JACK BENNY AND HIS FRIENDS – Pt 1
Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 3, 2001
JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-24-46) Jack welcomes guest Edward G. Robinson who joins the cast in a Benny version of the film, “The Killers.” Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Don Wilson, Sportsmen. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (26 min)
SCREEN DIRECTORS’ PLAYHOUSE (2-3-50) “The Sea Wolf” starring Edward G. Robinson in a radio version of his 1941 film. A brutal sea captain matches wits with an accidental passenger. RCA Victor, NBC. (27 min)
JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-9-41) Jack, Mary Livingstone and the gang talk about the film he just started working on in Hollywood. Guest is Leo Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jell-O, NBC. (31 min)
FRED ALLEN SHOW 11946) Guest Leo Durocher joins Fred for a “baseball operetta,” culled from Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Brooklyn Pinafore.” The Allen’s Alley question is “What is your reaction to this new drive on gambling and gamblers?” The response comes from Senator Claghorn, Titus Moody, Mrs. Nussbaum and Falstaff Openshaw. United Network. (25 min)
SPORTS NEWSREEL (12-28-45) Bill Stern presents the outstanding sports stories of the year 1945 and welcomes guest Jack Benny. Colgate Shave Creme, NBC. (14 min)
SPEAKING OF RADIO (10-23-99) Beverly Washburn talks about her career as a child actress (who appeared with Jack Benny on radio and television) in a conversation with Chuck Schaden recorded at the Friends of Old Time Radio convention in Newark, New Jersey. (13 min)
JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-23-50) Jack and Mary go to the neighborhood school to see the Beverly Hills Beavers present their version of “The Jack Benny Show.” Beverly Washburn portrays Mary Livingstone in the sketch. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, CBS. (27 min)
Updated: 2/3/26 9:58 pm C.S.T.
Coming Next Week – “JACK BENNY AND HIS FRIENDS – Pt 2“ – February 10, 2001
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