JACK BENNY MONTH #4

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 26, 2000

SPEAKING OF RADIO: The Jack Benny Pro­gram (9-24-94) Program seven with recollec­tions by George Balzer, Jack Benny, Joan Benny, Milt Josefsberg. Excerpts: Mary reads a letter from Momma; Jack and Mary recall the early days of his show (5-9-41); Mary’s letter from Momma (3-12-39); Jack takes in­ventory (10-2-49); Jack’s memory loss (10­9-49). (33 min)

GI JOURNAL #92 (4-5-45) Bob Hope is Edi­tor-in-Chief for this edition, with Lucille Ball. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Arthur Treacher, Mel Blanc, and Connie Haines. Hope gets an invitation to Lucille Ball’s swanky charity ba­zaar, so he gets Rochester to be his chauf­feur. AFRS. (30 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (4-29-51) Remote broadcast from Nellis Air Force Base, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, with Mary, Phil, Roch­ester, Dennis, Don, Artie Auerbach, Mel Blanc, Sportsmen, Elliott Lewis. Jack tells how he “reserved” a room at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Lucky Strike, CBS. (26 min)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (1-5-50) “The Egg and I” starring Claudette Colbert and Frank Nelson in a radio version of the 1947 film about the trials and tribulations of owning a chicken farm. James Hilton hosts. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (30 min)

SPEAKING OF RADIO: The Jack Benny Pro­gram (10-1-94) Program eight offers recol­lections by George Balzer. Excerpts: How Jack met Rochester (5-31-42); Rochester at sea (2­17-46); Railroad station for Colorado trip (1­11-48); Railroad station in Pasadena (1-29­50). (28 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (5-25-41) Mary, Dennis, Phil, Don, Rochester. Jack complains that he’s tired after 35 weeks of radio this season. Don’s playlet: “The Life of Philbert Harris” with Jack as “Philbert.” Jell-O, NBC. (30 min)

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VARIETY OF SHOWS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 4, 2000

CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW (9-28-47) Edgar Bergen welcomes guest Betty Hutton. Charlie has a date with Betty, but Bergen won’t let him go out with her because she’s “too wild.” Betty sings “Poppa Don’t Preach to Me.” Chase and Sanborn Coffee, Royal Pud­ding, NBC. (30 min) Those Were The Days listeners have voted CHARLIE MC CARTHY SHOW one of the 20 Best Old Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century.

LUX RADIO THEATRE (2-5-45) “Laura” star­ring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, and Otto Kruger in this radio version of the 1944 film. A detective, investigating the past of a supposedly murdered glamorous woman, finds himself falling in love with her. Lionel Barrymore hosts. Lux Soap, CBS. (60 min in three segments) Those Were The Days listeners have voted LUX RADIO THEATRE one of the 20 Best Old Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century.

SPEAKING OF RADIO The Jack Benny Pro­gram (10-15-94) Program nine in this twelve-part series features recollections by Irving Fein, Jack Benny and George Balzer. Excerpts: Drug Store lunch (4-9-50); Professor LeBlanc (5-19­49); George Burns sings Jack’s song (1-20­52); CBS closed circuit broadcast (12-23-48); CBS Benny promotional announcements (1948-49); First Benny show on CBS (1-2­49). (37 min)

RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE (2-21-49) “Portrait of Lenore” with Bernard Grant and Jan Minor. After seeing the film “Laura,” a writer falls in love with the painting of a beautiful woman. Sustaining, NBC. (28 min)

YOUR HIT PARADE (6-2-45) The top tunes of the week as presented by Laurence Tibbett, Joan Edwards, Mark Warnow and the orches­tra, and the Hit Paraders. Can you guess what the Number One song will be? AFRS rebroad­cast. (30 min)