It's Time To Smile 1942 11 25 (90) Guest Jack Benny

# The Eddie Cantor Show: "It's Time To Smile" (November 25, 1942)

Step into the warm glow of your radio dial this evening as Eddie Cantor welcomes the incomparable Jack Benny for an evening of comedy that sparkles with wartime charm and infectious humor. With the nation deep in the throes of the Second World War, Eddie's trademark energy and rapid-fire jokes promise to lift spirits and deliver the escapism America desperately needs. Expect the unexpected as these two comedy titans—Cantor with his vaudeville verve and Benny with his masterful deadpan timing—riff off one another with the ease of old friends, building comic bit upon comic bit. The orchestra swells behind them, audience laughter crackles with genuine delight, and for thirty minutes, the cares of the world fade away into the static and song.

Eddie Cantor's program represents the golden heart of American radio comedy during its finest hour. For over two decades, Cantor had been perfecting his craft, bringing the energy of the Broadway stage directly into listeners' living rooms with unmatched enthusiasm. By 1942, with Jack Benny as his guest, the show reaches a pinnacle of star power—two of radio's greatest entertainers sharing the microphone during a moment when laughter itself became an act of patriotic resistance. This episode captures radio at its most vital and alive, before television would eventually claim the medium's throne.

Don't miss "It's Time To Smile"—a title that has never been more apt. Tune in and discover why millions of Americans made this their must-hear appointment each week, and experience the magic that made old time radio immortal.