Jack Benny Show - OTR Podcast!

Gunsmoke Podcast 1952-05-24 Ben Slade's Saloon

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:25:58 GMT

Today's podcast focuses on Kitty (Georgia Ellis) and the adult nature of Gunsmoke!

Red Skelton Show 1942-05-19 (033) Vacation Time

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:20:53 GMT

70 years ago Red talked about vacations.

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-05-18 (622) Guest Al Jolson - From New York

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:54:58 GMT

65 years ago Jack had a visit with Al Jolson!

Suspense 1947-05-15 (245) Robert Mitchum - Death at Live Oak (128-44)

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:24:47 GMT

65 years ago Robert Mitchum kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Show 1947-05-14 Guest Groucho Marx

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:16:26 GMT

65 years ago Bing had comedy legend Groucho Marx on his show!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-05-11 (808) Harry Shearer - Jack Takes the Beavers to the Zoo

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:55:34 GMT

60 years ago a young Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns on The Simpsons TV show) played the character of Butch the Beaver!

Here is another great color special I've found.

Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special - 1970

with Don Wilson, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, Benny Rubin, Frank Nelson, Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, and believe it or not it is not a clip show!!

Phil Harris and Alice Faye 1952-05-11 Harris Kids on TV

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:14:49 GMT

60 years ago Phil and Alice's kids got onto television way before Phil ever would.

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-05-16 (258) Ah Wilderness

Buck Benny — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:49:42 GMT

75 years ago Jack, Andy, Don, and Kenny sang a song off of Paul McCartney's new 2012 album, "Kisses on The Bottom!"

Fred Allen Podcast 1942-05-10 (70) The Courtin' Of Nasty And Narrow

Buck Benny — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:23:37 GMT

70 years ago Fred had a nice beginning segment about Jack's show from last night!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-05-12 Spy

Buck Benny — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:28:58 GMT

70 years ago, was there a spy?

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-05-10 (446) Jack Learns This Will Be His Last Season for Jell-O

Buck Benny — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:35:07 GMT

70 years ago Jack entertained more troops for his Mother's Day show.

Great Gildersleeve 1942-05-10 (037) Mystery Voice

Buck Benny — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:40:26 GMT

Oooh Goody, a mystery voice!

Gunsmoke Podcast 1952-05-10 Jaliscoe

Buck Benny — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:06:50 GMT

60 years ago this week Gunsmoke had it's third episode! This podcast was really meant for last weeks episode, but I promised to bring it to you, so here it is!

Red Skelton Show 1942-05-12 (032) Circus Fun

Buck Benny — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:57:44 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the circus!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-05-11 (621) Guest Marjorie Reynolds - From Chicago

Buck Benny — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:28:03 GMT

65 years ago Jack's in Chicago with Marjorie Reynolds, and he is wiped out after doing a ton of performances.

Suspense 1952-05-05 (472) Dinah Shore - Frankie and Johnny (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:28:19 GMT

60 years ago Dinah Shore kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Podcast 1947-05-07 Guests Al Jolson and Irving Berlin

Buck Benny — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:18:00 GMT

65 years ago with Bing, Al, and legendary composer Irving Berlin!

Bing Crosby 1952-04-30 (105) - Donald O'Connor

Buck Benny — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:50:21 GMT

60 years ago with Bing and Donald!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-05-04 (807) Jack Fixes the Phonograph (Repeat of 1947-04-13)

Buck Benny — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:38:42 GMT

60 years ago with Jack and the gang!

Phil Harris and Alice Faye 1952-05-04 - Spring Cleaning

Buck Benny — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:31:50 GMT

60 years ago Phil and Alice clean up!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-05-09 (257) Mother's Day Program

Buck Benny — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:25:00 GMT

70 years ago Jack starts of our celebration of Mother's Day!

Jimmy Stewart Saturday - Sealtest Variety Theater 1949-05-26 (35) Guest - James Stewart

Buck Benny — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:40:41 GMT

Another fun episode of the Jimmy Stewart Saturday!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-05-05 Sugar Substitute

Buck Benny — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:37:16 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-05-03 (445) Guest Ann Sheridan - Cast Visits Jack at Warner Brothers

Buck Benny — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:27:14 GMT

70 years ago with Jack in the War Years with Ann Sheridan!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-05-03 (036) Ship Christening

Buck Benny — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:38:01 GMT

70 years ago this week with Gildy at war time!

Jack Benny Podcast 1932-05-02 First Show Ever (Jack Benny Interview)

Buck Benny — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:24:12 GMT

80 years ago today! Jack's very first episode ever, with a new podcast opening, no offense Canadians! This podcast includes Jack's re-creation of his very first long lost appearance in radio from 10 years after he was on the Ed Sullivan Show. It also includes a complete interview with Jack! Then his entire first episode!

Red Skelton Show 1942-05-05 (031) How The Newspaper Affects People

Buck Benny — Wed, 02 May 2012 04:03:43 GMT

70 Years ago read focused on newspapers!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-05-04 (620) Guest Alice Faye - To the Train Station for Chicago

Buck Benny — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:48:38 GMT

65 years ago Jack, Alice Faye and most of the cast from Phil's show go to the train station!

Suspense 1947-05-01 (243) Ava Gardner - Lady in Distress (64-48)

Buck Benny — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:48:05 GMT

65 years ago Ava Gardner kept us in Suspense.

Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress.

She was signed to a contract by MGM Studios in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Mogambo (1953).

She appeared in several high-profile films from the 1950s to 1970s, including The Hucksters (1947), Show Boat (1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956), On the Beach (1959), Seven Days in May (1964), The Night of the Iguana (1964), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), Earthquake (1974), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). Gardner continued to act regularly until 1986, four years before her death from pneumonia, at age 67, in 1990.

She is listed 25th among the American Film Institute's Greatest female stars.

Gunsmoke Podcast 1952-05-03 BenThompson (Rare 7 minute fragment)

Buck Benny — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:47:46 GMT

60 years ago this week an episode that we unfortunately only have a fragment of, but this rare fragment is better than nothing. Sorry it's on Monday, but I have a special presentation of Jack reserved for the Wednesday slot!

Bing Crosby Show 1947-04-30 Guest Groucho Marx

Buck Benny — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:24:51 GMT

65 years ago with Bing and Groucho!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-04-27 (806) Guest Jimmy Stewart - Bend of the River

Buck Benny — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:29:40 GMT

60 years ago Jack plays Buck Benny again, but this time with Jimmy Stewart!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-04-27 Phil has to fire his band

Buck Benny — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:29:20 GMT

60 years ago Phil was directed to fire his band!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-05-02 (256) Buck Benny Party

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:15:07 GMT

75 years ago with Jack Benny on his 5th anniversary in radio with Eddie Anderson's second appearance on the show!

Judy Garland Podcast - Lux Radio Theater 1950-12-25 (726) The Wizard of Oz

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:14:21 GMT

Wow! One folks have been requesting for a long time! Judy Garland in the 1950 Lux Radio version of Wizard of Oz!

Fred Allen Podcast - Texaco Star Theater 1942-05-03 (69) The Great Side Show Mystery

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:13:28 GMT

70 years ago! Fred's back!!!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-04-28 Fibbers Old Straw Hat

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:13:22 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber and Molly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-04-26 (444) Jack Hawkin's Revenge

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:32:02 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and the gang!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-04-26 (035) Gildy's Goat Horace

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:23:12 GMT

70 years ago this week with Gildy and his goat!

Gunsmoke Podcast 1952-04-26 Richard Beals - Billy

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:55:47 GMT

60 years ago this week, the first official episode of Gunsmoke!

Richard Beals as Ralph Phillips in From A to Z-Z-Z-Z! (1953)

Richard Beals as Ralph Phillips in Boyhood Daze! (1957)

In 1952, after performing in an episode of The Green Hornet, WXYZ station manager Jack McCarthy referred Beals to Forrest Owen of Wade Advertising. Owen showed Beals a rendering of a proposed product spokesman for their client, Alka-Seltzer and had him record a voice audition. Four months later, Beals was notified that he had been selected as the voice for Speedy Alka-Seltzer as well as the voice of Sticky, the Vaseline mascot.

Beals moved to Los Angeles where he continued making commercials as Speedy Alka-Seltzer and also provided voices for other commercials, such as Oscar Mayer, the Campbell Soup Kids, and Bob's Big Boy.^[2]

In 1953, Beals was hired to do the voice for his first cartoon character. This was Ralph Phillips, a Walter Mitty type boy in From A to Z-Z-Z-Z by Warner Brothers. The cartoon was nominated for an Academy Award.

Beals continued doing voices for Warner Brothers cartoons, often as un-credited secondary characters. When Hanna-Barbera started with the Flintstones, and then The Jetsons, Beals did many of the kid's voices on those shows,^[2] sometimes performing several different minor characters on the same show. One of his recurring roles was as Mr. Spacely's son Arthur on The Jetsons.

Beals voiced the famous claymation character Gumby when it was first televised on NBC in 1957. From 1960 to 1964, he played the voice of Davey Hansen, as well as other child voices, on Davey and Goliath.^[4]He did not do any voices for that series after 1965, when Norma MacMillan replaced him as Davey Hansen.

Beals provided voices for both the characters "Yank" and "Dan" of the "American Eagles" troupe in the mid-1960s cartoon series Roger Ramjet. In 1967, Beals was the singing voice of child actor Bobby Riha as Jack in the NBC-TV special Jack and the Beanstalk starring Gene Kelly. He was the voice of Buzz Conroy, the boy scientist on Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles, and Richie Rich's mischievous cousin, Reggie Van Dough on Richie Rich. Beals was also the voice of Birdboy on Birdman and the Galaxy Trio.

During the late 1980s, Beals provided the voices for various characters on Garfield and Friends his most major character being Jon's cruel nephew Rosco.

From 1989-1993 he played Nicholas Adamsworth on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey.

In 1996, Beals provided the voice of the Pinocchio puppet in the horror film Pinocchio's Revenge.

Beals continues doing occasional voice acting, appears as a guest at Old Time Radio conventions and works as a motivational speaker. He is active as an alumnus of Michigan State University and in his spare time he enjoys spending time on his yacht.

Beals wrote in his autobiography, Think Big. His high voice and boyish appearance are due to a glandular problem; he did not go through puberty (much like Walter Tetley, who had provided the voice for Sherman on The Bullwinkle Show). Beals is 4 foot 7 inches tall and just under 70 pounds. Despite his short stature, he has been able to fly planes using modified controls.

Dennis Day 1947-04-23 (029) Dennis Helps Mr Anderson Write A Story

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:51:13 GMT

65 years ago this week! Unfortunately, this is the last circulating episode that we have for this season, so Goodbye Dennis until next season.

Red Skelton Show 1942-04-28 (030) Santa Monica

Buck Benny — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:09:11 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-04-27 (619) Leaving for Chicago

Buck Benny — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:49:44 GMT

65 years ago with Jack and the Colemans with one of the longest laughs ever recorded.

