Jack Benny – Show Not Being Broadcast. 540926

Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone. in 1954.
Jack and Mary in 1954.

Jack isn’t too happy with Don’s introduction. Bob Crosby tells about his Summer. Then he relates a story about taking Remley hiking in the mountains. Dennis claims he’s leaving the show because he’s married with nine kids. He admits that he’s neither, (but he really is married, has kids, and eventually would have nine kids, prophetic.)

Dennis sings, If You Love Me. Jack and Dennis tell what he really did all Summer. Mary comments about Dennis and Jack in Vegas, then about her family in Plainfield. Rochester phones in about a delivery of a trunk of magic tricks. Something Jack plans to use on his TV show. Rochester reports that Jack’s show isn’t coming over the radio.

As Jack goes to investigate, the Sportsmen sing the commercial to the hiking song, Valderie. Jak finds the Chief Engineer’s Assistant to get to the bottom of the broadcast issue. Mel Blanc is the assistant, but due to union rules, he can’t do anything until the Chief Engineer,Frank Nelson returns.

What can the problem be? Why the run around? Will the show make it back on the air? For the answers to these, and more burning questions, download the show, and listen for yourself.