CD-Best of Jack Benny
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
BEST OF JACK BENNY- 21 classic comedy scenes from Jack’s radio broadcasts. Includes: Drugstore lunch; Do Wah Ditty; Si, Sy; Doctor’s office; Railroad station; Violin lesson; Sportsmen LS/MFT; Beverly Hills Beavers; Cimmaron Rolls; Dennis and the Doc; At the races; Ronald Colman’s dream; Chief radio engineer; Benny’s birthday, and more.
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CD-Speaking of Radio: Jack Benny Program
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
JACK BENNY AUDIO-BIOGRAPHY – The history of one of radio’s most popular programs as told by the people who made it great! Features personal recollections by Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, Mel Blanc, Sheldon Leonard, Elliott Lewis, writers George Balzer and Milt Josefsberg, Manager/Author Irving Fein, and Joan Benny. Conversations recorded between 1970-1993 by Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster/historian Chuck Schaden. INCLUDES hilarious highlights from 23 years of the Jack Benny Program.
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CD-Jack Benny Program
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
JACK BENNY PROGRAM– Jack and the gang in 12 great shows, complete with commercials. (2-20-44) The Gilroy Murder Case with guest Groucho Marx; (2-27-44) From the Hollywood Canteen with guest Eddie Cantor; (3-10-46) “The Lost Weekend” with guest Ray Milland; (5-25-47) Guests are Fred Allen and Jack Parr; (2-17-46) Jack’s birthday; (2-24-46) A “Life Can be Beautiful” program; (5-11-47) Jack is appearing at the Chicago Theatre; (5-18-47) From New York with guest Al Jolson; (4-8-51) Jack has income tax problems; (4-15-51) More tax problems with guests Ronald and Benita Colman; (4-1-51) Preparing for a trip to New York; (2-13-44) From Marsh Field, California, Jack offers a prize to anyone who guesses his age.
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CD-Benny's Last Stand
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
BENNY’S LAST STAND –The Last 12 Programs of Jack Benny’s Final Season on Radio, complete with Lucky Strike Cigarette commercials. Warner Bros. wants to make “The Life of Jack Benny.” Special guest is Danny Kaye (3-6-55); At the golf course (3-13-55); Jack is called for Jury Duty (3-20-55); “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” (3-27-55); Jack brings his vault guard upstairs (4-3-55); Easter Sunday on Wilshire Boulevard (4-10-55); Jack and guest Bob Hope take the telephone operators on a picnic (4-17-55); Fox Studios want to rent Jack’s Maxwell (4-24-55); Jack should buy a baseball team (5-1-55); Picnic on the beach with the Beavers (5-8-55); Jack is having the living room painted (5-15-55); The sound man shows off on the final program of the 22-year series (5-22-55). Cast: Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Eddie” Rochester” Anderson, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Sportsmen, others. (Not available on cassette.)
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CD-Jack Benny and World War II
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
JACK BENNY AND WORLD WAR II–Specially selected remote broadcasts from military bases during WW II: (12-7-41) Program interrupted by civil defense and war bulletins; (10-11-42) From Army Air Base at Santa Ana, California, with guest Barbara Stanwyck; (10-18-42) Jack donates his Maxwell to the war effort; (11-15-42) Jack becomes a house-husband while Mary gets a job in a defense plant. Dorothy Lamour guests; (11-29-42) Three Men in a Tank; (10-10-43) Jack’s back from a three-month overseas tour; (1-23-44) Guest is Alexis Smith; (2-6-44) Jack recalls his WW I Navy duty; (3-14-44) Jack gives income tax advice to Dennis; (4-23-44) supporting Canada’s Sixth Victory Loan; (11-19-44) Larry Adler guests for show at Carona, California Naval Hospital; (4-8-44) From Tunney General Hospital in Palm Springs with guest William Powell.