Suspense 1952-04-21 (470) Herbert Marshall - The Diary of Captain Scott (64-44)

Buck Benny — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:13:19 GMT

60 years ago Herbert Marshall kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Podcast 1947-04-23 Guests Burl Ives and Les Paul

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:55:08 GMT

65 years ago today Bing had wildly diverse musical guests folk acoustic guitar performer, Burl Ives and cutting edge electric guitar inventor and player, Les Paul!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-04-25 (070) Ann Sheridan

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:48:28 GMT

Last currently circulating show of the season, sorry!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-04-20 (805) All Hands on Deck

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:25:47 GMT

60 years ago Jack entertains more troops!

The complete "Jack Benny's Bag," color hour Special with guest Dick Clark from 1968!

Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show 1952-04-20 Old Boyfriend, George Henderson

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:17:24 GMT

60 years ago Phil and Alice have Boyfriend trouble!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-04-25 (255) In the Spring Tra-La

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:58:57 GMT

75 years ago this week Jack was joined by actor Cliff Nazarro!

Judy Garland Podcast - Bing Crosby Show 1950-12-06 (045) Guest Judy Garland - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Duet

Buck Benny — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:34:11 GMT

Wow! What a great show we have for you today with wonderful sound! Judy performs a "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" Duet with Bing!

Dennis Day Podcast 1947-04-16 (028) Dennis Goes to a Marriage Counselor

Buck Benny — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:53:43 GMT

Dennis Day on a special day!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-04-19 (443) Don's Play

Buck Benny — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:23:16 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and the gang and Percy Kilbride.

Academy Awards Podcast 1944-03-02 Host Jack Benny - 16th Annual Pre-Show And Ceremony 1943

Buck Benny — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:18:46 GMT

Jack's first stint at hosting the Academy Awards!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-04-20 (034) Leroy Sells Flower Seeds

Buck Benny — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:01:47 GMT

70 years go Gildy returns!

Gunsmoke Podcast 1949-07-13 Audition Show 2

Buck Benny — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:27:07 GMT

Here is the second audition of Gunsmoke with some info about the Lone Ranger Gunsmoke links!

Gunsmoke Podcast - Michael Shayne 1948-09-25 (ep13) The Crooked Wheel

Buck Benny — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:17:43 GMT

Is this the missing link of Cowboy Noir to Gunsmoke? Listener Mitch thinks so, how about you?

Red Skelton Show 1942-04-21 (029) Food Prices

Buck Benny — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:29:54 GMT

70 years ago with Red and wartime food prices!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-04-20 (618) The Egg and I

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:32:59 GMT

65 years ago with Jack and the gang spoofing the "Egg and I."

Academy Awards Podcast 1947-03-13 Host Jack Benny - 19th Annual 1946

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:17:16 GMT

Just found this this weekend! Hope you all enjoy Jack Hosting the Academy Awards!

Suspense 1952-04-14 (469) Richard Widmark - Mate Bram (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:52:11 GMT

60 years ago Richard Widmark kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby 1947-04-16 Jimmy Durante

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:26:41 GMT

65 years ago today with Bing and Jimmy!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-04-18 (069) Boris Karloff

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:09:34 GMT

60 years ago Boris Karloff had some fun with Dean and Jerry!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-04-13 (804) Jack and Mary Walk in the Easter Parade

Buck Benny — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:50:38 GMT

Jack and Mary are joined by great character actor and voice talent Arthur Q Bryan (Elmer Fudd).

Arthur Q Bryan came to prominence in his late 1930s as the voice of Egghead and Elmer Fudd at Warner Brothers animation unit, headed by Leon Schlesinger.

Along with several characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, or Porky Pig, all voiced by Mel Blanc, one of Warner's early big stars was Bryan's Elmer Fudd. The slow-talking, slower-witted, enunciation-challenged Mr. Fudd is a game hunter whose Brooklynesque speech (courtesy of Bryan's own childhood upbringing in the borough) was exaggerated for memorable effect by his habitual substitution of W for the letters L and R, an effect further immortalized by the tongue-in-cheek screen credits of the 1941 Bugs Bunny short Wabbit Twouble.

When watching him perform, director Bob Clampett (or "Wobert Cwampett" in the screen credit) thought Bryan's girth added to the hilarity of his dialogue, and redesigned Fudd as a fat man patterned after Bryan's real-life appearance. After a few shorts, Clampett decided it was a mistake, and Fudd returned to his classical form. But fat or slimmed, Bryan's Fudd was so popular that the character's shorts were used to create and develop the character of Bugs Bunny, with the first official Bugs Bunny appearance coming in the Fudd cartoon, A Wild Hare.

Bryan's name does not appear in Looney Tunes credits because of Mel Blanc's contract with Warner Brothers, which stipulated that only Blanc would receive on-screen credit for voice work.

Bryan's work in animation did not go unnoticed by radio producers. Although his first forays into that medium were inevitably accompanied by instructions that he use the Fudd voice, Bryan soon came to the attention of Don Quinn and Phil Leslie, the production and writing team responsible for Fibber McGee and Molly and their supporting characters, two of whom spun off into their own radio hits, The Great Gildersleeveand Beulah.

The Gildersleeve character, played by Harold Peary, became series broadcasting's first successful spin-off hit; that plus the onset of World War II (which cost Fibber McGee & Molly their Mayor LaTrivia, when Gale Gordon went into the Coast Guard in early 1942, and "The Old Timer" Bill Thompson was drafted almost a year later) nabbed nearly every other remaining male voice.

Bryan was first hired for the new Great Gildersleeve series, to play the part of one of Gildersleeve's cronies, Floyd Munson, the barber. His work on the series (in Bryan's natural voice) so impressed the Quinn and Leslie, that Bryan was added to the cast of their main show, Fibber McGee and Molly, in 1943.

On Fibber, Bryan found himself in the unusual position of being smarter than, more educated than, and generally superior to his foil, titular braggart McGee. Playing Doc Gamble, Bryan was a polar opposite of the Fudd character—Gamble was well-spoken, even-tempered, and usually got the best of McGee, which Elmer could never do with Bugs.

Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show 1952-04-13 Alice's Easter Dress

Buck Benny — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:22:32 GMT

60 years ago with Phil and Alice on Easter!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-04-18 (254) Lady Milicent's Husband

Buck Benny — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:36:37 GMT

75 years ago the cast was really starting to loosen up and have a great time! I think this photo is from this exact week on the show!

Jimmy Stewart Podcast - Academy Awards Ceremony 1946-04-07 Hosts Bob Hope and James Stewart - 18th Annual 1945

Buck Benny — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:52:39 GMT

Wow doggy! Just found this today! Delighted to share this with you! The Academy Awards hosted by Bob Hope and Jimmy Stewart!

Fred Allen Podcast - Texaco Star Theater 1942-04-05 (65) Forum for the Forlorn

Buck Benny — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:15:50 GMT

70 years ago with Fred Allen with a podcast intro about Alan Reed.

Complete Chuck Schaden interview Alan Reed!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-04-14 Spring Festival Parade

Buck Benny — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:01:15 GMT

70 years ago at the Spring Festival!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-04-12 (442) At Camp Hahn - Try and Get It

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:58:36 GMT

70 years ago Jack had this episode filmed, and here it is!

Jack at Camp Hahn Video part 1

Jack at Camp Hahn Video part 2

Gunsmoke Podcast 1949-06-11 Audition Show 1

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:58:19 GMT

First audition show for Gunsmoke, when it was basically Cowboy Noir!

Dennis Day 1947-04-09 (027) Dennis Wants to Invest in the Drug Store

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:50:30 GMT

65 years ago with Dennis Day!

Red Skelton Show 1942-04-14 (028) Week-end Party

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:29:39 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-04-13 (617) Jack Fixes a Phonograph and Buys a Baseball Team

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:22:33 GMT

65 years ago with Jack and the gang!

Suspense 1947-04-10 (240) Kirk Douglas and Cathy Lewis - Community Property (128-44)

Buck Benny — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:45:50 GMT

65 years ago today Kirk Douglas, who is still alive, kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Show 1952-04-09 (102) Guest Bob Hope

Buck Benny — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:37:31 GMT

60 years ago today with Bob and Bing!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-04-11 (068) Virginia Mayo

Buck Benny — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:20:10 GMT

Virginia Mayo signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn and appeared in several of Goldwyn's movies. With Danny Kaye she played the dream-girl heroine in comedies including Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947).

At the zenith of her career, Mayo was seen as the quintessential voluptuous Hollywood beauty. It was said that she "looked like a pinup painting come to life," and she played just such a role in the 1949 film comedy, The Girl from Jones Beach. According to widely published reports from the late 1940s, the Sultan of Morocco declared her beauty to be proof of the existence of God.

In 1949's White Heat she took on the unsympathetic role of the cold and treacherous "Verna Jarrett", opposite James Cagney. She was also cast against type as a shallow golddigger in The Best Years of Our Lives. Her career continued strong through the 50s, frequently in B-movie westerns and adventure films. By the start of the 60s, the pace of her work slowed, but she continued occasional film appearances in the following decades, her last role being in The Man Next Door (1997). While she also appeared in musicals, Mayo's singing voice was always dubbed.

Mayo and her husband, actor Michael O'Shea (of Jack London film fame) co-starred in such stage productions as Tunnel of Love, Fiorello, and George Washington Slept Here. She also starred in stage productions of Cactus Flower, How the Other Half Loves, and the musical comedy, Good News.

Mayo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1751 Vine. In 1996 she received a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-04-06 (803) Jack Opens His Swimming Pool

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:40:05 GMT

60 years ago with Jack and the gang at Jack's pool!

Phil Harris Podcast 1952-04-06 Is Alice Broke

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:07:24 GMT

60 years ago Don Wilson announced the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show!

Radio Spirits is having a big sale on the five Phil Harris show sets. Use the coupon word N04NC001 AT CHECK OUT AND SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 15%.

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-04-11 - Burns and Allen

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:01:37 GMT

75 years ago Burns and Allen stopped by for a visit!

Judy Garland Podcast - Theater Guild on the Air 1950-11-05 (048) Judy Garland - Alice Adams

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:54:19 GMT

Nice variation starring Judy Garland on the original film that starred Kathrine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray.

Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic film made by RKO. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, and Jane Murfin. The film was adapted from the novel Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington. The music score was by Max Steiner and Roy Webb, and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse.

The film is about young woman in a medium-sized town in the United States in the early 1900s, and her pretentious attempts to appear upper-class and wed a wealthy man while concealing her poverty. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable, Frank Albertson, Ann Shoemaker, Hedda Hopper, and Hattie McDaniel.

Fibber McGee and Molly Podcast 1942-04-07 Clean Out Closet For Scrap Drive

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:41:47 GMT

Fun Podcast about emails and Fibber and Molly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-04-05 (441) Don's Commercial

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:59:07 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and talk of Easter.

Gunsmoke Podcast - Escape 1950-12-17 (137) Wild Jack Rett (John Dehner)

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:57:03 GMT

Another great western on the road to Gunsmoke with John Dehner!

Dennis Day 1947-03-26 (025) The Anderson's Want to Buy a New House

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:56:47 GMT

Alright, alright, a week late is better than never!

Red Skelton Show 1942-04-04 (027) Rehearsal for April 7, 1942

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:56:37 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang rehearsing!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-04-06 (616) Jack Wants Goldwyn to Do 'The Life of Jack Benny'

Buck Benny — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:54:19 GMT

Jack has a unique guest this week in the form of studio head Samuel Goldwyn!

