Old Time Radio Presents "THE JACK BENNY SHOW" 3 CD Start Price USD 19.95 Current Price USD 19.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, September 01, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 Location Chandler, Arizona See more about 'Old Time Radio Presents "THE JACK BENNY SHOW" 3 CD' Description We now have hundreds of programs and Thousands of episodes . This Time...... OLD TIME RADIO PRESENTS! "THE JACK BENNY SHOW" 3 CD Set An Early Christmas Present! Purchase any 5 listings and receive "ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS" Free!! ****** Some of these programs were recorded in the early 1930's and 1940's so the sound may not be state of the art that we know today. That is part of the charm of these programs in that what you are hearing is the same thing that people heard when they tuned into these programs. These programs are a part of our country history known as "The Golden Age of Radio". 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These early radio episodes are true American treasures and are must listening to for anyone who grew up in that era. For those a bit younger, it is a window into how your parents and grandparents entertained themselves. Remember, this was the time before most folks had a TV. Before the days of video games, shopping malls, MTV, and the Internet, families used to sit in their living room each night to listen to radio shows such as Superman, Groucho Marx, The Avenger, Gunsmoke, Sherlock Holmes, and many others. When TV become popular in the 1950's, most of these shows went off the air, but they now live on. These shows, which are in the Public Domain, are very difficult to find. After a title search of the Library of Congress Copyright records, no copyright exists on this material; therefore making these programs Public Domain. This material does not violate any copyright laws, and is in compliance with Ebay's policies regarding Public Domain material. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th Century, Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular in the 1940s and '50s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy. Benny had been only a minor vaudeville performer, but he became a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show which ran from 1932 to 1948 on NBC and from 1949 to 1955 on CBS, and was consistently among the most highly rated programs during most of that run. With Canada Dry Ginger Ale as a sponsor, Benny came to radio on 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 sponsors General Tires, Jell-O and Grape Nuts. Lucky Strike was the radio sponsor from 1944 to the mid-1950s. 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 reruns of old radio episodes from 1956 to 1958 as The Best of Benny. Benny's stage character was a clever inversion of his actual self. The character was just about everything the actual Jack Benny was not: cheap, petty, vain and self-congratulatory. His masterful comic rendering of these traits became the vital linchpin to the Benny show's success. Benny set himself up as the comedic foil, allowing his supporting characters to draw laughs at the expense of his stinginess, vanity, and pettiness. By allowing such a character to be seen as human and vulnerable, in an era where few male characters were allowed such obvious vulnerability, Benny made what might have been a despicable character into a lovable Everyman character. Benny himself said on several occasions: "I don't care who gets the laughs on my show, as long as the show is funny." The Jack Benny Program evolved from a variety show blending sketch comedy and musical interludes into the situation comedy