June 4, 1944 – The last episode sponsored by Grape Nuts Flakes. Dennis Day is gone to Naval training and Phil Harris sings “G.I. Jive”.
Plus songs “A Slip of the Lip Can Sink a Ship”, “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning”, and Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.
They mention a number of radio comedies and the soap opera John’s Other Wife. And the actor C. Aubrey Smith.
June 1, 1941 – Jack Benny is in his old WWI Navy uniform as he broadcasts from the San Diego Naval Training Center.
They mention Jack’s upcoming movie directed by Archie Mayo, actress Ann Sheridan, the Civil War battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, and a Lavalier necklace.
May 26, 1946 – Ed Sullivan stops by the broadcast while Jack Benny is in New York to give him an award.
They mention the women’s clothing storew S. Klein, actress Joan Crawford, the railroad and coal strikes, newspaper comic Dick Tracy, communist Russia, comedian Fred Allen, and Dave Rose, the composter of a song dedicated to Jack Benny called The Waukegan Concerto.
May 19, 1946 – Jack Benny and his cast are in New York, the home of Fred Allen. In a flashback, Fred asks Jack onto his own program for next week. This week Fred’s guest will be Phil Harris,
In this episode they reference mayor O’Dwyer, President Truman, the coal and railroad strikes, singer John Charles Thomas, comedian Jerry Colona, and Danny Kaye’s running joke “Oh really? No, O’Riley”.
May 5, 1946 – Jack Benny is visiting Chicago on Mother’s Day. It was the middle of a coal strike lead by John L Lewis. They mention Marshal Field’s Department store, Charles Boyer, Georgie Jessel, the song “Keep the Home Fires Burning”, and The Quiz Kids.
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