The Jack Benny Program
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Oct 4, 2026
Roy RowanNARRATOR
No, there's never a question about the quality and quantity of comedy and sheer entertainment on CBS on Sunday night.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
And remember, the Jack Benny Show is heard on all of these CBS stations.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
[gong crashing] Now with our star Gerald Mohr, we return to the second act of Philip Marlowe and tonight's story, The Kid on the Corner.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
[gong crashing] [instrumental music]
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This story, A Shipment of Mute Fate, starring John Lund, is the first of three special broadcasts from CBS' famous Escape series.
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It will be heard over most of these stations immediately preceding a familiar show, which brings you a different kind of escape, The Jack Benny Show.
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And now, back to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
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© BF-WATCH TV 2021
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All over the country, people think about him, too, every Sunday night.
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Hear the Jack Benny Show with Claude Rains as Jack's special guest next Sunday on all these same CBS network stations.
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And now, back to Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.
Charles RussellVOICE_ACTOR
The men with the guns described from left to right were a fat man with three chins and a bald dome, and with him, a punk with a sneer and arms that were too long for the rest of them.
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After the last broadcast on which the Ronald Coleman's appeared, thousands of letters came in from fans asking that Jack invite Ronnie and Benita back again soon.
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The Waukegan wit did, and Ronnie and Benita, by popular demand, returned to the Jack Benny program this Sunday in what should result in one of the most hilarious broadcasts of the year.
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So be sure to listen to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman on the Jack Benny Show, which is heard on all CBS stations this Sunday.
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Listen in again next week when CBS brings you Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar with Charles Russell as Johnny.
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Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, is written by Paul Dudley and Gil Dowd, with music by Mark Warno, and is produced and directed by Richard Sanville for CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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And Eve Arden will again be heard as our Miss Brooks.
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The Jack Benny Show will be heard over all of these same CBS stations.
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The rest of the Starz and programs will be heard over most of these stations.
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This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Harlow WilcoxNARRATOR
[upbeat music] Be sure to be with us next Sunday at the same time when your Rexall druggist will again present The Amos 'n Andy Show.
Freeman GosdenVOICE_ACTOR
And tune in early, folks, on Sunday and hear my friend Irma, Al Smith Brooks, The Jack Benny Show, and now following us, The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show over most of these stations.
Charles CorrellVOICE_ACTOR
Yes, sir, Sunday is fun day on CBS.
Charles CorrellVOICE_ACTOR
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Mike O'MearaHOST
Wayne wins.
Mike O'MearaHOST
From Hollywood, the Jack Benny Program.
Mike O'MearaHOST
With Jack's guests, Wayne Newton and Louie Nye.
Wayne NewtonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, Mr. Benny, working with you was an experience that I'll never forget.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
At the Screen Guild Theater, a radio production is assembling with Barbara Stanwyck, Basil Rathbone, and director Michael Curtis, and Jack Benny wants in.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Our visit with the Jack Benny Program brings us to the Frontline Theater presentation, Ham for Sale, drawn from the March 27, 1944 Screen Guild Theater broadcast, episode number 189.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
Benny presses Screen Guild president Gene Herschelt for a part, particularly one opposite Miss Stanwyck.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
It is a backstage visit to a radio production with Benny, Stanwyck, Rathbone, Herschelt, and Curtis appearing as themselves.
26 MINS LATER
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And each week thereafter, we'll offer your favorite stars all the great names of stage, screen, and radio in the dramas, musicals, mysteries, comedies, and romances you want to hear.
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If you have any special play you want enacted, just drop a line to Frontline Theater, Armed Forces Radio, Los Angeles, USA.
Victor SterlingNARRATOR
The Jack Benny program has concluded with Ham
Jean HersholtSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
for Sale.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
It may have taken a little detective work finding a much-wanted man last week, but an unprecedented number of listeners seem to have turned Philip Marlowe, for Jack Benny's largest audience this season found him here on his opening show on CBS.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
Tomorrow night, Jack will be back with Mary, Dennis, Phil, Rochester, and Don for more of the fun that's made The Jack Benny Show the number one comedy in radio.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
You'll find him right here on CBS every Sunday at 7 Eastern Standard Time.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
And now, with our star, Gerald Moore, we return to the second act of Philip Marlowe and tonight's story, The Restless Day.
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Gerald MohrVOICE_ACTOR
And it was my job to find her.
Gerald MohrVOICE_ACTOR
But before I did, I found death and a devil.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
The Jack Benny Show is on CBS Sundays at 7, Eastern Standard Time, and comes right in the middle of 90 minutes of wonderful comedy on CBS's new early Sunday evening lineup.
Roy RowanNARRATOR
Immediately preceding Jack's show, you'll find Spike Jonze and a spotlight review at 6.30 Eastern Time.
George StevensSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ladies and gentlemen, we are two very happy fellows.
George StevensSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Starting next Sunday and every Sunday thereafter, the Jack Benny Show and Water Show will be on the Columbia Broadcasting System just ahead of us.
Andy BrownSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, sir.
Andy BrownSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Next Sunday you will get Jack Benny at the same time you always get him, but you'll get him on the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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