JACK BENNY AND WORLD WAR II

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 27, 1988

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-23-44) Remote broadcast from Vancouver, British Columbia, on behalf of Canada’s Sixth Victory War Loan Drive. Mary, Phil, Rochester, Dennis, Don, John Brown, Sara Berner. This is Dennis Day’s last Benny program before entering the service. Grapenuts, NBC. (10:25, 17:15)

BOB HOPE SHOW (3-13-45) Broadcasting from the Air Transport Command near Palm Springs, California, Bob entertains with regulars Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna, Vera Vague, Skinnay Ennis and the orches­tra. In a sketch, Bob and Skinnay are pilots while Colonna is in the control tower. AFRS rebroadcast. (9:40; 12:15)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-19-44) Guest Larry Adler joins Jack for a broadcast from the U.S. Naval Hospi­tal in Corona, California. Mary, Phil, Don, Rochester, Mel Blanc, singer Larry Stevens (Dennis’ wartime replacement). Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (12:50; 16:30)

V-E DAY COVERAGE (5-8-45) Excerpts of CBS net­work coverage of the end of the war in Europe; Remarks by President Truman; Bob Trout with news bulletins; Winston Churchill in London; Edward R. Mur­row and Douglas Edwards reporting from London. CBS. (15:05)

CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (8-14-45) First announcements of the Japanese surrender inter­rupts this excerpt of a remote broadcast from the Cafe Zanzibar in New York City. Sustaining, MBS. (11:30)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM RE-CREATION (2-27-88) A live broadcast of a newly written script by Mary Ellen Little, based on the Jack Benny radio programs. Our cast will include listeners who have auditioned for the various roles in the sketch: Jack, Rochester, Mary, Phil, Dennis, Don, Mel, the Sportsmen, a receptionist, and a doctor.

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-8-45) Guest William Powell visits Jack and his cast in a broadcast for the patients of Turney General Hospital in Palm Springs, California. Mary, Phil, Rochester, Don, Mel Blanc, Larry Stevens. AFRS rebroadcast. (11:00; 16:15)