Jack’s Screen Performance

January 15, 1939 – On Jack’s Screen Guild Performance with Joan Crawford he tries to prove he can make love on screen as well as any other actor. The Cast doesn’t buy it. Plus a fun sitcom style opening with Jack ordering lunch at the local diner. A great episode!

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Jack Saved Fred Allen (Fink’s Mules)

January 22, 1939 – They make a very early reference to television in this episode. But it’s mostly about Jack Benny telling how he saved Fred Allen’s life back in the days of Vaudeville. There is an obscure reference to the animal stage act “Fink’s Mules”.

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