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 which aired on September 26, 1954. It features deleted scenes, notes and chatter.
You can listen to the finished broadcast recording here.
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,
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.
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.
