Contest Mail (Louella Parsons)
This Day in Jack Benny
English - June 29, 2022 07:38 - 33 minutes - 46 MB - ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsComedy Kids & Family 1930s 1940s 1950s nbc oldtimeradio phil vintage wilson cbs classic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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December 16, 1945 - Hello Louella. Gossip Columnist Louella parsons has a cameo. Jack benny gets a lot or mail for the "I Can's Stand Jack Benny" contest. It will be judged by Fred Allen, Peter Lorre and Goodman Ace.
References include songs "Melencholy Baby", "The Sheik of Araby" and "I'm Glad I Waited For You". The two-way stretch refers to real rubber used in womens undergarments after the war. Plus Tommy Manville, Van Johnson, and the poem "The Ballad of Yukon Jake" by Edward E. Paramore Jr.