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CD-Jack Benny's Rochester on Radio
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
ROCHESTER ON RADIO– a selection of hilarious Eddie Anderson appearances on the air featuring: JACK BENNY PROGRAM (11-24-46) Jack and Rochester have trouble getting the Maxwell started. Edward G. Robinson guests in a Benny version of the film, “The Killers.” JACK BENNY PROGRAM (3-28-37) Jack and the gang are on the train going to Hollywood after their stay in New York. The porter on the train is played by Eddie Anderson, making his first appearance on the Benny program. MAIL CALL #94 (6-2-44) Dinah Shore hosts a salute to GIs from the state of Georgia with Bob Hope, Maria Montez, Carlos Rameriz, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Pied Pipers, Mel Blanc. JACK BENNY PROGRAM (6-6-37) Jack is upset because he has lost the diamond wristwatch that he got from Phil Harris for Christmas Eddie Anderson makes his second appearance on the Benny program. FRED ALLEN SHOW (6-8-47) Eddie “Rochester” Anderson wants to be Fred’s summer replacement. They join to present a “One Long Pan” mystery, “I Stand Condemned.” JACK BENNY PROGRAM (6-20-37) The gang joins Jack at Paramount Pictures on the set of his new film, “Artists and Models.” Eddie Anderson is called Rochester for the first time on the Benny program. RADIO’S BIGGEST SHOW (1946) Bob Hope heads an all-star cast in this special hour-long program celebrating the 45th anniversary of Walgreen Drug Stores. Cast includes Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Frank Morgan, Ginny Simms, Andrews Sisters, Dennis Day, Vera Vague, Eddy Duchin, Harry Von Zell. JACK BENNY PROGRAM (2-17-46) Jack’s birthday was last week, his violin lesson is today, and Rochester turns up after being lost at sea for two days. GI JOURNAL #87 (4-23-45) Jack Benny is Editor in Chief. The “staff” includes Paulette Goddard, Ginny Simms, Mel Blanc, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, and Arthur Treacher who takes Rochester’s place as Benny’s butler. JACK BENNY PROGRAM (2-12-50) Jack is staying at the Acme Plaza while he’s doing his program from New York. In the absence of the Sportsmen Quartet, Rochester suggests the Ink Spots do the Lucky Strike commercial. JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-3-50) Preparing for an interview, Jack remembers his version of how he met Rochester, who used to work for Amos ‘n’ Andy, who are guests on this program.
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CD-Jack Benny Special Edition
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
JACK BENNY SPECIAL EDITION features a complete broadcast from (1-7-45) which contains three Benny “firsts: his first visit to his vault, the first time he meets the race track tout, and the first time the announcer at the railroad station calls “Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga. Also broadcast excerpts featuring highlights of Jack’s visits to his vault over the years and sequences from his many encounters with the Sportsmen Quartet.
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Well! - Jack Benny Book
$19.95
Reflections on the Life and career of JACK BENNY
Edited by Michael Leannah
Recommended reading for everyone who enjoys the work of radio’s favorite comedian. A well-written and well-researched collection of rare and delightful essays and personal memories, photos, illustrations and information by more than 20 different writers, including Mr. Benny himself.
Great and little-known stories about America’s Number One comedy star, including the dialog and banter between characters on the Benny show... his films... his Vaudeville days... the women in his life... his work during World War II... how a cheapskate could be so generous.... his feud with Fred Allen... Benny Show bloopers and flubs... the relationship between Jack and Johnny Carson... the births and deaths of the principal characters on the Benny show.... the comic voice of Mary Livingstone... the thousand voices of Mel Blanc... and Jack as an animated cartoon star. Jack himself writes about his adventures in Hollywood and his appearance in Chicago in 1935. Plus lots more, including how you can still find him when you visit today's Waukegan, Illinois.
160 pages, 6x9 soft cover book.
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CD-Fibber McGee and Molly
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 compact discs)
FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY– A dozen comedy classics from the folks who live in Wistful Vista:
APRIL 1, 1941 When Molly returns from a shopping trip she discovers that the left rear fender is missing from her car.
NOVEMBER 30, 1943 Fibber and Molly search everywhere in Wistful Vista for Teeney’s little dog, Eddie.
OCTOBER 16, 1945 Fibber has promised to get Mrs. Carstairs a Pullman car reservation on the train to Florida.
JANUARY 21, 1947 McGee wants some alterations done at 79 Wistful Vista and is seeking an architect.
MARCH 5, 1940 Trying to find her misplaced dictionary, Molly decides to look in the hall closet. This is the first McGee show to use the classic closet gag!