Suspense 1947-04-03 (239) Phil Silvers - The Swift Rise of Eddie Albright (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:06:51 GMT

65 years ago comedian Phil Silvers kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby 1947-04-02 Guest Al Jolson - Minstrel Show

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:08:15 GMT

65 years ago Bing with the ultimate minstrel Al Jolson.

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-04-04 (067) Claire Trevor

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:00:19 GMT

60 years ago with Dean, Jerry, and Claire!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-03-30 (802) My Naval Career

Buck Benny — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:57:05 GMT

60 years ago Jack Benny talks about the Navy and Mel Blanc talks about the Maxwell in the podcast!

Mel Blanc Interview from 1988, 1 and a half years before his death.

Phil Harris Podcast 1952-03-30 Grogen Wants a Party at Phils House

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:35:48 GMT

60 years ago fun with Phil and Grogen (Sheldon Leonard)!

Complete interview with Sheldon Leonard!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-04-04 (252) Back from New York

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:28:26 GMT

75 years ago with Jack and the gang! This photo of Jack And Phil is also from 75 years ago this week, I own the original, lucky me! It's one of my most prized possessions!

Health Care - Supreme Court Response Podcast from Fred Allen 1945-11-25

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:08:17 GMT

The Supreme court talked about Jack Benny and Health Care this week in 2012!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-03-31 Latherino Soap Contest

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:29:57 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-03-29 (440) Doc Benny's Minstrel Show

Buck Benny — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:27:43 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and the Gang!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-03-29 (031) Gildy Writes to Servicemen for Marjorie

Buck Benny — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:19:39 GMT

70 years ago with Gildy!

Gunsmoke Podcast - Romance 1951-08-06 (253) William Conrad and Georgia Ellis - Pagosa (Unofficial Gunsmoke Audition) written by John Meston

Buck Benny — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:04:20 GMT

Were getting close!

Red Skelton Show 1942-03-31 (026) Sundays

Buck Benny — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:37:16 GMT

70 years ago with Red.

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-03-30 (615) From San Francisco

Buck Benny — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:32:40 GMT

65 years ago this week.

Suspense 1952-03-31 (467) Deborah Kerr - The Lady Pamela (131-44)

Buck Benny — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:37:37 GMT

60 years ago Deborah Kerr kept us in Suspense!

Deborah Kerr's role as a troubled nun in Black Narcissus in 1947 brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. The film was a hit in the US as well as the UK, and Kerr won the New York Film Critics' Award as Actress of the Year. In Hollywood, her British accent and manners led to a succession of roles portraying a refined, reserved, and proper English lady. Nevertheless, Kerr frequently used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. She starred in the 1950 adventure film, King Solomon's Mines, shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic Quo Vadis? (1951), shot at Cinecittà in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first century Christian.

Kerr also departed from typecasting with a performance that brought out her sensuality, as Karen Holmes, the embittered military wife in From Here to Eternity (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which she and Burt Lancaster make love on a Hawaii beach amidst the crashing waves. The organisation ranked it twentieth in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time.

From then on, Kerr's career choices would make her known in Hollywood for her versatility as an actress,^[9]^[10] She portrayed a nun (Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison), a mama's girl (Separate Tables), and a governess (The Chalk Garden and The Innocents), but she also portrayed an earthy Australian sheep-herder's wife (The Sundowners) and lustful and beautiful screen enchantresses (Beloved Infidel, Bonjour Tristesse). She also starred in comedies (The Grass is Greener and Marriage on the Rocks).

Among her most famous roles were Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1956), and opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember (1958). In 1966, the producers of Carry On Screaming! offered her a fee comparable to that paid to the rest of the cast combined, but she turned it down in favour of appearing in an aborted stage version of Flowers for Algernon. In 1967, at the age of 46, she starred in Casino Royale, achieving the distinction of being the oldest 'Bond Girl' in any James Bond film.

In 1969, pressure of competition from younger, upcoming actresses made her agree to appear nude in John Frankenheimer's The Gypsy Moths,^[11] the only nude scene in Kerr's career. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity in films in general, led her to abandon film work at the end of the 1960s in favour of television and theatre work.^[11]

Bing Crosby Show 1947-03-26 Guests Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone

Buck Benny — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:23:41 GMT

65 years ago today Jack and Mary paid a visit to Bing!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-03-28 (066) Ann Sothern

Buck Benny — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:42:47 GMT

60 years ago with Dean, Jerry and Ann!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-03-23 (801) The Academy Awards

Buck Benny — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:33:12 GMT

60 years ago with Jack and the academy awards!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-03-23 Phil is Made Honorary Colonel

Buck Benny — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:26:30 GMT

60 year ago is seemed like a good idea to make Phil be part of our armed services?

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-03-28 (251) First ever appearance of Eddie Anderson - The Train Porter

Buck Benny — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:12:42 GMT

75 years ago, wow history is made today! Three intros by me from different years of the podcast! Yes, still sick! Goodbye, I'm going to bed.

Fred Allen Podcast 1947-03-23 (102) Suing Fred over Copyrights

Buck Benny — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:58:53 GMT

65 years ago with Fred because we are missing everything else this month! P.S. I'm sick as a dog, chills, stomach, head... don't know if I'm going to be able to post everything this weekend...sorry. Might have Bergen and McCarthy in this one, but too sick to check.

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-03-24 Fibber Writes A Song

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:10:49 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber and Molly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-03-22 (439) Jack Plants a Victory Garden and Plays Golf with Phil

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:42:44 GMT

70 years ago the topic of Victory gardens comes up, have you thought about planting one?

Great Gildersleeve 1942-03-22 (030) Gildy's New Neighbors

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:28:35 GMT

70 years ago Gildy got new neighbors!

Phil Harris Podcast 1947-03-09 (024) Guest Jack Benny - Will Benny Renew Phil's Contract

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:28:14 GMT

65 years ago with Phil and Jack Benny! Unfortunately Phil's last surviving episode this season. Oh well, maybe more will come to light some day.

Red Skelton Show 1942-03-24 (025) A Hike in the Park

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:28:07 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Dennis Day 1947-03-19 (024) The Anderson's Anniversary

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:12:41 GMT

65 years ago this week with Dennis Day!

Hawk Larabee 1947-12-27 (51) Brannigan aka The Pilgrim

Buck Benny — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:56:46 GMT

One more episode of Hawk Larabee a starring Elliot Lewis, who was also on yesterday's Jack Benny as Mr. Stewart, who also produced and directed yesterday's episode of Suspense, who also is on tonight's episode of the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show, as well as this weekends episode! Whew!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-03-23 (614) The Sportsmen Are Hired Back

Buck Benny — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:51:15 GMT

65 years ago with the conclusion of the sublime Sportsmen saga!

Suspense 1952-03-24 (466) Robert Young - A Murder of Necessity (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:45:18 GMT

60 years ago Robert Young kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Show 1952-03-19 (099) - Jimmy Stewart and Fran Warren

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:08:23 GMT

60 years ago with Bing and Jimmy Stewart!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-03-21 (065) Marlene Dietrich

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:50:06 GMT

60 years ago with Jerry, Dean, and Marlene!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-03-16 (800) Trying to Lose Weight in Steam Cabinet

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:41:20 GMT

60 years ago with Jack and the gang!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-03-16 Choosing Where to Go on Vacation

Buck Benny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:52:20 GMT

60 years ago this week with Phil and family!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-03-21 (250) From New York - A Day In Our Lives

Buck Benny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:44:18 GMT

75 years ago this week Jack was still in New York, where he had a visit from Mancel (Bidey) Talcott, the Mayor of Waukegan. This episode has two introductions by me!

Judy Garland Podcast - Bing Crosby Show 1950-10-18 Guests - Judy Garland and Bob Hope

Buck Benny — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:45:08 GMT

An old podcast by me, but it's where we are at in the Judy chronology!

Fred Allen Podcast - Town Hall Tonight 1937-03-17 (116) St Patrick's Day Show

Buck Benny — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:44:50 GMT

75 years ago this week! Wow, sorry, what a downer of a podcast! I was really on a rant, oh well. I hope you enjoy the last available show from the 1936-1937 season!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-03-15 (438) Jack Talks About Lending Fred Allen Ten Dollars

Buck Benny — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:33:00 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and St. Patrick's Day!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-03-15 (029) Ten Best Dressed

Buck Benny — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:08:32 GMT

Gildy is back!

Western Podcast - Hawk Larabee 1947-09-06 (35) Blind Chuck-A-Luck aka The Return Of Edwin Crane

Buck Benny — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:24:57 GMT

Elliott Lewis returns as Hawk Larabee!

Red Skelton Show 1942-03-17 (024) St. Patrick's Day

Buck Benny — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:17:51 GMT

70 years ago we spent St. Patrick's Day with Red and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-03-16 (613) The Sportsmen Replacement

Buck Benny — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:03:29 GMT

65 years ago Jack presented one of his most notorious episodes ever, one that would get him in trouble with the sponsor and the network! Now you have to tune in, don't ya!

Suspense 1952-03-10 (464) Joseph Cotten - A Watery Grave (128-44)

Buck Benny — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:59:01 GMT

60 years ago this week Joseph Cotten kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Show 1952-03-12 (098) Guest Humphrey Bogart

Buck Benny — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:52:54 GMT

60 years ago with Bing and Bogie again, I love them together!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-03-14 (064) Lizabeth Scott

Buck Benny — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:31:07 GMT

Lizabeth Scott won the leading role of "Sabina", receiving a nod of approval from critics at the age of 20. The following night, George was out again and Scott went on in her place.

Soon afterward, Scott was at the Stork Club when film producer Hal Wallis asked who she was, unaware that an aide had already arranged an interview with her for the following day. When Scott returned home, however, she found a telegram offering her the lead for the Boston run of The Skin of Our Teeth. She could not turn it down. She sent Wallis her apologies and went on the road.

Though the Broadway production, in which she was credited as "Girl", christened her "Elizabeth", she dropped the "e" the day after the opening night in Boston, "just to be different".

A photograph of Scott in Harper's Bazaar magazine was seen by film agent Charles Feldman. He admired the fashion pose and took her on as a client. Scott made her first screen test at Warner Brothers, where she and Wallis finally met. Though the test was bad, the producer recognized her potential. As soon as Wallis set up shop at Paramount, she was signed to a contract. Her film debut was in You Came Along (1945) opposite Robert Cummings.

Paramount publicity dubbed Scott "The Threat," in order to create an onscreen persona for her similar to Lauren Bacall or Veronica Lake. Scott's smoky sensuality and husky voice lent itself to the film noir genre and, beginning with The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin, the studio cast her in a series of noir thrillers. Film historian Eddie Muller has noted that no other actress has appeared in so many noir films, with more than three quarters of her 20 films qualifying.^[2]

Don DeFore and Lizabeth Scott in a promotional still from Too Late for Tears.

The dark blonde actress was initially compared to Bacall because of a slight resemblance and a similar voice, even more so after she starred with Bacall's husband, Humphrey Bogart, in the 1947 noir thriller Dead Reckoning. At the age of 25, Scott's billing and portrait were equal to Bogart's on the film's lobby posters and in advertisements. The film was the first of many femme fatale roles for Scott.

