November 9, 1941 – Football Game. Jack Benny is making a movie (To Be Or Not To Be) with Carole Lombard and director Ernst Lubitsch. Phil Harris brings his pal, Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
References include Fred Allen, John Barrymore’s profile, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Alexander Korda, Al Smith and more.
November 30, 1952 – Jack Benny meets “Margret Truman”, Bob Crosby sings a Peter Pan medley, Jack goes home to bet and burglars are foiled by his unique security system.
September 1954 – This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of the Jack Benny radio show. I mixed the most interesting parts from the rehearsal on September 9, 1954 and the pre-edit master recording for the episode on which aired on September 26, 1954. It features deleted scenes, notes and chatter.
You can listen to the finished broadcast recording here.
October 24, 1954 – Jack, Dennis and Don got to The Drive-In, after Jack Plays gin rummy with Rochester.
References include flying saucers, Ronald Colman, and candy like Oh, Henry! bars and Tootsie Rolls,
November 4, 1951 – Dorothy Shay
Season 2 Episode 1
Jack’s second available episode. The first episode of Jack’s second season on Television with Park Avenue Hillbilly Dorothy Shay as his guest!
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