March 12, 1939 – Don Wilson celebrates his anniversary. Jack Benny got polar bear for his birthday and it is sick. Carmichael is Sick, they reference the new movie Pygmalion (1938), and on the cover of Radio Guide Jack trains to fight Fred Allen.
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Embassy Banquet (I Love to Singa)
March 15, 1936 – One of the better early episodes of Jack Benny. Broadcasting from Washington DC they talk politics and banter. Then Jack goes to a banquet at the French Embassy. Plus the comic strip “Bringing up Father”, and my favorite 1936 cartoon where the gong show host is Jack Bunny “I Love to Singa”.
Jack Has a Cold
March 19, 1939 – Jack Benny has the measles and is at home sick in bed. Phil takes over. It’s very funny. In the preface we talk about the early days of radio.
Ronald Coleman Oscar
March 21, 1948 – In this episode of the Jack Benny Program there is a subtle reference to the McCarthy era Red Scare. But most of the episode is spent talking about the 20th Academy Awards in which Ronald Coleman won the Best Actor Oscar for “A Double Life”.
Ed Sullivan
March 26, 1939 – Fred Allen claims Jack Benny is an imposter named Maxwell Stroud. Newspaperman Ed Sullivan comes to check the story out.
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