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The Jack Benny Program
Episode Guide compiled by The
Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
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Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
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THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM
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J & M productions
Revue Studios / Universal City Studios, Inc.
for
CBS (28Oct50-15Sep64)
NBC (25Sep64-10Sep65)
Executive producer Ralph Levy
Produced by Frederick De Cordova and Hilliard Marks
Directed by Frederick De Cordova, Ralph Levy
US Comedy Series 1950-65 256 episodes x 30 min (+1949 pilot)
release date 28Oct50 end date 10Sep65
Starring
Jack Benny (1950-1965) (b.1894 - d. 1974)
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1950-1965)
Don Wilson (1950-1965)
Dennis Day (1950-1965)
Mary Livingstone (1950-1965)
Frank Nelson (1950-1965)
Artie Auerbach (1950-1965)
Mel Blanc (1950-1965)
Herb Vigran as Sam, Jack's writer
First broadcast:
Fall 1950 - Spring 1952, CBS, Sunday 7:30, irregular broadcasts
Fall 1952 - Spring 1953, CBS, Sunday 7:30, every four weeks
Fall 1953 - Spring 1960, CBS, Sunday 10:00, every two weeks
Fall 1953 - Spring 1959, CBS, Sunday 7:30, every two weeks
Fall 1959 - Spring 1960 CBS, Sunday 10:00, every two weeks
Fall 1960 - Spring 1962, CBS, Sunday 9:30, every week
Fall 1962 - Spring 1964, CBS, Tuesday 9:30, every week
Fall 1964 - Spring 1965, NBC, Friday 9:30, every week
Sponsors:
October 1950 - June 1959, Lucky Strike
October 1959 - September 1965, Lever Brothers
October 1960 - September 1965, State Farm Insurance
Jack Benny Interview - Dick Cavett Show (1973) Part 1
Jack Benny Interview - Dick Cavett Show (1973) Part 2
What Kind Of Man Was Jack Benny?
Christmas Shopping For Jack Benny
The Jack Benny Program "Jack and Mary go Shopping"
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[--] The Jack Benny Show (pilot)
08-May-1949 CBS
Guests:
Isaac Stern, Margaret Whiting, The Andrews Sisters, Lum and Abner
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CBS, Sunday 7:30, irregular broadcasts (4 episodes)
first 5 seasons all possibly live ?
Season 1, Episode 1: Premiere Show
Original Air Date—28 October 1950
Benny's first program drives the studio audience wild - & straight into the
streets when he
unholsters his violin to mangle "Love in Bloom," his theme. Jack knows he's off
to a bad start
on TV when one of the show's cracked technicians (Mel Blanc) interrupts Jack's
intro to wave
to an aunt. Rochester sings "My Blue Heaven" while cleaning Jack's house, and
Dinah Shore
auditions "I'm Yours" for Jack. Jack joins her for "I Oughta Know More About
You." The Sportsmen
Quartet perform "There's No Business Like Show Business," a theme song from
Jack's radio program.
Jack's well-wishers who drop by include Ken Murray and Mr. Kitzel.
Season 1, Episode 2: The Faye Emerson and Frank Sinatra Show
Original Air Date—28 January 1951
Season 1, Episode 3: The Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show
Original Air Date—1 April 1951
Season 1, Episode 4: The Ben Hogan Show
Original Air Date—20 May 1951
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CBS, Sunday 7:30, irregular broadcasts (6 episodes)
first 5 seasons all possibly live ?
Season 2, Episode 1: Dorothy Shay
Original Air Date—4 November 1951
While doing the opening monologue for his show, Jack finds himself constantly
interrupted,
first by guest Bob Crosby, who decides to start singing a song just as Jack is
in the middle
of telling a joke, and then by an overly talkative cab driver.
Season 2, Episode 2: Helen Francoise Show
Original Air Date—16 December 1951
Season 2, Episode 3: Gaslight
Original Air Date—27 January 1952
Season 2, Episode 4: Gracie Bit
Original Air Date—9 March 1952
Season 2, Episode 5: Jack Goes Bowling
Original Air Date—20 April 1952
Season 2, Episode 6: Packing for London
Original Air Date—1 June 1952
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CBS, Sunday 7:30, every four weeks
possibly live
Season 3, Episode 1: Bob Crosby's Contract
Original Air Date—5 October 1952
Season 3, Episode 2: Buck Benny Rides Again
Original Air Date—2 November 1952
3.3 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK GETS ROBBED
30-Nov-1952 CBS Sun
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Gets Robbed (1/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Gets Robbed (2/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Gets Robbed (3/3)
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.
Season 3, Episode 4: Cafe Skit
Original Air Date—28 December 1952
Season 3, Episode 5: 60 Piece Orchestra Skit
Original Air Date—25 January 1953
Season 3, Episode 6: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Original Air Date—22 March 1953
3.7 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE FRED ALLEN SHOW
19- April-1953 CBS
Jack
Benny, Fred Allen, &... Eddie Cantor :) 1953
Guest Stars: Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor
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.
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary" season 2
4.1 [--] The Jack Benny Show: HONOLULU TRIP
13- Sept-1953 CBS Sun
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Milt Josefsberg & John
Tackaberry
Directed by Ralph Levy
The Jack Benny Show - Honolulu Trip 1/5 (1953)
The Jack Benny Show - Honolulu Trip 2/5 (1953)
The Jack Benny Show - Honolulu Trip 3/5 (1953)
The Jack Benny Show - Honolulu Trip 4/5 (1953)
The Jack Benny Show - Honolulu Trip 5/5 (1953)
Jack Benny Program - Marilyn Monroe (1/4)
Jack Benny Program - Marilyn Monroe (2/4)
Jack Benny Program - Marilyn Monroe (3/4)
Jack Benny Program - Marilyn Monroe (4/4)
Guest Star: Marilyn Monroe (as Herself)
With: Artie Auerbach, Joe Kearns, Maxine Kates, Frank Nelson, Kaye Stewart,
Tyler McVeigh
Synopsis:
While Jack is returning from a
trip to Honolulu, relaxing
in a deck chair he falls asleep and dreams of romancing Marilyn Monroe.
