JACK BENNY AND FRED ALLEN: SUPERSTARS

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 10, 1977

­JACK BENNY PROGRAM (1-15-50) Excerpt from program showing how Jack Benny met Fred Allen. (7:50)

FRED ALLEN SHOW (6-26-49) Jack Benny and Henry Morgan guest on Fred’s last starring program on radio. Ford Motor Company. (15:30, 14:17)

TOWN HALL TONIGHT (12-22-37) Excerpt from program as guest Jack Benny tries to sell his Maxwell to host Fred Allen. (10:30)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (8-3-50) Excerpt from broadcast featuring Fred and Jack looking back at their careers in vaudeville. (12:50)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE (12-25-43) Fred Allen and Jack Benny remember more of the good old days. (9:45)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE (12-25-42) Jack Benny and Fred Allen attempt to put an end to their feud. (6:00)

COMMAND PERFORMANCE (12-25-44) Christmas shopping with Jack Benny and Fred Allen. (14:15)

CAMEL COMEDY CARAVAN (6-11-43) Excerpt as Jack Benny and his cast offer the Benny version of the Fred Allen Show with “Benny’s Boulevard.” (7:00)

THE BIG SHOW (11-5-50) An excerpt from the first show in the series features Fred Allen, Tallulah Bankhead, Portland Hoffa, Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Frankie Laine and Meredith Willson in the spoof of Jack Benny’s show called “The Pinch Penny Program.” (16:30)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (5-19-46) Guest Fred Allen joins Jack and Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, and Rochester in a program from New York City. Lucky Strike Cigarettes. (11:55; 17:05)

FRED ALLEN SHOW (5-26-46) Excerpt with one of the most famous Benny-Allen radio get-togethers. Fred hosts the “King for a Day” radio give-away show and Jack is a contestant. (12:50)

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AL-EDDIE-JIMMY: THE GREAT ONES

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, September 17, 1977­

THE LEGEND OF JIMMY DURANTE ­Walter Winchell narrates the life story of Jimmy “Schnozzola” Durante. (14:50; 13:15; 8:20)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (6-2-47) “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson recreating the role he created on the screen in the movies’ first talking picture. With Gail Patrick, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shane. Lux Toilet Soap. (19:50; 18:40; 21:40)

EDDIE CANTOR AT CARNEGIE HALL (1962) “Banjo Eyes” on the stage at the famous Carnegie Hall, reminisces about his career, show business, and his friends. (26:00; 25:45)

PLUS—Throughout the afternoon, Jimmy Durante and his friends at the CLUB DURANT: Sophie Tucker, Al Jolson, Ethel Barrymore, Lou Clayton, Eddie Jackson, Bing Crosby, Helen Traubel, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor and Peter Lawford. (total of 37 min)