The Jack Benny Lucky Strike Program - "Jack's Friend Stub Wilbur Visits" (05-15-55)

Jack's Friend Stub Wilbur Visits (Aired May 15, 1955)

Arriving at NBC on March 17, Benny did The Chevrolet Program until April 1, 1934. He continued with sponsor General Tire through the end of the season. In October, 1934, General Foods, the makers of Jell-O and Grape-Nuts, became the sponsor most identified with Jack, for the next ten years. American Tobacco's Lucky Strike was his longest-lasting radio sponsor, from October, 1944, through the end of his original radio series. 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. There it stayed for the remainder of its radio run, which ended on May 22, 1955.

THIS EPISODE:
 
May 15, 1955. Program #425. "Jack's Friend Stub Wilbur Visits" - CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Jack paints his house, then goes to the railroad station to meet his old pal Stub Wilbur. AFRS program name: "The Jack Benny Program." The program was recorded February 16, 1955. Jack Benny, Eddie Anderson, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Dennis Day, Sheldon Leonard, Artie Auerbach, Frank Nelson, Mary Livingstone, Charlie Bagby, Colin Campbell, Orchid Oliver, Harry Shearer, Hilliard Marks (producer), Mahlon Merrick (music director). 29:16. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.