form we know even now, crafting particular situations and scenarios from the fictionalization of Benny the radio star. Anything, from hosting a party to income tax time to a night on the town, was good for a Benny show situation, and somehow the writers and star would find the right ways and places to insert musical interludes from Phil Harris and Dennis Day. (With Day, invariably, it would be a brief sketch that ended with Benny ordering Day to sing the song he planned to do on that week's show.)   1 From Glenview 02/11/1945 2 From St Joseph, Missouri 02/18/1945 3 Jack and Mary Return to Hollywood 03/04/1945 4 Unknown 03/11/1945 5 How Jack Found Mary 03/18/1945 6 Dennis Returns 03/17/1946 7 ACME Plaza 04/07/1946 8 Violin Interrupts Ronald Coleman's Rehearsal 04/14/1946 9 First Show With the Sportsmen 09/29/1946 10 The Fiddler Whistler Parody 10/20/1946 11 Mary's Sandwich 10/27/1946 12 Jack Tries to Break Sportsmen's Contract 11/03/1946 13 Ronald Coleman Guest 11/17/1946 14 The Killers With Edward G. Robinson 11/24/1946 15 Shoelaces For Don 12/08/1946 16 Exchanging Shoelaces 12/15/1946 17 To Have and Have Not With Bogart and Bacall 01/05/1947 18 I was Condemned 01/19/1947 19 Margie 01/26/1947 20 What if Jack Benny Was Never Born 02/02/1947 21 What Happens After the Show Goes Off the Air 02/09/1947 22 Jack's Birthday Party With Isaac Stern 02/16/1947 23 Jack Fires the Sportsmen 02/23/1947 24 Jack Tries to Rehire the Sportsmen 03/02/1947 25 Jack Tries to Replace the Sportsmen 03/09/1947 26 Jack's New Quartet With Bing Crosby 03/16/1947 27 Jack Rehires the Sportsmen 03/23/1947 28 From San Francisco With Jane Wyman 03/30/1947 29 Jack Asks Goldwyn to do the Life of Riley 04/06/1947 30 The Egg and I 04/20/1947 31 The Colemans Ride in Jack's Car 04/27/1947 32 Preparing to Leave For Chicago 05/04/1947 33 From New York 05/18/1947 34 Allen's Alley 05/25/1947 35 Jack is Back From Sun Valley Vacation 10/05/1947 36 Jack Fixes Breakfast 10/12/1947 37 Golf Match at Hillcrest Country Club 10/19/1947 38 Seventh Hole at Hillcrest 10/26/1947 39 Dark Passage Movie Skit 11/02/1947 40 Unexpected Guests With Ronald Coleman 11/09/1947 41 Movie of Jack's Life 11/23/1947 42 The Violin Lesson 12/07/1947 43 In Bed With Sprained Ankle 12/14/1947 44 Last Minute Shopping 12/21/1948 45 The New Tenant 12/28/1947 46 The Rose Bowl 01/04/1948 47 Leaving For Denver 01/11/1948 48 In Denver For the March of Dimes 01/18/1948 49 Jack and Mary See a Ronald Coleman Movie 02/01/1948 50 Surprise Birthday Party 02/15/1948 51 House in Palm Springs 02/22/1948 52 Jack's Girlfriend Gladys Comes to Rehearsal 02/29/1948 53 Jack Benny is a Walking Man 03/07/1948 54 Jack Loses Ronald Coleman's Oscar 03/28/1948 55 Borrowing Bing's Oscar With Bing Crosby 04/04/1948 56 Murder at the Racquet Club Part 1 04/11/1948 57 Murder at the Racquet Club Part 2 04/18/1948 58 Jack Dresses as Charlie's Aunt 04/25/1948 59 Lucky Strike Program Contracts With Frank Sinatra 05/08/1948 60 What Happened to Ronald Coleman's Oscar 05/09/1948 61 Robert Taylor Subs For Jack 05/16/1948 62 The Egg and I 05/23/1948 63 I Was Framed 05/30/1948 64 Jack Leaves For Detroit 06/06/1948 65 Don Wilson's Weight 06/13/1948 66 Cleveland Marilyn Maxwell, Bob Hope 06/20/1948 67 Last Show of the Season With Fred Allen 06/27/1948 68 Jack Returns to America by Ship 10/03/1948 69 Listening to the World Series on Radio 10/10/1948 70 Sorry Wrong Number 10/17/1948 71 Jack Goes Trick or Treating 10/31/1948 72 Jack Hears an Echo 11/07/1948 73 Jack Tries to Reach His Advertising Agency 11/21/1948 74 How the Gang Spent Thanksgiving 11/28/1948 75 Professor LeBlanc Gives Jack a Violin Lesson 12/05/1948 76 Jack Tries to Relax at