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 (1-11-48); Railroad station in Pasadena (1-29-50). (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 play: “The Life of Philbert Harris” with Jack as “Philbert.” Jell-O, NBC. (30 min)
Updated: 2/25/25 9:36 pm C.S.T.
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