It is good to see Phil on this episode. Besides Jack of course, but my three favorite cast members from the radio show were Phil Harris, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson and Dennis Day. I remember the first time that Phil sang Doo-Wah-Diddy on Jack’s radio show when Herbert Marshall was hosting while Jack was out of town that night. I STILL enjoy the song!
It's such a shame Phil had no interest in doing a TV version of his radio show with Alice Faye. He claimed he didn't have the face for television, but come on the man just oozes charm and charisma... You can't help but smile when he comes on and does his stuff.
Phil's vanity had nothing to do with it. He and Alice didn't want all the pressure and work of being on a weekly TV show. Radio was much easier, took less time & effort, and meant they were free to enjoy life with their daughters and friends. That's why Phil didn't want to be a regular on Jack's TV show, and why he and Alice didn't take their own show to TV.
And there was the fact that Phil was under exclusive contract to NBC when Jack appeared on his first TV show (in October 1950), which meant he could not appear on *any* of Jack's CBS TV programs. Instead, he made various guest appearances on NBC's TV shows.
Don was in Philadelphia at the time, preparing to appear in a Broadway play, "Make A Million" (starring Sam Levene), which opened at the end of October 1958. Howard McNear, who made several appearances on Jack's program, appeared as "Elwood Hunsett", a fictional announcer who doesn't smoke......
@@fromthesidelines, I recognize your first name, middle initial, and your last name from comments left for The George Burns and Gracie Allen television show. There was an individual who had their shows grouped together by Seasons AND Episode numbers, BUT NOW that person’s hard work is gone and the few shows to find to watch are missing several Seasons & Episodes. Do you know what OR who messed up that other person’s hard work? I can not remember how to spell the person’s name, but it is OR was something close to: jefront…
The great Howard Mc Near!! Dock on radio version of Gunsmoke and ,of course, Floyd the hwrber and countless radio appearance. He was the only member of the radio cast to appear on the TV version of Gunsmoke. of
Apparently, Phil Harris once brought this thing home for Alice Faye. And she told him in no uncertain terms: "Get out of here with that (boom ba boom) and don't come back no more." Or so I heard somewhere.
@@fromthesidelines Frank Remley and Mel Blanc were the two guys that Jack like to be around when on vacation. Jack said, in Joan Benny's book, that Don Wilson wasn't fun to be around, Phil Harris had his own friends, Mary stayed home and Dennis was always working. Jack would go for a long drive with Frank and Frank would ask Jack where he wanted to go...Jack's response was "What way is the car pointed".
Yep! Phil said on air to Jack during one of the radio show episodes that Jackson was as close to jackass as he could get🤭. Back in the day, they had censors during radio shows.
