Author: thisdaybenny

Season 5, Episode 12

March 6, 1955 – Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair
Jack Benny and the Beverly Hills Beavers go to the fair (Don Wilson, Artie Auerbach, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, and The Sportsman!)

June 6, 1937 – Death at Midnight Part 2. Jack Benny has lost his watch, a Christmas present from Phil Harris. Eddie (Rochester) Anderson is in the episode. This is his last appearence before becoming Jack’s butler.

References include the movies “Death Takes a Holiday” and “This Way Please”.

May 30, 1937 – Jack Benny is back after being sick and does a mystery play called “Death at Midnight” or “The Bang Bang Scream Murder Case”

References include Bing Crosby, Mae West, Laural and Hardy, Dracula, Bullocks Wilshire department store, and the book “Live Alone and Like It” by Marjorie Hillis.

May 23, 1937 – Jack is sick and does not appear on the program. Don Wilson, Phil Harri and Kenny Baker fill in with guest singer Trudy Wood.

May 16, 1937 – Jack Benny and the gang do the Eugene O’Neill play “Ah, Wilderness!”.

References include the tradition of throwing rice and old shoes at weddings, the coronation of King George and Queen Elizabeth, Portland Hoffa, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, and the racehorse Pompoon.