Chester A. Riley can’t simply be happy that his son, Junior, has started a lawn mowing business. No, Riley has to worm his way in and take control of everything.Originally aired on December 8, 1950. This is episode 296 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Today Jack Benny begins with a new sponsor, Jello. So, it seems fitting that the sketch Jack and the gang do is about a grocery store.Episode 147 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on October 14, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Trying to take advantage of the last few nice days in October, Henry and his dad go camping. Unfortunately, an argument between Henry and his sister, Mary, gets out of control and ruins a lot of things for a lot of people.Originally aired on October 19, 1952. This is episode 555 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In spite of being a married man with two kids, Riley feels he must choose between dating his new foreman’s daughter or losing his job.Originally aired on December 1, 1950. This is episode 295 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

This is the last Jack Benny episode sponsored by General Tire. So, Jack and the gang throw a party to celebrate a successful season.Episode 146 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on September 28, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Henry thinks he is the king of big business as he tries to wheel and deal a flashlight into enough money to buy his mom a $20 tea set for her birthday.Originally aired on October 12, 1952. This is episode 554 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Babs mistakenly gets arrested, Riley over-reacts and locks her in her room.Originally aired on November 24, 1950. This is episode 294 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Jack Benny and the gang go back to school with some great impersonations of radio, stage, and movie stars of 1934. There are two partial episodes of Jack Benny combined to make one regular size episode.Episodes 144 and 145 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on on September 14 and 21, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Henry’s mom is never quite satisfied with his haircut, so she makes him go to the barber three times on the same day. In the end, it works out rather well for him.Originally aired on October 5, 1952. This is episode 553 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Peg tells Junior the story of her first date with Riley.Originally aired on November 17, 1950. This is episode 293 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

After doing a comedy sketch on the House of Rawchild, Jack Benny get a request to do a sketch on the House of Benny.Episode 142 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 31, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Henry’s girlfriend begins to take interest in football star Bill Turner, Henry tries to sign up for a course on how to bulk up.Originally aired on October 5, 1952. This is episode 552 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When a local store offers a new Hudson automobile for the person that can correctly guess the number of beans in a bowl, Chester A. Riley becomes a bean-counter.Originally aired on November 10, 1950. This is episode 292 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Jack Benny and the gang do a sketch based on the movie, "The House of Rothschild."Episode 141 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 24, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Henry and Homer do some work for a farmer, they get paid with 12 bushels of corn.Originally aired on September 21, 1952. This is episode 551 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Riley finds out that Babs' boyfriend is worth one million dollars, he puts them on the fast-track to a wedding.Originally aired on November 3, 1950. This is episode 291 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Jack Benny is heading back to New York by train on the Twentieth Century Limited.Episode 138 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on August 3, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Henry Aldrich needs a tux for the High School formal dace and Homer Brown needs tickets. So naturally, they try to talk each other’s fathers into paying for it all.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Peg needs a new stove, but her less than honest husband, Chester A. Riley, thinks she can win one by baking a chocolate cake.Originally aired on October 27, 1950. This is episode 290 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

On this episode of the Jack Benny show, we get to hear him play his violin and hear the gang do another murder mystery sketch.Episode 136 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on July 20, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

It is Homer Brown’s anniversary of his first date with Agnes. Naturally, things get blown way out of proportion.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Chester A. Riley is trying to dodge a bill collector from the Gold Coast Collection Agency. Then he encounters another revoltin’ development when he learns the name of the business owned by the father of Bab’s boyfriend.Originally aired on October 20, 1950. This is episode 289 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, we get some of two Jack Benny shows.Episodes 126 and 127 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on May 11 and 18, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Charlie Clark starts bragging about his relatives and ancestors, Henry Aldrich starts to dig up his family tree to find someone famous.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Chester A. Riley finally buys a car, but when it comes to passing his driving exam, well, that’s another matter.Originally aired on October 13, 1950. This is episode 288 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