APRIL 7, 1942 When Mrs. Uppington asks the McGees to contribute to the wartime scrap drive, Molly decides that it’s time to clean out the hall closet.
MARCH 21, 1944 Fibber has a frustrating time when he discovers his old mandolin in the hall closet.
JANUARY 7, 1947 When Fibber hears a radio news bulletin about some escaped criminals, he decides to defend himself and searches for his gun in the hall closet.
JUNE 5, 1945 Molly begins cleaning the hall closet but Fibber insists he do the job. As visitors drop by, Fibber and Molly reminisce about items from the closet.
NOVEMBER 1, 1949 The Wistful Vista Trolley Company offers a prize for the best suggestions to improve their business, Fibber knows how to get the prize.
APRIL 13, 1943 On this first show of the 9th season, Fibber is trying to repair his radio so he can hear a program about his uncle Sycamore.
FEBRUARY 24, 1948 Fibber gets a neighbor to use his short-wave radio to contact an old friend in Manilla to collect a $7 debt.
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CD-Fibber McGee & Molly and the Movies
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY AND THE MOVIES– 11 great “movie-oriented-broadcasts. (4-26-37): The McGees are packing their new auto trailer for a trip to Hollywood, where they will be making the movie This Way Please at Paramount. (7-5-37): The McGees have completed their work on the film This Way Please and Fibber is trying to get out of their long-term lease so he and Molly can return to Wistful Vista. (4-8-40): LUX RADIO THEATRE “Mama Loves Papa” starring Fibber McGee and Molly who appear as Wilbur and Jessie Todd, who live in the town of Glenville. Wilbur is a mild-mannered office worker who loses his job and is later mistaken for the town’s park commissioner only to be appointed to the actual position. (4-9-40): There’s a big crowd waiting at the railroad station when the McGees return to Wistful Vista after appearing the previous evening on the Lux Radio Theatre. (3-9-41): SCREEN GUILD THEATRE “The McGees’ Movie Contract” Fibber and Molly are involved in a mistaken-identity plot while they are in Hollywood to try to get into the movie business. (6-17-41): The McGees take Teeny to the amusement park, where a stranger introduces himself as a representative of RKO Radio Pictures. He wants to sign the McGees to a contract to appear in a movie called Look Who’s Laughing with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. (6-24-41): The McGees are packing for their train trip to Hollywood, where they will appear in the film Look Who’s Laughing. (11-4-41): The McGees, are getting ready for the premiere of Look Who’s Laughing, to be held in Wistful Vista. (11-11-41): Fibber and Molly go to the Wistful Vista airport to meet Bergen and McCarthy, who are coming to town for the premiere of their new picture, Look Who’s Laughing. (2-17-42): After appearing in the film Look Who’s Laughing, Fibber still wants to be a movie comedian. (9-28-43): The McGees decide to go to the movies, but Fibber can’t find a nickel for some candy and disrupts the entire theater.
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CD-Great Gildersleeve
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 compact discs)
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE starring Harold Peary and Willard Waterman as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in 12 episodes from the long-running series.
Harold Peary as Gildy:
JANUARY 10, 1943 The McGees of Wistful Vista pay a visit to the Gildersleeve home in Summerfield.
JANUARY 17, 1943 The Water Commissioner is excited about his first public appearance as a speaker at the Summerfield Women’s Club.
JUNE 18, 1944 Gildy opposes Mayor Terwilliger in the upcoming primary election.
NOVEMBER 5, 1944 On the eve of the national election, the hottest topic of conversation in Summerfield is the mayoral race.
FEBRUARY 17, 1946 Leroy has the flu and his Uncle Throckmorton offers tender, loving care. LADY ESTHER SCREEN GUILD PLAYERS (1940s) “Gildersleeve’s Bad Day” starring Harold Peary. Gildy serves on the jury for a bank robbery case in Judge Hooker’s court.
JUNE 14, 1950 In his final appearance as Gildersleeve, Harold Peary prepares to take his family for a vacation on a house-boat.
Willard Waterman as Gildy:
SEPTEMBER 6, 1950 Willard Waterman’s first appearance as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve who, returning from vacation, learns that Marjorie’s husband has a black-eye.
