Latest Livingstone Podcast Episodes
Christmas Shopping for Dennis
This Day in Jack Benny - December 21, 2022 08:09 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 14, 1941 - Horseradish, a ride in the Maxwell, a bird on a stick. Jack Benny is Christmas shopping for Dennis Day. This is one week after Pearl Harbor and the mention the blackouts that followed. Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve 1942
This Day in Jack Benny - December 14, 2022 08:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 24, 1942 - Command Performance featuring Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Harriet Hilliard, The Andrews Sisters, Spike Jones, Bing Crosby, Kay Kaiser, Ginny Simms, Ethel Waters, Charles Laughton, Edger Bergan and Charlie McCartney, Dinah Shore, Fred Allen and Jack Benny.
Pearl Harbor
This Day in Jack Benny - December 07, 2022 08:01 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 7, 1941 – The day of the Pearl Harbor attack that would lead to the United States’ entry into WWII. This is a continuation of the previous episode in which Jack Benny plays Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. They also mention socialite friends Brenda Frazier and Cobina Wright Jr.
Psychiatrist Office (Pinky Lee)
This Day in Jack Benny - November 30, 2022 08:02 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 28, 1954 - Jack Takes Dennis to the Psychiatrist. Meanwhile it's the sportsman quartette's birthday. References include the chidren's television host Pinky Lee, the Aurthur Murray dance studio, ballet dancer Nijinsky, the sound barrier, the LA Times and Nat "King" Cole.
Alice Faye (Thanksgiving)
This Day in Jack Benny - November 23, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 23, 1941 - Thanksgiving Day Dinner. Jack Benny invites his cast to his house for dinner including Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson and his wife Peggy, and Phil Harris and his new wife Alice Faye. Dennis is in blackface helping Rochester serve the meal. References include Miles Standish, C...
Duck Hunt (NBC 15th Anniversary)
This Day in Jack Benny - November 16, 2022 08:15 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 16, 1941 - He fumbled the ball. Jack Benny tells Don Wilson about his latest hunting trip, Phil Harris plans to be in a play of the pilgrim historical fiction story "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Dennis Day asks Jack about the NBC 15th Anniversary special from the night before, and ...
Ernst Lubitsch (Leo Durocher)
This Day in Jack Benny - November 09, 2022 08:10 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 9, 1941 - Football Game. Jack Benny is making a movie (To Be Or Not To Be) with Carole Lombard and director Ernst Lubitsch. Phil Harris brings his pal, Leo Durocher, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. References include Fred Allen, John Barrymore's profile, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey...
Behind the Scenes (September 1954)
This Day in Jack Benny - November 02, 2022 07:25 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsSeptember 1954 - This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of the Jack Benny radio show. I mixed the most interesting parts from the rehearsal on September 9, 1954 and the pre-edit master recording for the episode on September 26, 1954. It features deleted scenes, notes and chatter. You can...
Drive-In Movie
This Day in Jack Benny - October 26, 2022 07:32 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsOctober 24, 1954 - Jack, Dennis and Don got to The Drive-In, after Jack Plays gin rummy with Rochester. References include flying saucers, Ronald Colman, and candy like Oh, Henry! bars and Tootsie Rolls,
Train to L.A. (Emily Post)
This Day in Jack Benny - October 19, 2022 07:40 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsOctober 19, 1941 - On the train to Los Angeles. References include Fred Allen in a bathing suit in a radio guide magazine, Bob Hope, Spencer Tracy, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstien, Scottish singer Harry Lauder, and etiquette expert Emily Post.
Columbus Day
This Day in Jack Benny - October 12, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsOctober 12, 1941 - Jack Benny and the gang read reviews of last week's opening program as they wrap up thier short trip to New York. References include Daryl F Zanuck, the Lewis/Nova fight, Mickey Owens dropping the ball at the world series, Errol Flynn's fight with a columnist, Braodway plays...
Brooklyn Dodgers (From New York)
This Day in Jack Benny - October 05, 2022 07:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsOctober 4, 1941 - Jack is about to start the new season, but is very nervous. Phil is in love with his new wife Alice Faye and Mary tell the story of going to Ebbets Field to watch the Brooklyn Dogers and New York Yankees in a World Series game. References include Olsen and Johnson, Joe Louis ...
Trading Places with Ronald Colman
This Day in Jack Benny - September 28, 2022 07:27 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsJanuary 16, 1949 - Jack's Scrapbook Ronald Colman dreams he is Jack Benny and Jack is him. References include the bug California snowfall, the Rose Bowl Queen, songs "slow Boat to China", "Nature Boy", an "California Hear I Come", Ferde Grofé and "Pennies from Benny", a touring vault for the...
A Double Life (Ciro's)
This Day in Jack Benny - September 21, 2022 07:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsFebruary 1, 1948 - Jack and Mary See Ronald Colman's Movie. References include Dennis's wedding, Dorothy Dix advice column, USC football, Schlitz beer, Herbert Hoover, General Eisenhower, Tom Breneman, Hawaii travelogue, Ciro's nightclub with Xavier Cugat and Jerry Lester, celebrities like La...