She also starred in Desert Fury (1947), a noir filmed in Technicolor, with John Hodiak, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey and Mary Astor. In it, she played Paula Haller, who, on her return from college, falls for gangster Eddie Bendix (Hodiak), and faces a great deal of opposition from the others. Scott was paired with Lancaster, Corey and Kirk Douglas in Wallis' I Walk Alone (1948), a noirish story of betrayal and vengeance. In 1949, she starred as a vicious femme fatale in Too Late for Tears. The film is unusual for featuring her as the main character, rather than the supporting role most women were relegated to in film noirs of the period.

Having being known professionally as Lizabeth Scott for 4½ years, she appeared at the courthouse in Los Angeles, on October 20, 1949 and had her name legally changed. Another courtroom appearance came several years later, in 1955, when she sued Confidential magazine for stating that she spent her off-work hours with "Hollywood's weird society of baritone babes" (a euphemism for a lesbian) in an article which claimed Scott's name was found on the clients' list belonging to a call-girl agency.^[3] The suit was dismissed on a technicality. After completing Loving You in 1957, Elvis Presley's second film, Scott retired from the screen. Later that year, she recorded her album, Lizabeth. The next few years saw Scott occasionally guest-star on television, including a 1963 episode of Burke's Law.

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-03-09 (799) Fourth TV Show of the Season

Buck Benny — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:23:45 GMT

60 years ago Jack was ushering in his fourth television show of the season!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-03-09 Children's Costume Party

Buck Benny — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:52:41 GMT

60 years ago with Phil, Alice and the kids!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-03-14 (249) Benny-Allen Feud week 11 from The Hotel Pierre

Buck Benny — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:59:04 GMT

70 years ago with the conclusion of the Feud?

Jimmy Stewart Saturday- Suspense 1949-05-19 Jimmy Stewart - Consequence

Buck Benny — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:58:47 GMT

Jimmy Stewart in his first appearance on Suspense!

Fred Allen Podcast - Town Hall Tonight 1937-03-10 (115) Murder on the High Seas, or One Long Pan Helps Boy Meet Gull - Feud Week 11

Buck Benny — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:37:33 GMT

70 years ago week 11 of the feud, and One Long Pan!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-03-08 (437) From San Diego Marine Base

Buck Benny — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:22:35 GMT

70 years ago, Jack and his team continue to entertain the troops!

Western Podcast - Hawk Larabee 1947-05-22 (20) Gold Camp At Mulberry Creek

Buck Benny — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:45:07 GMT

Big changes to Hawk Larabee!

Dennis Day 1947-03-05 (022) Dennis Is Mistaken for a Bank Robber

Buck Benny — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:35:55 GMT

65 years ago with Dennis Day!

Red Skelton Show 1942-03-10 (023) Victory Gardens

Buck Benny — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:26:39 GMT

70 years ago Red discussed Victory Gardens!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-03-09 (612) Jack Tries to Find Replacement for the Sportsmen

Buck Benny — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:53:53 GMT

65 years ago the saga of the Sportsmen continues! Podcast about Mel Blanc and the Maxwell.

Here is the intro to Speed Buggy in which Mel gives the Maxwell a voice!

Suspense 1952-03-03 (463) Herbert Marshall - The Thirty-Nine Steps (128-44)

Buck Benny — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:24:09 GMT

60 years ago Herbert Marshall kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Podcast 1947-02-26 Guests The Andrews Sisters and Les Paul

Buck Benny — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:23:50 GMT

The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967 Age 55), soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews (January 3, 1916 – October 21, 1995 Age 79), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews (born February 16, 1918 Age 94). Throughout their long career, the sisters sold well over 75 million records (the last official count released by MCA Records in the mid-1970s). Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of rhythm and blues or jump blues.

The Andrews Sisters' harmonies and songs are still influential today, and have been covered by entertainers such as Bette Midler, the Puppini Sisters and Christina Aguilera. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.

Bing Crosby 1947-03-05 Guest Al Jolson

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:09:50 GMT

65 years ago with Bing and Al!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-03-07 (063) Corinne Calvet

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:57:48 GMT

60 years ago this week with Dean, Jerry, and Corinne.

Corinne Calvet studied criminal law at the Sorbonne and made her debut in French radio, stage plays and cinema in the 1940s before being brought to Hollywood in the 1940s by producer Hal B. Wallis. He cast her in Rope of Sand (1949) opposite Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid.

In the 1950s, Calvet appeared in a string of films, usually playing French characters, opposite such leading men as Danny Kaye (On the Riviera), Joseph Cotten (Peking Express), James Cagney (What Price Glory?), James Stewart (The Far Country), Alan Ladd (Thunder in the East), Tony Curtis (So This Is Paris) and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (Sailor Beware).

She made a rare television appearance on the Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O'Connor on February 3, 1952, televised nationwide by NBC.

She continued to act in Italian and French productions as well as making appearances on American television series, with occasional roles in films. Her last film was in The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-03-02 (798) Guests - Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, George Burns, and Groucho Marx

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:57:11 GMT

Who, Who, Whoooo.... just look who's stopping by to visit with Jack this week! Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye, George Burns, and Groucho Marx, does it get any bigger than that. This is an actual photo from the recording session of this episode!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-03-02 Frankie is Not going with Phil to Las Vegas

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:30:49 GMT

60 years ago with Phil and Alice heading to Las Vegas!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-03-07 (248) Stuart Canin - Prelude to the Fight of the Century - Benny-Allen Feud week 10

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:36:06 GMT

75 years ago the initial feud had it's penultimate episode with guest Stuart Canin. Building up to next week!

Judy Garland Podcast - Bing Crosby Show 1950-10-11(037) - Judy Garland and Bob Hope

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:35:35 GMT

Ooooh goooody, Judy, Bing and Bob Hope! 'Nuff said!

Fred Allen Podcast 1942-03-08 The life of Fred Allen with Maurice Evans

Buck Benny — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:31:26 GMT

Fred returns to the war years!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-03-03 Boomers Suitcase

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:59:12 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber and Molly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-03-01 (436) Jack Starts a Campaign for an Oscar

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:45:44 GMT

70 years ago Jack wanted an Oscar, and 69 years ago he probably should have got one.

Great Gildersleeve 1942-03-01 (027) Fortune Teller

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:29:07 GMT

70 years ago with Gildy!

Western Podcast - Elliott Lewis - Hawk Durango 46-08-02 (05) Brazos John and Eastern Bride

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:21:08 GMT

Were on the road to Gunsmoke and our first stop is with Elliott Lewis as Hawk Durango, radio's first adult western!

Dennis Day 1947-02-26 (021) Dennis Asks for a Raise and Is Let Go

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:06:10 GMT

65 years ago with Dennis Day!

Red Skelton Show 1942-03-03 (022) Spring Cleaning

Buck Benny — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:14:11 GMT

70 years ago Red was spring cleaning!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-03-02 (611) Jack Tries to Rehire the Sportsmen

Buck Benny — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:29:20 GMT

65 years ago there was intrigue both on the air and off with the Sportsmen Quartet!

Suspense 1947-02-27 (234) William Bendix - Three Faces At Midnight (128-44)

Buck Benny — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:17:58 GMT

65 years ago radio legend William Bendix kept us in Suspense!

William Bendix's appeared in The McGuerins of Brooklyn, playing a rugged blue-collar man, that led to his most famous role. Producer/creator Irving Brecher saw Bendix as the perfect personification of Chester A. Riley, giving a second chance to a show whose audition failed when the sponsor spurned Groucho Marx for the lead. With Bendix stumbling, bumbling, and skating almost perpetually on thin ice, stretching the patience of his otherwise loving wife and children, The Life of Riley was a radio hit from 1944 through 1951, and Bendix even brought an adaptation of the film version to Lux Radio Theater. He made Riley's frequent exclamation, "What a revoltin' development this is," into a national catchphrase.

Bendix as Riley with Sterling Holloway, 1957.

Bendix wasn't able to play the role on television at first---a contracted film commitment prevented it. The role went to Jackie Gleason and the show aired a single season beginning in October 1949. Despite winning an Emmy award, the show ended, in part because Gleason wasn't entirely acceptable as Riley when Bendix was so identified with it on radio. But Bendix was available for a new television version in 1953, and this time the show clicked. The second television version of The Life of Riley ran from 1953 to 1958---long enough for Riley to become a grandfather.

On the 1952 television program This Is Your Life, it was claimed that he was a descendant of the 19th century composer Felix Mendelssohn.

In 1958 Bendix played the lead in Rod Serling's The Time Element, a time-travel adventure about a man who travels back to 1941 Honolulu and tries to warn everyone about the impending attack on Pearl Harbor.

In 1958 Bendix appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. He returned for a second appearance on October 1, 1959, the fourth season premiere of the series in which he and his friend, Tennessee Ernie Ford, perform a comedy skit about a safari.^[3]

In 1960 Bendix starred in seventeen episodes of the NBC western series Overland Trail in the role of Frederick Thomas "Fred" Kelly, the crusty superintendent of the Overland Stage Company. Doug McClure, later Trampass on NBC's The Virginian, co-starred as his young understudy, Frank "Flip" Flippen. The program was similar to another offering on ABC the following season, Stagecoach West.

Bing Crosby Show 1952-02-13 (094) Guest Humphrey Bogart

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:44:23 GMT

60 years ago with Bing and Bogie!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-02-29 (062) Tony Curtis

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:39:28 GMT

60 years ago with Dean, Jerry, and a very young Tony Curtis!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-02-24 (797) Jack Tries to Buy a Car

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:35:19 GMT

60 years ago Jack went shopping for a new car!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-02-24 Phils Band to Play for Mr Scotts Daughter

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:30:32 GMT

60 years ago with Phil and Mr. Scott (Gale Gordon)!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-02-28 (247) Jack's violin is returned - Benny-Allen Feud week 9

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:26:18 GMT

75 years ago Jack had a milestone episode dealing with the feud!

Jimmy Stewart Podcast Saturday - Screen Directors Playhouse HQ - 1949-05-08 James Stewart - Its a Wonderful Life

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:19:40 GMT

Wow, Jimmy Stewart's signature roll with an old introduction by Jim Benny, who is strangely out of breath!

Fred Allen Podcast 1937-02-24 Town Hall Tonight - Benny-Allen Feud week 9 (rare)

Buck Benny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:01:01 GMT

Yippee, another full rare Fred Allen show from 75 years ago!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-02-24 Fibber Buys A Horse

Buck Benny — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:16:34 GMT

70 years ago Fibber bought a horse?

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-02-22 (435) At the San Francisco Presidio

Buck Benny — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:51:27 GMT

70 years ago Jack Benny performed before the Army at the San Francisco Presidio.

Great Gildersleeve 1942-02-22 (026) Selling the Drugstore

Buck Benny — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:45:37 GMT

7o years ago this week with Gildy!

Gunsmoke Podcast - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part 6

Buck Benny — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:37:12 GMT

The last great episode of the Story of Gunsmoke. We are moving our westerns to Wednesday for Western Wednesday!

Red Skelton Show 1942-02-22 (021) Rehearsal for February 24, 1942

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:03:02 GMT

70 years ago with Red and all we have left is the rehearsal!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-02-23 (610) Jack Fires the Sportsmen

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:54:47 GMT

65 years ago Jack had an episode riddled with mistakes!

