In Breaking Walls episode 134 we spend our holidays with one of the most-beloved figures of the twentieth century: Jack Benny.
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Highlights:
• Picking Up with Benny Leaving NBC for CBS
• A World in Turmoil
• Benny Launches his Fall 1949 Season
• The Texas Benefit
• What About 1950?
• Jack Goes Christmas Shopping
• Christmas Week 1949 in World News
• Christmas Day with Jack and the Gang
• Bringing 1949 To a Close — Looking Ahead to January
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The reading material used in today’s episode was:
• Sunday Nights at Seven — By Jack and Joan Benny
• On the Air — By John Dunning
• Network Radio Ratings — By Jim Ramsburg
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On the interview front:
• Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, and Don Wilson, were with Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com.
• Mel Allen, Mel Blanc, and Vincent Price were with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTIC’s The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these at Goldenage-WTIC.org.
• Jack Benny, George Burns, Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, and Don Wilson were also interviewed by Jack Carney.
• Dennis Day and Dick Joy spoke with John Dunning for his 1980s 71KNUS Radio program from Denver.
• Don Quinn was interviewed by Owen Cunningham in 1951
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Selected music featured in today’s episode was:
• Somewhere In My Memory — By John Williams
• What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve — By Nancy Wilson
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A special thank you to Ted Davenport, Jerry Haendiges, and Gordon Skene.
For Ted go to RadioMemories.com, for Jerry, visit OTRSite.com, and for Gordon, please go to PastDaily.com.
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Thank you to:
Tony Adams
Steven Allmon
Orson Orsen Chandler
Phil Erickson
Jessica Hanna
Perri Harper
Briana Isaac
Thomas M. Joyce
Ryan Kramer
Earl Millard
Gary Mollica
Barry Nadler
Christian Neuhaus
Aimee Pavy
Ray Shaw
Filipe A Silva
John Williams
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