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Douglas Fairbanks Jr (90-Foot Putt)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr (90-Foot Putt)

This Day in Jack Benny · John Henderson

January 29, 202532m 47s

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Show Notes

January 28, 1951 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr Guest Show. Jack Benny and the gang are in New York getting ready for Jack's second-ever television show. Phil Harris had won the Bing Crosby Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament at Pebble Beach by sinking an incredibly long putt on the 17th hole.

References include Bock Beer, Fred Allen, Ethel Merman, and the broadway shows "Guys and Dolls", "Call Me Madam", and South Pacific".