Suspense 1952-02-18 (461) Richard Widmark - The Track of the Cat (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:33:41 GMT

60 years ago Richard Widmark kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby 1947-02-19 Guest Judy Garland

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:08:48 GMT

Tough choice as to what to present, but Judy Garland pretty much trumps everyone, so from 65 years ago this week!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-02-22 (061) Linda Darnell

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:54:47 GMT

“

At first, everything was like a fairy tale coming true. I stepped into a fabulous land where, overnight, I was a movie star. In pictures you're built up by everyone. On the set, in the publicity office, wherever you go, everyone says you're wonderful. It gives you a false sense of security. You waltz through a role, and everywhere you hear that you are beautiful and lovely, a natural-born actress. You believe what people around you say.^[1]^:51

”

After appearing in several small films, Darnell was cast in her first big-budget film in May 1940, appearing again opposite Tyrone Power in Brigham Young (1940), which was shot on location in mid-1940 and was regarded the most expensive film 20th Century Fox had yet produced.^[1]^:55 Darnell and Power were cast together for the second time due to the box office success of Day-Time Wife, and they became a highly publicized onscreen couple, which prompted Darryl F. Zanuck to add 18 more romantic scenes to Brigham Young.^[13] The film's director, Henry Hathaway, in later life had only slight memories of Darnell and recalled that "a sweeter girl never lived."^[1]^:55 By June 1940, shortly after completing Brigham Young, Darnell achieved stardom and earned "a weekly salary larger than most bank officials."^[14]

In the summer of 1940, Darnell began working on The Mark of Zorro (1940), in which she again co-starred as Power's sweetheart in a role for which Anne Baxter was previously considered.^[1]^:58 A big budget adventure film that was raved over by the critics, The Mark of Zorro was a box office sensation and did much to enhance Darnell's star status.^[1]^:58 Afterwards, she was paired with Henry Fonda for the first time in the western Chad Hanna (1940), her first Technicolor film. The film received only little attention, unlike Darnell's next film Blood and Sand (1941), was shot on location in Mexico and she was re-teamed with Power. It was the first film for which she was widely critically acclaimed.^[1]^:63 Nevertheless, Darnell later claimed that her downfall began after Blood and Sand. In an interview she said:

"People got tired of seeing the sweet young things I was playing and I landed at the bottom of the roller coaster. The change and realization were very subtle. I'd had the fame and money every girl dreams about–and the romance. I'd crammed thirty years into ten, and while it was exciting and I would do it over again, I still know I missed out on my girlhood, the fun, little things that now seem important."^[1]^:63–64

The studio was unable to find Darnell suitable roles. In late 1940, Fox chose her for the main role in Song of the Islands (1942), a Hawaiian musical film which eventually starred Betty Grable.^[15] After Blood and Sand, she was set to co-star with Claudette Colbert in Remember the Day (1941), but another actress was eventually cast.^[1]^:65 Meanwhile, she was considered for the female lead in Swamp Water (1941), but Anne Baxter was later assigned the role. Darnell was disappointed and felt rejected; she later said: "Right under your very nose someone else is brought in for that prize part you wanted so terribly."^[1]^:65 Months passed by without any work, and in August 1941 she was cast in a supporting role in the musical Rise and Shine (1941). The film was a setback in her career, and she was rejected for a later role because she refused to respond to Darryl F. Zanuck's advances.^[1]^:67–68 Instead, she contributed to war effort, working for the Red Cross, selling war bonds, and she was a regular at the Hollywood Canteen.

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-02-17 (796) Jack Dreams the New York Symphony Plays His Song

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:10:21 GMT

60 years ago Jack had another great history making episode! Fun, fun, episode! Hope you enjoy the great sound of this classic episode!

Jack Benny Podcast Special - Lux Radio Theater 1937-02-15 (120) Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone - Brewster's Millions

Buck Benny — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:17:20 GMT

Ooooh, a Jack Benny special presentation! Brewster's Millions! I can't wait, can you? From 75 years ago this week!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-02-17 Seeing Phil's New Movie

Buck Benny — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:20:13 GMT

60 years ago the show was about Phil's new movie, "The Wild Blue Yonder!"

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-02-21 (246) Buck Benny Rides Again Nine - Benny-Allen Feud week 8

Buck Benny — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:20:12 GMT

75 years ago Jack brings us more Buck Benny!

Judy Garland Theater - Bing Crosby Show 1949-10-05 (003) - Guest Judy Garland

Buck Benny — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:20:00 GMT

Yes, finally another episode of Judy Garland theater! Judy on the Bing Crosby show!

Gunsmoke - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part 5

Buck Benny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:59:41 GMT

More fun out west!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-02-17 Fibbers Home Movie

Buck Benny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:51:39 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-02-15 (434) Jack Can't Get a Date on His Birthday

Buck Benny — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:25:27 GMT

70 years ago with Jack and the gang with a podcast nod to Harry Baldwin.

Dennis Day Podcast 1947-02-12 (019) Dennis Becomes Irresistible to Women

Buck Benny — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:16:50 GMT

65 years ago with Dennis Day!

Red Skelton Show 1942-02-17 (020) Daylight Savings Time

Buck Benny — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:02:07 GMT

70 years ago with Red Skelton on Daylight Savings!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-02-16 (609) Jack's Birthday Party

Buck Benny — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:35:17 GMT

65 years ago let's celebrate Jack's Birthday with the Colemans!

Suspense 1947-02-13 (232) Agnes Moorehead - The Thirteenth Sound (128-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:33:08 GMT

65 years ago Agnes Moorehead kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby 1947-01-29 Guests Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:35:35 GMT

65 years ago Bing appeared with his "Road Picture" co-stars Hope and Lamour!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-02-15 (060) William Holden

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:30:26 GMT

60 years ago with Dean, Jerry and William Holden!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-02-10 (795) To New York by Train to Publish Jack's Song

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:24:34 GMT

60 years ago Jack went on the train to New York!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-02-10 A Wife for Frankie

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:18:25 GMT

60 years ago, oooh a wife for Valentines, how special!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-02-14 (245) Jack's Birthday - Benny -Allen Feud week 7

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:35 GMT

75 years ago on Jack's birthday and Valentines!

Fred Allen Podcast 1937-02-10 Town Hall Tonight - Benny-Allen Feud week 7

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:27 GMT

75 years ago another full Fred Allen episode.

Gunsmoke Podcast - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part 4

Buck Benny — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:20 GMT

We enter part 4 in our epic presentation of The Story of Gunsmoke!

Paul McCartney Podcast - Kisses On The Bottom Special

Buck Benny — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:51:19 GMT

A little career retrospective focusing on the last half decade of Paul's career with extra time spent with his new album!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-02-10 Valentine Candy

Buck Benny — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:39:34 GMT

70 years ago Valentines with Fibber and Molly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-02-08 (433) Jack Is Upset Because Fred Allen Has Moved to Sundays

Buck Benny — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:14:55 GMT

70 years ago Jack was still mad at Fred Allen!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-02-08 (024) Auto Mechanics

Buck Benny — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:00:57 GMT

70 years ago with Gildy!

Red Skelton Podcast 1942-02-10 (019) Insurance Policy

Buck Benny — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:54:47 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-02-09 (608) What Happens After the Show Goes off the Air

Buck Benny — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:55:56 GMT

65 years ago with Jack and guest vetran actor, Victor Moore!

Victor Moore made his film debut in 1915. He starred in three films that year, two of which were directed by Cecil B. DeMille - Chimmie Fadden and Chimmie Fadden Out West.

He appeared in over 50 films and 21 Broadway shows. His first appearance was on Broadway in Rosemary (1896). He also appeared in George M. Cohan's Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, which opened January 1, 1906, and its sequel, The Talk of New York (1907). He went on to star in shows such as Oh, Kay! (1926) as Shorty McGee, Hold Everything! (1928) as Nosey Bartlett, Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing (1931) with William Gaxton, Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933), Cole Porter's Anything Goes (1934) as Moonface Martin, and Irving Berlin's Louisiana Purchase (1940) as Oliver P. Loganberry.

Victor Moore worked in film twice with Bob Hope, first in Louisiana Purchase (1941) and again in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942).

He made a guest appearance as himself on The Martin and Lewis radio show on 8/16/49, and was a regular (as himself) on The Jimmy Durante Show.

He also appeared in such Hollywood films as Swing Time (1936) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), The Heat's On with Mae West, Duffy's Tavern (1945), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947), On Our Merry Way (1948), A Kiss in the Dark (1949), and We're Not Married (1952), working with Ginger Rogers for a second time. His last screen appearance was a cameo role as a plumber in The Seven Year Itch (1955).

His most unusual role came in the 1945 Daffy Duck cartoon Ain't That Ducky. Moore was so pleased with the caricature of him that he offered to add his voice free of charge on one condition: that the animators drew him with a little more hair.

Suspense 1952-02-04 (459) J. Carrol Naish - The Treasure Chest of Don Jose (128-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:36:29 GMT

60 years ago J. Carrol Naish kept us in Suspense!

J. Patrick Naish (January 21, 1896 – January 24, 1973) was an American character actor. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for film roles, and he later found fame in the title role of CBS Radio's Life With Luigi (1948–1953), which was also on CBS Television (1952-1953).

Born Joseph Patrick Carroll Naish in New York City, he appeared on stage for several years before he began his film career. He began as a member of Gus Edwards's vaudeville troupe of child performers. In Paris after World War I, Naish formed his own song and dance act. He was traveling the globe from Europe to Egypt to Asia, when his China-bound ship developed engine problems, leaving him in California in 1926.

His uncredited bit role in What Price Glory? (1926) launched his career in more than two hundred films. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the first for his role in the movie Sahara (1943), and for his performance in the movie A Medal for Benny (1945). For the latter film, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He played Boris Karloff's assistant in House of Frankenstein (1944).

He was of Irish descent, but he never used his dialect skills to play Irishmen, explaining, "When the part of an Irishman comes along, nobody ever thinks of me." He did play other elasticities such as Italian, Native American, and Chinese, which earned him the moniker "Hollywood's one-man U.N.".^[1]

In 1954, Naish guest starred in an episode of Justice, an NBC legal drama about attorneys of the Legal Aid Society of New York. On February 2, 1959, Naish appeared on John Payne's NBC western series The Restless Gun in the role of Major Quint Langley in the episode "Blood of Courage."^[2]

In 1960-61, he played an American Indian in the ABC sitcom Guestward, Ho! with costars Joanne Dru and Mark Miller.

Bing Crosby 1952-02-06 (093) Guest Fred Astaire

Buck Benny — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:23:53 GMT

60 years ago today with Bing and Fred!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-02-08 (059) Rhonda Fleming

Buck Benny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:41:15 GMT

60 years ago with Dean, Jerry, and Rhonda!

Rhonda Fleming began working as a film actress while attending Beverly Hills High School,^[2] from which she was graduated in 1941. After appearing uncredited in a several films, she received her first substantial role in the thriller Spellbound (1945), produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She followed this with supporting roles in another thriller, The Spiral Staircase (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak, the Randolph Scott western Abilene Town (1946), and the film noir classic Out of the Past (1947) with Robert Mitchum. Her first leading role came in Adventure Island (1947), a low-budget action film made in the two-color Cinecolor process and co-starring Rory Calhoun.^[3]

The actress then co-starred with Bing Crosby in her first Technicolor film,^[4] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), a musical loosely based on the story by Mark Twain. Fleming exhibited her singing ability, dueting with Crosby on “Once and For Always” and soloing with “When Is Sometime.” She and Crosby recorded these songs for a 78 rpm Decca soundtrack album. She also sang on NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour during the same live telecast that featured Errol Flynn, on September 30, 1951, from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood.^[5]

In 1953, Fleming portrayed Cleopatra in Serpent of the Nile. That same year she appeared in two films shot in 3-D, Inferno with Robert Ryan and the musical Those Redheads From Seattle with Gene Barry. The following year she starred with Fernando Lamas in Jivaro, her third 3-D release.