4.2 [--] The Jack Benny Program: Jack as a Child
Original Air Date—4 October 1953
4.3 [--] The Jack Benny Show: THE HUMPHREY BOGART SHOW
25-Oct-1953 CBS
Written by Hugh Wedlock & Howard Snyder
Directed by Ralph Levy
The Jack Benny Show - The Humphrey Bogart Show
Guest Star: Humphrey Bogart (as Himself)
With: Sara Berner, Benny Rubin
Police Lt. Jack Benny questions notorious killer "Babyface" Bogart (guest star
Humphrey Bogart).
4.4 [--] The Jack Benny Show: THE JOHNNIE RAY SHOW
Original Air Date—15 November 1953
Jack Benny - Guest Johnnie Ray (1/4)
Jack Benny - Guest Johnnie Ray (2/4)
Jack Benny - Guest Johnnie Ray (3/4)
Jack Benny - Guest Johnnie Ray (4/4)
4.5: [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE IRENE DUNNE SHOW
Original Air Date—6 December 1953
The Jack Benny Program - Irene Dunne and Vincent Price 1/4
The Jack Benny Program - Irene Dunne and Vincent Price 2/4
The Jack Benny Program - Irene Dunne and Vincent Price 3/4
The Jack Benny Program - Irene Dunne and Vincent Price 4/4
Season 4, Episode 6: Reminiscing About Last New Year's
Original Air Date—27 December 1953
When the show's cast invites Jack to a big New Year's Eve party, he turns them
down because
he has a date with his new lady friend Gloria. A couple of hours later, however,
Jack finds
himself at a "party" with his new date--Rochester.
Season 4, Episode 7: Liberace Show
Original Air Date—17 January 1954
Jack visits the home of Liberace, but even he isn't ready for the outrageous
extravagance he
sees there.
4.8 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK DREAMS HE'S MARRIED TO MARY
Original Air Date—7 February 1954
The Jack Benny Program - Dream of Marrying Mary (1/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Dream of Marrying Mary (2/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Dream of Marrying Mary (3/3)
Jack falls asleep and dreams that he and Mary have been married for the past 21
years.
However, in Jack's world, Mary is the one who goes to work and earns the money,
while Jack
stays home, cooks, cleans and remains 39 years old.
Season 4, Episode 9: Helen Hayes Show
Original Air Date—28 February 1954
Season 4, Episode 10: Goldie, Fields and Glide
Original Air Date—21 March 1954
Jack starts recalling his old vaudeville days and the tours he made with his two
partners-
-Bing Crosby and George Burns--in their act billed as "Goldie, Fields and
Glide".
Season 4, Episode 11: Burns and Allen Show
Original Air Date—11 April 1954
Season 4, Episode 12: David Niven Show
Original Air Date—2 May 1954
Season 4, Episode 13: The Road to Nairobi
Original Air Date—23 May 1954
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly) (20 episodes)
Alternated with Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary" season 3
all possibly live ?
Season 5, Episode 1: Entire Cast Show
Original Air Date—3 October 1954
Season 5, Episode 2: The Jam Session Show
Original Air Date—17 October 1954
5.3 [--] The Jack Benny Program: HOW JACK FOUND MARY
31-Oct-1954 CBS
How
Jack Benny found Mary Livingston
A reporter asks Jack how he found Mary, and Jack remembers himself as a straw-hatted
Hollywood boulevardier, twirling a cane, singing "Just a Gigolo " - lured into a
May Co.
store by a sale on $ 1.99 guaranteed shirts. 22 years later as he's being
interviewed,
Jack's still wearing the garish shirt. Underwhelmed by Jack's charms, saleswoman
Mary
Livingstone cracks wise with Jack, while her female co-workers both slice him up
and
encourage Mary. Episode also features Rochester singing and scat-dancing with
The
Sportsmen Quartet on "I Get So Lonely."
Season 5, Episode 4: The Giant Mutiny
Original Air Date—14 November 1954
Season 5, Episode 5: The Life of Jack Benny
Original Air Date—28 November 1954
5.6 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK DOES CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
12- Dec-1954 CBS
Jack Benny - Mel Blanc Classic Routine
Jack Benny Kills Mel Blanc
Guest
Star: Mel Blanc (as Salesman)
One of the very best episodes from this popular
long-running series,
which has a tremendous ongoing routine throughout with Jack and Mel Blanc, who
is at his
superlative best here. In addition, Frank Nelson makes his usual funny
appearance along
with some other very good character actors of that period. This is definitely
one to look for.
Season 5, Episode 7: San Diego Naval Training Center Show
Original Air Date—26 December 1954
Season 5, Episode 8: Bedroom Burglar Show
Original Air Date—9 January 1955
5.9 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK AND GISELE MACKENZIE'S VIOLIN DUET
23- Jan-1955 CBS
w: Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Milt Josefsberg
& John Tackaberry
d: Ralph Levy
Gisele MacKenzie & Jack Benny: legendary violin duet "Getting to Know You
Guest Star: Gisele MacKenzie (as Herself)
With: Tom D'Andrea, Lois Corbet, Dale White
Season 5, Episode 10: Four O'Clock in the Morning Show
Original Air Date—6 February 1955
After being awakened at 4:00 a.m. by a phone call from "Hank, The All Night
Radio DJ",
Jack finds that he can't get back to sleep. Later that day, exhausted from lack
of sleep,
he and Mary go to a clothing store to buy him a new suit, but it turns into much
more of
an ordeal than he ever thought it would be.
