January 30, 1938 – In this episode they mention the broadway play “Hurray For What!”, the song “It’s Delivery” and Benny Goodman. They also mention actors Robert Taylor and Fred MacMurray. But the main portion of the show is a parody of the movie “The Hurricane”.
January 25, 1953 and January 23, 1955 – In this episode Jack Benny goes to his vault, past the alligator moat, to get money to bet on a horse at the track. At one point Mary quotes the Patti Page song “I Went To Your Wedding”.
January 12, 1947 – Gracie wants to listen to Jack benny on the radio. George Burn and Gracie Allen come over. They mention singers Dick Haymes, Andy Russell, and Bing Crosby. Pianist Jose Iturpi, and opera singer Lilly Pons. Plus the books “Strange Fruit” and ” The Razor’s Edge”. And finally, the radio soap opera Dr. Christian.
January 13, 1952 – In this episode of the Jack Benny program Jack is trying to get someone to make a record of the song that he wrote. He calls Dinah Shore and her husband George Montgomery. Then he gets his haircut and is entertained by a barber shop quartette.
January 5, 1947 – It’s the Sunday after New Years Day and Jack Benny talks with Don Wilson about the Rose Bowl. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are the guests in a recreation of the movie “To Have and Have Not” where she says the often quoted line “You know how to whistle don’t you…You just put your lips together and blow.”.
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