Among Fleming’s subsequent cinematic credits are Fritz Lang’s While the City Sleeps (1956), co-starring Dana Andrews; Allan Dwan’s Slightly Scarlet, co-starring John Payne and Arlene Dahl; John Sturges’s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) co-starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas and the Irwin Allen / Joseph M. Newman production of The Big Circus (1959), co-starring Victor Mature and Vincent Price. Her most recent film was Waiting for the Wind (1990).^[6]

During the 1950s and into the 1960s, Fleming frequently appeared on television with guest-starring roles on The Red Skelton Show, The Best of Broadway, The Investigators, Shower of Stars, The Dick Powell Show, Death Valley Days, Wagon Train, Burke's Law, The Virginian, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman, Kung Fu, Ellery Queen, and The Love Boat. On March 4, 1962, Fleming appeared in one of the last segments of ABC's Follow the Sun in a role opposite Gary Lockwood, who was nearly 14 years her junior. She played a Marine in the episode "Marine of the Month".

In 1958, Fleming again displayed her singing talent when she recorded her only LP, entitled simply Rhonda. In this album, she blended then current songs like "Around The World" with standards such as "Love Me Or Leave Me" and "I've Got You Under My Skin".

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-02-03 (794) Wolfe Gilbert to Publish Jack's Song

Buck Benny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:05:14 GMT

60 years ago with Jack! Podcast about SOPA and PIPA!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-02-03 The Day after Mr Scotts Dinner Party

Buck Benny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:54:06 GMT

60 years ago this week with Phil and Mr. Scott!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-02-07 (244) The Stolen Violin - with rare 02-03 Fred Allen clip - Benny-Allen Feud week 6

Buck Benny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:09:17 GMT

75 years ago this week feuding with Jack and Fred!

Jimmy Stewart Saturday - Bing Crosby 1949-04-06 Guests Jimmy Stewart and Kay Starr

Buck Benny — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:09:08 GMT

Jimmy and Bing as always great together!

Scarlet Queen Podcast 1947-02-02 Howard Duff and Elliott Lewis - The Death of David Malone

Buck Benny — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:34 GMT

65 years ago this week, Howard Duff and Elliott Lewis appeared in the audition episode of the Scarlet Queen, forerunner to both Gunsmoke and Star Trek!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-02-03 Molly's Lost Diamond Ring

Buck Benny — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:34:11 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-02-01 (432) Humphrey Bogart - The Frightwig Murder Case Part Two

Buck Benny — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:35:09 GMT

70 years ago with Jacky and Bogie!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-02-01 (023) Leroy Runs Away

Buck Benny — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:33:28 GMT

Come back Leroy, come back!

Dennis Day Podcast 1947-01-22 (016) Dennis Is Mistaken for a Missing Heir (First Song - McNamara's Band)

Buck Benny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:49:04 GMT

65 year ago with Dennis Day!

Red Skelton Show 1942-02-03 (018) Superstitious People

Buck Benny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:02:45 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-02-02 (607) Frank Capra - It's a Wonderful Life

Buck Benny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:54:22 GMT

65 years ago Frank Capra and Jack Benny celebrated a ",Wonderful Life."

Suspense 1947-01-23 (229) Roddy McDowall - One Way Street (64-44)

Buck Benny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:37:52 GMT

Roddy McDowall made his first well-known motion picture appearance at the age of 12, playing "Huw Morgan" in How Green Was My Valley (1941). This role made him a household name. He starred in Lassie Come Home (1943), a film that introduced a girl who would become his lifelong friend — Elizabeth Taylor. He then appeared as Ken McLaughlin in the 1943 film My Friend Flicka. McDowall went on to appear in several other films, including The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) and The White Cliffs of Dover (1944).

Roddy McDowall in Lassie Come Home (1943)

McDowall continued his career successfully into adulthood, but it was usually in character roles, notably in heavy makeup as various "chimpanzee" characters in four of the Planet of the Apes movies (1968–1973) and in the 1974 TV series that followed. During one guest appearance on The Carol Burnett Show, he came out onto the stage in his Planet of the Apes makeup and the look of fright on Carol Burnett's face was reported to be genuine. Other film appearances included Cleopatra (1963), in which he played Octavian (the young Emperor Augustus) and was believed to be set to get nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but was disqualified when accidentally submitted for Best Actor instead; It! (1966), in which he played a Norman Bates-like character reminiscent of Psycho; The Poseidon Adventure (1972), in which he played Acres, a dining room attendant; Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974); Evil Under the Sun (1982); Class of 1984 (1982); Fright Night (1985), in which he played Peter Vincent, a television host and moderator of telecast horror films; and Overboard (1987) in which he played a kind-hearted butler. He also appeared on stage and was frequently a guest star on television shows, appearing in such series as the original The Twilight Zone, The Eleventh Hour, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Night Gallery, The Invaders, The Carol Burnett Show, Fantasy Island, Columbo and Quantum Leap.

McDowall appeared frequently on Hollywood Squares, and occasionally came up with funny quips himself. For example:

Q. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what does Queen Gertrude get that was meant for her famous son?
McDOWALL: A dozen roses and a box of candy.

McDowall played "The Bookworm" in the 1960s American TV series Batman, and he had an acclaimed recurring role as "The Mad Hatter" in Batman: The Animated Series as well as providing his adroit dramatic tones to the audio adaptation of the 1989 Batman film. He also played the rebel scientist Dr. Jonathan Willoway in the 1970s science fiction TV series, The Fantastic Journey, based on the Bermuda Triangle. McDowall's final acting role in animation (at least), was for an episode of Godzilla: The Series in the episode "Dreadloch". In A Bug's Life (1998), one of his final contributions to motion pictures, he provides the voice of the ant "Mr. Soil".

Bing Crosby 1947-01-15 Guest Al Jolson

Buck Benny — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:16:15 GMT

Wow Bing and Al together!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-02-01 (058) Gordon MacRae

Buck Benny — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:54:25 GMT

Gordon MacRae made his Broadway debut in the mid-1940s, acquiring his first recording contract soon afterwards. Many of his hit recordings were made with Jo Stafford. It was in 1948 that he appeared in his first film, The Big Punch, a drama about boxing. He soon began an on-screen partnership with Doris Day and appeared with her in several films.

In 1951, he starred with Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay, followed by the sequel By the Light of the Silvery Moon in 1953. That same year, he also starred opposite Kathryn Grayson in the third film version of The Desert Song. This was followed by leading roles in two major films of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956), both films opposite Shirley Jones.

On radio, he was the host and lead actor on The Railroad Hour, a half-hour anthology series made up of condensed versions of hit Broadway musicals.

MacRae appeared frequently on television, on such programs as The Martha Raye Show and The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, both on NBC. On Christmas 1958, MacRae and Ford performed the holiday hymn "O Holy Night".^[2] Earlier in 1958, MacRae guest starred on the short-lived NBC variety series, The Polly Bergen Show.

Thereafter, MacRae appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and The Bell Telephone Hour. He continued his musical stage career, often performing with his wife, as in a 1964 production of Bells Are Ringing, also performing as Sky Masterson in the popular musical Guys and Dolls, his wife playing the role of Miss Adeleide, reprising her Broadway role.^[3] In the late 1960s he co-hosted for a week on The Mike Douglas Show. He also toured in summer stock and appeared in nightclubs. In 1967, he replaced Robert Preston in the original Broadway run of the musical I Do! I Do!, starring opposite Carol Lawrence, who had taken over the role from Mary Martin.

In the 1970s, he portrayed a murderer on the popular TV series McCloud and played a supporting role in what turned out to be his last film, the 1979 motion picture The Pilot.

Phil Harris Podcast 1952-01-27 Phil is in Charge of the House

Buck Benny — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:23:10 GMT

Phil harris show from 60 years ago and a little lost Jack Benny and Rochester bit done by My eleven year old son a yours truly!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-01-31 (243) Next Sunday Jack Will Play 'The Bee' with a rare Fred Allen clip - Benny-Allen Feud week 5

Buck Benny — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:33:38 GMT

75 years ago Jack and Fred continue with the Feud in it's 5th week!

Judy Garland Theater - Bing Crosby Show 1948-10-06 Judy Garland

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:04:47 GMT

This week we bring you another appearance of Judy with Bing. These are my absolute favorites of Judy's radio performances, Judy and Bing are magic together.

Gunsmoke Podcast - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part Three

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:45:51 GMT

If you haven't been listening to these shows, then you've been missing out!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-01-27 Blizzard

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:20:01 GMT

70 years ago with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-01-25 (431) The Frightwig Murder Case Part One

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:42:35 GMT

70 years ago Jack came back on the air.

Jack Benny Forum

Laura Leff's books on Jack and his radio and TV shows!

Great Gildersleeve 42-01-25 (022) Matchmaker

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:23:12 GMT

70 years ago with Gildy.

Dennis Day Podcast 1947-01-08 Guests Jack Benny and Elliott Lewis (Extremely Rare)

Buck Benny — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:47:59 GMT

A very rare episode form 65 years ago with guests Jack Benny and Elliott Lewis!

Dennis Day TV Show

Red Skelton Show 1942-01-27 (017) Portable Radios

Buck Benny — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:21:04 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the Nelsons!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-01-26 (606) Margie (poor sound)

Buck Benny — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:56:38 GMT

65 years ago Jack's show unfortunately survives with very poor sound quality.

Suspense 1952-01-21 (457) Richard Basehart - The Perfectionist (64-44)

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:48:40 GMT

60 years ago Richard Basehart kept us in Suspense! Ooh, Admiral Nelson from "Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea!"

Bing Crosby Podcast 1947-01-22 George Jessel and Lina Romany

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:07:11 GMT

65 years ago with Bing and George Jessel!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-01-25 (057) Alexis Smith

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:55:44 GMT

60 years ago with the boys and Alexis!

During the 1940s Alexis Smith appeared alongside some of the most popular male stars of the day, including Errol Flynn in Gentleman Jim (1942) and San Antonio (1945) (in which she sang a special version of the popular ballad "Some Sunday Morning"), Humphrey Bogart in Conflict (1945) and The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), Cary Grant in a sanitized, fictionalized version of the life of Cole and Linda Porter in Night and Day (1946), and Bing Crosby in Here Comes the Groom (1951). Among Smith's other films are Rhapsody In Blue (1945), Of Human Bondage (1946), and The Young Philadelphians (1959). She also appeared on the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Radio (NBC) broadcast on 25 January 1952^{[citation needed]}

She toured in several stage hits including the 1955 National company of Plain and Fancy co-starring her husband Craig Stevens, Jean Kerr's Mary, Mary and Cactus Flower also co-starring Stevens.

