A Trip to Yosemite or Bjork Benny Rides Again!

Ice skating! Bobsledding! Skiing! Thrills, chills and spills! Jack and the gang pile in the Maxwell and race Phil Harris to Yosemite for their "vacation in the snow" at this glorious National Park! I hope you enjoy what I have done here and that this is as much fun for you to listen to as it was for me to compile - if so please tell a friend! I endeavored to create a cohesive and entertaining narrative using only the Yosemite and Yosemite related episodes. The edits - things I cut out - were in service to creating a narrative flow. This is not meant to replace the episodes in question and I highly reccomend seeking them out and listening to them in their entirety. Some of the bumpers, intros, commercials and songs that were left on the cutting room floor are simply fantastic. The Oakland Benefit "concert" is one of my favorites - and you only get a taste of it here - I hope you all listen and enjoy! - P.S. only 1 sound effect was added from outside of the story ark - I just felt like it fit so I broke my own rule... P.P.S. Yes, there is some politically incorrect dialogue contained here which I left in tact, I do not condone it but my job was not to censor for content but edit for narrative flow - I hope this can be looked at in the context of the time in which these episodes were originaly created and broadcast - and not thru the same 2013 PC lens that somehow feels it is appropriate to edit Mark Twain. For the record I feel that Rochester was Jack Benny's equal in every way and was a fantastic performer - and if you do the research - a great American.

[@Gary_Jaffe]

So entertaining - the cast is hilarious and stellar. Jack Benny was the best, Rochester gets the big laughs (deservedly so) and Mary cracks me UP. Thanks for doing such excellent compilation work - I know how time consuming that can be.

[@janagates5698]

No one will ever replace his cast or program. We love him. Clean humor.

[@emmacurrie9418]

Wow I love Jack Benny! Thanks.

[@colleenclinch3539]

Jack Benny Was, And Still Is, The Epitome Of Comedy. Simply The Best Ever!!

[@vitameatavegamin4236]

W e l l !

[@MaskedMan66]

Now, cut that out!

[@richardlavenstein6798]

@@MaskedMan66 your phone is working so you need me this week and you need me too much to help with the new stuff I have for a week on.

[@laurie4468]

I WILL NOT!! 😂​@@MaskedMan66

[@MaskedMan66]

@@laurie4468 *Well!*

[@janagates5698]

I love jack benny. Clean witty funny humor.

[@chriswarren151]

I cannot believe how many times I have listened to this! It is that entertaining!!

[@johnbishel1270]

I can still see my dad laughing at these shows. Dad was a funny guy also. Will never be shows like these again, and what a shame.

[@mmitchellhouston]

This was a LOT of fun! Thanks.

[@ironduke2000]

The writing on this show -- to say nothing of the its cast -- was extraordinary.

[@TIMTalksCooking]

REALLY nice editing job! You should make more of these!

[@danastrong1747]

Jack Benny is my favorite comedian of all time. Abbott and Costello and the Marx Brothers are close.

[@obertstephenjr]

Mel Blanc and Phil Harris make this show go from great to stupendous!

[@josephteller9715]

Very Nicely done. Your editing is seamless.

[@johntabler349]

Fabulous job of compiling this "miniseries " of related episodes!

[@Tre404]

Sure, as long as he refrains from censoring them, and virtue signaling in the description. But I doubt he can.

[@johntabler349]

@@Tre404 I don't read the descriptions

[@janmcdonald3896]

What a treat! Thank u

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

thanks again

[@TIMTalksCooking]

Love your thoughtful, well-written intro, too! Nice!

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

thank you

[@eddylauterback1312]

Always loved him. Named my son Jack. Loved it when someone, usually Mary messed up her lines on the radio and Jack made a funny comment. Also, when someone broke him up on TV, usually Mel Blanc. He couldn't stop from smiling and his eyes just twinkled

[@oldngood190]

Thanks for this extended edit. It's great to hear episodes I haven't heard before....About 30 years ago we had a local radio station that played old time radio shows. Jack Benny was always my favorite and I did record some off the radio. What is the date of these episodes ? THX !

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Thanks for uploading. There is a mousetrap in the Maxwell! LOL.

[@jonathanclary3992]

Mel Blanc and Frank Nelson are my favorite actors from the Jack Benny show

[@rays2729]

Ok, you're the doctor!

[@MaskedMan66]

"That's my brother Egbert, isn't he priceless?"

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

Thank God Jim Crow laws were limited to the south! Black people in l.a., which is in the west, actually had it pretty good.

[@aubreystanley1124]

Benny wasn't cheap. His fellow actors were ' econmizing'. Lol

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

GLADYS: “Tyrone, you worm, who was that nasty hussy I saw you with last night?” TYRONE: “that was Jack Benny in drag.” GLADYS: “ I was wondering why she had a black maid.”

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

Also, thank God for Martin Luther king; he killed the Jim Crow octopus before it could spread its tentacles northward.

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

3 restrooms in the Jim Crow south; men, women, and colored.

[@MaskedMan66]

Another story that covered several episodes was "The Frightwig Murder Case"; have you got that one?

[@kellybrown685]

It was "BUCK Benny"

[@MaskedMan66]

Not in this story! Jack was boasting that he could skate/ski like a Norwegian and that he was therefore known in Waukegan as Bjork Benny.

[@cbwilson2398]

Must have had to be there to understand the "Where's Dennis?" meme that got laughs.

[@MaskedMan66]

Think about it: they had been on the road in a slow-moving car for hours and had finally stopped at a gas station. Get it now? ;-)

[@fee9043]

Wow Rochester does all the work, he's super funny yet can't eat in the diner.😢☹😢

[@steveliberty2427]

Yup...100% shameful

[@janagates5698]

Jack benny and Rochester. Entire cast all worked together. And are sooo funny. I love them.

[@jimbosan710]

A pitiful un-Godly Black racist heard from, unfortunately.

[@janmcdonald3896]

So true. It was noticeable.

[@MaskedMan66]

That wasn't why.

[@MaskedMan66]

What you call "politically incorrect," genuine JB fans call funny.

[@allenwatkins4972]

Rochester couldn't eat in the diner, or didn't have time?? I didn't think there were ever "whites only" or "no colored" establishments in California. But, I'm not sure.

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

At least Rochester, who lived in the west instead of the south, was NOT a victim of Jim Crow laws! Thank God Martin Luther king killed the Jim Crow octopus before it could spread its tentacles beyond the south!

[@charniquebrooks8729]

Wgn

[@Tre404]

Shame on you for censoring and "editing" these shows. Your agenda is clear.

[@MaskedMan66]

Eh? I've heard this whole saga before and I haven't noticed anything missing except the commercials and credits; mark you, I'm only about a third of the way into it.

[@Gary_Jaffe]

The person who posted this says the opposite of what you're accusing them of. First, the description says (of any edits done: were in service to creating a narrative flow. This is not meant to replace the episodes in question [THEN COMES A RECOMMENDATION to seek them out and listen to them in their entirety, adding: Some of the bumpers, intros, commercials and songs that were left on the cutting room floor are simply fantastic. [THEY CONTINUE ON WITH THE FOLLOWING] Yes, there is some politically incorrect dialogue contained here which I left in tact, I do not condone it but my job was not to censor for content but edit for narrative flow - I hope this can be looked at in the context of the time in which these episodes were originally created and broadcast - and not thru the same 2013 PC lens that somehow feels it is appropriate to edit Mark Twain. [SO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ACCUSING THE POSTER OF IN YOUR COMMENTS. CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC? THANKS.]