Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny
March 21st 1948
  It's the first day of Spring, and Jack visits the Beverly Hills Beavers to lecture on the subject of "thrift and in a funny segment its talked about Ronald Colman winning an Oscar." 

Ronald Colman won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for the role of Anthony John in 1947's "A Double Life" 

Old Time Radio Show of the Week (Jack Benny)

The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny 

January 7th 1945

Jack and the cast are leaving for New York. Ticket and railroad station troubles are heard for the first time in the series. But first, a visit to the vault, for the first time on the air.

The first appearance of Ed, the vault-keeper, the first appearance of a train announcement for "Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga!" The first appearance of the racetrack tout. 

Old Time Radio Show of the Week - Jack Benny

The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny. 
November 16th 1947
Jack goes to renew his driver's license. Don't miss the eye chart and the puppy. 
The Sportsmen sing the middle commercial to the tune of, "I Believe." 
A woman tries to commit suicide by throwing herself in front of Don Wilson. 
Jack cuddles a little puppy. It turns out to be his toupee. 

WE LOVE JACK BENNY!

The Jack Benny Program

"Jack is Invited to the Ronald Colemans"

November 4th 1956

Season 7  Episode 4

We Love Jack Benny

"What's My Line?" 

June 5th 1966

first contestant - concert violinist Kubelsky

Panel : Phyllis Newman, Tony Randall, Arlene Francis and Bennett Cerf

Magazine Cover of the Week (WE LOVE JACK BENNY!)

Saturday Evening Post

March 2nd 1963

We Love Jack Benny!

Jack Benny enjoys a laugh during a golf game with Lee Trevino and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

The Jell-O Program starring Jack Benny

November 12th 1939

"Jack's Toothache"

Jack has a toothache, so he consults with Dr. Frank Nelson, a painless (?) dentist.  When Dr. Nelson gives him gas, Jack has a most unusual dream.  He dreams that he's become Carmichael the bear, and even Fred Allen haunts him.  (Fred is impersonated by Peter Lind Hayes)

Magazine Cover of the Week

LOOK Magazine

May 15th 1945

Jack Benny

WE LOVE RANDOM PICTURES!

Jack Benny and Hoss Cartwright discuss the open announcer job.

Top 10 Comedy Films of the 1940s

Top Ten Comedy Films of the 1940s

Old Time Radio Show of the Week

This week's show is probably my favorite old time radio show not called Gunsmoke,
"The Jack Benny Program" which starred of course, Jack Benny.  Jack was a comedy and radio legend and transitioned to television with no problem and deftly took his show with him and became a tv legend.
Jack along with his famous cast saw little change in lineup from his debut in 1932 to the final radio show in 1955.   He made household names out of his wife Mary Livingstone, announcer Don Wilson, singer Dennis Day and band leader Phil Harris.  In the early 1950s Phil Harris left Jack's show and was smoothly replaced by Bob Crosby (brother of Bing Crosby) and it was seamless.   Jack himself said that his role was to have a funny show and it didnt matter who got the laughs because it was always The Jack Benny Program the people remembered.

October 24th 1954

"The Drive In Movie"

CBS Radio

(Jack, Don and Dennis have a night out at the movies)

The Jack Benny Hour 1965

Aired November 3rd 1965 on NBC

with guest Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, The Beach Boys 

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

Golden Age of Radio - Christmas

Here are some selected Christmas episodes from the great radio classics, The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Benny, Duffy's Tavern, Red Skelton, Bing Crosby, Dragnet, Martin and Lewis, Bob Hope and we finish it off with a version of "A Christmas Carol" from CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

Enjoy the fun and please visit my friend Buck Benny at his OTR podcast 

A Jack Benny Christmas

A few classic Christmas episodes from The Jack Benny Show on radio.  Some years Jack had 2 "Christmas episodes" I have included both from 1943.

Thank you to OTR Halloweenholidaze on Youtube and Buck Benny and his podcast

Golden Age of Radio - Halloween #4 (Jack Benny)

Welcome to another installment of Halloween OTR style.   

This time we see how the legend Jack Benny celebrated Halloween.

The Great Radio Comedians - PBS

This PBS special from 1972 looks at the great radio comedians including Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Bob Hope, Edgar Bergen, Fibber McGee and Molly and more.
Enjoy this tremendous show with interviews with George Burns, Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Jack Benny and the cast of Allen's Alley all done just a few years before we would see most of the pass.

Emmy Awards 1971

From May 9th 1971, the 23rd Annual Emmy Awards and radio and tv legends Jack Benny and Lucille Ball handout the Emmys for Outstanding Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy.

The nominees for Actor:
Ed Asner as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Michael Constantine as Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 (ABC)
Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter on Here's Lucy (CBS)

The nominees for Actress:
Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Agnes Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched  (ABC)
Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson on Room 222  (ABC)

The Jack Benny Show 1952-53 Radio Season (Last show of the Season)

We wrap up the 1952-53 season for The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny.

thank you again to my friend Buck Benny and his tremendous Jack Benny podcast.  Please follow him to hear these great Jack Benny shows and other greats from the golden age of radio.

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The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny

"Gondola in Venice"

06/07/1953