Home 12/12/1948 77 First Show for CBS 01/02/1949 78 Lunch at the Brown Derby With Jimmy Stewart 01/09/1949 79 Jack's Scrapbook 01/16/1949 80 Don Refuses to Sign Contract Part 1 01/23/1949 81 Don Refuses to Sign Contract Part 2 01/30/1949 82 Guests Claudette Colbert and Vincent Price 02/06/1949 83 Jack Wants to Appear on Ford Theater 02/20/1949 84 Violin Lesson With Claude Reins 02/27/1949 85 At the Race Track With Ronald Coleman 03/06/1949 86 After the Races 03/13/1949 87 Mary and Van are Late 03/20/1949 88 Spring Cleaning 03/27/1949 89 Easter Parade 04/17/1949 90 Jack Decides to Trade in the Maxwell 04/24/1949 91 The Treasure of Sierra Madre 05/01/1949 92 Jack is Upset With the Cast 05/08/1949 93 Jack Loans Phil Harris $2000 05/15/1949 94 The Champion and the Set-Up 05/22/1949 95 Cast Introduced 05/29/1949 96 Beverly Hills Tour 09/11/1949 97 Edward My Son 09/18/1949 98 Guest Show 09/25/1949 99 Taking Inventory 10/02/1949 100 Jack the Spendthrift 10/09/1949 101 Recovering From a Cold 10/16/1949 102 Jack is Recovering From Nose Surgery 10/23/1949 103 Don's 25 Years in Radio 10/30/1949 104 Jack Rides on a Yacht 11/06/1949 105 Visit to a Movie Set 11/13/1949 106 Jack Goes to Rehearsal 11/20/1949         DISC 2   1 Bridge Game 11/27/1949 2 Guest Show 12/04/1949 3 Texas Benefit 12/11/1949 4 Pencil Sharpener For Jack 12/18/1949 5 Drear Pooson Fluffrys Party 01/08/1950 6 To New York on the Train 01/29/1950 7 Jack Returns by Train to Las Angeles 02/19/1950 8 The Fiddler Whistler Spoof 02/26/1950 9 Buck Benny Rides Again 03/05/1950 10 Sagebrush Soap Contest 03/12/1950 11 The Champion 03/19/1950 12 From Palm Springs 03/26/1950 13 Guest Al Jolson 04/02/1950 14 Fifty Cents With Frank Fontaine 04/09/1950 15 Guest Frank Fontaine 04/16/1950 16 Beaver's Kids Club Spoff Jack Benny Show 04/23/1950 17 Mother's Day Gags 05/14/1950 18 Back From London 09/10/1950 19 The Gold Rush of 49 09/24/1950 20 The Maxwell is Stolen 10/01/1950 21 A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and a Murder 11/12/1950 22 Jack and Dinah in London 11/19/1950 23 Jack Tries to Buy Tickets to the USC/UCLA Game 11/26/1950 24 How Jack Found Rochester With Amos and Andy 12/03/1950 25 Murder at the Racquet Club 12/10/1950 26 Golf Tees For Don 12/17/1950 27 New Year's Fantasy 12/31/1950 28 Jack Goes to the Doctor for a Check-Up 01/21/1951 29 Guest Show 01/28/1951 30 How Palm Springs Was Founded 02/11/1951 31 Jack Watches TV 02/18/1951 32 Jack Goes to the Dentist 03/04/1951 33 Jack Goes to New York to do a TV Show 04/01/1951 34 The IRS Visits Jack 04/15/1951 35 The Cast Goes to the Circus 04/22/1951 36 From Nellis Air Force Base 04/29/1951 37 I Was Shanghaid 05/06/1951 38 Jack Prepares to Go to New York 05/13/1951 39 The Cast is Disatisfied With Their New Contracts 05/20/1951 40 Jack Meets Speed Riggs 05/27/1951 41 The Cast Sings the Commercial 06/03/1951 42 Jack Returns From a Korean USO Trip 09/16/1951 43 Captain Horatio Hornblower 09/23/1951 44 Jack Takes His Song to a Publisher 10/14/1951 45 Jack Loses His Song 10/28/1951 46 George Jessel Tells Jack's Life Story 11/04/1951 47 Jack and Mary See Golden Girl 11/25/1951 48 Quadalajara Trio Sings Jack's Song 12/09/1951 49 Suspense 01/06/1952 50 Jack Gets a Haircut 01/13/1952 51 George Burns Sings Jack's Song 01/20/1952 52 Wolfe Gilbert to Publish Jack's Song 02/03/1952 53 To New York to Publish Jack's Song 02/10/1952 54 Jack Dreams the New York Symphony Plays His Song 02/17/1952 55 Buying a New Car 02/24/1952 56 Guest Show 03/02/1952 57 Fourth TV Show of the Season 03/09/1952 58 Trying to Lose Weight in a Steam Cabinet 03/16/1952 59 The Academy Awards 03/23/1952 60 My Naval Career 03/30/1952 61 Jack Opens His Swimming