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Season 6, Episode 8

January 1, 1956 – New Year Fantasy
Bonus April 12, 1942 – Radio show recording at Camp Hahn

Season 5, Episode 14

April 3, 1955 – Jack Is A Contestant With Groucho Marx

Season 5, Episode 11

February 1955-02-20 Guest George Raft in Death Across The Lunch Counter or Dial M for Mustard Live

January 16, 1955 – Jack Doesn’t Have a Script, adapted from the January, 12, 1941 episode. A very funny episode where Jack Benny talks to his writers and tries to get them to finish the script as the show is on the air.

References include, the mumps (a childhood illness), writers Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck, comedian Fred Allen, The Hall Johnson Choir, the song “Mighty Lak’ a Rose” and Amos ‘n’ Andy.

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January 3, 1943 – Broadcasting from Bangor, Maine for an audience of soliders. Guest bandleader Abe Lyman.

References include singer Rudy Vallee, boxer Lou Nova, and actresses Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner.

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