I have listened to some years of jack’s radio show (mostly 30s). the material was usually quite good. eddie anderson (rochester) gets a number of good zingers in regularly. the radio show format did have integrated advertisements (jello for the 30s), a band with a 2-3 minute piece mid-show, and a cast of 6-8 or so.
“It’s light up time with Lucky Strike” on the early Jack Benny TV shows. Jack Benny, Eddie Anderson and Mel Blanc, Wow! With all of the great old TV and radio programs available, who needs to fret over trying to find something to watch coming out of hollyweird nowadays? Just last week I discovered a great Jimmy Stewart radio western, The Six Shooter. That led me to the TV version called The Restless Gun starring John Payne. John Payne, I never even knew he did television. Great stuff!