OCTOBER 4, 1950 Gildy has been appointed chairman of the Summerfield Community Chest fund drive and Leroy is going to be the quarterback in the benefit football game.
OCTOBER 11, 1950 If Summerfield gets a new mayor, will Gildy lose his job as water commissioner?
OCTOBER 18, 1950 Gildy decides to buy a new suit and to fashion a new image to go with it.
OCTOBER 25, 1950 Gildy is hopeful that he will be named to the “Sons of Summerfield” lodge.
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CD-Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
PHIL HARRIS–ALICE FAYE SHOW – A Dozen Great Shows from their First Season On the Air for Rexall featuring Elliott Lewis as Frankie Remley, with Walter Tetley, Robert North, Jeanine Roose, Anne Whitfield, Gale Gordon. First show for the new sponsor (10-3-48); Remley becomes star of the show (10-10-48); Inventing a new drug for the sponsor (11-14-48); Remley wants to “rent” Alice and the kids (12-5-48); Remley baby-sits for the sponsor (12-12-48); Phil gets a draft notice (1-2-49); Remley the house guest (2-20-49); Birthday gift for Alice (3-20-49); Phil is offered a part in a movie (4-24-49); Spring housecleaning (5-1-49); The band joins Phil and Alice on a picnic (5-29-49); Phil signs option for next year (6-26-49). Programs complete with commercials for Rexall Drug Company. (Not available on cassette.)
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CD-Legendary Entertainers: Durante, Cantor, Jolson
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
LEGENDARY ENTERTAINERS: 12 historic broadcasts featuring some of the greatest stars in show business:
JIMMY DURANTE with guest Eddie Cantor (10-8-47); with guest Victor Moore (2-25-48); with guest Dorothy Lamour (4-7-48); with former partners Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson (4-21-48). Rexall commercials.
EDDIE CANTOR with Harry Von Zell (3-7-45 and 3-14-45); with guests Jack Benny, Peter Lind Hayes, Ralph Edwards on Eddie’s 55th birthday (1-30-47); with guest Al Jolson (3-6-46). Bristol Myers and Pabst Beer commercials.
AL JOLSON with guest Bing Crosby (10-16-47); with guest Judy Garland (9-30-48); Jolie sings audience requests (10-21-48); with guest Jimmy Durante (4-21-49). Kraft Foods commercials.
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CD-Amos 'N' Andy
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
AMOS 'N' ANDY- Radio’s all-time favorites in a dozen classic comedy broadcasts: THE SUREFIRE INVESTMENT (12-8-44); MAIL ORDER BRIDE (12-15-44) ; INCOME TAX PROBLEMS (3-2-45); MORE TAX PROBLEMS (3-9-45); ANTIQUE DESK (1-12-45); ANDY GETS ADOPTED (2-23-45); ANDY PLAYS SOLDIER (2-9-45); SAPPHIRE’S OLD BOYFRIEND (2-23-45); ANDY BUYS A CABIN (3-18-45); RAFFLE TICKET (5-25-48); FOUNTAIN PEN AGENCY (12-1-44); THE $500 REWARD (4-4-48)
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CD-Great Comedy Shows-Volume 1
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
GREAT COMEDY SHOWS from the Golden Age of Network Radio Volume 1 – AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (10-24-48) Sapphire and Kingfish’s 20th anniversary; BOB HOPE (3-16-48) Guest Fred Astaire; CHARLIE McCARTHY (9-21-41) Guest W. C. Fields; FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (4-6-48) Fibber repairs Doc Gamble’s car; FRED ALLEN (10-21-45) Guest Frank Sinatra in Barn Dance spoof; GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (1-18-50) Dinner with a girlfriend; JACK BENNY (10-20-46) Spoof of “The Whistler”; JIMMY DURANTE (12-10-47) Guest Boris Karloff as Disc Jockey Happy Sam; LIFE WITH LUIGI (3-4-52) Pasquale will sell Luigi’s building unless he marries Rosa; OUR MISS BROOKS (10-24-48) Handbag for Miss Brooks’ birthday; OZZIE AND HARRIET (3-27-49) Compliments for Harriet; RED SKELTON (3-19-46) Clem Kadiddlehopper gets a driver’s license and Junior joins the police force.
