Jack Benny 1943-44 Season


(5 stars; 4 reviews)

Jack Benny's 1943-44 season begins with his excitement of returning from a USO tour of North Africa.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

JB43-10-10 485 Jack Recalls His African Trip 27:54
JB43-10-17 486 Casablanca 28:21
JB43-10-24 487 Algiers 28:34
JB43-10-31 488 Jack Does a Sketch about Brazil 27:54
JB43-11-07 489 From Marine Corps Air Station At Mojave, CA 27:38
JB43-11-14 490 The Lone Palm Edited 23:54
JB43-11-21 491 Jack Dreams He Is A Turkey 29:07
JB43-11-28 492 Dennis Wants A Raise 29:52
JB43-12-05 493 Jack Gets A Driver's License 28:27
JB43-12-12 494 Dennis' Mother Visits 26:36
JB43-12-19 495 Jack And Mary Go Christmas Shopping 29:42
JB43-12-26 496 Christmas At Jack's House 28:28
JB44-01-02 497 Annual New Years Eve Show 28:32
JB44-01-09 498 Jack Has A Pet Camel 28:40
JB44-01-16 499 From Camp El Toro, California 29:36
JB44-01-23 500 From Camp Muroc, California 29:36
JB44-01-30 501 The Horns Blows At Midnight 29:46
JB44-02-06 502 From Terminal Island 29:02
JB44-02-13 503 From March Field 13:47
JB44-02-20 504 Guest Groucho Marx 30:08
JB44-02-27 505 Hollywood Canteen 27:12
JB44-03-05 506 From Lemoure Air Force Base 27:51
JB44-03-12 507 From Livermore Air Base 27:39
JB44-03-19 508 Dennis Dreams He Has A Radio Program 29:14
JB44-03-26 509 Jack Throws A Swimming Party 23:57
JB44-04-09 511 Repairing Jack's Sidewalk 29:14
JB44-04-16 512 Bob Hope Parody 19:40
JB44-04-23 513 Dennis Leaves For The Navy 28:01
JB44-04-30 514 Dick Haymes Subs For Dennis 29:19
JB44-05-14 516 Infantry 31:00
JB44-05-21 517 Split Personality 28:28
JB44-05-28 518 The Life Story Of Jack Benny 26:36
JB44-06-04 519 Final Grape Nuts Flakes Sponsored Show 28:36

Reviews

The #1 Classic Radio Comedy Show


(5 stars)

Rivaled only Amos and Andy, The Jack Benny Show was the best (and one of the longest running) comedy shows of all time. This episode doubles down with Groucho Marx as a featured guest (though Groucho purposely ruins the magic by commenting that he's just reading the script). After 30 years of collecting old time radio records and over a thousand cassettes, I discovered archive.org a couple of weeks ago. This is my first review. I love old time radio of almost every genre and can't believe I've stumbled onto the Fort Knox of those great old broadcasts.