March 7, 1954 – Jack’s big date at the Acme Plaza Hotel with Giselle Mackenzie broadcast from New York, New York with guest Frank Fontaine.
References include the play “Tea and Sympathy”, movies “Beat the Devil”, “It Should Happen To You”, and “Riot in Cell Block 11”.
February 27, 1944 – At the Holywood Canteen Jack Benny and the gang broadcast for soldiers with guest Eddie Cantor.
References include celebrities Hetty Lamarr, Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Dorothy Lamour, Larry Adler, The Hall Johnson Choir, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra. Plus the song “Chloe”.
February 13, 1944 – From March Field Jack tells the story of buying calmels in Egypt last summer. Larry Adler the harmonica player joins him to re-create a portion of thier USO act.
References include liquid stockings, Pepsi Cola, Wendel Willkie and FDR, The Andrews Sisters, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the songs “Mairzy Doats” and “Deep In The Heart Of Texas”.
January 28, 1951 – Douglas Fairbanks Jr Guest Show. Jack Benny and the gang are in New York getting ready for Jack’s second-ever television show. Phil Harris had won the Bing Crosby Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament at Pebble Beach by sinking an incredibly long putt on the 17th hole.
References include Bock Beer, Fred Allen, Ethel Merman, and the broadway shows “Guys and Dolls”, “Call Me Madam”, and South Pacific”.
January 23, 1944 – From Camp Muroc in the Mojave Desert Jack Benny broadcasting for a crowd of soldiers with guest Alexis Smith returning for the second week.
References include Jack’s article in Liberty Magazine, Phillip Morris cigarettes, Fred Allen and the Andrews Sisters song “Shoo-Shoo Baby”.
