April 30, 2016

My Friend Irma and The Jack Benny Program

Get ready to laugh, as we listen back to THE JACK BENNY SHOW and MY FRIEND IRMA. We’ll also hear Jack Webb as JEFF REGAN INVESITGATOR, SUSPENSE, BOX THIRTEEN and THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE

Episode Segments:

H360: Jeff Regan Investigator OTR Detective: Jeff Regan, Investigator 12-11-48 “The Gambler and His Lady” starring Jack Webb. Georgia Bascombe may be hanging out with a known gambler named Louis Desmond (she’s really married to the guy). When Georgia’s mother is murdered, there’s the smell of cubeb in the air. The little man with the big smell is murdered too. Cast includes: Herb Butterfield, Marvin Miller and Mary Lansing. Bob Stevenson (ann). Sustaining. CBS. OTR Comedy Part 1: The Jack Benny Program 12-3-44 starring Jack Benny and all his gang. Jack tells Esquire magazine that he’s thirty-six years old. Jack and Don argue about who said, “Don’t Give Up The Ship.” Guest Walter Winchell takes Don’s side in the argument. Spon. by Lucky Strike (commercials deleted). Red Network.
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H360: Box Thirteen OTR Comedy Part 2: The Jack Benny Program 12-3-44 starring Jack Benny and all his gang. Jack tells Esquire magazine that he’s thirty-six years old. Jack and Don argue about who said, “Don’t Give Up The Ship.” Guest Walter Winchell takes Don’s side in the argument. Spon. by Lucky Strike (commercials deleted). Red Network. OTR Detective/Drama: Box Thirteen 1-23-49 “Three to Die” starring Alan Ladd. Dan Holiday turns into a sandhog and solves a murder below the river. Cast includes: Sylvia Picker. Syndicated. Mutual.
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H360: The Adventures of Sam Spade OTR Detective: The Adv. of Sam Spade, Detective 8-2-46 “Sam and the Psyche” starring Howard Duff. A psychiatrist being blackmailed is killed and his blackmailer is later found strangled! Cast includes: Lurene Tuttle. Dick Joy (ann). Spon. by Wildroot Cream Oil. CBS. OTR Comedy Part 1: My Friend Irma 2-2-48 starring Marie Wilson. Jane quits her job and breaks off her romance with Richard when Richard hires a beautiful new secretary. Cast includes: Cathy Lewis, John Brown and Hans Conried. Spon. by Swan & Spry. Frank Bingman (ann). CBS.
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H360: Suspense OTR Comedy Part 2: My Friend Irma 2-2-48 starring Marie Wilson. Jane quits her job and breaks off her romance with Richard when Richard hires a beautiful new secretary. Cast includes: Cathy Lewis, John Brown and Hans Conried. Spon. by Swan & Spry. Frank Bingman (ann). CBS. OTR Mystery: Suspense 10-14-48 “A Little Piece of Rope” starring Lucille Ball. A woman makes her living enticing men, hitting them with a billy club and stealing their wallets. But this time, she picks the wrong guy: “The Strangler.” Cast includes: Hy Averback and Berry Kroeger. Paul Frees, Harlow Wilcox and William Johnstone (announcers). Spon. by Auto-Lite. CBS.
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