Jack Benny Program (1942-43 season)

Jack Rounds Up the Gang in the Maxwell
October 4, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

(Programs all broadcast on NBCR)

Sponsored by Grape Nuts Flakes

Jack Takes Two Cadets to Barbara Stanwyck’s House
October 11, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Santa Ana Air Base, California
Guest star: Barbara Stanwyck

Jack Gives Up the Maxwell for Scrap
October 18, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Williams Field, Arizona

Tales of Manhattan
October 25, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Jack and Phil Go Target Shooting
November 1, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Marine Base at Camp Elliot, San Diego

Twink Family (Part 1)
November 8, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Twink Family (Part 2)
November 15, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Terminal Island Naval Air Station, California
Guest star: Dorothy Lamour

Premiere of ‘George Washington Slept Here’
November 22, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Chasing Rommel Through Libya
November 29, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Plaza Theatre, Palm Springs

Liberty Ship
December 6, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

From New York
December 13, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from New York City
Guest stars: Gary Cooper, Alan Reed
Guest conductor: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

George Washington Slept Here
December 20, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Guest star: Ann Blank (student nurse at Boston General Hospital)
Guest conductor: Abe Lyman and his Orchestra

New Year’s Eve Skit: The New Tenant
December 27, 1942, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City
Guest star: Fred Allen
Guest conductor: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Bear Hunting
January 3, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Opera House in Bangor, Maine
Guest conductor: Abe Lyman and his Orchestra

The $64 Question
January 10, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City
Guest star: Phil Baker
Guest conductor: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra

Spoof on ‘Information Please’
January 17, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the Vanderbilt Theatre, New York City
Guest stars: Oscar Levant, Joe Besser
Guest conductors: Abe Lyman and his Orchestra

D.C. Housing Shortage
January 24, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Fort Meade, Maryland
Guest conductors: The McFarland Twins and their Orchestra

From Quantico, Virginia
January 31, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from the U.S. Marine barracks at Quantico, Virginia
Guest star: Virginia Bruce
Guest conductors: The McFarland Twins and their Orchestra

Jack is Late for the Program
February 7, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from New York City
Guest stars: George Jessel, Joe Besser
Guest conductor: Abe Lyman and his Orchestra

Jack’s Birthday
February 14, 1943, 7 p.m. EWT

Live from Toronto, Canada
Guest conductor: Allan McIver and his Orchestra