Day 7: Jack Benny...

The Jack Benny Program is one of my favorite old time radio shows, and I just recently discovered a Halloween program that I did not have in my collection and that I have never heard before...and it's a good one!

Jack gets a telegram from Andy Devine, inviting him to a Halloween Barn Party. Jack drives the gang out to visit Andy's farm in his new Maxwell as this marks the first time the Maxwell is actually heard on the program (it would continue as a running gag).

When the car's engine started on the program, the listening audience heard the rich asthmatic, wheezing and clinking mechanical sounds of an ancient automobile engine that was reluctant to start.

Mel Blanc, (a.k.a. "the Man with a Thousand Voices"). first supplied the engine noises when the sound technician's machine failed on the air. Blanc's "P-tui, p-tui, b-lit, b-lit, p-tui" sputtering and chattering saved the skit. Jack Benny loved his impersonation of a rattletrap, coughing engine so much that he replaced the sound technicians with the talents of Mel Blanc.

This episode also features such running gags such as Benny's cheapness, his Phil Harris feud, and others. We are also treated to a song by Mary Livingstone as she sings, "Have You Got Any Castles?" and she's joined by the rest of the cast. Jack even plays a chorus on his violin!

Stars: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone (Mrs. Jack Benny), others
Sponsors: Jell-O
Networks: CBS, NBC
Aired: 1932-1955
Type of Show: Comedy/Variety
Show Trivia: Mel Blanc resurrected the sounds of his sputtering Maxwell auto when he performed the voice of a remote-control vehicle that talked to three adventurous teenagers on the animated cartoon SPEED BUGGY/CBS/1973-74.

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