Costume Party (Ronald Colman Prank)
This Day in Jack Benny - September 14, 2022 19:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 9, 1947 - The Corner Drug Store, Denny Day does a funny Ronald Colman impression. The REAL Ronald Coleman is also in this episode in one of the funniest scenes ever! References include Norman Krasna (with a call back to Mel Blanc's woody woodpecker laugh), Phil Haris' Fitch Bandwagon ...
Tickets for the Colmans (Fred Allen Cut Off)
This Day in Jack Benny - September 07, 2022 07:10 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsApril 27, 1947 - Leaving for Chicago with the Colmans. Jack Benny is getting ready for his stage tour and tickets for his program for Ronald and Benita Colman. References include the controversy over Fred Allen. He had been cut off by the NBC censors for a joke last week. In the episode they ...
USS Saratoga (Atomic Bomb Test)
This Day in Jack Benny - August 31, 2022 07:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsApril 21, 1946 - Aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga Navy aircraft carrier docked in the San Francisco Bay, a week and a half before it left for Bikini where it would sink in an atom bomb test that summer. References include Fred Allen, dehydrated powder eggs, and galley slaves.
Violin Practice (Ronald Colman)
This Day in Jack Benny - August 24, 2022 19:16 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsApril 14, 1946 - Jack Benny's Violin Practice Interrupts Ronald Colman's Rehearsal. References include the song "One-zy, Two-zy", gossip reporter Louella Parsons, France's debt to the United States, and lines for nylons, butter and vaccinations.
Isaac Stern Concert (The Colmans)
This Day in Jack Benny - August 17, 2022 07:43 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsFebruary 3, 1946 - Jack Attends Isaac Stern Concert with the Colmans and the winning poem for the "I Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest". *Note: This episode was the very first episode of the podcast. This is an updated intro.
Contest Winners (One-zy Two-zy)
This Day in Jack Benny - August 10, 2022 07:20 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsJanuary 27, 1946 - Fred Allen Announces Contest Winner. Jack Benny has a nightmare about having to give away $10,000 in prises for the I Can't Stand Jack Benny contest. Phil Harris sings "One-zy, Two-zy" with his daughter. References include the sending of a radar signal to the moon, the phras...
State Fair Part Two
This Day in Jack Benny - August 03, 2022 07:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsJanuary 20, 1946 - Jack Benny and the gang again spoof the musical "State Fair". References include Mayor LaGuardia, Harry Truman, Betty Grable, Gabriel Heater ("Ah, There's good news tonight."), Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
State Fair Part One
This Day in Jack Benny - July 27, 2022 07:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsJanuary 13, 1946 - State Fair Rehearsal - Rochester drives Jack Benny and Mary to the studio where they run into Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy (impersonator) and rehearse their version of the movie "State Fair". References include war hero Pappy Boyington, violinist Joseph Szigeti, radio's...
Hot Dog Man (First Mr. Kitzel)
This Day in Jack Benny - July 20, 2022 07:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsJanuary 6, 1946 - At the Rose Bowl game Jack Benny made a bet with Phil Harris, but will he pay it? This is the end of the "I Can't Stand Jack Benny Because..." contest and the first episode with the hot dog man who we later come to know as Mr. Kitzel. Plus references to "Mutany on the Bounty", ...
End of Contest
This Day in Jack Benny - July 13, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 30, 1945 - It's the end of the "Why I Can't Stand Jack Benny" contest and the letters have been pouring in. Plus Don Wilson sings his version of the song "It's Been a Long, Long Time" only about Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Pretty much an episode about fishing
LIMBAH PODCAST - July 01, 2022 06:00 - 47 minuteswe talk alotttttt of fishing stuff this week. Check out our insta and chuck us a follow ! https://www.instagram.com/tdk_collective/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to other works: PODCAST: https:...
Pretty much an episode about fishing
LIMBAH PODCAST - July 01, 2022 06:00 - 47 minuteswe talk alotttttt of fishing stuff this week. Check out our insta and chuck us a follow ! https://www.instagram.com/tdk_collective/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to other works: PODCAST: https:...
Contest Mail (Louella Parsons)
This Day in Jack Benny - June 29, 2022 07:38 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 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 Gla...
Ronald and Benita Colman
This Day in Jack Benny - June 22, 2022 07:40 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 9, 1945 - Jack is invited to the Colman's for dinner. This is the first episode with Ronald and Benita Colman and the second episode of the "I Can't Stand Jack Benny Because..." contest. References include the Fred Allen Show's character Senator Claghorn, the movie "The Man Who Came t...
I Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest
This Day in Jack Benny - June 15, 2022 13:32 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsDecember 2, 1945 - Jack Benny's publicity agent comes up with the idea for a new contest. Listeners are invited to write in and finish this sentence "I can't stand Jack Benny because..." in 50 words or less.
Cass Daley (Contest Idea)
This Day in Jack Benny - June 08, 2022 07:10 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsNovember 25, 1945 - Jack Benny is still dealing with all the trouble his publicity agent has caused, but this is only the begining. Plus an appearance by Cass Daley of the Fitch Bandwagon. References include Dick Tracy (Itchy stuck in the tunnel), the movie "Spellbound", the song "Sweet Leilani"...
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