Jack Benny – Jack Is Sick. Phil, Kenny, And Don Host. ep259, 370523

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson posing for a photo in 1938.

Mary is away tending to the ailing Jack Benny. A very musical show tonight. Trudy Wood is also on hand to help out. Kenny sings, You Are My Love. Phil plays, Cause My Baby Says It’s So. Trudy Wood sings, Never in a Million Years. Phil plays, On the Isle of Kitchemicoco. Phil plays another, That Foolish Feeling. Phil sings, Nobody. Phil plays, Southern Hospitality. Kenny sings, September in the Rain.

Don is his usual good self as announcer. Kenny, and Phil are charming, and their musical tallent shines. Without Jack, that extra comic element just isn’t there. The extra personality, the timing, all the things that Jack Benny brings to the show are glaringly missed. A good musical show, but far from it’s usual caliber of funny.