March 22, 1953 – A walk through Beverly Hills. Jack Benny has recovered from the Flu and is getting ready for his TV show.
They mention former president Hoover, “The Sheik of Araby” silent film star Rudolph Valentino, Bendix Washing Machine, and 3-D Movies.
March 29, 1936 – Jack Benny talks with the gang about the American East vs the West does his version of Cinderella with him as the title character “Cinderallen”.
References include the Dionne quintuplets, movie stars Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Shirley Temple, Mae West, Herald Lloyd, Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers, singers Bing Crosby and Lanny Ross, plus Fred Allen, the Crime Club program, Dracula, and Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables.
May 1, 1955 – Jack buys a baseball team. Much of this episode recycled portions of scripts from previous episodes including May 9, 1948 and April 13, 1947.
References include George Gobel, Edgar Bergen, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper’s (misquoted) catchphrase from The Virginian, “And smile when you say that”.
May 10, 1936 – Mary phones her mother in Los Angeles and Jack test drives a car.
References inlcude singers Bing Crosby, actress Loretta Young and singer and actress Grace Moore. Behind the scenes Jack Benny was having trouble with his writer Harry Conn. Some thing this is the first episode written by Bill Morrow and Ed Beloin.
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.
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