She appeared on the cover of the May 3, 1971 issue of Time as the result of the critical acclaim for her singing and dancing role in Hal Prince's Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, which marked her long-awaited Broadway debut. In 1972, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance.

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-01-20 (792) George Burns Sings Jack's Song

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:37:25 GMT

60 years ago with George and Jack!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-01-20 Funding Raising for the March of Dimes

Buck Benny — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:14:13 GMT

60 years ago Phil was doing some really great work for the March of Dimes and the Red Cross!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-01-24 (242) Jack Practices the Bee - Benny-Allen Feud week 4

Buck Benny — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:10:10 GMT

75 years ago we continued with the feud!

Gunsmoke Podcast - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part Two

Buck Benny — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:07:11 GMT

Listen after the episode for more background about the series.

Fred Allen Podcast - Town Hall Tonight 1937-01-20 - Benny-Allen Feud week four (Rare)

Buck Benny — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:52:37 GMT

70 years ago with Fred and the feud!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-01-20 Mrs Uppingtons Window - Part Two

Buck Benny — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:58:17 GMT

Fun with Fibber!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-01-18 (430) Carole Lombard's Death - Show Is Without Jack

Buck Benny — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:47:08 GMT

70 years ago we saluted the sad passing of Jack Benny's co-star in the film materpiece, "To Be or Not To Be," the wonderful Carole Lombard who died in a plane crash on January 16th 1942.

When the US entered World War II at the end of 1941, Carole Lombard traveled to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally with her mother, Bess Peters, and Clark Gable's press agent, Otto Winkler. After raising over $2 million in defense bonds, Lombard addressed her fans, saying: "Before I say goodbye to you all, come on and join me in a big cheer! V for Victory!" On January 16, 1942, Lombard, her mother, and Winkler boarded a Transcontinental and Western Air DC-3 airplane to return to California. After refueling in Las Vegas, TWA Flight 3 took off and 23 minutes later, crashed into "Double Up Peak" near the 8,300 ft (2,500 m) level of Mount Potosi, 32 statute miles (51 km) southwest of Las Vegas. All 22 aboard, including 15 army servicemen, were killed instantly.

On January 18, 1942, Jack Benny did not perform his usual program, both out of respect for Lombard and grief at her death. Instead, he devoted his program to an all-music format.

Shortly after her death at the age of 33, Gable (who was inconsolable and devastated by her loss) joined the United States Army Air Forces. After officers training, Gable headed a six-man motion picture unit attached to a B-17 bomb group in England to film aerial gunners in combat, flying five missions himself. Gable attended the launch of the Liberty ship SS Carole Lombard, named in her honor, on January 15, 1944.

Lombard's final film, To Be or Not to Be (1942), directed by Ernst Lubitsch and co-starring Jack Benny, a satire about Nazism and World War II, was in post-production at the time of her death. The film's producers decided to cut part of the film in which Lombard's character asks, "What can happen on a plane?" as they felt it was in poor taste, given the circumstances of her death.

At the time of her death, Lombard had been scheduled to star in the film They All Kissed the Bride; when production started, her role was given to Joan Crawford. Crawford donated all of her pay for this film to the Red Cross.

Great Gildersleeve 1942-01-18 (021) A New Bed for Marjorie

Buck Benny — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:36:45 GMT

70 years ago this week with Gildersleeve!

Phil Harris 1947-01-05 (015) Phil's Enrolled At USC

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:29:54 GMT

65 years ago, sorta, Phil went to college?

Red Skelton Show 1942-01-20 (016) Inside Office Buildings

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:14:19 GMT

70 years ago with Red and his gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-01-19 (605) Guest Boris Karloff - I Was Condemned

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:55:09 GMT

65 Years ago Boris Karloff stopped by to have some fun with Jack and the gang.

From 1945 to 1946, Boris Karloff appeared in three films for RKO produced by Val Lewton: Isle of the Dead, The Body Snatcher, and Bedlam. In a 1946 interview with Louis Berg of the Los Angeles Times, Karloff discussed his three-picture deal with RKO, his reasons for leaving Universal Pictures and working with producer Lewton. Karloff left Universal because he thought the Frankenstein franchise had run its course. The latest installment was what he called a "'monster clambake,' with everything thrown in — Frankenstein, Dracula, a hunchback and a 'man-beast' that howled in the night. It was too much. Karloff thought it was ridiculous and said so." Berg continues, "Mr. Karloff has great love and respect for Mr. Lewton as the man who rescued him from the living dead and restored, so to speak, his soul."^[7]

During this period, Karloff was also a frequent guest on radio programmes, whether it was starring in Arch Oboler's Chicago-based Lights Out productions (most notably the episode "Cat Wife") or spoofing his horror image with Fred Allen or Jack Benny.

Suspense 1952-01-14 (456) Agnes Moorehead - The Fall River Tragedy (64-44)

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:46:22 GMT

60 years ago this week Agnes Moorehead kept us in Suspense!

Bing Crosby Podcast 1952-01-16 (090) Guest Bob Hope - At Fort Ord

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:25:24 GMT

60 years ago today, Bob joined Bing at Fort Ord to entertain the troops.

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-01-18 (056) Frank Sinatra

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:13:58 GMT

60 years ago with Frank and Dean in their pre "Rat Pack" days!

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-01-13 (791) Jack Gets a Haircut

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:23:20 GMT

60 years ago with Jack and the gang!

Here is a link to the color Jack Benny Special from 1966!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-01-13 Surprise Present for Phil's Birthday

Buck Benny — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:48:04 GMT

60 years ago Phil got a big surprise! Do I love surprises? Ooh, Do I!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-01-17 (241) Buck Benny in Ensenada, Mexico - Benny Allen Feud week three (Includes Rare Fred Allen Clips)

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:22:58 GMT

75 years ago with some rare Fred Allen clips, the Jack Benny Show and more on the feud!

Jimmy Stewart Podcast - Jack Benny 1949-01-09 (677) Guest Jimmy Stewart - Lunch at the Brown Derby

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:22:36 GMT

Jimmy Stewart Saturday returns with on of Jack's all time greatest episodes!

Gunsmoke Podcast - The Story Of Gunsmoke Part One

Buck Benny — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:22:26 GMT

We are coming up on the 60th anniversary of Gunsmoke, so I thought that as a build up you might want to hear the Story of Gunsmoke.

Fibber McGee and Molly 1942-01-13 Mrs Uppingtons Window - Part 1

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:05:58 GMT

70 years ago Fibber began a two part episode!

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-01-11 (429) From March Field

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:34:07 GMT

70 years ago, one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor Jack does his first troop broadcast from March Field!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-01-11 (020) Gildy Arrested as Car Thief

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:00:11 GMT

70 years ago Gildy got arrested!

Dennis Day 1947-01-01 (014) Dennis Is Guest Speaker at the Ladies Aid Meeting

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:44:56 GMT

60 years ago with Dennis! We're still a week off, oh well.

Red Skelton Show 1942-01-10 (015) Rehearsal for January 13, 1942

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:44:20 GMT

70 years ago only the rehearsal remains, but we'll take it!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-01-12 (604) Gracie Wants to Listen to Jack on the Radio

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:44:07 GMT

65 years ago this week Jack was visited by George Burns and Gracie Allen!

Suspense 1947-01-09 (227) Dan Duryea, Howard Duff, and Cathy Lewis - The Will to Power (64-44)

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:28:21 GMT

65 years ago Dan Duryea kept us in Suspense!

Dan Duryea moved to Hollywood in 1940 to appear in the film version of The Little Foxes. He continued to establish himself with supporting & secondary roles in films such as The Pride of the Yankees & None But the Lonely Heart. As the 1940s progressed, he found his niche as the "sniveling, deliberately taunting" antagonist in a number of films noir (Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, Criss Cross, Too Late for Tears), though he was sometimes cast in more objective roles (Black Angel, Ministry of Fear, One Way Street).^[3]

Television

Dan appeared on the Jack Benny TV show as a gangster holding up a lunch counter. Duryea starred as the lead character China Smith in the China Smith from 1952 to 1956); and "The New Adventures of China Smith" from 1953 to 1954). In 1959, Duryea appeared as a alcoholic gunfighter in third episode of The Twilight Zone, "Mr. Denton on Doomsday". He guest starred on NBC's anthology series The Barbara Stanwyck Show, and, in 1963, portrayed Dr. Ben Lorrigan on the NBC's The Eleventh Hour. From 1967 to 1968, Duryea appeared as Eddie Jacks on the soap opera Peyton Place.^[4]

Bing Crosby Podcast 1947-01-08 Guest Mickey Rooney

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:33 GMT

65 years ago Bing gets a visit from Mickey Rooney!

In 1937, Rooney was selected to portray Andy Hardy in A Family Affair (1937), which MGM had planned as a B-movie.^[2] Rooney provided comic relief as the son of Judge James K. Hardy, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore (although Lewis Stone would play the role of Judge Hardy in later films). The film was an unexpected success, and led to 13 more Andy Hardy films between 1937 and 1946, and a final film in 1958. Rooney also received top billing as "Shockey Carter" in Hoosier Schoolboy (1937).

Also in 1937, Mickey made his first film alongside Judy Garland with Thoroughbreds Don't Cry. Garland and Rooney became close friends and a successful song and dance team. Besides three of the Andy Hardy films, where she portrayed Betsy Booth, a younger girl with a crush on Andy, they appeared together in a string of successful musicals, including the Oscar-nominated Babes in Arms (1939). During an interview in the documentary film, When the Lion Roars, Rooney describes their friendship:

Judy and I were so close we could've come from the same womb. We weren't like brothers or sisters but there was no love affair there; there was more than a love affair. It's very, very difficult to explain the depths of our love for each other. It was so special. It was a forever love. Judy, as we speak, has not passed away. She's always with me in every heartbeat of my body.^[7]

Rooney's breakthrough role as a dramatic actor came in 1938's Boys Town opposite Spencer Tracy as Whitey Marsh, which opened shortly before his 18th birthday. Rooney was awarded a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1939^[8] and was named the biggest box-office draw in 1939, 1940 and 1941.^[9] Unquestionably a well-known entertainer by the early 1940s, Rooney, with Garland, was one of many celebrities caricatured in Tex Avery's 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon Hollywood Steps Out. As of 2011, Rooney is the only surviving entertainer depicted in the cartoon.

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-01-11 (055) Hans Conreid

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:28 GMT

60 years ago talented voice actor Hans Conreid joined Jerry and Dean!

Conried appeared regularly on many radio shows during the 1940s and 1950s, notably the George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, on which he played a psychiatrist whom George regularly consulted for help in dealing with the dizzy Gracie.

Conried's most important single year was 1953, in which he made his Broadway debut in Can-Can and received screen credit in six films (among them The Twonky and The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T). His other Broadway productions include 70, Girls, 70 and Irene.

Hans Conried's inimitable growl and impeccable diction were perfectly suited to the roles he played, whether portraying the dim Professor Kopokin in the radio show My Friend Irma or portraying comic villains and other mock-sinister or cranky types, such as Captain Hook (and Mr. Darling) in Walt Disney's Peter Pan and The Grinch/Narrator from Dr. Seuss' Halloween is Grinch Night. According to the DVD commentary of Futurama, he was also the inspiration for the voice created for that series' "Robot Devil".

