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Jack Benny Program

Jack Benny first appeared on radio as a guest of Ed Sullivan in 1932.[3] He was then given his own show later that year, with Canada Dry Ginger Ale as a sponsor —The Canada Dry Program, beginning May 2, 1932, on the NBC Blue Network and continuing there for six months until October 26, moving the show to CBS on October 30. With Ted Weems leading the band, Benny stayed on CBS until January 26, 1933.[1] Arriving at NBC on March 17, Benny did The Chevrolet Program until April 1, 1934. He continued with The General Tire Revue for the rest of that season, and in the fall of 1934, for General Foods as The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny (1934–42) and, when sales of Jell-O were affected by sugar rationing during World War II, The Grape Nuts Flakes Program Starring Jack Benny (Later the Grape Nuts and Grape Nuts Flakes Program)[4] (1942–44). On October 1, 1944, the show became The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny, when American Tobacco's Lucky Strike cigarettes took over as his radio sponsor, through the mid-1950s. By that time, the practice of using the sponsor's name as the title began to fade. The show returned to CBS on January 2, 1949, as part of CBS president William S. Paley's notorious raid of NBC talent in 1948-49. There it stayed for the remainder of its radio run, which ended on May 22, 1955. CBS aired repeats of previous 1953-55 radio episodes from 1956 to 1958 as The Best of Benny[1] for State Farm Insurance, who later sponsored his television program from 1960 through 1965.

The Hills of Kentucky

New Hampshire Through a Keyhole

JB Who is the Best Comedian, Benny? or Allen?

A Conversation w Harpo Bing Crosby Gary Cooper

JB Back From Far East USO Tour (Pr Snd_

JB Captain Horatio Hornblower

JB NBC 10th Anniversary Tribute to JB -HOST Rudy Vallee

Bridge Game (Pr Snd)

Frank Parker's Music Store

The Eternal Triangle

An Arizona Western

Haunted House

Duel in the Graveyard

My Life As A Floorwalker

Don't Live Right

Miniature Women

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Pr Snd improves)

Who Killed Mr X (Pt 3 - Sherlock Holmes)

Who Killed Mr X (Pt 2 - Sherlock Holmes)

Guest: Edward G Robinson

Mae West Skit

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

How Jack & Fred Allen Met

JB The 20th Anniversary Banquet

Jack's 1st Paying MC Job

Outstanding Achievements of 1932 Review

(INC) Home Cooking at Don's

A Visit to the Parkers

Who Killed Mr Stooge #5

The Stooge Murder Case 1

The House of Rothchild

House of Benny

School Days (Much Skipping)

School Days

Buck Benny

Buck Benny

Buck Benny

Money Ain't Everything

Buck Benny

Old-Fashioned Christmas Party

Buck Benny

Buck Benny

Buckingham Benny (Complete)

Buck Benny's Mexican Adventure

Jack Practices the Bee

Nightmares of Fred Allen

Jack's Violin is Stolen

Jack's Birthday

Buck Benny

The Bee is Finally Played

Stuart Canin

End of Fued with Fred Allen (At Hotel Pierre w. Fred Allen)

A Day In Our Lives

Guests-George Burns & Gracie Allen

Little Red Riding Hood

The Hurricane

Taking The Show To New York

Guests - Fred Allen, Kate Smith

A Yank at Oxford

At The Circus (Easter Show)

Snow White & the 7 Gangsters

Back Home In Indiana

Seven Keys To Baldplate (Benny LIvingstone)

Jack Buys His Maxwell (his Car)

Jack Gives A Halloween Party

(INC) Jack Steals A Girl From Phil Harris(

Jack's Christmas Open House

Goodbye 1938; Hello 1939

April Fool's Day

(INC) More Gunga Din

Alexander Graham Bel

Hound Of The Baskervilles

Ostrich For Thanksgiving Dinner

East Coast Christmas Shopping

Skiing at Yosemite

Jack

Clown Hall Tonight

Returning from New York By Air

Code Of The Hills

Vacation Plans

Hold That Line

Dog Catcher Of Beverly Hills

Jack waits to see the head of Paramount

Jack & the Gang Visit Don's New Bride

Christmas Gift Exchange (at 1m 11s)

Train To L.A.

Dive Bomber

Jack's Halloween Story (Basil Rathbone)

Jack Talks About His Christmas Party (Bye 41 Hello 42)

Guests are Lum & Abner

Broadcast From March Air Field

Jack Mad About Academy Awards

Talks about Lending $10.00 to Fred Allen

Cast Visits Jack At Warner Brothers

Jack Imitates Fred Allen House

Bear Hunting

Information Please

Orson Wells Hosts (Phil Harris Returns)

Jack Opens Swimming Pool for the Season

Rochester's Horse is in the Kentucky Derby (VERY LOW VOLUME)

Rental of Eddie Cantor's House

Jack Jams With Louis Armstrong

Guest is Deanna Durbin

Dennis Leaves for the Navy

Infantry (AFRS Re-broadcast)

Jack's Split Personality

Com Perf Clark Gable (Winged Victory Edition)

From Corona Naval Hospital

Drugstore w Frank Sinatra & Frank Morgan

Comm. Perf of Drugstore w Frank Sinatra & Frank Morgan

Trimming The Christmas Tree

How Jack Met Phil Harris

Ice Skating In Central Park

How Jack Found Rochester (w Amos & Andy)

Acme Plaza (Guest: Van Johnson)

Listening To The World Series

The Whistler Parody

Guests are Bogart & Bacall

I Stand Condemned (Boris Karloff)

New Quartet: Andy Russell Dick Haymes Bing Crosby

Guest is Hoagy Carmichael

Guest is Al Jolson

Golf Match at Hillcrest Country Club

Turkey Trial Dream-Jack & Rochester vs.Turkey

(INC) Violin Lesson (w Mel Blanc)

Last Minute Xmas Shopping

Jack is the Walking Man

Borrows Bing Crosby's Oscar; The Ink Spots; Money or ...)

I Was Framed

Christmas Wallet (For Don Wilson)

1st CBS Show (w Amos & Andy)

Don Wilson's Contract (Vincent Price & claudette Colbert)

Easter Parade

Jack Tries to Buy USC - UCLA Game Tickets

Mel Blanc as Indian

From Palm Springs - Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Groucho Marx

Back from Vacation in Hawaii

(INC) Comm Perf Host Jack Benny

Jack Listens To Mean Old Man On Radio

A Friend At Union Station

JB & Mel B on Johnny Carson NBC TV Show

Command Performance (Bob Hope Superman Bela Lugosi)

WTS MC Jack Benny; Chico Marx

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