JACK BENNY MONTH

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, February 1, 2003

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (5-5-46) Jack and the gang prepare for a trip to Chicago and New York. Mary Livingstone, Eddie “Roches­ter” Anderson, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Verna Felton, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson. This is the first of five related Jack Benny and Fred Allen programs to be presented this month. Lucky Strike, NBC. (23 min)

RALEIGH-KOOL CIGARETTE PROGRAM (7-20­38) Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra with vo­cals by Edythe Wright and Jack Leonard. Tommy presents an Amateur Swing Contest featuring Dick Powell on cornet; Ken Murray on clarinet; Shirley Ross on piano; Jack Benny on violin, and Bing Crosby on drums. Raleigh­Kool Cigarettes, NBC. (27 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (10-8-39) On this first show of the 1939-40 season, Jack hires a new singer to replace Kenny Baker. It’s Den­nis Day, making his first appearance on the Benny program. Verna Felton is Dennis’ mother. First of three consecutive and re­lated programs to be presented this month. Jell-O, NBC. (29 min)

LUX RADIO THEATRE RE-CREATION (2-10­02) Our Those Were The Days Radio Players present a re-enactment of the February 15, 1937 Lux Radio Theatre which starred Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone in “Brewster’s Millions.” It’s a comedy about a man who must spend a small fortune to inherit a larger one. Recorded before a studio audience at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago. (Approximately 60 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (2-20-44) Jack en­tertains guest Groucho Marx in his home and later presents, with his usual cast, “The Gilroy Murder Case.” Grape Nuts, NBC. (29 min)