JACK BENNY AND FRIENDS – 2

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 12, 1983

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (2-13-44) Don, Mary, Phil, Dennis, guest Larry Adler from the Army Air Base at March Field, California. Jack and the gang celebrate his birthday. AFRS Rebroadcast. (8:20; 11:56; 8:23)

PHIL HARRIS-ALICE FAYE SHOW (5-29-49) Phil invites the band to a picnic at Miller’s lake after an early rehearsal. Rexall, NBC. (10:55; 5:15; 10:05)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (9-25-49) Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc. Guests are Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll (Amos ‘n’ Andy) and Red Skelton, all former NBC stars who now have new programs on CBS. AFRS Rebroadcast. (14:50; 9:50)

HOTPOINT HOLIDAY HOUR (12-25-49) “The Man Who Came To Dinner” is presented by the Actor’s Company and stars Jack Benny as Sheridan Whiteside, with an all-star support­ing cast including Charles Boyer, Gene Kelly, Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, Rosalind Russell. Narrated by Henry Fonda, introduced by John Garfield, produced and directed by Mel Ferrar. Marvin Miller announces. A pom­pous, cantankerous, megalomanic broadcaster is confined by a broken hip to a normal mid-western home which he turns into bedlam. Hotpoint Products, CBS. (17:50; 17:00; 16:55)

TONIGHT SHOW (9-12-69) Excerpt with Johnny Carson and guest Jack Benny. NBC-TV. (11:00)

JELL-O PROGRAM (3-19-39) Mary, Kenny, Phil, Don, Rochester, Frank Nelson, and Mel as Carmichael the polar bear. Jack’s home in bed with a cold he caught from Carmichael! Meanwhile, on the “program,” Phil takes over, announces a sketch, “Buck Harris Rides Again.” Jell-O, NBC-RED. (12:10; 9:10; 8:05)