Conried also was a cast member of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, voicing the character of Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Do-Right shorts, and also hosted Fractured Flickers, another creation of Jay Ward and Bill Scott, as well as Wally Walrus on The Woody Woodpecker Show, Uncle Waldo P. Wigglesworth on Hoppity Hooper, and Dr. Dred on Drak Pack. He was well known as the Williams family patriarch, Uncle Tonoose, on the sitcom Make Room for Daddy, a role he played for 13 years. He was also a regular performer on the Jack Paar Tonight Show from 1959 to 1962.

Jack Benny Podcast 1952-01-06 (790) Suspense

Buck Benny — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:29 GMT

60 years ago this week Jack and the gang took on radio legend Suspense! I can't wait can you! The Suspense is killing me!!!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1952-01-06 Pebble Beach Golf Trip

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:34:20 GMT

Phil loves his golf, and he was pretty good at it!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-01-10 (240) Benny-Allen Feud week two - Buck Benny Rides Again Chapter 7

Buck Benny — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:47:42 GMT

75 years ago more Buck Benny and more Benny/Allen Feud!

Judy Garland Theater - Al Jolson's Kraft Music Hall 1948-09-30 First Song - Is It True What They Say About Dixie, Guest - Judy Garland

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:23:31 GMT

Judy Garland theater returns with her appearance on Al Jolson's show!

Fred Allen Podcast - Town Hall Tonight 1937-01-06 Benny-Allen Feud week two (rare)

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:02:53 GMT

75 years ago the Benny/Allen Feud continued!

Fibber Mcgee and Molly 1942-01-06 Night Out

Buck Benny — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:30:57 GMT

70 years ago Fibber and Molly needed a night out.

Jack Benny Podcast 1942-01-04 (428) New Year's Eve Party at the Biltmore Bowl

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:42:02 GMT

70 years ago we partied with Jack and the gang!

Great Gildersleeve 1942-01-04 (019) Gildy Goes on a Diet

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:48:52 GMT

Even 70 years ago dieting was popular after the new year!

Dennis Day 1946-12-25 (013) The Boy Who Sang for a King

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:38:20 GMT

Oops should have ran this last week, oh well always room for one more Christmas show!

Red Skelton Show 1942-01-06 (014) License Plates

Buck Benny — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:31:53 GMT

70 years ago with Red!

Jack Benny Podcast 1947-01-05 (603) Guests - Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:18:03 GMT

65 years ago Bogart and Bacall stopped by to spend some time with Jack and the gang!

Suspense 1945-03-08 (133) Humphrey Bogart - Love's Lovely Counterfeit (128-44)

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:09:18 GMT

Just a little over 65 years ago Humphrey Bogart kept us in Suspense with his only appearance on the show! We're going a little out of order here, but this is the second episode in our Bogart and Bacall day!

Bold Venture (38) - Bogart and Bacall - Slates Stolen Identity with Louis Gaspar (hq128-44)

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:01:21 GMT

Wow! Here is our first entry, from 60 years ago, in our Bogart and Bacall day!

Bing Crosby 1952-01-02 (088) - Monica Lewis and Hopalong Cassidy

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:41:41 GMT

60 years ago today with Bing and Hoppy!

Martin & Lewis Show 1952-01-04 (054) Mona Freeman

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:41:37 GMT

60 years ago this week with Dean, Jerry, and Mona!

Mona Freeman (born June 9, 1926) is an American film actress. ^[1]

The 5' 1" blonde was a model while in high school, and after becoming the first "Miss Subways" of the New York City transit system, eventually signed a movie contract with Howard Hughes. Her contract was later sold to Paramount Pictures. After 1944, she became a popular teenage movie star. As an adult, her career slowed and she appeared in mostly B-movies, though one exception was her role in the film noir Angel Face (1952). Freeman's appearances in films ended in the 1950s but she continued to work in television.

Jack Benny Podcast 1951-12-30 (789) New Year's Eve Date with a French Girl (poor sound)

Buck Benny — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:41:25 GMT

This episode has very poor sound, but it's the best I could find.

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1951-12-30 Need Tickets to the Rose Bowl Parade

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:07:25 GMT

60 years ago this week did Phil and Alice go to the Rose Bowl Parade? Tune in and find out!

Jack Benny Podcast 1937-01-03 (239) Beginning of the Benny-Allen Feud and Buck Benny Chapter 6

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:55:52 GMT

75 years ago the Benny/Allen Feud begins!

Fred Allen Podcast - Town Hall Tonight 1936-12-30 (105) Guest Stuart Canin - Beginning of the Benny-Allen Feud (Rare)

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:33:48 GMT

75 years ago this week the Benny/Allen feud began with this very episode featuring a young Stuart Canin performing the violin solo heard round the world.

Fred Allen - Town Hall Tonight 1936-12-23 (104) Ambrose Smith, Department Store Santa

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:04:21 GMT

Let's try this one more time! This is the file that was messed up last week, hope it comes out ok this time!

Fibber McGee and Molly 1941-12-30 Fix It McGee

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:59:13 GMT

70 years ago this week with Fibber and Molly!

Buck Benny Christmas Album Version 3.0

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:49:35 GMT

Ok, let's try this one last time! Here is the true last version that follows this track list! All three versions are substantially different from each other.

Track List

01 Bing and Lindsay Crosby - GI Silent Night Before Christmas 1951
02 Phil Harris and Alice Faye - Baby its cold outside 1949-05-08
03 Alice Faye - I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause 1952-12-21 (229)
04 Bing and Gary Crosby - Jingle Bell Jive (SamSong Mix) 1950-12
05 The Sportsmen - Christmas Elevator 1950-12-17 (ep 750)
06 Bing Crosby and Judy Garland - Rudolph Jive 1950
07 Dinah Shore - A Merry American Christmas 1941-12-21 (ep 08)
08 Bing Crosby and Trudy Erwin - Silver Bells 1951-12-19 (086)
09 Eddie Cantor-The Only Thing I Want For Christmas
10 Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart - Baby it's cold outside 1949
11 Dennis Day - Christmas in Kilarnay 1950-11-12
12 Phil Harris - Jingle Bells 1951-12-23
13 Lindsay Crosby - What I want for Christmas 1951-12-19
14 Sportsman - Winter Wonderland 1953-12-20 (865)
15 Alice Faye - Santa Clause is Coming to Town 1950-12-24
16 Bing Crosby - Rudolph 1949-12-14 (013)
17 Dennis Day - Frosty the Snowman 1951-11-25 (ep 784)
18 Bing and Gary Crosby - That Christmas Feeling 1950-12-20
19 Bing and Lindsay Crosby - I'd like to hitch a ride with Santa
20 Twins - Dennis and Phil Crosby - The Snowman 1950-12-20
21 Bing and Crosby Family- That Christmas Feeling Medley 1950-12
22 The Sportsmen - Yule Train 1949-12-25 (ep 713)
24 Bing Crosby - The Christmas Song 1949-12-21 (ep 014)
25 Doris Day - Here comes Santa Clause - Bob Hope Show - 1949-12
26 Bing Crosby - Jingle Bells (Skitch Mix) 1946-12-25
27 judy garland - WhiteChristmas44radio_JudyGarland
28 Kingsmen - Christmas Story 1944-12-19
29 Larry Stevens - Let It Snow, Let It Snow 1946-02-17 (ep 574)
30 Jack Bennys Three Tenors - Christmas Medly 1944-12-24

Jack Benny Podcast 1941-12-28 (427) Jack Talks About a Christmas Party He Gave

Buck Benny — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:38:01 GMT

70 years ago Jack and the gang performed one of their amazing "New Tenant," New Year's fantasy skits!

Great Gildersleeve 1941-12-28 (018) Leroy's New Dog

Buck Benny — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:28:13 GMT

More Gildy for you from 70 years ago this week!

Phil Harris 1946-12-29 (014) New Year's Resolution

Buck Benny — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:55:10 GMT

65 years ago New Year's with Phil and Alice!

Red Skelton Show 1941-12-30 (013) Photography

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:11:35 GMT

70 years ago this week Red on Photography!

Jack Benny Podcast 1946-12-29 (602) Jack, Mary, Gladys and Dennis Go to a Nightclub

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:11:26 GMT

65 years ago Elliott Lewis played Rodney Dangerfield!

Suspense 1951-12-31 (454) Herbert Marshall - Rogue Male (133-44)

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:50:57 GMT

60 years ago Herbert Marshall kept us in Suspense.

Bing Crosby 1951-12-26 (087) - Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:03:32 GMT

60 years ago today on the road with Bing, Bob, and Dorothy!

Martin & Lewis Show 1951-12-28 (053) Dale Evans

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:52:17 GMT

Jerry, Dean, and Dale have a good time!

Cinnamon Bear Podcast 1937-12-25 ep26 North Pole - Returned to the Attic

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:41:18 GMT

This is it the very last episode of the Cinnamon Bear! I hope you all enjoy it!

Phil Harris & Alice Faye 1951-12-23 Stolen Christmas Presents

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:41:17 GMT

Phil and Alice at Christmas!

Jack Benny Podcast 1951-12-23 (788) Christmas Tree Decoration

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:41:12 GMT

Merry Christmas everyone! 60 years ago, one last Christmas show for the season with Jack and the gang!

Jack Benny Podcast 1936-12-27 (238) Buck Benny Rides Again and Again - Chapter 5

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:19:56 GMT

75 years ago Buck Benny rides again, and thee whole gang sings together. See you next week for the beginning volleys of the Benny/Allen Feud!

Christmas Special Podcast - Command Performance 1944-12-25 - 1944 Christmas Special

Buck Benny — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:19:42 GMT

Just about everyone in radio is in this show including Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and Judy Garland!

Cinnamon Bear Podcast 1937-12-24 ep25 Frank Nelson as Captain Tintop - Betrayed by Crazy Quilt

Buck Benny — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:37:41 GMT

Yeeessssss! The penultimate episode of the Cinnamon Bear saga featuring radio actor extraordinaire Frank Nelson!

Cinnamon Bear 1937-12-23 ep24 The Parade - Thrilled by a Train Ride

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:30:17 GMT

Train ride!

Jack Benny Podcast 1941-12-21 (426) The Christmas Tree

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:20:33 GMT

70 years ago, Jack and a Christmas tree, always a good match!

Cinnamon Bear 1937-12-22 ep23 The Bad Dolls - Enchanted by Santa's Storeroom

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:12:11 GMT

Bad, bad, dolls!

Cinnamon Bear 1937-12-21 ep22 Santa Claus - Welcomed by Santa Claus

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:07:15 GMT

Santa!

Red Skelton Show 1941-10-19 (003) Rehearsal for October 21, 1941

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:53:48 GMT

70 years ago with Red and the gang!

Cinnamon Bear 1937-12-20 ep21 Snowman - Flown to the Land of Ice and Snow

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:53:43 GMT

The Land of Ice and Snow!

Jack Benny Podcast 1946-12-22 (601) Christmas Party at Birmingham General Hospital

Buck Benny — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:32:33 GMT

65 years ago poor sound and music butchered, but guest stars Kenny Baker and Larry Stevens.

Suspense 1946-12-19 (224) Joseph Cotten - The Thing in the Window (128-44)

Buck Benny — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:08:28 GMT

65 years ago Joseph Cotten kept us in Suspense at Christmas time!