Date

Description

Season

Program

Problems

5/2/32

First show on the radio

1

1

1/1/33

Review of 1932

1

71

A

1/22/33

Bertha the sewing machine girl

1

77

A

3/31/33

Mary does "She Done Him Right"

1

83

4/21/33

Guest: Edward G. Robinson

1

86

6/2/33

"Sherlock Holmes and King Kong" - Part 2

1

92

6/9/33

"Who Killed Mr. X?"

1

93

6/23/33

Last show of the season - Mary's birthday - all-star party

1

95

12/10/33

"Uncle Tom's Cabin"

2

10

2/11/34

"Miniature Women"

2

19

2/18/34

"Don't Live Right"

2

20

2/25/34

"My Life as a Floorwalker in Omaha"

2

21

3/4/34

Duel in the graveyard

2

22

3/11/34

Haunted house - request letter from John Dillinger

2

23

3/18/34

"An Arizona Western" - play of the golden west

2

24

4/1/34

Guest: Alois Havrilla - "The Eternal Triangle"

2

26

4/6/34

First show for General Tire - Frank Parker's music store

2

27

A

4/13/34

Bridge game

2

28

5/4/34

"The Hills of Kentucky"

2

31

A

5/11/34

Home cooking at Don's

2

32

A

5/18/34

Jack is taking a taxi to the show - a visit to the Parkers

2

33

7/20/34

8/3/34

"The Stooge Murder Case" - part 1- to New York on the 20th Century Ltd.

2

44

8/24/34

"The House of Rawchild"

2

47

8/31/34

"The House of Benny"

2

48

9/21/34

"School Days" - part 3

2

51

9/28/34

Last show of season 

2

52

10/14/34

First show for Jell-O - "Jack Benny - Grocery Store Owner" - part 1

3

1

A

10/28/34

"The Benny's of Wimpole Street" - Jack is a political commentator

3

3

A

11/4/34

A romantic Hawaiian setting

3

4

A

11/11/34

Guests: The Marx Brothers - "Charlie Chan in Radio City"

3

5

A

11/18/34

Guest: Mitzi Green - "Mrs. Wiggs of the Onion Patch"

3

6

A

12/2/34

"Rose of the Rio Grande"

3

8

A

12/16/34

"Russia Through a Keyhole"

3

10

1/6/35

"The Count of Monte Jell-O"

3

13

11/3/35

"Open Up That Golden Gate" - Kenny Baker's first show

4

6

1/19/36

Jack and Johnny Green in jail

4

17

2/9/36

Jack's birthday in New York - "Benny of the North-West Mounted"

4

20

2/16/36

Drug store

4

21

2/23/36

"The Eternal Triangle"

4

22

4/5/36

"Clown Hall Tonight"

4

28

10/4/36

First show of season - Phil Harris's first show

5

1

10/11/36

"Anthony Adverse" - part 1

5

2

10/18/36

"Anthony Adverse" - part 2

5

3

10/25/36

"Romeo and Juliet" preview

5

4

11/1/36

"Romeo and Juliet" - Doc Benny's Minstrels

5

5

11/15/36

"Buck Benny Rides Again" - part 1

5

7

11/22/36

"Buck Benny Rides Again" - part 2 - Thanksgiving plans

5

8

12/27/36

"Buck Benny Rides Again and Again"

5

13

1/3/37

First show in start of Fred Allen feud;  "More Buck Benny" - Buck is in the hospital

5

14

1/10/37

"Buck Benny Rides Again" - episode 10"

5

15

1/31/37

Jack plans to play "The Bee" next Sunday

5

18

2/7/37

The stolen violin

5

19

2/14/37

Jack's birthday

5

20

2/21/37

"Buck Benny Rides Again" - episode 12

5

21

2/28/37

Jack's violin is returned - Jack finally plays "The Bee"

5

22

3/7/37

Guest: Stewart Cannon - fight of the century

5

23

3/14/37

Guest: Fred Allen - the end of the feud - from The Hotel Pierre

5

24

3/21/37

Jack plays his father - "A Day in Our Lives"

5

25

3/28/37

Train ride to Hollywood - Rochester's first show

5

26

4/4/37

Back from New York

5

27

4/11/37

Guest: George Burns and Gracie Allen

5

28

4/18/37

"Lady Millicent's Husband"

5

29

4/25/37

"In the Spring, Tra La" - Jack wants to be alone

5

30

5/2/37

Buck Benny party

5

31

5/9/37

Mother's Day program

5

32

5/16/37

"Ah! Wilderness!"

