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Oscar Levant (Joe Besser)

Oscar Levant (Joe Besser)

This Day in Jack Benny · John Henderson

January 19, 202233m 34s

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Show Notes

January 17, 1943 - Guest stars Oscar Levant and Joe Besser help Jack the the gang do a spoof of the game show Information Please. Meanwhile Jack is getting ready to play the violin at Carnegie Hall.

References include the wage ceiling, Benzedrine, "The Powers Girls", singers Jarmila Novotna, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas and young violinist Isaac Stern.