May 27, 1945 – It’s the last show of the season before Jack Benny goes on his USO tour in Europe with harmonica player Larry Adler and singer Martha Tilton. Plus bonus portion of June 28, 1945 broadcast of that USO show.
References include Winston Churchill’s “blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech, Charles Boyer, Fred Allen returning to radio, radio soap operas and the summer replacement Wayne King and his Orchestra.
May 18, 1934 – Jack Benny takes a taxi to the studio where Frank Parker invited him to dinner with his very musical family.
References include General Pershing, boxer Primo Carnera, Harry Lauder, “The Rise of the Goldbergs” radio show, Gretta Garbo, William Powell, Clark Gable, Boris karloff, Frank Buck’s “Wild Cargo”, the song “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”, Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, the opera “Lucia Di Lammermoor”, and the singer Enrico Coruso.
May 10, 1953 – Broadcasting From San Francisco Jack Benny and the gang (including writer George Balzer) talk about the sights of the city and meet California Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight.
References include “Your Mother and Mine” from Walt Disney’s Peter Pan, Souther Pacific Railway’s trains “Daylight Limited” and “The Lark”, President Eisenhower, Bing and Bob Crosby and Anson Weeks and his orchestra.
May 9, 1937 – Mother’s Day Program. Just after the the Kentucky Derby Jack benny and the gang discuss the winning horse War Admiral.
References include Donald Duck, the wrestler Man Mountain Dean, burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, comedy team Stupnaigle and Budd, Fred Allen, actresses Jean Arthur and Jean Harlow, bandleader George Olsen and singer Ethel Sutta.