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CD-Great Comedy Shows-Volume 2
$29.95
(6 hours on 6 Compact Discs)
GREAT COMEDY SHOWS Volume 2: AMOS ‘N’ ANDY (5-4-45) Baby picture contest; BLONDIE (1940s) War hero returns; BOB HOPE (11-9-48) Bob and Jack Benny are disc jockeys; CHARLIE McCARTHY (12-7-47) Guest is Roy Rogers; EDDIE CANTOR (1-10-45) Guests are Andrews Sisters; FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY (10-19-48) Portable radio in repair shop; FRED ALLEN (2-6-49) Guest is Bert Lahr; GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (5-7-52) Leroy wants to be a singing cowboy; HALLS OF IVY (1950) Graduation week on campus; JACK BENNY (11-9-47) Jack thinks he’s been invited to Ronald Colman’s home; LIFE OF RILEY (5-17-46) Riley’s son gets a circus job; MEL BLANC SHOW (1-28-47) Masquerade Ball.
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CD-Best of The Bickersons
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
BEST OF THE BICKERSONS- The honeymoon is over! Don Ameche and Frances Langford star as John and Blanche Bickerson with Danny Thomas as Blanche’s brother Amos in a dozen classic comedy sketches originally broadcast on NBC’s Old Gold Show and Drene Time in 1947-48.
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CD-Best of Abbott and Costello
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
BEST OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO- A collection of hilarious comedy routines and situations featuring those two top funny-men of all time, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Includes Who’s On First?; Slowly I Turned; Moby Dick; Knots/Miles; Stunt Man; Sow the Seed; Hertz U-Drive; Baking/Loafing; complete NEW ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (10-1-47) from El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood; complete ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (5-5-48) with guest Bela Lugosi.
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CD-Best of Fred Allen
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
BEST OF FRED ALLEN- Excerpts: ALLEN’S ALLEY #1 (4-18-48) What did you like best about the Circus?; BIG SHOW # 1 (1950s) Fred and Tallulah Bankhead spoof husband-wife morning radio shows; ALLEN’S ALLEY #2 (5-9-48) Are you satisfied with the Pulitzer Prizes this year?; UNFINISHED SCRIPT (5-2-48) with Henry Morgan; GOOD OLD DAYS (1940s) Jack Benny tries to sell his Maxwell to Fred; ALLEN’S ALLEY #3 (4-11-48) Have you been victimized by advertising misrepresentation?; THE BIG SHOW #2 (4-8-51) with Tallulah, Jimmy Durante, Vivian Blaine; ONE LONG PAN (4-11-48) with Basil Rathbone; MR. ALLEN (1-30-49) Fred and Portland Hoffa toss barbs at Jack Benny; MIGHTY ALLEN ART PLAYERS (3-20-40) Tub of Silver quiz show spoof; STUDIO TOUR (5-26-46) Jack Benny sneaks into Fred’s studio tour.
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CD-Best of Bergen and McCarthy
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
BEST OF BERGEN AND MC CARTHY- Excerpts from the long-running comedy series, featuring Charlie, Mortimer, Effie Klinker, W. C. Fields, Don Ameche, Jack Benny, Betty Hutton, Fred Allen, Lana Turner, and the wedding of Charlie and Marilyn Monroe.
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CD-Our Miss Brooks
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
OUR MISS BROOKS-- Four classic broadcasts: (10-31-48) Driving to a football game; (2-20-49) Mr. Boynton pays more attention to his frogs than he does to Miss Brooks; (9-11-49) Miss Brooks plans a picnic; (3-11-50) Miss Brooks discovers a burglar in her house.
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CD-George Burns and Gracie Allen
$12.95
(2 hours on 2 Compact Discs)
GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN – America's most beloved comic couple in four programs with special guest stars: (11-29-45) George and guest Jack Benny enroll in college; (1940s) Gracie wants guest Bing Crosby to retire so George can take his place; (2-20-47) George and Gracie celebrate their 15th radio anniversary with guest Al Jolson; (5-19-49) Gracie thinks guest Mickey Rooney is a little boy and she wants to adopt him.
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