Season 5, Episode 11: Jack's Lunch Counter
Original Air Date—20 February 1955
Season 5, Episode 12: Jack Takes the Beavers to the Fair
Original Air Date—6 March 1955
Season 5, Episode 13: Gary Crosby Show
Original Air Date—20 March 1955
5.14 [45] The Jack Benny Program: JACK IS A CONTESTANT
03-Apr-1955 CBS
w: Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Milt Josefsberg & John Tackaberry
d: Ralph Levy
Jack Benny vs. Groucho 1955
Guest Star: Groucho Marx (as Himself)
With: Jean Mahoney, Don Durand, Irene Tedrow
Synopsis:
Jack's in a terrible dilemma. He has to decide whether to go to a fancy-dress
ball or try to appear on
the Groucho Marx quiz show "You Bet Your Life". He's heard that the jackpot is
worth 3000 dollars. And
who'll be there to give it out? None other than 'that's me—Groucho Marx,' in
person.
Season 5, Episode 15: Leaving for New York City
Original Air Date—17 April 1955
Jack is preparing for a show in New York City. Audience members want Jack's
picture; Jack
turns off the electricity and gas for his sublets; the Pasadena brings going
away gifts.
Season 5, Episode 16: Jackie Gleason Show
Original Air Date—1 May 1955
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary" season 4
live shows plus 8 filmed episodes (prod.nos. 851-858)
Season 6, Episode 1: Jack Visits Dennis' Home
Original Air Date—25 September 1955
Season 6, Episode 2: Massage and Date with Gertrude
Original Air Date—9 October 1955
6.3 [--] The Jack Benny Program: PEGGY KING & ART LINKLETTER
23-Oct-1955 CBS Sun
The Jack Benny Program - Peggy King - Art Linkletter 1/4
The Jack Benny Program - Peggy King - Art Linkletter 2/4
The Jack Benny Program - Peggy King - Art Linkletter 3/4
The Jack Benny Program - Peggy King - Art Linkletter 4/4
Jack introduces Peggy King, the regular vocalist on "The George Gobel Show" who
arouses Jack's
ire when she tells him that George Gobel is "the best". In the second half of
the show, Art
Linkletter reprises his role as a children's interviewer from his show "House
Party" and asks
four youngsters about their romances. He then interviews Don Wilson, Peggy King,
Rochester
Van Jones and Jack Benny who pretend to be nine-year-olds. Throughout the
program, Jack is
harassed by an audience member who insists that he be entertained or provided
with a new refrigerator.
Season 6, Episode 4: Isaac Stern Show
Original Air Date—6 November 1955
Jack figures out that he's not a great violinist; Rochester and Mary plot to
fool him into
believing he is a great violinist with the help of Issac Stern.
6.5 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK GIVES JOHNNY CARSON ADVICE
20-Nov-1955 CBS
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Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice (1955)
"Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice" about maintaining a long show business career
through versatility,
but Johnny turns the tables on him by displaying his many talents including
singing, dancing and drumming.
Season 6, Episode 6: Jack Hunts for Uranium
Original Air Date—4 December 1955
Jack hears there's uranium for the finding in Death Valley, so he's off to buy
gear for an expedition.
At the camping store he duels his nemesis, the sarcastic sales clerk Frank
Nelson. In the desert Jack's
party confronts other prospectors, and some Mexican stereotypes a la Treasure of
Sierra Madre.
Season 6, Episode 7: New Years Day, 1956
Original Air Date—1 January 1956
Season 6, Episode 8: Don Invites Gang to Dinner
Original Air Date—15 January 1956
Season 6, Episode 9: How Jack Met Rochester
Original Air Date—29 January 1956
Season 6, Episode 10: William Holden/Frances Bergen Show
Original Air Date—12 February 1956
Season 6, Episode 11: Rochester Falls Asleep, Misses Program
Original Air Date—26 February 1956
Season 6, Episode 12: Jack Dives Into Empty Swimming Pool in Palm Springs
Original Air Date—11 March 1956
Season 6, Episode 13: Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office
Original Air Date—25 March 1956
Season 6, Episode 14: Gisele MacKenzie Show
Original Air Date—8 April 1956
Jack has a violin duel with guest star Gisele McKenzie. To primp for the show,
Jack visits a swank
Hollywood barber shop where the skinflint throws around nickels like manhole
covers. Will he need
Novocaine for his manicure this time ?
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with Ann Sothern's "Private Secretary" season 5
live shows + 4 Special Episodes Filmed in Europe (prod. nos. 859-862)
Season 7, Episode 1: Alfred Wallenstein Show
Original Air Date—23 September 1956
Season 7, Episode 2: George Burns/Spike Jones Show
Original Air Date—7 October 1956
In this parody of the Broadway musical "Damn Yankees," Jack Benny dreams he
sells his soul to the
Devil (George Burns) for a chance to play at Carnegie Hall. Jack gets his wish,
but the conductor
of his symphony orchestra turns out to be Spike Jones - who sabotages Jack's
performance at every turn.
Season 7, Episode 3: George Gobel/Red Skelton Show
Original Air Date—21 October 1956
Season 7, Episode 4: Jack Is Invited to Ronald Colmans
Original Air Date—4 November 1956
7.5 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK'S MAXWELL IS STOLEN
Original Air Date—18 November 1956
The Jack Benny Program - Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen - (1/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen - (2/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen - (3/3)
Jack panics when Rochester informs him that his Maxwell automobile has been
stolen from his garage and
they immediately race to the opulent Beverly Hills police station where the
dispatcher plays Elvis Presley
and Lawrence Welk records between making police calls. The police discover the
crooks have returned the
car and apprehend one of the perpetrators who broke his toe kicking the car's
tire.
Season 7, Episode 6: Jack Locked in the Tower of London
Original Air Date—2 December 1956
Jack and Mary vacation in London, where Jack is accidentally locked in the Tower
of London during a tour.
Season 7, Episode 7: The Mikado
Original Air Date—16 December 1956
Season 7, Episode 8: Talent Show
Original Air Date—30 December 1956
Season 7, Episode 9: Jack Hires Opera Singer in Rome
Original Air Date—13 January 1957
Jack ought to be suspicious when his porter in the Rome airport speaks in a
Scottish burr and looks like
a Greek god. In Jack's hotel suite he hears a magnificent male opera singer in
another room, so the
Svengali signs the puzzled amateur up to conquer America.
