The Jack Carson Show#Radio broadcast schedule
{{short description|Radio comedy-variety program}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox radio show
| show_name = The Jack Carson Show
| image = File:Jack Carson in The Hard Way trailer.jpg
| imagesize = 250 px
| caption = Jack Carson
| other_names = New Jack Carson Show
The Sealtest Village Store
| format = Comedy-variety
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| home_station = KNX
| syndicates = CBS
NBC
CBC Dominion
| television = The Jack Carson Show
| presenter =
| starring = Jack Carson
| announcer = Del Sharbutt
Carlton KaDell
Howard Petrie
Hy Averback
Bob Stewart
| creator =
| writer = Sol Stein
Tom Adair
Jack Douglas
Howard Harris
Leo Solomon
Dave Swift
Leonard Levinson
Lou Fulton
Mack Benoff
| director = Bill Brennan
Vick Knight
Sam Fuller
Larry Berns
| senior_editor =
| editor =
| producer = Bill Brennan
Vick Knight
Sam Fuller
Larry Berns
| exec_producer =
| narrated =
| rec_location =
| rem_location =
| oth_location =
| first_aired = {{Start date|1943|06|02}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1956|12|20}}
| num_series =
| num_episodes =
| audio_format =
| opentheme = "The Moment We Met"
| othertheme =
| endtheme =
| sponsor = Campbell Soup Company
Sanka coffee
Sealtest
| website =
| podcast =
}}
File:Chicago—City of Contrasts (1949 photograph by Stanley Kubrick).jpg Look magazine, 1949, from State/Lake station]]
File:Stanley Kubrick - Chicago Theatre cph.3d02346.jpg for a show starring, in person, Jack Carson, Marion Hutton, and Robert Alda, taken by Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine, 1949]]
The Jack Carson Show is an American old-time radio comedy-variety program. It was broadcast on different seasons on CBS and NBC, beginning on June 2, 1943, and ending on December 20, 1956. The program was also known as The Sealtest Village Store,{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22The+Jack+Carson+Show,+comedy%22&pg=PA363 |last=Dunning |first=John |authorlink=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=363 |edition=Revised |accessdate=2019-09-06}} and the New Jack Carson Show.{{cite news |title=(untitled brief) |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-07-19-BC-OCR-Page-0059.pdf#search=Vick+Knight+Jack+Carson |accessdate=2 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=July 19, 1943 |page=55}} It was carried on the CBC Dominion network in Canada, as well.{{cite news |title=Renewal Accounts |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/46-OCR/1946-11-18-BC-OCR-Page-0064.pdf#search=Renewal+Campbell |accessdate=2 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=November 18, 1946 |page=64}} Additionally, The Jack Carson Show is the title of a television program that was broadcast on NBC from October 22, 1954, until March 11, 1955.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|pages= 420–421|edition=4th}}
Premise
Comedian Jack Carson played himself in a show akin to The Jack Benny Program in the way it portrayed a comedic version of the star's home life, supplemented with music.{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|pages=169–170}} Radio historian John Dunning described Carson's characterization on the show as "generally bumbling and dumb."
A later version of the program had Carson in the role of "a very capable m.c., bantering with his supporting cast, reading an 'off-beat' item from a newspaper and recounting a humorous incident.
Originating at KNX in Los Angeles, California,{{cite news |title=(KNX advertisement) |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-08-23-BC-OCR-Page-0015.pdf |accessdate=2 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=August 23, 1943 |page=15}} the program debuted as a summer replacement for Milton Berle's show.{{cite news |title=British Are Using Radio to Carry on War Against Axis |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21464079/battle_creek_enquirer/ |work=Battle Creek Enquirer |date=May 20, 1943 |location=Michigan, Battle Creek |page=22|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 1, 2018}} {{Open access}} Sponsors over the years included Campbell Soup Company,{{cite news |title=Renewal Accounts |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/43-OCR/1943-08-16-BC-OCR-Page-0060.pdf#search=Accounts+Campbell |accessdate=2 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=August 16, 1943 |page=56}} Sanka coffee, and Sealtest.
Personnel
Besides Carson, regular characters on the show and the actors who portrayed them are shown in the table below.
| class="wikitable" | |
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Carson's nephew, Tugwell | Dave Willock |
| Carson's press agent | Eddie Marr |
| Mrs. Freddy Martin | Agnes Moorehead |
| Treacher, the butler | Arthur Treacher |
| Norma Jean | Norma Jean Nilsson |
| Miss Ryan | Irene Ryan |
| Aunt Sally | Elizabeth Patterson |
| Hubert Peabody | Mel Blanc |
| Mrs. Foster | Jane Morgan |
Others often heard on the program included Doris Drew, Maxie Rosenbloom, and Hanley Stafford.