5

33

5/23/37

Jack is sick - Phil, Kenny and Don host

5

34

5/30/37

"Death at Midnight" - part 1

5

35

6/6/37

"Death at Midnight" - part 2

5

36

6/13/37

Mary's movie

5

37

6/20/37

Jack's movie

5

38

6/27/37

Last show of season

5

39

10/10/37

Starring "Jack what's-his-name"

6

2

10/24/37

Jack buys the Maxwell

6

4

10/31/37

Halloween party at the Devine farm

6

5

11/7/37

Another chapter in the life of Buck Benny

6

6

11/21/37

"Lost Horizon"

6

8

11/28/37

Jack cooked the turkey

6

9

12/5/37

The big game

6

10

12/12/37

Christmas shopping

6

11

12/19/37

"Little Red Riding Hood"

6

12

1/2/38

Guest: Fred Allen - leaving for San Francisco next week

6

14

1/9/38

Broadcasting from the San Francisco Woman's Club

6

15

1/16/38

Look into the future - driving back from San Francisco

6

16

1/23/38

"Scoop Benny - Ace Reporter"

6

17

1/30/38

"The Hurricane"

6

18

2/6/38

Jack over-sleeps and is late for show

6

19

2/13/38

Guest: Robert Taylor - Robert play cello with Jack on violin

6

20

2/20/38

"Submarine D-1/2" - part 1 - How old is Jack?

6

21

P

2/27/38

"Submarine D-1/2" - part 2

6

22

3/6/38

Guests: Robin and Rainger - Don's 15th year on radio

6

23

3/13/38

"Death in the Night Club"

6

24

3/20/38

Preparing for New York

6

25

3/27/38

Guests: Fred Allen and Kate Smith - Harry Von Zell fills in for Don

6

26

4/3/38

Guest: George Jessell - returning to Hollywood

6

27

P

4/10/38

"A Yank at Oxford"

6

28

4/17/38

At the circus - Easter show

6

29

4/24/38

"Snow White and the Seven Gangsters"

6

30

5/1/38

Building Jack's Beverly Hills home

6

31

5/8/38

Mother's Day show

6

32

5/15/38

"Murder in the Library"

6

33

5/22/38

"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - part 1

6

34

5/29/38

"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - part 2

6

35

6/5/38

"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - part 3

6

36

6/12/38

Guest: Joan Bennett - "Artists and Models Abroad"

6

37

6/26/38

Last show of season

6

39

10/2/38

First show of season - preparing to return to work

7

1

10/9/38

"Yellow Jack" - movie spoof

7

2

10/16/38

Farewell to the old studio

7

3

10/23/38

"Algiers" - broadcasting from the new studio

7

4

10/30/38

Jack hosts a Halloween party

7

5

11/6/38

"The Crowd Roars"

7

6

11/13/38

"Madame Zombie" - Jack tries to steal Phil's girl

7

7

11/20/38

"Too Hot to Handle"

7

8

11/27/38

Football with coach "Flash" Benny

7

9

12/11/38

Christmas shopping in New York

7

11

12/18/38

Returning to Hollywood by train

7

12

12/25/38

Guest: Joan Bennett - Jack's Christmas party

7

13

1/1/39

"The New Tenant" or "Goodbye 1938, Hello 1939"

7

14

1/8/39

Snow White and the Seven Gangsters (Encore)

7

15

1/15/39

At the lunch counter - Jack's Screen Guild Theatre performance

7

16

2/5/39

Jack's bodyguard - Jack challenges Fred to a boxing match

7

19

2/12/39

Jack's birthday present - first show with Carmichael (the polar bear) - "Love Finds Annie Hardy"

7

20

2/19/39

Carmichael - Jack wants to win an Academy Award

7

21

2/26/39

"Jesse James" - part 1

7

22

3/5/39

"Jesse James" - part 2

7

23

3/12/39

Everyone wants a raise - Carmichael is sick

7

24

3/19/39

"Buck Harris" - Jack has a cold so Phil and Kenny do the show

7

25

3/26/39

Guest: Ed Sullivan - Is Jack really Jack?

7

26

4/9/39

"Four Girls in White"

7

28

4/16/39

Jack's tan - Phil shoots "Man About Town" behind Jack's back

7

29

4/30/39

Jack's 7th anniversary in radio

7

31

5/21/39

"Gunga Din" - part 2

7

34

5/28/39

Alexander Graham Bell

7

35

6/4/39