On this episode of the Jack Benny show, we get to hear him and the gang do a sketch in honor of the Kentucky Derby which was to be run the next day, May 5, 1934.Episode 125 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on May 4, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Henry and Homer want to go ice fishing, things don’t go exactly as planned, but with Henry Aldrich, do they ever?No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Chester A. Riley wants to wish his parents a Happy Anniversary, but he panics when they can’t come to the phone.Originally aired on October 6, 1950. This is episode 287 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, we get some of two Jack Benny shows.Episodes 122 and 124 of The Jack Benny Show. The programs originally aired on April 13 and 27, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Henry Aldrich tries his best to get out of detention so he can take Kathleen to the basketball game, a whole bunch of people end up getting detention.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Peg gets a letter in the mail that she won’t let him see, Riley thinks Peg has a boyfriend on the side.Originally aired on June 23, 1950. This is episode 285 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny and Mary Livingston attempt to help Frank Parker with his new music store.Episode 121 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on April 6, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Henry and Homer cause gridlock in Centerville all because they wanted to buy some surplus air force boots.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Riley fights the notion of having a TV in his house, but reconsiders it when he faces the reality of being alone while his family goes elsewhere so they can watch TV.Originally aired on June 16, 1950. This is episode 284 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, and the gang do a sketch about a love triangle.Episode 120 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on April 1, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Kathleen and Agnes are going away for the summer, but didn’t invite Homer and Henry to come and visit them. So, the boys go all out to coax an invitation from the girls.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Riley reads a news article about a spicy book and decides to read Babs’s copy of it. The only problem is she switched the book’s cover and he reads all about a campfire girl. Naturally, Riley gets confused and in over his head.Originally aired on June 9, 1950. This is episode 283 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny responds to a listener’s request to do a western sketch.Episode 118 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on March 18, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Someone is painting graffiti all over town. The problem is what the graffiti says is about Henry and a girl. When Homer and Henry try to paint over it, well, let’s just say that things get interesting.No information as to when this episode originally aired.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Riley’s wife, Peg, simply wants her husband, Chester A. Riley, to remember her birthday. When he promises to take her to see the musical, South Pacific, Riley ends up being Riley and Peg’s birthday becomes unforgettable.Originally aired on June 2, 1950. This is episode 282 of The Life of Riley.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny tries to prove that he is braver than his band leader, Frank Black, so he stays the night in a haunted house.Episode 117 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on March 11, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

When Mr. Aldrich asks Homer to spread the word about a July 4th celebration at the Country Club, Homer thinks it is a surprise party to be given that very night. Naturally, with Homer’s help, everyone in the Aldrich household gets confused and thinks there is a surprise party for them.Originally aired on June 28, 1951. This is episode 550 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Chester A. Riley’s wife, Peg, enters a beauty contest where Riley is one of the judges.Originally aired on May 26, 1950. This is episode 281 of The Life of Riley.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny gets into a tiff with his band leader, Frank Black, so they decide to settle their dispute of the field of honor. Episode 116 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on March 4, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Henry Aldrich is all for the freedom of the press until the school newspaper prints some gossip about him and Gladys.Originally aired on April 19, 1951. This is episode 531 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Riley has never liked Bab’s boyfriend, Simon Vanderhoffer. He likes him even less when he gets a job with the power company.Originally aired on May 5, 1950. This is episode 278 of The Life of Riley.Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

In today’s episode, Jack Benny and his cast present a story from Jack Benny’s life before broadcasting. He was a floorwalker in a department store in Omaha, Nebraska. Episode 115 of The Jack Benny Show. The program originally aired on February 25, 1934.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.

Would you get a job just so you could get a date? Well, that’s what Henry Aldrich does in this week’s show.Originally aired on February 15, 1951. This is episode 531 of The Aldrich Family.Please email questions and comments to [email protected] us on Facebook at facebook.com/classiccomedyotr. Please share this podcast with your friends and family.You can also subscribe to our podcast on Spreaker.com, Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and Google podcasts.This show is supported by Spreaker Prime.