This Day in Jack Benny
This Day in Jack Benny
John Henderson
Testimonial Dinner (10th Anniversary)
35 minutes Posted Jan 28, 2026 at 8:03 am.
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May 9, 1941 - NBC 10th Anniversary Testimonial Dinner. Rudy Valli hosts a formal dinner in Jack Benny's honor with speeches by Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, George Jessel, Paramount Sudios head Y. Frank Freeman, NBC president Niles Tramell, and more!

References include the song "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano".