JACK BENNY AND HIS FRIENDS – Pt 4

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, February 24, 2001 

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (3-30-47) Broadcasting from San Francisco, it’s Jack, Mary, Roch¬ester, Dennis, Don, Mel Blanc, and Artie Auerbach. Guest is actress Jane Wyman who joins in the fun and talk about San Francisco. Lucky Strike Cigarettes, NBC. (26 min)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (1-13-49) “Clay Shuttered Doors” starring Jane Wyman in a ghost story about a lady who “comes back from the dead.” James Hilton hosts. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (28 min)

FORD THEATRE RECREATION (2-11-01) Our Those Were The Days Radio Players present a re-enactment of Jack Benny’s appearance March 4, 1949 on CBS’ Ford Theatre in the radio version of his film, “The Horn Blows at Midnight.” It’s a comedy-fantasy about an angel sent to destroy Earth with a blast from Gabriel’s horn. Recorded before a studio audience at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. (Approximately 60 min)

FITCH BANDWAGON (11-10-46) Phil Harris and Alice Faye star with Elliott Lewis as Frankie Remley. Alice gets a call from 20th Century Fox who wants her to make another motion picture, but Phil’s not happy about it. This program is from the show’s first season on the air. Fitch Shampoo, NBC. (29 min)

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (5-16-54) Jack’s preparing for a big date with telephone operator Gertrude Gearshift as he takes her to a French restaurant. Cast includes Bob Crosby, Frank Nelson, Bea Benaderet. AFRS rebroadcast. (26 min)