LUCKY STRIKE PROGRAM, THE {THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM}
(RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of comedy/variety programs starring
Jack Benny. Highlights of this program include the
following: Rochester speaks to a friend on the phone
while preparing breakfast; the milkman arrives and
winds up playing dice with Rochester, but the milkman
loses the gamble; Benny talks with the cast about their
new program for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Phil Harris
sings "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are"; and Benny
and Mary Livingstone visit the office of the president
of American Tobacco, where they meet up with Fred
Allen, who is at the office trying to get Benny's show
cancelled. Includes commercials.
(This series also aired on CBS from 1949 to 1955. The
Museum of Television & Radio acquires the best available
copies of programs. We regret that this program has
some audio imperfections.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: October 1, 1944 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R91:0073
- GENRE: Radio - Comedy/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Music, popular (songs, etc.); African-American Collection - Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - Radio series, 1944-1948
- COMMERCIALS:
- Radio - Commercials - Lucky Strike cigarettes
CREDITS
- Sam Perrin … Writer
- John Tackaberry … Writer
- George Balzer … Writer
- Milt Josefsberg … Writer
- Phil Harris … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestra Leader, Cast
- Don Wilson … Announcer, Cast
- Fred Allen … Special Guest
- Jack Benny … Cast
- Mary Livingstone … Cast
- Eddie Anderson … Cast, Rochester
- Basil Ruysdael … Talent, For Lucky Strike
- F. E. Boone … Talent, For Lucky Strike
- Riggs, L.A. "Speed" … Talent, For Lucky Strike