February 6, 1949 – Don Wilson signs his contract, Claudette Colbert and Vincent Price guest star in a re-working of the October 20, 1940 episode. Jack Benny wants to be on The Ford Theater radio show. References include a pyramid club.
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Don Still Won’t Sign (Inaugural Ball)
January 30, 1949 – Don Wilson still won’t sign his contract. Meanwhile Phil Harris is in Washington DC to entertain at the president’s inaugural ball.
References include the southern California snowfall, Operation Haylift, the radio show Your Hit Parade, Dennis Day’s record “Tarra-Ta-Larra Ta-Lar”, Tyrone Power’s wedding, Artie Shaw, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Milton Berle, and Amos n Andy.
Don Wilson’s Contract (Disk Jockey)
January 23, 1949 – Don Won’t Sign His Contract.
References include the southern Californian snowfall, President Truman’s inauguration, Jasha Heifetz, Barbra Stanwick, Don Ameche, movies “Johnny Belinda” and “Mother Wore Tights” and disk jockeys.
The Maxwell for Scrap
October 18, 1942 – Jack Benny donates his old car The Maxwell for the scrap metal drive in support of the war effort.
References include Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, ship builder Henry Kaiser and revolutionary war hero Paul Revere.
Soap Contest (Joan Benny)
March 12, 1950 – Jack Benny’s daughter Joan makes a guest appearance in this episode where Jack Benny enters a radio contest. Phil Harris talks about his upcoming movie “Wabash Avenue” starring Betty Grable
They mention Lever Brothers company, Bob Hope, Lena Horne, Aly Kahn and Rita Hayworth. Songs “Time on My Hands”, I Can Dream Can’t I”, “The Cry of the Wild Goose”, “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts”, “M-O-T-H-E-R” and crooner Vic Demone. Plus Blondie and Dagwood, Tanforan racetrack, and the puppet kids show “Time for Beany”.
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