This Day in Jack Benny
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This Day in Jack Benny
The Jack Benny Show AKA The Jello Program AKA The Lucky Strike Program aired from the 1930's right through to the 1950's. Each week your host, John Henderson, brings an episode from that week 60-80 years ago. It's old, yet still as funny as ever. "The Jack Benny program, starring Jack Benny with...
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House For Sale
October 11, 1953 - Jack tries to sell his house for $100,000.
References include Jack's old singer Kenny Baker, Milton Berl, Pabst Blue Ribbon B...
Sun Valley Vacation (Freedom Train)
October 5, 1947 - Jack is Back from His Summer Vacation.
Refrences include the radio shows, "The Jack Paar Show", "The Fred Allen Show", "Duffy...
Jack Paar Show Guest Jack Benny (BONUS)
August 17, 1947 - Jack Benny guest stars on his summer replacement show, Jack Paar.
References include Margaret Truman at the Hollywood Bowl, ac...
Stop or Go (BONUS)
November 26, 1944 - Comedian Joe E. Brown hosts the program "Stop Or Go" with guest stars Orson Welles, Hedda Hopper, Rudy Vallee, Dorothy Lamour and...
Suspense: A Good and Faithful Servant (BONUS)
June 2, 1952 - Jack Benny Stars in this episode of Suspense where he plays a faithful clerk who tries to steal $50,000.
Bing Crosby Show with Jack and Mary (BONUS)
March 26, 1947 - The Bing Crosby program with guests Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone.
Refrences include frontiersman Daniel Boone, the painting...
The Halls of Ivy (BONUS)
November 22, 1950 - Jack Benny guest stars on Ronald and Benita Colman's program "The Halls of Ivy". Ronnie and Benita are playing characters but Jack...
Paramount Silver Jubilee (Bonus)
January 7, 1937 - Jack Benny hosts the 25th anniversary of Paramount Pictures in honor of studio head Adolph Zukor. A night of music, laughs and stars...
The Golden Touch (BONUS)
May 23, 1951 - Jack Benny guest stars on the radio show Family Theater, introduced by Lucille Ball. They reference The Marshall Plan, Hedda Hopper and...
Rehearsal with Kids (BONUS)
Recorded February 15, 1953 - This is the rehearsal for the episode aired February 22, 1953 where the kids impersonate the Jack Benny show.
What's My Line? Mystery Guest Jack Benny (BONUS)
John Charles Daly hosts What's My Line? on TV with Jack Benny as the mystery guest.
February 8, 1953 - Panel: Dorothy Kilgallen, Steve Allen,...
Phil Harris fills in for Kay Kyser (BONUS)
August 23, 1944 - "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" was fun music quiz show. Phil Harris guest hosted all summer. Play along and enjoy the mu...
Benny Wrong Number (BONUS)
January 31, 1946 - Command Performance USA hosted by Robert Young with special guests Chico Marx, Lina Romay and Jack Benny in his version of the Susp...
King For A Day (BONUS)
May 26, 1946 - The Fred Allen Show with special guest star Jack Benny. In this episode they spoof the radio program "Queen for a Day".
Other r...
George Burns Goes to College
November 29, 1945 - In order to get and inheritance, George Burns has to go to college. Gracie Allen gets George's friend, Jack Benny, to join him.
Ah, Wilderness!
May 16, 1937 - Jack Benny and the gang do the Eugene O'Neill play "Ah, Wilderness!".
References include the tradition of throwing rice and old s...
Phil Harris and Jack Benny Interviewed 1946 (BONUS)
In the spring of 1946, Phil Harris and his wife Alice Faye were interviewed on the Chicago radio show of columnist Nate Gross. A week later, Jack Benn...
Dennis Day Reads Snow White (BONUS)
Dennis Day narrates Read-Along Records:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1949)
Snow White and Sneezy (1952)
Snow White and Dopey...
