Product Description

The Smithsonian Institution and Radio Spirits are proud to bring you The Best of Old Time Radio Starring Jack Benny. These original recordings have been digitally restored and remastered for superb sound quality and pure listening enjoyment. This collection also includes a 60-page historical book filled with rare photographs and a foreword by Irving Fein, Jack Benny's personal manager and producer. A coveted collector's item. This ten episode and six hour collection includes Jack Benny shows and other classic Old-time Radio Shows that Jack Benny starred in including Fred Allen, Burns and Allen, Suspense, and The Lux Radio Theatre.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #700839 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-01
• Format: Box set
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 6
• Binding: Audio CD
• 60 pages

Customer Reviews

An essential collection
This excellent box set - the result of a joint project by Radio Spirits and the Smithsonian - is an essential purchase for admirers of Jack Benny.Entitled "The Best Of Old Time Radio Starring Jack Benny",it covers the full range of Benny's radio days,including not only four of his own shows (dating from the period 1952-1957) but also two lesser known contributions to "radio's otstanding theatre of thrills",the "Suspense" program (the episodes featured are "A Good and Faithful Servant" and "Murder in G-Flat"),and one play for the Lux Radio Theatre ("Seven Keys to Baldpate"),a radio version of "The Horn Blows at Midnight",and one edition each of "The Fred Allen Show" and "The Burns and Allen Show".The good quality CDs come with an informative booklet written by Anthony Tollin.This is really something to treasure.