THE ROMANCE OF THE RANCHOS & THE JACK BENNY SHOW

“The Romance of the Ranchos” was one of the more unusual series to be broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio. Each episode traced the history of a certain district of Southern California, from the Days of the Ranchos – when everything was still owned by Spain and Mexico in the 1700s – up to then-contemporary times, the 1940s. Tonight, the vignettes center on Newhall, Saugus, and Santa Clarita. Then, on “The Jack Benny Show,” the gang tells their own version of Old California, complete with rancho, Jack as a wealthy Mexican land-owner, and Don Wilson as 500 head of cattle.

Episodes

The Romance of the Ranchos

November 26, 1941

“The Newhall Region and the Rancho del Valle”

4:16

The Jack Benny Show

May 16, 1943

“Rancho Benny”

34:13