February 7, 1943 – Jack is late and guest George Jessel subs for Jack.
References include Fred Allen (with a clip of Oscar levant talking about playing with Jack Benny at Carnegie Hall), Abbot and Costello, Benny Rubin and Joe Lewis.
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Monument for Jack (Bob Crosby)
February 21, 1943 – Jack’s Monument. From Chicago, Jack Benny broadcasts from the Army Air Force’s Technical Training Center with guest bandleader Bob Crosby, brother of Bing Crosby.
The program is briefly preempted by a message from the OPA about rationing. They mention Fred Allen, Hedy Lamarr and historical Navy Admiral George Dewey.
Birthday in Canada
February 14, 1943 – Jack’s Birthday From Toronto, Canada with guest conductor Allan McIver and His All-Canadian Orchestra.
References include Prime Minister Mackenzie King, comedian Fred Allen, Halifax-born singer and dancer Ruby Keeler (Or actress Ruby Stevens better known as Barbara Stanwyck) and the song Blues in the Night.
Writers Ed Beloin and Bill Morrow, Don Wilson and Jack Benny
$64 Question (Benny Goodman)
January 10, 1943 – The Sixty-Four Dollar Question, Jack Benny is in New York with guest conductor Benny Goodman. Then Jack visits “Take It or Leave It” host Phil Baker to try to get the money he had lost on that game show.
References include the wartime Victory Tax, comedians Bob Hope and Fred Allen, stage actress and singer Lillian Russel, the movies “Random Harvest” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls”.
Goldie, Fields and Glide (TV)
Season 4, Episode 10
March 21, 1954 – Bing Crosby and George Burns in Goldie, Fields & Glide
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