946 – Jack Benny’s Violin Practice Interrupts Ronald Colman’s Rehearsal. References include the song “One-zy, Two-zy”, gossip reporter Louella Parsons, France’s debt to the United States, and lines for nylons, butter and vaccinations. Download
April 21, 1946 – Aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga Navy aircraft carrier docked in the San Francisco Bay, a week and a half before it left for Bikini where it would sink in an atom bomb test that summer. References include Fred Allen, dehydrated powder eggs, and galley slaves. Download
January 27, 1946 – Fred Allen Annouces Contest Winners. Jack Benny has a nightmare about having to give away $10,000 in prises for the I Can’t Stand Jack Benny contest. Phil Haris sings “One-zy, Two-zy” with his daughter. References include the sending of a radar signal to the moon, the phrase “Dutch Treat”, movies “The Picture … Continue reading "Contest Winners (One-zy, Two-zy)"
January 20, 1946 – Jack Benny and the gang again spoof the musical “State Fair”. References include Mayor LaGuardia, Harry Truman, Betty Grable, Gabriel Heater (“Ah, There’s good news tonight.”), Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Download [ audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/jackbennypodcast/Jack_Benny_1946-01-20_State_Fair.mp3 ]
January 13, 1946 – State Fair Rehearsal – Rochester drives Jack Benny and Mary to the studio where they run into Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy (impersonator) and rehearse their version of the movie “State Fair”. References include war hero Pappy Boyington, violinist Joseph Szigeti, radio’s Lum and Abner, actresses Barbra Stanwyck, and Betty Grable, … Continue reading "State Fair Part One"
December 16, 1945 – Hello Louella. Gossip Columnist Louella parsons has a cameo. Jack benny gets a lot or mail for the “I Can’s Stand Jack Benny” contest. It will be judged by Fred Allen, Peter Lorre and Goodman Ace. References include songs “Melencholy Baby”, “The Sheik of Araby” and “I’m Glad I Waited For … Continue reading "Contest Mail (Louella Parsons)"
December 9, 1945 – Jack is invited to the Colman’s for dinner. This is the first episode with Ronald and Benita Colman and the second episode of the “I Can’t Stand Jack Benny Because…” contest. References include the Fred Allen Show’s character Senator Claghorn, the movie “The Man Who Came to Dinner”, the books Charles … Continue reading "Ronald and Benita Colman"
December 2, 1945 – Jack Benny’s publicity agent comes up with the idea for a new contest. Listeners are invited to write in and finish this sentence “I can’t stand Jack Benny because…” in 50 words or less. Download
November 25, 1945 – Jack Benny is still dealing with all the trouble his publicity agent has caused, but this is only the begining. Plus an appearance by Cass Daley of the Fitch Bandwagon. References include Dick Tracy (Itchy stuck in the tunnel), the movie “Spellbound”, the song “Sweet Leilani”, used car dealers The Smiling … Continue reading "Cass Daley (Contest Idea)"
JACK BENNY and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy Audiobook By Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley Read by Stephanie Henderson Download Preview Listen to the whole book as it comes out by becoming a patron! Author Kathy Fuller-Seeley Interview (2016) Part 1 Kathy Fuller-Seeley is a media history professor at University of Texas at Austin and … Continue reading "Jack Benny Audiobook"
May 31, 1953 – Jack Benny listens to the Indianapolis 500 race on the radio. References include jailbreaker Willie Sutton, actors Jimmy Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Humphrey Bogart and George Montomery (Fort Ti), director Mervyn LeRoy (Quo Vatis), and the catchphrase from the Jackie Gleason show’s The Homeymooners “One of these Days…pow! Right in the kisser.” … Continue reading "The Indy 500"
May 17, 1953 – Jack Banny takes the plot of the movie “Flight to Mars” and the characters from the TV show “Space Patrol” to do his own science fiction play “I Flew to Mars in a Space Ship”. Reference include the MC convertible, “The Girl Next Door” with Dennis Day and more! Download
May 3, 1953 – From San Francisco, Jack Benny’s guest is Gisele McKenzie. References include the TWA airline, the songs “The Doggie in the Window” and “Pretend”, actresses Ava Gardener, Lana Turner and Marilyn Monroe. Download
May 4, 1934 – In this episode they talk about the Kentucky Derby and do a hillbilly feud play. They mention the songs “Carioca”, “Cocktails for Two”, “Shim Sham Shimmy”, “Uptown Lowdown”, “The Hills of Old Kentucky” and “Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”. Movies “Cavelcade”, “Mata Hari”, and a loose reference to “To The Last … Continue reading "The Hills of Old Kentucky"
April 25, 1948 – Jack Dresses as Charlie’s Aunt and Don brings opera singer Dorothy Kirsten to join the Sportsmen quartet. References include the Marylin Monroe movie “Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!”, songs “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover” and “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody”, and producer George Jessel. Download
April 11, 1948 – Murder at the Racquet Club Part One. Jack goes to Palm Springs and meets silent film star Charles Farrell and Academy Award winner Paul Lukas. References include the movies “April Showers”, “The Naked City” and “The Last of The Mohicans”, and actress Greer Garson. Download
April 11, 1943 – Jack returns to the show after illness. Orson Welles has been filling in for the past four weeks. References include a washing machine ringer, an electric heating pad, the racehorse Whirlaway, the old song “Sweet Adeline”, W. C. Fields, Claudette Colbert, and Alice Faye (starring in “Hello, Frisco, Hello”). Download
