All Music (Carole Lombard's Death)

January 18, 1942 - This episode was broadcast two days after the
sudden death of Jack Benny's co-star Carole Lombard. The episode
is all music.


"In respect to Carole Lombard, his co-star in "To Be Or Not Be",
an Alexander Korda-Ernest Lubitsch film, to be released through
United Artists, Jack Benny cancelled his Jan. 18 broadcast of the
NBC Jack Benny Show, sponsored by General Foods (Jell-O).
Although no specific explanation was given, the show was replaced
by a musical program, featuring Mahlon Meerick's orchestra,
Dennis Day, soloist, and the Sportsman's Quartet, vocal group.
Don Wilson announced. Miss Lombard was scheduled for a guest
appearance on the Jan. 25 Jell-O program."
-Broadcasting Magazine