Season 7, Episode 10: The Fiddler
Original Air Date—27 January 1957
Season 7, Episode 11: Goodwin Knight/George Jessel Show
Original Air Date—10 February 1957
Season 7, Episode 12: Hope and Benny in Agent's Office
Original Air Date—24 February 1957
Season 7, Episode 13: Jack Falls Into Canal in Venice
Original Air Date—10 March 1957
Jack and Rochester are putting together a scrapbook of Jack's European vacation.
Jack tells Rochester
about his visit to Venice.
Season 7, Episode 14: Jack in Paris
Original Air Date—24 March 1957
Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that
he drives a garbage truck.
That's how an under-tipped hotel employee translates "star of stage, screen and
television" for Jack.
A garbageman compatriot is delighted to give Jack & Mary a free ride in his
truck, while Maurice Chevalier
takes them nightclubbing.
Season 7, Episode 15: Mary Has May Co. Reunion
Original Air Date—7 April 1957
Jack fondly recalls himself as a handsome, high-spending dandy who had to
gallantly fight off constant
female attention, when he's asked how he met long-time girlfriend Mary
Livingstone. But Jack resists
attending a reunion with Mary's former co-workers at a May Company department
store in L.A., where she
met Jack in 1932, as they remember it very differently - especially the crucial
purchase of an engagement
ring. Rochester caters Mary's reunion, and can't help rolling his eyes at Jack's
unbelievable recollection.
Season 7, Episode 16: Visit from the IRS
Original Air Date—21 April 1957
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with "Bachelor Father" season 1
live shows plus 6 filmed episodes (prod. nos. 863-868)
Season 8, Episode 1: First Show of the Season
Original Air Date—22 September 1957
Season 8, Episode 2: The Airport
Original Air Date—6 October 1957
Season 8, Episode 3: Hal March Show
Original Air Date—20 October 1957
Jack's opening monologue is interrupted by the president and secretary of his
fan club. For their Lucky
Strike commercial, Don and Harlow Wilson perform a soft-shoe dance and sing "Me
and My Shadow". Jack
recently appeared on "The 64, 000 Question" quiz program and the host of that
show, Hal March, attempts
to earn more money than Jack did, on Benny's version of the game.
Season 8, Episode 4: Ginger Rogers Show
Original Air Date—3 November 1957
Only Jack could reunite Fred & Ginger with his program's generous salaries &
lavish production values.
Ginger's more concerned that Jack will destroy her dinner party by scaring off
her guests with his violin.
Fred can't make rehearsals, but so what ? The suave, lithe Jack is the perfect
understudy.
Season 8, Episode 5: John Forsythe Show
Original Air Date—17 November 1957
Season 8, Episode 6: Jack's Life Story
Original Air Date—1 December 1957
20th Century Fox is planning to make a movie based on Jack's life story.
Season 8, Episode 7: Christmas Shopping Show
Original Air Date—15 December 1957
Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a
wallet salesman with
constant changes to his order. Meanwhile, Dennis is having difficulty finding
the right present for
his mother.
Season 8, Episode 8: Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl
Original Air Date—29 December 1957
Season 8, Episode 9: Jack Takes Beavers to Dentist
Original Air Date—12 January 1958
8.10 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE HONEYMOONERS SHOW
Original Air Date—26 January 1958
Jack Benny - The Honeymooners (1/4)
Jack Benny - The Honeymooners (2/4)
Jack Benny - The Honeymooners (3/4)
Jack Benny - The Honeymooners (4/4)
Season 8, Episode 11: Jack Goes to the Races
Original Air Date—9 February 1958
Season 8, Episode 12: Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie
Original Air Date—23 February 1958
Season 8, Episode 13: Academy Awards
Original Air Date—9 March 1958
Season 8, Episode 14: Railroad Station Program
Original Air Date—23 March 1958
Season 8, Episode 15: Ronnie Burns Show
Original Air Date—6 April 1958
Season 8, Episode 16: Hillbilly Act
Original Air Date—20 April 1958
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with "Bachelor Father" season 2
live episodes + 4 filmed episodes (prod. nos. TP869-TP873)
(no details of TP871)
Season 9, Episode 1: Gary Cooper Show
Original Air Date—21 September 1958
Season 9, Episode 2: Phil Harris Show
Original Air Date—5 October 1958
Season 9, Episode 3: Dennis Gets a Million Dollars
Original Air Date—19 October 1958
Season 9, Episode 4: Stars' Wives Show
Original Air Date—2 November 1958
Season 9, Episode 5: Bachelor TV Lives
Original Air Date—16 November 1958
Season 9, Episode 6: Jack Goes to Doctor
Original Air Date—30 November 1958
Season 9, Episode 7: Jack and Gisele MacKenzie
Original Air Date—14 December 1958
Season 9, Episode 8: Christmas Gift Exchange
Original Air Date—28 December 1958
Season 9, Episode 9: Autolight
Original Air Date—11 January 1959
9.10 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE ERNIE KOVACS SHOW
25- Jan-1959 CBS Sun
Ernie Kovacs guests on "The Jack Benny Program" - The Mustache
Ernie shares his mustache collection with Jack; Don becomes a Beatnik to sing
about Lucky Strikes;
we see what prisons will be like in 1970.
Season 9, Episode 11: Jack Goes to Nightclub
Original Air Date—8 February 1959
His sponsor walks out on Jack's show, when his sponsor's in town for contract
renewal, so Jack's
afraid to take him to a nightclub featuring a comic competitor. A puppet show
seems a safe (and cheap)
alternative, but filling in for the sore-throated puppeteer is golden throated
Danny Thomas, whose
charity and charm entrance the sponsor, but paralyze Jack.