Podcast Update 2025
John Henderson's wife Stephanie joins him for a chat about the state of the podcast.
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Lost Watch
June 6, 1937 - Death at Midnight Part 2. Jack Benny has lost his watch, a Christmas present from Phil Harris. Eddie (Rochester) Anderson is in the epi...
Death At Midnight
May 30, 1937 - Jack Benny is back after being sick and does a mystery play called "Death at Midnight" or "The Bang Bang Scream Murder Case"
Refe...
Without Jack Benny
May 23, 1937 - Jack is sick and does not appear on the program. Don Wilson, Phil Harris and Kenny Baker fill in with guest singer Trudy Wood.
The Egg and I (Magic Eye)
April 20, 1947 - Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone play Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert in their version of "The Egg and I".
References inclu...
Sunset Boulevard (Easter)
March 25, 1951 - It's Easter day and Jack Benny and the gang (joined by Mary's sister Babe) do a parody of the movie "Sunset Boulevard".
Referen...
Mary's Sister Babe
April 1, 1951 - Leaving New York to do his TV show, Jack takes Babe Livingstone to the train station.
References include The Kefauver Committee,...
How Jack Found Mary
March 18, 1945 - Jack tells a reporter the story of how he discovered Mary back in 1932. They made this episode for TV which aired October 31, 1954.
1960 Cleveland Symphony Concert (BONUS)
November 4, 1960 - Jack Benny is the violin soloist at the Cleveland Symphony Benefit Gala.
Courtroom Drama
March 13, 1938 - Death in the Night Club. Jack Benny and the gang talk about the Academy awards and do a play about a murder trial.
References i...
Date with Giselle MacKenzie
March 7, 1954 - Jack's big date at the Acme Plaza Hotel with Giselle Mackenzie broadcast from New York, New York with guest Frank Fontaine.
Refe...
Hollywood Canteen (Eddie Cantor)
February 27, 1944 - At the Hollywood Canteen Jack Benny and the gang broadcast for soldiers with guest Eddie Cantor.
References include celebrit...
Buying A Camel (Liquid Stockings)
February 13, 1944 - From March Field Jack tells the story of buying camels in Egypt last summer. Larry Adler the harmonica player joins him to re-crea...
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (90-Foot Putt)
January 28, 1951 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr Guest Show. Jack Benny and the gang are in New York getting ready for Jack's second-ever television show. Phil...
Alexis Smith (Shoo Shoo Baby)
January 23, 1944 - From Camp Muroc in the Mojave Desert Jack Benny broadcasting for a crowd of soldiers with guest Alexis Smith returning for the seco...
The Constant Nymph
January 16, 1944 - From El Toro, California Alexis Smith makes guest appearance.
References include the Corsair aircraft with folding wings, Go...
Suspense (Death of a Salesman)
January 6, 1952 - Jack Benny and the gang talk about the Rose Bowl then do thier version of the mystery radio show "Suspense".
Reference...
New Year 1950 (I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts)
January 1, 1950 - Jack's broken new year's date. Mary invites Jack to her New Year's Eve party but Jack is all dressed up for a date. Mel Blanc sings...
The Train Home (Ol' Man Mose)
December 18, 1938 - Returning to Hollywood by train. An unnamed announcer introduces the show even though Don Wilson appears in the episode. Jack Benn...
Relaxing Day Off (Pumpkin Microfilm)
December 12, 1948 - Jack Tries to Relax at Home, Eddie Cantor stops by briefly.
References include the Pumpkin Papers, "White Christmas" and "Wh...
Violin Lesson (Lionel Barrymore)
December 5, 1948 - Professor LeBlanc give Jack a violin lesson, and Don is mad at Jack.
References include the desert hot springs earthquake, Pr...
Football Coach (Mustard Plaster)
November 27, 1938 - Football with coach Flash Benny. Jack has a cold Phill rips off his mustard paster (along with his chest hair). Then they do a foo...