EPISODE · Mar 21, 2025 · 57 MIN
Episode 307: Where Have you Benny? Talking Jack (Benny) with Zach (Eastman)
from Geek 4 · host Michael Boyce
Zach passed along a few of Benny's radio shows as a kind of primer. As a fan of old time radion myself, I can attest to the quality of the show.Your Money or Your LifeHalloween (with Basil Rathbone)Rochester Lost at Sea - BrieflyDrear Pooson or Murder at RomanoffsJack Attends an Isaac Stern ConcertYou can find out all about Zach and all his various projects on Instagram and Threads @ballyhoorevuepod @ballyhoorevuepod and Bluesky @ballyhoorevueOr check out his Linktree: Linktr.ee/ballyhoorevue For more information on Jack Benny, check out: The International Jack Benny Fan Club: https://jackbenny.org/wp/Jack Benny's Vault Database: https://www.jackbenny39.com/The procured script mentioned in the episode: https://www.jackbenny39.com/index.php/george-washington-slept-here-1942-producer-jerry-walds-presentation-script/
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My guest for this episode is podcaster Zach Eastman from Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue to talk about his long time fascination with Jack Benny. Sadly, that name might not much to some listeners, but Jack Benny was a pioneering comic voice in radio and television. Benny was so well known and loved by golden age celebrities that he was able to get guest stars on his show that NEVER did tv (like Gary Cooper or Humphrey Bogart). To speak nothing of his film career. His starring role in Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 black comedy, To Be or Not To Be, as a Nazi-fighting actor in occupied Warsaw has particular poignancy in today's political climate and should be screened often.
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