Season 9, Episode 12: Airport Sketch
Original Air Date—22 February 1959
Season 9, Episode 13: Panel Discussion Show
Original Air Date—8 March 1959
Season 9, Episode 14: The Bergen Show
Original Air Date—22 March 1959
Season 9, Episode 15: Ed Sullivan/Genevieve Show
Original Air Date—5 April 1959
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CBS Sundays 10:00 pm Eastern (Fortnightly)
Alternated with "The George Gobel Show"
Season 10, Episode 1: 30 Years in the Future
Original Air Date—4 October 1959
Season 10, Episode 2: Harry Truman Show
Original Air Date—18 October 1959
Season 10, Episode 3: Jack Webb Show
Original Air Date—1 November 1959
Season 10, Episode 4: The Jimmy Stewart Show
Original Air Date—15 November 1959
Jimmy & Gloria Stewart finally run out of excuses and the day they've dreaded
for so long arrives:
having to double date with Jack to an opera. To embarrass the classy Stewarts to
the max, Jack's
date is the way-over-the-top blonde banshee Mildred Meyerhouser.
Season 10, Episode 5: Jack Paar Show
Original Air Date—29 November 1959
Season 10, Episode 6: Pasadena Fan Club
Original Air Date—13 December 1959
Season 10, Episode 7: George Burns Show
Original Air Date—27 December 1959
Season 10, Episode 8: Ben Blue Show
Original Air Date—10 January 1960
Season 10, Episode 9: Maurice Gosfield/Amateur Show
Original Air Date—24 January 1960
Season 10, Episode 10: George Gobel Show
Original Air Date—7 February 1960
Season 10, Episode 11: Jack Arrested for Disturbing the Peace
Original Air Date—21 February 1960
Jack keeps all of Beverly Hills awake with his violin playing and is arrested
for disturbing the peace.
Season 10, Episode 12: Natalie Wood/Robert Wagner Show
Original Air Date—6 March 1960
Season 10, Episode 13: Slogan Contest
Original Air Date—3 April 1960
Season 10, Episode 14: Easter Show
Original Air Date—17 April 1960
Season 10, Episode 15: Final Show of the Season
Original Air Date—1 May 1960
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CBS Sundays 9:30 pm Eastern (Weekly) (26 episodes)
Season 11, Episode 1: Nightbeat Takeoff
Original Air Date—16 October 1960
Season 11, Episode 2: Dick Clark Show
Original Air Date—23 October 1960
Season 11, Episode 3: Milton Berle Show
Original Air Date—30 October 1960
Season 11, Episode 4: Hong Kong Suit
Original Air Date—6 November 1960
Jack can't stop bragging about his new suit, which he bought from a Hong Kong
tailor and cost him only $12.
However, during a furious violin competition with Gisele MacKenzie, it starts to
become painfully obvious
just how cheap the suit really is.
Season 11, Episode 5: John Wayne Show
Original Air Date—20 November 1960
Season 11, Episode 6: Joey Bishop Show
Original Air Date—27 November 1960
11.7 [--] The Jack Benny Program: LUNCH COUNTER MURDER
4-Dec-1960 CBS Sun
The Jack Benny Program Lunch Counter Murder Part 1 of 3
The Jack Benny Program Lunch Counter Murder Part 2 of 3
The Jack Benny Program Lunch Counter Murder Part 3 of 3
Guest Star: Dan Duryea (as Himself)
With: Verna Felton, Frank Nelson, Benny Rubin, Colin Campbell, Dick Kallman
Synopsis:
Jack's monologue concerns the previous night's bachelor party. Dennis does not
want to sing because Dan Duryea
got the star dressing room. His mother has thrown Duryea out of the room. The
sketch is entitled 'Death across
the lunch counter, or He died sunnyside up.' Jack plays Charleston T.
Gundlefinger, a counterman in a diner. Don
plays the police chief. It is midnight, and Jack is nervous because a man was
murdered across the street the week
before. Three toughs (Duryea, Day and Nelson) come in and intimidate Jack. The
police chief is no help. Benny
shoots Duryea and Day, but Nelson turns out to be the interior decorator.
11.8 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK GOES TO A CONCERT
11-Dec-1960 CBS
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes To A Concert 1/5 (1960)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes To A Concert 2/5 (1960)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes To A Concert 3/5 (1960)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes To A Concert 4/5 (1960)
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Goes To A Concert 5/5 (1960)
Guest Stars: Jimmy Stewart (as Himself) Gloria Stewart (as
Herself)
With:
Erno Neufelt, Hank Weaver, Damian O'Flynn, Robert Patton, Pat Colby, Barbara
Nichols (as Mildred)
Synopsis:
Jack insists on taking Mildred to a violin concert even though his girlfriend
would prefer to attend the
boxing arena. Jack spies Jimmy Stewart and his wife in the crowd and tries to
attract their attention by
pelting him with peanuts, which only results in driving them from the theater.
Bored, Mildred tries to get
the radio station carrying fights on her transistor radio, which drives the
remaining audience members out.
Season 11, Episode 9: Christmas Show
Original Air Date—18 December 1956
It's the week before Christmas and Jack drops by Edgar Bergen's house to go over
the upcoming show's script
with his guest star. When Edgar is detained rehearsing his radio show, his wife
Frances entertains Jack.
Jack is amazed when Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd walk into the room and
are introduced. Jack always
assumed they were merely ventriloquist's dummies. Edgar finally returns and is
ready to present his ideas
for a sketch to Jack, but insists on Jack sitting on his knee to hear them.
Season 11, Episode 10: Amateur Show
Original Air Date—25 December 1960
11.11 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK CASTING FOR A TV SPECIAL
1-Jan-1961 CBS
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon
Directed by James V. Kern
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Casting for Television Special 1/4
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Casting for Television Special 2/4
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Casting for Television Special 3/4
The Jack Benny Program - Jack Casting for Television Special 4/4
Barry Gordon on Jack Benny
Guest Star: Mel Blanc
With: Barry Gordon, Maudie Prickett, Jackie Russell, Mary Young, Dennis Holmes
Auditioning actors for a 1 hour show recounting his thrilling life provokes many
emotions in Jack: lust for
a young actress, vanity when an elderly woman from his hometown shows up, and
especially greed. A young actor
is perfect for Jack as a child, which the actor's 10 year old agent takes every
advantage of.
