GI_Journal_450406_Bob_Hope__Mel_Blanc_.mp3

The "Bob" in this show is Robert (Bob) Benchley, NOT Bob Hope, who did host a number of other G.I. Journal episodes. It didn't sound like Bob Hope and, at one point, "Bob" interrogates himself and refers to himself as "Mr. Benchley".

In reference to the ten shows that were generously uploaded:

The regular cast evidently includes Mel Blanc (as Radcliffe, assistant to the guest editor of the episode, and also as Pvt. Sad Sack; in addition he uses the character voices of Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny, and Zukie [Zookie?], the latter being from The Mel Blanc Show, in Mel Blanc’s Fix-it Shop), and Connie Haines [Haynes?], and possibly Verna Felton [the voice is recognizable, if not the name].

For a lot more of Mel Blanc vocalizations, outside of Warner Bros. animations, listen to The Jack Benny Show. Hundreds of radio and a very few of TV at archive,org.

The major guest, if said guest has a radio show, brought along some supporting characters.

Therefore Bob Hope has Jerry Colonna, Fibber McGee and Molly included Dr. Gamble and Teeny [I missed Gale Gorden as Mayor Latrivia], Edger Bergen is never without Charlie McCarthy, and as was evidenced by part of the script, Orson Welles had himself [listen to the show].

I may have missed an item of importance, I did not check for spelling, I listed the guests and regulars pretty much in order of appearance in a show, and I did not recognize all those that appeared [e.g. Ransom Sherman, Ray McKinley].

GI_Journal_440429_Bob Hope, JERRY COLONNA, CAPT. GLEN MILLER ARMY AIR FORCE AT TRAINING COMMAND [3 numbers, including “Little Brown Jug”], RANSOM SHERMAN, BETTY GRABLE, MEL BLANC [SAD SACK], SGT RAY MCKINLEY & CREW CHIEFS.

GI_Journal_441015_BERGAN & MCCARTHY, MAJ. HARRY SALTER & NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARQUATION ARMY BAND, HILDEGARD, ROY ROGERS, RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, FRANK SINATRA, MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_441215_Orson Welles, MEL BLANC [RADCLIFFE], FAYE MCKENZIE, VICTOR MOORE, CONNIE HAINES, SARAH BERNARD[?], MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_441222_Bob Hope, MEL BLANC, LOUELLA PARSONS, CONNIE HAINES, DOROTHY LAMOUR, THE ANDREWS SISTERS [I THINK THERE WERE 2 NUMBERS, THE FIRST BEING “RUM & COCA-COLA”, A CLEAN VERSION; YOU MAY WANT TO READ LOUIS NIZER’S ‘MY LIFE IN COURT’, ABOUT MOREY AMSTERDAM, AND THE COPYRIGHT CASE , THE HISTORY OF THE CLEAN, BUT MILDLY SUGGESTIVE LYRICS, AND THE SOURCE WITH THE MORE THAN JUST SUGGESTIVE LYRICS], MEL BLANC [SAD SACK]: THIS PORTION, FROM MEL BLANC AS SAD SACK TO END IS MISSING, ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

GI_Journal_441229_Kay Kyser, Mel Blanc, JERRY COLONNA, ANN MILLER, CONNIE HAINES, GEORGIA CARROLL[?], MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_450112_Fibber McGee And Molly, FRANK SINATRA, 'DR. GAMBLE', MEL BLANC, 'TEENY', CONNIE HAINES, GINGER ROGERS, MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_450126_William Bendix, ARTHUR TREACHER, MEL BLANC, LENA LEMAYNE[?], JINX FALKENBERG, CONNIE HAINES.

GI_Journal_450309_Groucho_Marx, LUCILLE BALL, JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, MEL TORME & MELTONES, VERNA FELTON, MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_450406_ROBERT BENCHLEY, MEL BLANC, LINDA DARNELLE, ALEN JENKINS, CONNIE HAINES, VERNA FELTON, MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

GI_Journal_450423_Jack Benny, MEL BLANC [RADCLIFFE], ARTHUR TREACHER, THE KING SISTERS, EDDIE ANDERSON, CONNIE HAINES, PAULETTE GODDARD, DICK ARUN[?], MEL BLANC [SAD SACK].

Worthwhile downloading.

Also see COMMAND PERFORMANCE, at archive,org.

GI_Journal_441015_Ed_Sullivan__Milton_ was 441020 Edgar Bergen