Announcers were Del Sharbutt, Carlton KaDell, Howard Petrie, Hy Averback, and Bob Stewart. Music was led by Ray Chamberlain, Charles Dante, Walter Gross, Freddy Martin, and Johnny Richards. Singers on the show included Olga San Juan,{{cite news |title=Sanka Sponsors |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-09-13-BC-OCR-Page-0083.pdf#search=Sanka |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=September 13, 1948 |page=83}} Tony Romano,{{cite news |title=Jack Carson Show |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-10-10-BC-OCR-Page-0013.pdf |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=October 10, 1955 |page=13}} Marion Hutton,{{cite news |title=Production |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-10-04-BC-OCR-Page-0093.pdf#search=Hutton |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=October 4, 1948 |page=85}} Anita Ellis, and the King Sisters.
Bill Brennan, Vick Knight, Sam Fuller, and Larry Berns were producer-directors. Sol Stein, Tom Adair, Jack Douglas, Howard Harris, Leo Solomon,{{cite news |title=Production |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-09-20-BC-OCR-Page-0094.pdf#search=solomon |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=September 20, 1948 |page=90}} Dave Swift,{{cite news |title=Production |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-10-25-BC-OCR-Page-0084.pdf#search=Dave+Swift |access-date=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=October 25, 1948 |page=76}} Leonard Levinson, Lou Fulton, and Mack Benoff were writers.{{cite news |title=Behind the Mike |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/44-OCR/1944-03-13-BC-OCR-Page-0044.pdf#search=benoff |access-date=2 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=March 13, 1944 |page=44}} Knight and Richards collaborated to compose the program's theme song, "The Moment We Met".
Radio broadcast schedule
The table below gives information about when The Jack Carson Show was broadcast.
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Beginning Date | Ending Date | Day of Week | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2, 1943 | June 25, 1947 | Wednesday | CBS |
| September 11, 1947 | July 8, 1948 | Thursday | NBC (Sealtest) |
| October 8, 1948 | July 1, 1949 | Friday | CBS |
| October 3, 1955 | December 20, 1956 | Monday- Friday | CBS |
Source: On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio
Note: The 1947-1948 version of the program was titled The Sealtest Village Store. Jack Carson replaced Jack Haley as lead comic in September 1947, while Eve Arden was manager.{{cite web | url=http://oldradioprograms.us/Jack%20Carson%20Show.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703024439/http://oldradioprograms.us/Jack%20Carson%20Show.htm | archive-date=2014-07-03 | title=The Jack Carson Show }}https://www.dumb.com/oldtimeradio/radio/1914//Sealtest_Village_Store.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
In 1949, as part of the show, Jack Carson's radio program toured, with Jack Carson, Marion Hutton, and Robert Alda.{{cite web |title=Marion Hutton |url=https://bandchirps.com/artist/marion-hutton/ |website=BandChirps |access-date=30 August 2023}}
Television
In the TV version of The Jack Carson Show, Carson was host for "a program of music, songs, and comedy sketches."{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=520|edition=2nd}} Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles, the show was broadcast on Friday nights on NBC, alternating with The Red Buttons Show.{{cite news |title=Auto Advertising |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/54-OCR/1954-10-04-BC-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=Pontiac |accessdate=3 July 2018 |work=Broadcasting |date=October 4, 1954 |page=28}}
Besides Carson, regular cast members included Don Ameche, Kitty Kallen, Ray McDonald, Donald Richards, Peggy Ryan, Constance Towers, and The Asia Boys. Announcers were Bud Heistand and Ed Peck. The orchestra was led by Vic Schoen and Harry Sosnik.
References
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External links
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=Logs=
- [http://www.otrsite.com/otrsite/logs/logj1018.htm Log of episodes of The Jack Carson Show from Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs]
- [http://www.otrr.org/FILES/Logs_txt/The%20Jack%20Carson%20Show.txt Log of episodes of The Jack Carson Show from Old Time Radio Researchers Group]
- [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=The%20Jack%20Carson%20Show&type=Programs Log of episodes of The Jack Carson Show from radioGOLDINdex]
=Streaming=
- [http://www.dumb.com/oldtimeradio/radio/1451//Jack_Carson.html Episodes of The Jack Carson Show from Dumb.com]
- [https://oldradioprograms.us/Jack%20Carson%20Show.htm Episodes of The Jack Carson Show from Old Radio Programs]
- [http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/J%20Series/Jack%20Carson%20Show/ Episodes of The Jack Carson Show from Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library]
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