October 31, 1948 – Jack goes trick or treating with the Beverly Hill Beavers. Plus clips from the Phil Harris Alice Faye Show.
References include the Wolf-Man, the presidential election, the Olympics, boxer Gene Tunny, the movie “Johnny Belinda”, and the Saturday Evening Post.
October 22, 1950 – Dennis Tries to Borrow Fifty Thousand Dollars. Jack is getting ready to fly to New York for his first ever TV episode.
References include the song “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, Duz soap, Lifesavers mints, SMU, comedian Fred Allen and actor Gary Cooper.
October 17, 1943 – Jack Benny is back from his USO trip to Casablanca and recounts a story similar to the motion picture of the same name. Rochester sings “As Time Goes By”. Plus Jack talks with his new writers.
References include Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, Red Skelton, Burns and Allen, Fred Allen, and BVD brand of men’s underwear.
October 10, 1943 – Jack Recalls His African Trip. Broadcasting from New York as Jack returns from his USO tour. Behind the scenes there is a new group of writers.
References include Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Eleanore Roosevelt, wartime generals plus the old technology of carbon copying, and the spooky radio show “Inner Sanctum Mysteries” with it’s signature creaking door.
October 1, 1950 – The Maxwell is Stolen. Jack Benny and the gang have a meal at the drug store and Jack finds out his car has been stolen.
References include ethyl Gasoline, the draft for the Korean war, Duncan Heins, Mad Man Muntz, gangsters Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, the radio shows “People Are Funny” and “Hopalong Cassidy”, the movie “Born To Be Bad”, the song “Good Night Irene”, the actor Ronald Colman, the costume designer Adrian, and Woody Woodpecker.