April 4, 1943 – Little Red Riding Hood with guest host Orson Welles filling in one last time for Jack Benny. References include radio’s Lum and Abner, the poem “Trees”, Burlesque’s ball of fire Betty Rowland, Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, “Hamlet”, and “The Merchant of Venice”. Download
March 28, 1943 – Host Orson Welles Murder at Midnight. Orson Welles fills in for Jack a third time and does a murder mystery. References include radio comedians Fred Allen and Red Skelton, gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, the painting “Whistler’s Mother”, and actress Heddy Lamarr. Goodnight Doll. Download
March 21, 1943 – Host Orson Welles fills in for Jack Benny and takes cast to his movie. References include the comedy team of Abbot and Costello, rain in California and the Tournament of Roses. Download
March 14, 1943 – Orson Welles fills in for Jack Benny and Phil Harris returns to the program after three months in the merchant marines. References include the actress Rita Hayworth, and singer John Charles Thomas. Download
March 7, 1943 – George Burns and Gracie Allen Sub For Jack. With Jack Benny sick Don Wilson calls of Jack Benny’s personal friends George and Gracie, along with thier cast Bill Goodwin, Herman the duck (Clarence Nash), Tootsie Stagwell (Elvia Allman) and Paul Whitman and his orchestra. References include Mayor La Guardia, Walter Pidgeon, … Continue reading "Burns and Allen Host"
February 28, 1943 – Kit Carson Benny with Bob Crosby. Broadcasting from Fort Custer, Michigan Jack Benny learns Judo from the military police in training.
References include the movies “Kit Carson”, “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman” and “the Meanest Man in the World”.
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February 27, 1938 – Jack Benny and his cast are joined by Andy Devine to conclude their version of the movie “Submarine D-1”.
References include Barbra Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, race horse Pompoon, attorney Clarence Darrow, violinist Jasha Hiefetz, and radio shows Professor Quiz, Lum and Abner, Jimmie Fidler, and Fred Allen,
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February 20, 1938 – A parody of the movie “Submarine D-1” plus they talk about Jack Benny’s age after his birthday this week. They also discuss Jack’s appearance on the radio show “Good News of 1938”.
References include Popeye the sailor, the Albany night boat, movie starts Virginia Bruce, Freddie Bruce and George Arliss.
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February 9, 1941 – Back From New York. The Sponsor Likes Herbert Marshall.
References include Phil Harris’ new song “That’s What I Like About The South”, movies “The Mark of Zorro” and “The Letter”, announcer Harry Von Zell, and Fred Allen.
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February 2, 1941 – The Jack benny Program without Jack Benny. Herbert Marshall Hosts the Show. References include Fred Allen, and the kissing game called post office.
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January 24, 1943 – Jack Benny talks with his guest bandleaders, the McFarland twins, about the DC housing shortage. The skit is a repeat of the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington spoof from March 10, 1940. References include W.C. Fields, Fred Allen and an atomizer.
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January 17, 1943 – Guest stars Oscar Levant and Joe Besser help Jack the the gang do a spoof of the game show Information Please. Meanwhile Jack is getting ready to play the violin at Carnegie Hall.
References include the wage ceiling, Benzedrine, “The Powers Girls”, singers Jarmila Novotna, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas and young violinist Isaac Stern.
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January 14, 1945 – Mrs. Nussbaum’s Restaurant with special guest Fred Allen.
References include the stage shows “Bloomer Girl”, “Laffing Room Only”, “Mexican Hayride”, “The Voice of the Turtle” and “Harvey” starring comedian Frank Fay. Plus singer Frank Sinatra, soap opera “John’s Other wife” and Mayor Laguardia.
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January 7, 1945 – Leaving for New York Jack Benny and the gang meet at the train station.
This is the debut episode of Jack Benny’s vault, the racetrack tout, and Mel Blank’s train announcer who always announces “Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga”. References include Van Johnson and Barbra Stanwyck and “The Trolley Song”.
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December 24, 1950 – The Beavers come to Jack’s for Christmas Dinner. Don Wilson dresses as Santa, Frank Remley (played by Elliott Lewis) joins Phil Harris.
References include Red Skelton, Hudson Motors “Step-down” cars, The Faye Emerson Show, and Phil Harris’ song “The Thing”.
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December 17, 1950 – Jack Buys Golf Tees For Don
References include Kukla Fran and Ollie, Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century, The Ed Sullivan Show, Martin Kane Private I, Faye Emerson, Clark Gable, Victor Mature, Burt Lancaster, Admiral Bird, and the Phil Harris song “The Thing”.
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December 6, 1942 – Phil Harris’ last show before joining the Merchant Marines.
They References include Captain Kidd, Joan Bennett, Ann Sheridan (George Washington Slept here), Emperor Hirohito, and President Roosevelt’s plan that no American make more than $25,000 after taxes.
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November 29, 1942 – Going after Rommel. In this episode Jack Benny and the gang are broadcasting live for a group of soldiers.
References include Spike Jones (Der Fuhrer’s Face, Sheik of Araby, Love in Bloom), Dennis Day in the movie “The Powers Girls”, shipbuilder Henry Kaiser, and Nazi General Erwin Rommel.
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