Season 11, Episode 12: Jack Goes to the Vault
Original Air Date—8 January 1961
11.13 [--] The Jack Benny Program: DON'S ANNIVERSARY
Original Air Date—15 January 1961
Jack Benny - Don Wilson's Story (1/3)
Jack Benny - Don Wilson's Story (2/3)
Jack Benny - Don Wilson's Story (3/3)
On the anniversary of Don Wilson's 27 years of service with Jack, he and Jack
recall the first day they met,
when Don showed up for an audition and Jack put him through dance and elocution
classes to "whip him into shape".
Season 11, Episode 14: Jack at Supermarket
Original Air Date—22 January 1961
Season 11, Episode 15: Jack Is Hypnotized
Original Air Date—29 January 1961
Season 11, Episode 16: Jack Goes to Gym
Original Air Date—5 February 1961
Season 11, Episode 17: Death Row Sketch
Original Air Date—12 February 1961
Season 11, Episode 18: Musicale
Original Air Date—19 February 1961
Season 11, Episode 19: Jack Becomes Surgeon
Original Air Date—26 February 1961
Season 11, Episode 20: Detective Story
Original Air Date—5 March 1961
Season 11, Episode 21: Children's Version of the Show
Original Air Date—12 March 1961
11.22 [--] The Jack Benny Show: JACK GOES TO LAS VEGAS
19-Mar-1961 CBS
Mills Brothers on The Jack Benny Program (Part 1)
Mills Brothers on The Jack Benny Program (Part 2)
Guest Stars: The Mills Brothers (as Themselves)
With: Richard Deacon, Dabbs Greer, Olan Soule, William Bakewell, Eddie Quillan,
Ned Miller
Season 11, Episode 23: Dance Contest
Original Air Date—26 March 1961
Season 11, Episode 24: Variety Show
Original Air Date—2 April 1961
Season 11, Episode 25: Main Street Shelter
Original Air Date—9 April 1961
Jack refuses to leave a homeless shelter until they give him back an ancient
jacket Rochester donated,
which had $200 sewed in the lining. Jack's just returned from a desert hike with
the Beverly Hills Beavers,
so due to his dirty clothes & 3 day beard, everyone at the shelter believes he's
an extraordinarily picky
homeless person, not the most generous man in show business.
Season 11, Episode 26: English Sketch
Original Air Date—16 April 1961
==============================================
Summer Replacement: "Holiday Lodge"
25Jun61-8Oct61
########### The Jack Benny Program ###########
############ season 12 1961-62 ###############
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CBS Sundays 9:00 pm Eastern (Weekly) (26 episodes)
Season 12, Episode 1: Season Premiere
Original Air Date—15 October 1961
Season 12, Episode 2: Waukegan Show
Original Air Date—22 October 1961
Season 12, Episode 3: Jack on Trial for Murder
Original Air Date—5 November 1961
Jack goes on trial for murder, defended by superstar lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond
Burr). The women
in the courtroom swoon over Perry, but his defense of Jack is feeble. When Jack
asks how Perry
always wins on his own show, Perry Mason sneers "because my writers are better
than yours !"
Season 12, Episode 4: Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play
Original Air Date—12 November 1961
Season 12, Episode 5: Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Original Air Date—19 November 1961
Season 12, Episode 6: Golf Show
Original Air Date—26 November 1961
Season 12, Episode 7: Jack Followed Home
Original Air Date—3 December 1961
Season 12, Episode 8: Jack Goes to Cafeteria
Original Air Date—10 December 1961
Jack tries to wow guest songstress Jane Morgan by taking her to - a cafeteria?
That's bad enough,
but for Jack it's a war zone, with hostile attendants & personalized land mines
at each counter
awaiting their pickiest, least favorite diner. Will the hashlingers go easier on
finicky Jack because
he's with beautiful, blonde Jane ?
Season 12, Episode 9: Jack Writes Song
Original Air Date—17 December 1961
Season 12, Episode 10: Christmas Party
Original Air Date—24 December 1961
Season 12, Episode 11: New Year's Eve
Original Air Date—31 December 1961
Season 12, Episode 12: Jack Does Opera
Original Air Date—7 January 1962
Season 12, Episode 13: Dennis' Surprise Birthday
Original Air Date—14 January 1962
Season 12, Episode 14: Jack Gets Passport
Original Air Date—21 January 1962
Season 12, Episode 15: How Jack Met Rochester
Original Air Date—28 January 1962
Season 12, Episode 16: Police Station Show
Original Air Date—4 February 1962
Season 12, Episode 17: Ghost Town Western Sketch
Original Air Date—11 February 1962
Jack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stumble
into a café in what
appears to be a Western ghost town and ask directions. While they sup on peanut
butter sandwiches,
the owner spins a story from the town's history, where a black-hearted villain
called Tombstone
Harry tries to force a beautiful saloon girl to marry him, or he'll foreclose on
her mortgage.
A black-garbed hero, the Cactus Kid, attempts to stop the villain.
Season 12, Episode 18: Rock Hudson Show
Original Air Date—18 February 1962
12.19: [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE JULIE LONDON SHOW
Original Air Date—4 March 1962
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Julie London (1/4)
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Julie London (2/4)
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Julie London (3/4)
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Julie London (4/4)
Jack is upstaged by a 12-year-old violinist and has Julie London as his guest
star.
