The Jack Benny Program
Comedy
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Jack Benny first appeared on radio as a guest of Ed Sullivan in 1932. 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.
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) (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 for State Farm Insurance, who later sponsored his television program from 1960 through 1965.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Comedy
Description:
***********SOME SHOWS SOUND QUALITY NOT GOOD******** Jack Benny first appeared on radio as a guest of Ed Sullivan in 1932. 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. 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) (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 for State Farm Insurance, who later sponsored his television program from 1960 through 1965.
Twitter:
@goldenclassics
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.myclassicradio.net/
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The Jack Benny Program JB Who is the Best Comedian, Benny or Allen
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The Jack Benny Program JB NBC 10th Anniversary Tribute to JB -HOST Rudy Vallee
Duration:00:38:58
The Jack Benny Program JB The 20th Anniversary Banquet
Duration:00:25:48
The Jack Benny Program JB Captain Horatio Hornblower
Duration:00:25:55
The Jack Benny Program JB 1974-10-23 JB & Mel B on Johnny Carson NBC TV Show
Duration:00:42:02
The Jack Benny Program JB 1955-05-15 A Friend At Union Station
Duration:00:28:14
The Jack Benny Program JB 1954-03-21 Jack Listens To Mean Old Man On Radio
Duration:00:29:30
The Jack Benny Program JB 1953-12-23 (INC) Comm Perf Host Jack Benny
Duration:00:10:43
The Jack Benny Program JB 1953-09-13 Back from Vacation in Hawaii
Duration:00:28:55
The Jack Benny Program JB 1952-03-02 From Palm Springs - Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra, George Burns, Groucho Marx
Duration:00:29:51
The Jack Benny Program JB 1951-12-09 Mel Blanc as Indian
Duration:00:24:35
The Jack Benny Program JB 1950-11-26 Jack Tries to Buy USC - UCLA Game Tickets
Duration:00:29:48
The Jack Benny Program JB 1949-04-17 Easter Parade
Duration:00:28:37
The Jack Benny Program JB 1949-02-06 Don Wilson's Contract (Vincent Price & claudette Colbert)
Duration:00:28:27
The Jack Benny Program JB 1948-12-19 Christmas Wallet (For Don Wilson)
Duration:00:29:15
The Jack Benny Program JB 1948-05-30 I Was Framed
Duration:00:29:27
The Jack Benny Program JB 1948-04-04 Borrows Bing Crosby's Oscar; The Ink Spots; Money or ...)
Duration:00:29:54
The Jack Benny Program JB 1948-03-07 Jack is the Walking Man
Duration:00:29:15