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

Nielsen TV Ratings Network Primetime March 4-10 2013

Nielsen Television Ratings

Primetime Network Series

Week of March 4th-10th 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)   20.812 million
2 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)  17.627
3 - NCIS : Los Angeles  (CBS)  16.240
4 - Person of Interest  (CBS)      14.572
5 - Two and a Half Men   (CBS) 13.542
6 - American Idol - Thursday  (FOX)   13.121
7 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)  12.836
8 - American Idol - Tuesday   (FOX)  11.724
9 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)   11.585
10 - Blue Bloods  (CBS)  10.722
11 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)   9.582
12 - The Mentalist   (CBS)  9.524
13 - Golden Boy   (CBS)  9.402
14 - The Amazing Race  (CBS)  9.271
15 - The Good Wife   (CBS)  9.205
16 - The Following   (FOX)   8.812
17 - Elementary   (CBS)     8.695
18 - The Bachelor  (ABC)   8.532
19 - Bones    (FOX)    8.414
20 - Once Upon a Time  (ABC)   7.641

America's Top Ten (March 4th 1984)

America's Top Ten

Week Ending March 4th 1984

Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992)

The 1992 HBO documentary of the career of Jack Benny was called "Comedy in Bloom", a take on his "theme song"  Love in Bloom.
This was a good tribute to the comedy and legacy of Jack's told by his closest friends and daughter Joan.

Thanks to Youtube I have almost all of it...for some reason part 5 cannot be embedded, go figure.

click here to see part 5

New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction 03/10/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending March 10th 2013

10 - Touch and Go - Lisa Gardner
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  The Sound of Broken Glass - Deborah Crombie
(Debut)
Detectives Gemma Jones and her husband, Duncan Kincaid, investigate when a respected barrister is found dead in a seedy London hotel; the 15th book in a series

8  -  Private Berlin - James Patterson
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  The Dinner - Herman Koch
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  Tenth of December - George Saunders
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Guilt - Jonathan Kellerman
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
(7 weeks on list)

3  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(38 weeks on list)

2  -  A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)

1  -  Alex Cross, Run - James Patterson
(DEBUT)
While Alex Cross pursues a Washington serial killer (or killers?), someone is after him.

New York Times Bestseller List - NonFiction 03/10/2013

NY Times Bestseller List

Non Fiction

Week Ending March 10th 2013

10 - Damn Few - Rorke Denver and Ellis Henican
(Debut)
An officer in the Nave SEALS describes the training program he runs.

9  -  No Easy Day - Mark Owen
(25 weeks on list)

8  -  America The Beautiful - Ben C. Carson And Candy Carson
(Debut)
A doctor explores what makes America great.

7  -  Francona - Terry Francona and Dan Shaughnessy
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Coolidge - Amity Shlaes
(2nd week on list)
This biography reclaims the 30th Presidetn of the US as a conservative hero.

5  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(74 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Kennedy - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(21 weeks on list)

3  -  My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayor
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  The Soundtrack of My Life - Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis
(Debut)
A memoir by the powerful music company executive.

1  -  American Sniper - Chris Kyle
(25 weeks on list)
A member of he Navy SEALs, recently shot to death in Texas, discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

Top 20 Cable TV Show (Feb 25-March 3 2013)

The Top 20 Cable TV Shows According to Nielsen

Week of Feb 25th to March 3rd 2013

The History Channel Dominates!

1 - The Bible  (History, Sunday)

2 - The Walking Dead  (AMC, Sunday)

3 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed 10pm)

4 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed 1030pm)

5 - Vikings  (History, Sunday)

5 - Pawn Stars  (History, Mon 1030pm)

7 - Pawn Stars  (History, Mon 10pm)

8 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon 8pm)

9 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick, Sat 1030am)

10 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon 9pm)

11 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E, Wed  11pm)

12 - WWE RAW  (USA,  Mon  10pm)

13 - American Pickers   (History, Mon 9pm)

14 - Swamp People  (History,  Thurs  9pm)

15 - Tangled (Movie: Disney, Sun 8pm)

16 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick, Sat 10am)

17 - The Big Bang Theory  (TBS, Sat  10pm)

17 - Duck Dynasty  (A&E,  Wed  930pm)

19 - The Big Bang Theory  (TBS,  Sat  1030pm)

20 - Spongebob Squarepants  (Nick,  Sat 9am)

Nielsen Prime TV Ratings (Feb 25-March 3 2013)

The Top 20 Network TV programs according to Nielsen 
Week of Feb 25th to March 3rd 2013

1 - NCIS  (CBS)
2 - NCIS: Los Angeles  (CBS)
3 - American Idol : Wednesday  (FOX)
4 - American Idol : Thursday (FOX)
5 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)
6 - Castle   (ABC)
7 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
8 - Golden Boy  (CBS)
9 - Modern Family  (ABC)
10 - 2 Broke Girls  (CBS)
11 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
12 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
13 - Person of Interest   (CBS)
14 - CSI   (CBS)
15 - The Amazing Race  (CBS)
16 - The Mentalist   (CBS)
17 - The Bachelor  (ABC)
18 - Survivor : Caramoan  (CBS)
19 - The Good Wife  (CBS)
20 - Bones   (FOX)

Bonanza - Season 6 (Women of Fire)

We continue our look at the 6th season (1964-65) of the legendary western Bonanza.  This was the first of 3 consecutive seasons as the #1 show in prime time television.

Season 6

Episode 17

Women of Fire

originally aired 01/17/1965

NBC

Shakespeare inspired Adam tries to tame a shrewish senorita while she waits at the Ponderosa for her never-met husband to be.

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

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 03/03/2013

NY Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending March 3rd 2013

10 - The Night Ranger - Alex Berenson
(Debut)
The former C.I.A. operative John Wells pitches in when four young Americans who work at a refugee camp in Somalia are hijacked by bandits.

9  -  The Dinner - Herman Koch
(Debut)
Two couples meet on an Amersterdam restaurant to discuss their sons' criminal activities.

8  -  Touch and Go - Lisa Garnder
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Suspect - Robert Crais
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  Private Berlin - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
(6 weeks on list)

4  -  Guilt - Jonathan Kellerman
(Debut)
The LA psychologist-detective Alex Delaware and the detective Milo Sturgis turn their sights six decades into the past to pursue the story of a beautiful nurse and her lover.

3  -  Tenth of December - George Saunders
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(37 weeks on list)

1  -  A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy
(DEBUT)
Guests at an inn by the sea on Ireland's west coast;  the final book by Binchy, who died in 2012.

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