Gunsmoke on Radio and Television

Today thanks to Buck Benny and his Podcast we bring another installment of Gunsmoke on Radio and Television.

Radio

Last Fling

Season 2 Episode 24

aired February 20th 1954

Television

Last Fling

Season 2 Episode 26

aired March 23rd 1957

The Jack Benny Hour 1965

Aired November 3rd 1965 on NBC

with guest Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, The Beach Boys 

1970s People Magazine of the Day

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 02/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardcover Fiction

Week Ending February 16th 2014

10 - Under The Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan
(2 weeks on list)
A novel about Robert Louis Stevenson's troubled marriage

9  -  Command Authority - Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
(9 weeks on list)

8  -  An Officer and a Spy - Robert Harris
(Debut)
A fictionalized account of the Dreyfus Affair focuses on Lt. Col. Georges Picquart, who discovered evidence exonerating Dreyfus and bravely defended him.

7  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(74 weeks on list)

6  -  The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom
(12 weeks on list)

5  -  Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  First Love - James Patterson and Emily Raymond
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Still Life With Bread Crumbs - Anna Quindlen
(Debut)
An aging photographer rents a rural cottage and discovers sparks of creativity and desire.

2  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(15 weeks on list)

1  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(4 weeks on list)
The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimke, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.

Classic Movie Poster of the Day

With the release of the Diamond Edition of The Jungle Book on Blu Ray, lets revisit 1967 and the original release of this classic animation from Walt Disney.

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!

Today, February 14th, is the 39th anniversary (get it?) of the birth of radio and tv legend Jack Benny.  For those of you who follow my on Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr you all know I am a huge fan (in size too) of Jack's.

Here are some of the classic radio and TV episodes about Jack's birthday

Gunsmoke TV Season 3

The third season of Gunsmoke on TV (1957-58) was the first of 4 consecutive seasons that Gunsmoke was the #1 show on network television in primetime.  This would be the record until the 1970s when All In The Family spent 5 consecutive seasons as the #1 show on TV.

Season 3 episode 14

"Doc's Reward"

originally aired December 14th 1957

CBS

Nielsen Prime Time Network Ratings 02/09/2014

Nielsen Prime Time Network Television Ratings

Top 20 in Total Viewers

Week Ending February 9th 2014

1 - Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony  (NBC)
2 - Winter Olympics Sunday Primetime  (NBC)
3 - Winter Olympics Saturday Primetime  (NBC)
4 - Winter Olympics Thursday Primetime  (NBC)
5 - NCIS   (CBS)
6 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
7 - NCIS: Los Angeles   (CBS)
8 - The Beatles : A Grammy Salute  (CBS)
9 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
10 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
11 - Person of Interest  (CBS)
12 - CSI   (CBS)
13 - American Idol - Thursday   (FOX)
14 - The Millers   (CBS)
15 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
16 - Castle   (ABC)
17 - How I Met Your Mother  (CBS)
18 - Modern Family   (ABC)
19 - Elementary  (CBS)
20 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)

Lorne Greene

The Lorne Green album from 1964 that featured the #1 pop and country single from December of that year, "Ringo".  

The album charted at #35 on the Billboard album chart.

Top 20 of Japan Billboard Hot 100 (2014/02/10)

Billboard Japan

Top 20 Songs

Week of February 10th 2014

A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles - Meet Vince Calandra

The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football