December 5, 1954 – This is the last of the great Christmas Shopping episodes on The Jack Benny radio show. Jack Buys oil paints for Don for Christmas. Dennis Day had many vinyl records.
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Football Murder Mystery Part 2
December 10, 1939 – Jack finishes the Murder on the Gridiron episode which is less gridiron and more murder mystery. They have some great double-talk nonsense voices. They also mention the movie “The Private Life of Henry VIII” starring Charles Laughton.
Jack is Recovering (Toot-Toot-Tootsie)
October 23, 1949 – Mel Blanc sings does his Al Jolson impression “Neyyyaa” singing along with the Sportsmen quartette. He also just made a record imitating Jolson singing “Toot-Toot-Tootsie Goodbye”. Meanwhile Jack is recoverying from nose surgery and accidentally impersonates the Fisk Tire boy.
English Butler
December 23, 1945 – Newsreel of Christmas shopping for dolls and hobby horses in 1945. The US is working on withdrawing troops from Europe after WWII. In this episode Ronald Coleman has a touching speech about Christmas after wartime.
Christmas Shopping for Perfume (East vs West)
December 17, 1939 – The Jack Benny Program was broadcast live each week, so they did it twice. Once for the east coast time zone, once for the west coast time zone. There are two versions of this episode, listen to what changed from one to another.
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