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Starring Jack Benny
Season 3 (CBS) (1952-53)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Steve Jensen
references:
TV Guide /   Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive


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CBS, Sunday 7:30, Every 4th week  - possibly live

Shared this time slot with  Private Secretary (season 1) (CBS) (from 1-Feb-1953) -  starring Ann Sothern

3.1 [--] The Jack Benny Program: : BOB CROSBY'S CONTRACT
5 October 1952 CBS Sun

3.2 [--] The Jack Benny Program: BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN
2 November 1952 CBS Sun

3.3 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK GETS ROBBED
30-Nov-1952 CBS Sun
 Jack is pestered by a young autograph seeker, then Bob Crosby sings a medley of songs from
"Peter Pan" to the child. After the show, Jack has trouble getting to sleep because of a
leaky faucet and forces Rochester to rock his bed. Finally asleep, a pair of burglars try
to ransack Jack's bedroom but are defeated by his booby traps.

3.4 [--] The Jack Benny Program:  CAFE SKIT
Original Air Date—28 December 1952

 3.5 [--] The Jack Benny Program:  60 PIECE ORCHESTRA SKIT
25 January 1953 CBS Sun

1.01 Private Secretary: FEMME FATALE (premiere) - 1Feb53 CBS
 1.02 Private Secretary: THE BACHELOR TAKES A WIFE -  8Feb53 CBS
 1.03 Private Secretary: THE EYES HAVE IT - 15Feb53 CBS 
1.04 Private Secretary: WHERE THERE IS A WILL - 22Feb53 CBS
 1.05 Private Secretary: OLD FLAME - 01Mar53 CBS
 1.06 Private Secretary: THE SERVANT PROBLEM a.k.a. SERVANT PROBLEMS - 08Mar53 CBS
 1.07 Private Secretary: OLD SOLDIER a.k.a. OLD SOLDIERS: 15Mar53 CBS
 

 
3.6 [--] The Jack Benny Program:  DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
22 March 1953  CBS Sun 


1.08 Private Secretary: LADY FROM PARIS - 29Mar53 CBS
 1.09 Private Secretary: SUSPICION - 05Apr53 CBS
1.10 Private Secretary: A MAN CALLED SMITH  - 12Apr53 CBS


3.7 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
19- April-1953 CBS Sun
 Guest Stars: Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor


1.11 Private Secretary: STAR STRUCK - 26Apr53 CBS
 1.12 Private Secretary: WHO DUNIT?  03May53 CBS
 1.13 Private Secretary: TOO MUCH SPRING - 10May53 CBS

3.8 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK VISITS THE VAULT
17-May-1953 CBS
w: Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Milt Josefsberg & John Tackaberry
d: Ralph Levy
Guest Star: Gisele MacKenzie (as Herself)
With: Bob Crosby (as Himself) Joe Kearns (Ed, the vault guard)
Synopsis:
Jack prepares a dinner party to celebrate the end of the TV season. Bob and Gisele arrive before the other
guests and sing a Lucky commercial. Jack takes Gisele down to the vault to get the money he owes her for
previous appearances on his show.

1.14 Private Secretary: PENNY WISE, POUND FOOLISH - 24May53 CBS
 1.15 Private Secretary: CHILD LABOR - 31May53 CBS
 1.16 Private Secretary: DARK STRANGER - 07Jun53 CBS

 

Summer Replacement - Your Play Time (CBS - Summer 1953) Anthology Series

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