Season 12, Episode 20: Alexander Hamilton Story
Original Air Date—11 March 1962
Season 12, Episode 21: Shari Lewis Show
Original Air Date—18 March 1962
Season 12, Episode 22: Crazy Airport
Original Air Date—25 March 1962
Season 12, Episode 23: Jack Going Back Into Pictures
Original Air Date—1 April 1962
Season 12, Episode 24: Jack Is Violin Teacher
Original Air Date—8 April 1962
Season 12, Episode 25: Modern Prison Sketch
Original Air Date—15 April 1962
Season 12, Episode 26: Jack Takes in a Boarder
Original Air Date—22 April 1962
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CBS Tuesdays 9:30 pm Eastern (Weekly)
(new day - moves from Sundays to Tuesdays)
Season 13, Episode 1: Sammy Davis Jr. Show
Original Air Date—25 September 1962
Season 13, Episode 2: Frank Sinatra Jr. Show
Original Air Date—2 October 1962
Season 13, Episode 3: The Phil Silvers Show
Original Air Date—9 October 1962
Season 13, Episode 4: Air Force Sketch
Original Air Date—16 October 1962
Raymond Burr wants to be a comedian, so Jack allows him to host the show.
13.5 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW
23- Oct-1962 CBS Tue
The Jack Benny Program - Lawrence Welk 1/5 (1962)
The Jack Benny Program - Lawrence Welk 2/5 (1962)
The Jack Benny Program - Lawrence Welk 3/5 (1962)
The Jack Benny Program - Lawrence Welk 4/5 (1962)
The Jack Benny Program - Lawrence Welk 5/5 (1962)
Jack praises Mr. Welk but insists anyone (in particular himself) can lead an
orchestra-the
results of his attempt to do so are classic. Later, he browbeats Lawrence into
orchestrating
his song "When you appologize I'll come back to you" A.K.A. "When the swallows
return to
Capistrano" which ends up as a polka!
Season 13, Episode 6: The Story of My Gang Comedy
Original Air Date—30 October 1962
Season 13, Episode 7: Jack Plays Tarzan
Original Air Date—13 November 1962
Season 13, Episode 8: Jack Gives a Dinner Party
Original Air Date—20 November 1962
Season 13, Episode 9: Jack Meets Japanese Agent
Original Air Date—27 November 1962
13.10 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE BOB HOPE SHOW aka JACK
AND BOB HOPE IN VAUDEVILLE
4- Dec-1962 CBS Tue
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Al Gordon & Hal
Goldman
Directed by Fred De Cordova
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Bob Hope (1/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Bob Hope (2/3)
The Jack Benny Program - Guest Bob Hope (3/3)
Guest Star: Bob Hope (as Himself)
With: Jesse White, Iris Adrian, Riki Marcelli, Duke Johnson, Maurice McEndree
Synopsis:
Jack and Bob do a comedy routine. The sketch is similar to the one done on the
show of Feb 24, 1957:
Hope and Benny play a pair of vaudevillians trying to get a job, and in the
agent's office several
other vaudeville acts are demonstrated, including a young boy who imitates Jimmy
Durante.
Season 13, Episode 11: The Story of Jack Referees Wrestling Match
Original Air Date—11 December 1962
Season 13, Episode 12: Jack and the Crying Cab Driver
Original Air Date—18 December 1962
Jack's attempt to fly to New York City is frustrated by a cabdriver who can't
bear to say
goodbye to his passengers, surreal airport announcements, and a sarcastic ticket
agent
Season 13, Episode 13: The Story of the New Talent Show
Original Air Date—25 December 1962
Season 13, Episode 14: Jack Attends the Rose Bowl
Original Air Date—1 January 1963
Season 13, Episode 15: Jack Meets Max Bygraves
Original Air Date—8 January 1963
Jack's guest is British comedian/singer Max Bygraves. After Jack claims to have
discovered
Max and introduced him to U.S. audiences, there's a flashback to Jack first
seeing Max perform
in London. Jack loves Max's performance, but is aghast with Max's dead-on
impersonation of Jack.
Season 13, Episode 16: Twilight Zone Sketch
Original Air Date—15 January 1963
Season 13, Episode 17: The Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show
Original Air Date—22 January 1963
Jack is thrilled to introduce his guest, actor Peter Lorre, who seems very
modest and timid -
until Jack congratulates him on his ability to personify evil, spurring Lorre to
pull a knife
from his jacket pocket. Jack has a nightmare involving Lorre, in which Jack
visits a new doctor,
because the doctor takes coupons and validates parking. Also waiting for the
doctor is Lorre,
hiding behind a newspaper blaring the headline "Crazed Murderer Escapes from
Prison !!!"
Season 13, Episode 18: Return to Broadway
Original Air Date—5 February 1963
Season 13, Episode 19: The Spanish Sketch
Original Air Date—12 February 1963
Season 13, Episode 20: The Connie Francis Show
Original Air Date—19 February 1963
Season 13, Episode 21: Jack Does the U.S.O. Show
Original Air Date—26 February 1963
Season 13, Episode 22: The Frankie Avalon Show
Original Air Date—5 March 1963
Jack attends Frankie Avalon's record session, but constantly interrupts the
takes. Eventually,
he's given a role in the recording.
Season 13, Episode 23: Jack Is Kidnapped
Original Air Date—12 March 1963
Season 13, Episode 24: Jack Fires Don
Original Air Date—19 March 1963
Season 13, Episode 25: Jack Answers Request Letters
Original Air Date—9 April 1963
########## The Jack Benny Program ############
############# season 14 1963-64 ##############
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CBS Tuesdays 9:30 pm Eastern (Weekly)
Season 14, Episode 1: The Billy Graham Show
Original Air Date—24 September 1963
Season 14, Episode 2: The Robert Goulet Show
Original Air Date—1 October 1963
Jack sups at a chichi nightclub where heartthrob crooner Robert Goulet is
performing. Will Goulet pilfer
Jack's drop-dead gorgeous date or will the sex symbol comic pull women away from
Goulet ?
Season 14, Episode 3: Riverboat Sketch
Original Air Date—8 October 1963
14. 4 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE TALL COWBOY SKETCH
15-Oct-1963 CBS Tue
w: Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Al Gordon & Hal Goldman
d: Fred De Cordova
Jack Benny & Clint Walker
Guest Star: Clint Walker (as himself)
Jack's guest is 6'6" Western star Clint Walker ("Cheyenne"), who sings a song and banters
with Jack. Jack is insulted
when the gigantic Walker snubs Jack's suggestion that he play Clint's brother in
a movie. But Jack auditions
for the part anyway.
