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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Christmas Eve 1942 (Bonus)
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.
Psychiatrist Office (Pinky Lee)
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.
Royal Variety Performance in The UK (TV)
November 12, 1961 – Jack Benny does stand-up comedy at the Royal Variety Performance in The UK.
Jack in Paris (TV)
March 24, 1957 – Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone in Paris with Maurice Chevalier!
