March 10, 1940 – The skit in this episode is their version of Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” with Jack Benny in the role Jimmy Stewart played on the screen.
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Final Show (Sound Effects Man)
May 22, 1955 – This is the very last episode of The Jack Benny Program on the radio. The Jack Benny television show would continue for 15 more years. This episode features Mel Blanc and Twombly the sound effects man. Plus they reference to Jackie Gleason in “The Honeymooners”.
Hunchback of Notre Dame (Orson Welles)
March 17, 1940 – Orson Welles is guest star in the prime of his career! He teaches Jack Benny how to act in dramatic roles in hopes of winning an Oscar. The first dramatic role Jack will perform is grunting as Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.
Ozzie and Harriet
March 27, 1949 – Jack Benny and the gang are spring cleaning when they get a phone call from Ozzie Nelson and Harriet.
Jack Lends Phil $2,000 (Hoagy Carmichael)
May 15, 1949 – Mary is sick. Phil asks Jack to borrow $2,000 and so he visits the vault. Jazz composer Hoagy Carmichael stops by. Then Jack is off to his violin lesson. References include the newly ended Soviet Blockade of West Berlin, NY Giants manager Leo Derocher, comedians Fred Allen and Milton Berle, Bank of America founder A.P. Giannini, and “The Horn Blows at Midnight”.
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