Episode 307: Where Have you Benny? Talking Jack (Benny) with Zach (Eastman)

My guest for this episode is podcaster Zach Eastman from Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue to talk about his long time fascination with Jack Benny.

Sadly, that name might not much to some listeners, but Jack Benny was a pioneering comic voice in radio and television. Benny was so well known and loved by golden age celebrities that he was able to get guest stars on his show that NEVER did tv (like Gary Cooper or Humphrey Bogart). To speak nothing of his film career. His starring role in Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 black comedy, To Be or Not To Be, as a Nazi-fighting actor in occupied Warsaw has particular poignancy in today's political climate and should be screened often.
Zach has an infectuous love for Benny and is well connected in the internations Benny fan community. If anyone is going to get you exicted for Jack it’s Zach.

 Zach passed along a few of Benny's radio shows as a kind of primer on the work of Benny. As a fan of old time radion myself, I can attest to the quality of the show.

 Your Money or Your Life

Halloween (with Basil Rathbone)

Rochester Lost at Sea - Briefly

Drear Pooson or Murder at Romanoffs

Jack Attends an Isaac Stern Concert

You can find out all about Zach and all his various projects on Instagram and Threads @ballyhoorevuepod @ballyhoorevuepod and Bluesky @ballyhoorevue

Or check out his Linktree: Linktr.ee/ballyhoorevue

 For more information on Jack Benny, check out:

The International Jack Benny Fan Club: https://jackbenny.org/wp/

Jack Benny's Vault Database: https://www.jackbenny39.com/

The procured script mentioned in the episode: https://www.jackbenny39.com/index.php/george-washington-slept-here-1942-producer-jerry-walds-presentation-script/

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Episode 306: More Degrassi? I KID you not, with Jocelyn, The Degrassi Kid

On this episode of Geek4, I’m joined by Jocelyn, THE DEGRASSI KID!!!

I met Jocelyn at a Degrassi Trivia Night. I was a participant. She was the host. Jocelyn might be the most enthusiastic fan of anything I’ve ever talked to! Her infectious love of Degrassi knows no bounds. She was such a fan that Annie Clark (who played Fiona on Degrassi: TNG) encouraged her to start her podcast back in 2022. Jocelyn’s become such a well-established, well connected voice in the Degrassi universe that she was invited to induct the Degrassi franchise into the Canadian Walk of Fame!  She truly is the empress of Degrassi! Heck, she has a Degrassi Street sign in her bedroom.

We talk about her amazing encounters with the cast and creators. I share my own encounters with some of the old school cast (come back, Arthur!) and why my friend Sandy refuses to invite me to her house. We talk about why this quirky Canadian show matters so much to so many people.

You can find all Joceyln’s amazing output at her linktr.ee – the podcast, the Discord, the social media, the magic!

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