The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Tonight is the first appearance of  Jack Benny favorite/regular on the tv show, Gisele Mackenzie

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

Live from San Francisco  with guest Gisele Mackenzie

aired 05/03/1953

(thanks again to Buck Benny and his Podcast)

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Here is another great episode from the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny from the 1952-53 radio season.
This is a bittersweet episode in that we get to here Fred Allen with Jack once again but sadly this would be the last time the two would be together on radio.
Attached to this is also the first time Jack and Fred appeared together on radio on the Fred Allen Show in 1936.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his great podcast for old time radio, please check out his show by clicking this link.

Here is the link to this episode to see Jack and Fred together on Jack's television show.

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

From San Francisco

04/26/1953

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

The Lucky Strike Program for the 1952-53 radio season was the #2 show of the season.

thanks to Buck Benny for these episodes and his stellar podcast that also includes, Suspense, Bing Crosby, Fred Allen, Escape and Gunsmoke.  Please click this link and check him out and enjoy the great old time radio from the golden age.

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny

04/19/1953

Bob Crosby Borrows $500 from Jack

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

The Easter episode from Jack and the gang for the 1952-53 season.

(thanks to Buck Benny and his podcast for all of these great episodes)

The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny
Easter Parade
Aired 04/05/1953
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

Tonight Jack and the gang parody Tyrone Power and his latest film "The Mississippi Gambler" which was released in January of 1953.

(thanks again to Buck Benny and his Jack Benny Podcast for bringing us this great show)

The Lucky Strike Progran starring Jack Benny

Mississippi Gambler

Aired - March 29th 1953

CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

For the 1952-53 season, The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny was the #2 show in radio.  They were behind the show that followed them on Sunday nights, Amos N' Andy, which made a stirring run as the #1 show in the last years of the Golden Age of Radio.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his Jack Benny Podcast!

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny
03/22/1953
"A Walk Through Beverly Hills"
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Continuing our journey through the 1952-53 season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.  This was the #2 rated radio show in the US for the season.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his podcast for allowing me to bring you this show every week.


The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Jack and the gang do their version of the 1952 movie starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
originally aired 03/08/1953
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season

This week Jack is off to New York city on the Super Chief train.  

He is headed to the Friars celebration for Bob Hope.

(courtesy of Buck Benny OTR Podcast)

Off To New York City by Train

03/01/1953

CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Continuing the 1952-53 radio season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.

Tonight Jack goes to see the scout troop called The Beverly Hills Beavers do their version of his show.
This is a tremendous episode and the kids are great.  A member of "The Beavers" is a young Harry Shearer of Saturday Night Live and Simpsons fame.

This is brought to you through the courtesy of Buck Benny's Jack Benny OTR Podcast.  Please follow him and go to Itunes to download the podcast.  He is a great guy and a great friend of old time radio.


The Beavers Impersonate Jack's Show
02/22/1953
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Tonight we continue in the 1952-53 radio season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.
(courtesy of Buck Benny's OTR Podcast)


This episode has the legendary crooner Bing Crosby as the guest.


The Life of Bing Crosby
originally aired 02/15/1953
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Here we are again for the next episode in the 1952-53 season of the Jack Benny radio show (The Lucky Strike Program).   This season Jack was the #2 show on radio behind Amos N' Andy (which followed Jack on Sunday nights on CBS).

Thanks to Buck Benny and his Jack Benny podcast.  Please check it out for some great old time radio shows like Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Phil Harris, Suspense, Jimmy Durante, Escape and Gunsmoke.  He also has some great surprises each week.

Buck Benny's Jack Benny Podcast (click here)


The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny
Steak Ride 
(Mel Blanc's english horse)
originally aired 02/18/1953
CBS radio
(also included is Jack and Mel on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson talking about the english horse)
click here to see most of the interview with Johnny and see Jack's just double over laughing at Mel.
stick around after the show and listen to an interview of Mel Blanc by Dr. Demento from 1979.

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

The next episode in our look at the 1952-53 season of the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.
This season would see Jack at #2 in the radio ratings behind a resurgent Amos N' Andy that followed him on Sunday nights on CBS.


02/01/1953
High Noon w/special guest Stanley Kramer
CBS Radio

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Another good episode from the 1952-53 season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.

Thanks again to Buck Benny and his podcast for these postings from the golden age of radio.

Jack Bets on Our Fancy
01/25/1953

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Here we are again for the next episode of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.  The show was #2 for the season behind Amos N' Andy.

(click below to go to the podcast page)
Thanks to Buck Benny and his Jack Benny Podcast.  Please follow his show for all the great OTR from the golden age of radio

01/18/1953
Jack Buys an Umbrella Stand

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

For the 1952-53 season The Jack Benny Show was the #2 rated radio program in the USA.   The show that followed Jack on Sunday nights that season was Amos N' Andy, which was the #1 show of the season, talk about taking advantage of your lead in show!

Thanks to Buck Benny and his wonderful podcast that brings us the 1952-53 season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.


01/11/1953
The Road to Bali with special guest Bob Hope
(always a laugh riot with Bob Hope as he uses the script as a guide to his ad libbing the funniest parts of the show)

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Our continuing look at the 1952-53 Season of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.

This was the #2 show on radio for that season.

Thanks to Buck Benny for his assistance with these postings and all tremendous work he puts into this first class podcast
click here to follow Buck and his Jack Benny / OTR Podcast

12/28/1952
The New Tenant
(This was one of the few lost or missing episodes of The Lucky Strike Program and Buck along with friends and family have recreated the missing parts to make a very good show)


01/04/1953
The Dishwasher is Broken
first show of 1953
(Jack gets tickets to the Rose Bowl Game with USC vs Wisconsin)

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Its Christmas 1952 and time for the Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny and here is a classic episode that had aired with subtle changes in previous years.

Thanks to Buck Benny for his Jack Benny OTR podcast!  Please follow him for some great shows.


12/21/1952
Setting Up the Christmas Tree

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Two more wonderful episodes of The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny from the 1952-53 radio season.
Jack was the #2 show of that season behind Amos N' Andy which followed his show on Sunday nights at 730pm.

Thanks again to Buck Benny and his OTR Jack Benny Podcast for these high quality shows.  I am giving you 2 episodes again so we can get to the great Christmas shopping episode for Jack and the Gang.




12/07/1952
Happy Time



12/14/1952
Jack Buys a Gopher Trap for Don Wilson

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Here are 2 more episodes from the 1952-53 radio season of The Jack Benny Show.

Once again these shows come through the courtesy of The Jack Benny OTR Podcast produced by Buck Benny.  He does such an incredible job bringing us the highest quality OTR programs.

Jack's show finished #2 for this season behind Amos N' Andy that aired right after The Lucky Strike Program on Sunday nights at 730pm.    CBS radio owned the airwaves in 1952-53 with 9 of the top 10 shows on radio.

11/23/1952
USC vs UCLA Game


11/30/1952
Thanksgiving Pilgrims

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Season

Our continuing journey through the 1952-53 season of The Jack Benny Show, the season it finished as the #2 show on radio

Thanks to Buck Benny and his tremendous work on his OTR podcast

11/16/1952
The Purple Pirate
(Jack and the gang take to the high seas)