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"The show returned to CBS on January 2, 1949, as part of CBS president William S. Paley's notorious "raid" of NBC talent in 1948-49."
It probably should be. The CBS talent raid is well known to all old time radio fans. Jack Benny felt that NBC was taking him for granted. Paley found out about it, and met with him. Jack was impressed with his attitude so much that he not only signed a contract with CBS, but he convinced several other NBC stars to sign up with CBS. I don't remember all the shows off the top of my head, but I know Burns & Allen was one of the shows. CastingCrowns ( talk) 02:24, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I know the Benny Christmas shows were popular in their time: radio stations throughout the country ran transcriptions of them for many years during the holiday seasons. Mel Blanc played a store clerk driven to the brink by Benny's shopping demands the Christmas before but coincidentally now starting at a branch of the same franchise that Benny is about to visit. 138.162.128.55 ( talk) 11:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
"Mr. Kitzel [who originally appeared on Al Pearce's radio show in the late 1930s, where his famous catch phrase was, "Hmmmm... eh, could be!", and several years later as a regular on The Abbott & Costello Show, who originally started out as a Yiddish hot dog vendor . . ."
Yiddish is a language, not a nationality, ethnicity, or religion. It can't be used as an identifier for the character. What belongs here instead? Yiddish-accented, Yiddish-speaking, Jewish, or a longer descriptive phrase? Cognita ( talk) 02:53, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Does anyone else think this article should possibly be split into two articles? The radio show and the television show were pretty different. I want to start cleaning up this article by adding inline citations and removing information that can't be sourced, but my familiarity is with the radio show, and the two are entirely too muddled here. I'm also surprised that the show is rated as "low importance" for WikiProject Radio. I understand that the WikiProject is more than just old-time radio, but The Jack Benny Program is perhaps the most popular comedy of the radio era. (I'm not trying to start a fight with any radio buffs who disagree with that perhaps controversial statement. I'll ping fellow editor User:Teblick who may have heard the show before. -- DiamondRemley39 ( talk) 01:28, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
This was a famous line in many Benny radio programs. I do not see it mentioned in the article.
Norm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8A:4001:670:0:0:0:BE1A ( talk) 01:26, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
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"The show returned to CBS on January 2, 1949, as part of CBS president William S. Paley's notorious "raid" of NBC talent in 1948-49."
It probably should be. The CBS talent raid is well known to all old time radio fans. Jack Benny felt that NBC was taking him for granted. Paley found out about it, and met with him. Jack was impressed with his attitude so much that he not only signed a contract with CBS, but he convinced several other NBC stars to sign up with CBS. I don't remember all the shows off the top of my head, but I know Burns & Allen was one of the shows. CastingCrowns ( talk) 02:24, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I know the Benny Christmas shows were popular in their time: radio stations throughout the country ran transcriptions of them for many years during the holiday seasons. Mel Blanc played a store clerk driven to the brink by Benny's shopping demands the Christmas before but coincidentally now starting at a branch of the same franchise that Benny is about to visit. 138.162.128.55 ( talk) 11:45, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
"Mr. Kitzel [who originally appeared on Al Pearce's radio show in the late 1930s, where his famous catch phrase was, "Hmmmm... eh, could be!", and several years later as a regular on The Abbott & Costello Show, who originally started out as a Yiddish hot dog vendor . . ."
Yiddish is a language, not a nationality, ethnicity, or religion. It can't be used as an identifier for the character. What belongs here instead? Yiddish-accented, Yiddish-speaking, Jewish, or a longer descriptive phrase? Cognita ( talk) 02:53, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Does anyone else think this article should possibly be split into two articles? The radio show and the television show were pretty different. I want to start cleaning up this article by adding inline citations and removing information that can't be sourced, but my familiarity is with the radio show, and the two are entirely too muddled here. I'm also surprised that the show is rated as "low importance" for WikiProject Radio. I understand that the WikiProject is more than just old-time radio, but The Jack Benny Program is perhaps the most popular comedy of the radio era. (I'm not trying to start a fight with any radio buffs who disagree with that perhaps controversial statement. I'll ping fellow editor User:Teblick who may have heard the show before. -- DiamondRemley39 ( talk) 01:28, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
This was a famous line in many Benny radio programs. I do not see it mentioned in the article.
Norm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8A:4001:670:0:0:0:BE1A ( talk) 01:26, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
The redirect Ye-e-e-e-s? has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 30 § Ye-e-e-e-s? until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 02:07, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Train leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa and Cu-camonga! has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 2 § Train leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa and Cu-camonga! until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 17:02, 2 December 2023 (UTC)