January 30, 1949 – Don Wilson still won’t sign his contract. Meanwhile Phil Harris is in Washington DC to entertain at the president’s inaugural ball.
References include the southern California snowfall, Operation Haylift, the radio show Your Hit Parade, Dennis Day’s record “Tarra-Ta-Larra Ta-Lar”, Tyrone Power’s wedding, Artie Shaw, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Milton Berle, and Amos n Andy.
January 23, 1949 – Don Won’t Sign His Contract.
References include the southern Californian snowfall, President Truman’s inauguration, Jasha Heifetz, Barbra Stanwick, Don Ameche, movies “Johnny Belinda” and “Mother Wore Tights” and disk jockeys.
October 18, 1942 – Jack Benny donates his old car The Maxwell for the scrap metal drive in support of the war effort.
References include Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, ship builder Henry Kaiser and revolutionary war hero Paul Revere.
March 12, 1950 – Jack Benny’s daughter Joan makes a guest appearance in this episode where Jack Benny enters a radio contest. Phil Harris talks about his upcoming movie “Wabash Avenue” starring Betty Grable
They mention Lever Brothers company, Bob Hope, Lena Horne, Aly Kahn and Rita Hayworth. Songs “Time on My Hands”, I Can Dream Can’t I”, “The Cry of the Wild Goose”, “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts”, “M-O-T-H-E-R” and crooner Vic Demone. Plus Blondie and Dagwood, Tanforan racetrack, and the puppet kids show “Time for Beany”.
May 29, 1949 – Jack Benny introduces all of the members of his cast and writers. Dennis sings his new song “Three Wishes” and guest Margret Whiting sings “Baby, It’s Cold Outside (for a Lucky Strike)” with the Sportsmen Quartet. Jack compliments Mel Blanc on his new record “Big Bear Lake”.
References include ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale and her dummy Judy Splinters, Simonize car wax, the movie “Take me out to the Ball Game”, the song “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” and Jack Benny’s short film for the Opportunity Bond Drive “The Spirit of ’49”.