Pool 04/06/1952 62 All Hands on Deck 04/20/1952 63 Bend in the River 04/27/1952 64 Jack Fixes the Phonograph 05/04/1952 65 Jack Takes the Beavers to the Zoo 05/11/1952 66 Down on the Farm 05/18/1952 67 Jack Prepares for London Trip 05/25/1952 68 Jack Prepares for Houston and London 06/01/1952 69 Phil Harris is Replaced by Bob Crosby 09/14/1952 70 In Scotland Jack Goes Shopping With Mary 09/21/1952 71 High Noon 09/28/1952 72 Scoop Benny 10/05/1952 73 Jack Catches His Nose in a Gopher Trap 10/12/1952 74 Jack Buys Twentieth Century Fox 10/19/1952 75 Jack Goes to the Doctor For a Vitamin Shot 11/09/1952 76 Jack Buys a Gopher Trap for Don 12/14/1952 77 The Road to Bali 01/11/1953 78 Jack Buys an Umbrella Stand 01/18/1953 79 Bets on Our Fancy 01/25/1953 80 Steak Ride 02/08/1953 81 The Life of Bing Crosby 02/15/1953 82 The Beavers Impersonate the Show 02/22/1953 83 Off to New York City 03/01/1953 84 The Snows of Kilimanjaro 03/08/1953 85 How Palm Springs Was Founded 03/15/1953 86 A Walk Through Beverly Hills 03/22/1953 87 Missing Heir 04/12/1953 88 From San Francisco 04/26/1953 89 From San Francisco 05/03/1953 90 From San Francisco 05/10/1953 91 Insurance Medical Exam 05/24/1953 92 Back From Vacation in Hawaii 09/13/1953 93 Return to Paradise 09/20/1953 94 Polly Goes to the Psychiatrist 09/27/1953 95 Leo and Jack Watch the World Series 10/04/1953 96 Jack Tries to Sell His House 10/11/1953 97 Wings of the Hawk 10/18/1953 98 Jack Buys a G String 10/25/1953 99 Four AM Walk 11/01/1953 100 All American 11/08/1953 101 Jack Prepares for His TV Show 11/15/1953 102 Thanksgiving Dinner 11/29/1953 103 Jack Talks About His TV Show 12/06/1953 104 The Don Wilson Story 01/10/1954 105 Jack Gets a Parking Ticket 01/17/1954 106 Jack Goes to the Races 01/24/1954 107 Guest Show 01/31/1954         DISC 3   1 Dennis is Told to Quit the Show by His Mother 02/07/1954 2 Jack's Thirty-Ninth Birthday 02/14/1954 3 Jack at the Train Station 02/21/1954 4 From New York 02/28/1954 5 Jack's Big Date 03/07/1954 6 On the Train to Los Angeles 03/14/1954 7 Jack Listens to Mean Old Man on Radio 03/21/1954 8 Jack and the Bean Stalk 03/28/1954 9 Dennis Wants to Join the Air Force 04/04/1954 10 Jack Hasn't Received His New Contract 04/11/1954 11 Jack and the Cast Hold a Seance 04/25/1954 12 Jack Loses $4.75 at the Race Track 05/02/1954 13 At the Beach 05/09/1954 14 Jack Takes Date to Underground Resturant 05/16/1954 15 Jack's Trip to Las Vegas 05/23/1954 16 Jack Goes to Dallas 05/30/1954 17 The Mean Old Man Radio Show 07/18/1954 18 Ghost of Diamond Jim Brady 08/15/1954 19 Show Not Being Broadcast 09/26/1954 20 Garden of Evil 10/03/1954 21 Polly Goes to the Shrink 10/10/1954 22 The Purple Pirate 10/17/1954 23 The Drive In 10/24/1954 24 Sportsmen Are Fired 10/31/1951 25 Jack Sees a doctor 11/07/1954 26 Dennis at Don's House 11/14/1954 27 Jack Has a Cold He Caught at Don's House 11/21/1954 28 Dennis Sees a Psychiatrist 11/28/1954 29 In Palm Springs 12/12/1954 30 Rose Bowl Parade 01/02/1955 31 The Elephant's Graveyard Mystery 01/09/1955 32 Jack Doesn't Have a Script 01/16/1955 33 At the Racetrack 01/23/1955 34 Surprise Party for Jack 02/13/1955 35 The Beavers Do the Show 02/20/1955 36 Television Wrestling 02/27/1955 37 Shooting of Dan McGrew 03/27/1955 38 Ed and the Vault 04/03/1955 39 Bob Hope and Jack Double Date 04/17/1955 40 Renting the Maxwell to a Movie Studio 04/24/1955 41 Jack Buys a Baseball Team 05/01/1955 42 A Friend at Union Station 05/15/1955 The file format is MP3, which should be playable on any CD player which accepts the MP3 format; on any computer with an MP3 player such as Windows Media Player or the 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