Fred Allen radio show 5/26/46 King for a Day w/ Jack Benny

[@kali3665]

Jack: Allen! You haven't seen the end of me! Fred: IT WON'T BE LONG NOW!! This was always my favorite episode -- and I have always been the biggest fan of Jack Benny. You can hear Jack breaking up as they ripped the clothes from him. I truly loved Jack -- There will never be anyone else like him. One of the few times Jack broke down in tears was when he learned Fred Allen had died - in real life, they were the best of friends.

[@jerryjohnson8485]

This is comedy!!real comedy!!

[@mngermanshepherd]

"With Fred's guest Mary Livingston's husband" hahahaha

[@snarflatful]

Kenny Delmar was cut off by NBC at the end. The skit ran long due to the ad libbing and all the laughter by the audience. Comedy gold.

[@altonpitts5303]

Thank you for letting the public hear the whole show. I believe this was my first time hearing in its entirety. One can tell the two men loved performing this script; the audience is just besides themselves.🤣

[@Kw1161]

My favorite episode of the Fred Allen Show....😅

[@jeffheise5427]

The last 4 minutes of this show is comedy gold. They actually de-pantsed Benny onstage.

[@RayNDeere]

A classic. Kenny's closing ad comments were cut off by the NBC ID. The Benny-Allen 'Feud" (in truth, Jack and Fred were good friends) made for some classic radio.

[@michaelrydzynski8307]

"You'll be guest conductor of the 11:05 garbage run through the Bronx!" Comedy doesn't get better than this--just pure genius!

[@TheRecordSaver]

Not only that, but some people who were there say Benny's shorts had "LS/MFT" emblazoned on the rear end.. (FYI, "LS/MFT" meant "Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco"; Lucky Strike was a long-time sponsor for Jack Benny's own show).

[@LandondeeL]

Thanks for putting up the entire program, rather than the shortened version from Longines that circulated for years.

[@shawnmalone9711]

A classic show!👍👍👍👍

[@AstralPixie]

Oh my gosh... those list of prizes for the King ;D Listen to the audience howl when the disrobing begins.

[@WmGood]

These two guys are now part of Americana eternal. I'm grateful these programs are posted on You tube. They give us a glimpse of when radio was "television".

[@dhpbear2]

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