What are your top 5 Benny episodes?

[Jack Benny]

I was trying to find a best of Benny list in the forum, but couldn't find one. So I thought I would start one. Out of all of Jack's radio shows, which five our your favorites.

Two of my top five are from this week in '39 and '49!

-Lunch at the Brown Derby with Jimmy Stewart from '49

-Lunch Counter from '39 with Ed Beloin and Frank Nelson as the zany lunch counter employees.

-The end of the I hate Jack Benny because... contest from '46?

-The last time Jack played Buck Benny on the radio with Jimmy Stewart '53?

-Snow White from '37

What are yours?

[krledu]

Wow, thats a tought one. Just to pick top five because there are so many good ones. I have to say my top five would have to be:

1) Bus Tour Introduces Cast 09-49
2) Beavers Do The Show 04-50
3) Show w/ Lauren Bacall 01-47
4) Snow White 04-38
5) Gracie wants to listen to Jack on the Radio 01-47

[JohnM]

-Lunch Counter from '39 with Ed Beloin and Frank Nelson as the zany lunch counter employees.

I listened to this one, based on your list. I loved the "Jackson/jackass" gag by Phil.

[Jack Benny]

-Lunch Counter from '39 with Ed Beloin and Frank Nelson as the zany lunch counter employees.

I listened to this one, based on your list. I loved the "Jackson/jackass" gag by Phil.

Yes, that's a great bit. I think this is also the episode where Jack orders a sandwich from Ed Beloin's character and says, "and hold the ad lib!" - I love that line! After Jack orders coffee Ed asks, "Sanka, Panka, or Smanka?" Jack responds with a laugh and says "Now, you're just showing off!" Next to the episodes with Bob Hope, this is the one episode I would most like to see a "as broadcast" script, so I would know just which lines were scripted and which ones were ad lib.

P.S. Here is a link to the episode with a meandering bad introduction by me. http://jack_benny.podomatic.com/entry/2009-01-15T11_15_09-08_00

[friggle]

1955 Broadcast where BH Beavers do their version of the Jack Benny Show
1941 Broadcast that went on the night of the Pearl Harbor Attack with Announcements inserted by Govt.
???? Broadcast where Mary Livingston says Grass Reek instead of Greese Rack
???? Any New Years broadcast (aka Goodbye 38 hello 39)
???? Premier Show on CBS (Jack so nervous he paces up and down on the running board of the Maxwell)

[Fred Allen]

Hmmmmmmmmm......................How about:
1. The 1945(?) episode with Cass Daley, in which Verna Felton utter a violently hilarious 'AHHHHHHHHHH....SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The audience dies laughing.....
2. 11/23/47-The first first complete episode I heard...
3. Any of the General Tire episodes....Too bad that they mostly exist in fragments...
4. 12/24/44-Putting lights on the tree..."PULL IT OOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUT!!"
5. 1/2/49-Frank Nelson's line 'Caught you, DIDN'T I????"

[LLeff]

-Lunch Counter from '39 with Ed Beloin and Frank Nelson as the zany lunch counter employees.

You sure it's Frank Nelson? Without looking it up, the lunch counter guys were usually writers Ed Beloin and Bill Morrow.

[Jack Benny]

-Lunch Counter from '39 with Ed Beloin and Frank Nelson as the zany lunch counter employees.

You sure it's Frank Nelson? Without looking it up, the lunch counter guys were usually writers Ed Beloin and Bill Morrow.

You are correct, but I think there is at least one with Frank Nelson stepping in for Bill Morrow for some reason.