May 27, 1951 – Jack goes for a doctor’s check and runs into that Lucky Strike auctioneer Speedy Riggs. Plus writer Milt Josefsberg’s story of the joke that was cut from the episode.
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Bob Crosby (Bing’s Brother)
May 20, 1951 – This episode is a re-used script from May 2, 1948 with a few updates.
The cast is dissatisfied with their new contract. They also mention the broadway musical Guys and Dolls, bandleaders Guy Lombardo and Spike Jones, musician’s union president James Petrol and guest star Bob Crosby a year before he joined the cast.
Best Dressed (Robert Taylor)
February 13, 1938 – Just before his birthday Jack Benny was named as one of the top ten best dressed men in America along with movie star Clark Gable. Then actor Robert Taylor stops by and helps Jack with a love scene and ends up kissing Mary. Then they play a duet with Jack on violin and Robert on Cello.
M-O-T-H-E-R (The Big Birdcast)
May 8, 1938 – It’s Mother’s Day and Jack Benny considers himself the mother hen of the cast. This is a day after the Kentucky Derby. Manuel Talcott, the mayor of Jack Benny’s home town of Waukegan, plays a character in the play.
In the episode they mention the WPA (Works Progress Administration), The Jones Family series of movies, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and a cartoon short featuring Jack Benny called “The Big Birdcast”.
Home Under Construction (Harold Lloyd)
May 1, 1938 – This week Jack Benny’s Maxwell was in a race for old cars, the Fresno State College Hack Race. He lost to Fred Allen’s entry.
In this episode they debate wether or not Jack Benny is considered a movie star. They mention Leo the MGM lion, movie producers Darrel F Zanuck and Adolf Zukor, the comedy team The Ritz Brothers, Screen gangster George Raft, Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies and Mickey, Donald and Pluto. Plus the 1927 boxing match known as “The Long Count”.
And the great silent film comedian Harold Lloyd.
Jack Benny, Harold Lloyd and wife Mildred Davis
