The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

from Advent Calendar House · host Mike Westfall

🎄 Wrapping, unwrapping, and rewrapping a bow on a comedy classic. 🎙 Guy Hutchinson joins us as we second-, third-, and fourth-guess ourselves back to 1960 to go Christmas shopping with Jack Benny, the last televised version of a longtime radio favorite. 🚨 Warning: In one scene, a character shoots himself offscreen. **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: The Television Academy Foundation on Jack Benny’s Christmas Shopping show, including a video interview with show writer George Balzer. The earliest “Christmas Shopping” recording I could find, from 1937. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, the progression of race relations, and his racehorse. Finally I get to talk about Mel Blanc, the real star of this show. Adjusting the $1.98 and $40 wallets for inflation. A 2002 message board post on JackBenny.org answering whether Jack was a practicing Jew. A tribute to Frank “Yeees?” Nelson. Dennis Day and the dying practice of actors legally changing their names to their most popular characters’. Stupid “the customer is always right” stories. **** 📼 Commercials: Norelco Santa (circa 1961). Weird Christmas. **** “The Jack Benny Program” and “Jack Goes Christmas Shopping” ©1960 J&M Productions, Inc. Find us at adventcalendar.house. #s5 #1960s

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