Season 14, Episode 5: Johnny Carson Guest
Original Air Date—22 October 1963
Season 14, Episode 6: Jack Directs Film
Original Air Date—29 October 1963
Season 14, Episode 7: The Ed Sullivan Show
Original Air Date—5 November 1963
Season 14, Episode 8: Robinson Crusoe Sketch
Original Air Date—19 November 1963
Season 14, Episode 9: Jack Takes Boat to Hawaii
Original Air Date—26 November 1963
Hawaiians are thrilled to sing Aloha to stingy Jack Benny, who gets only 1 lei,
while a fellow passenger is
covered with them. The romantic atmosphere of the Pacific cruise back to L.A.
overwhelms Jack, who envisions
a zoftig blonde passenger as Jayne Mansfield. Jayne breathes "You're Just Too
Marvelous," to love-struck Jack.
Season 14, Episode 10: Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital
Original Air Date—3 December 1963
Season 14, Episode 11: Three Musketeers Sketch
Original Air Date—10 December 1963
Season 14, Episode 12: Amateur Show
Original Air Date—24 December 1963
Season 14, Episode 13: Jack Alone on New Year's Eve
Original Air Date—31 December 1963
Season 14, Episode 14: How Jack Met George Burns
Original Air Date—7 January 1964
Jack and his long-time best friend George Burns play golf, but Jack quickly
storms back to his office, crying
foul to his secretary. George strolls in next, smoking a victory cigar, causing
Jack to flee again. So, George
makes himself at home at Jack's desk, and relates to Jack's secretary Ms.
Gordon, how he met Jack 40 years
before, in a cheap Chicago rooming house.
14.15 [--] The Jack Benny Program: PETER, PAUL AND MARY
14-Jan-1964 CBS Tue
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Hal Goldman
Directed by Al Gordon, Norman Abbott
Peter Paul Mary - Jack Benny
Jack Benny's guests, the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, illustrate how folk
songs develop with a tune about Jack,
whose lyrics include "A silver dollar was his teething ring." Jack insists that
the group cancel their flight
out of town to come to his house, to discuss an important matter, at length.
14.16 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE NAT "KING" COLE SHOW
21-Jan-1964 CBS Tue
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon
Directed by Norman Abbott
Nat "King" Cole on "The Jack Benny Program" (Part 1)
Nat "King" Cole on "The Jack Benny Program" (Part 2)
Guest Star: Nat "King" Cole (as Himself)
With: Frank Remley (Himself), Sammy Weiss (Himself), Wayne Songer, Jimmy
Bradley, Jr. (Himself)
Jeanette Eymann, Gail Bonney, Sandy Benson, Bobo Lewis, Ned Miller, Pat Colby
Synopsis:
Jack intros guest Nat 'King' Cole as the best friend a song ever had, in Nat's
final TV performance before his
death. Nat banters with Jack, plus croons "When I Fall in Love" and "Day In, Day
Out." Nat reluctantly consents
to sit in on piano for Jack on "Sweet Sue." At their rehearsal Jack's sax player
injures his drummer's arm in
a fight, so always-cool Nat calls in a 5 year old (James Bradley Jr., later
played with Anita Baker and Chuck Mangione)
on the skins.
14.17 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE BOBBY DARIN SHOW
28-Jan-1964 CBS Tue
Prod. no. 23921
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Al Gordon & Hal Goldman
Directed by Norman Abbott
Bobby Darin On The Jack Benny Program, Part 1 of 3
Bobby Darin On The Jack Benny Program, Part 2 of 3
Bobby Darin On The Jack Benny Program, Part 3 of 3
Guest Star: Bobby Darin (as Himself)
With:
Peter Leeds ....... Bobby's Agent
Ned Miller ........ Mr. Miller
Benny Rubin ....... Waiter
Howard Caine
Jack wants to play himself in an autobiographical movie, but the studio prefers
younger star Bobby Darin for the
role. Darin displays his many talents as he and Jack contend over the role.
Season 14, Episode 18: Don Breaks Leg
Original Air Date—4 February 1964
Season 14, Episode 19: How Jack Found Dennis
Original Air Date—11 February 1964
Dennis Day's lugging his own scenery on stage for his song, leads an irate Jack
to relate how he picked Dennis to
be his show's singer, passing over an agent's offers of Sinatra (too skinny) and
Bing Crosby (too bu-bu-ba-boo).
Jack tracks the unknown Irish tenor from a fish market and ice cream store
(Dennis is fired from both), to a
Chinese restaurant.
Season 14, Episode 20: Jack Takes Violin Lessons
Original Air Date—18 February 1964
In desperation, a psychiatrist phones Jack for his help with a distraught
patient. An amnesiac with a violin has
been found on the street, and he's bitterly muttering Jack's name - over and
over. Jack identifies him as his
long-time, long-suffering violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc (Mel Blanc), who
reveals he couldn't lose his hearing,
so he lost his mind.
Season 14, Episode 21: Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations
Original Air Date—25 February 1964
Season 14, Episode 22: Jack Redecorates His House
Original Air Date—3 March 1964
Season 14, Episode 23: Jack Is Boxing Manager
Original Air Date—17 March 1964
Season 14, Episode 24: Jack Renews Driver's License
Original Air Date—24 March 1964
While doing a PSA promoting safe driving, it's discovered that Jack's license
expired, so the organization the PSA
is for stalks out. Jack's attempt to renew his license at the Kafkaesque motor
vehicle office is nightmarish.
Season 14, Episode 25: The Lettermen
Original Air Date—31 March 1964
Jack's guests, the pop singing group The Lettermen, provoke surprisingly strong
reactions from Jack Benny and his
regular singer Dennis Day. They bump Dennis from singing on the show at all, so
he skulks behind the scenery as
the Phantom of the Comedy. Jack, The Waukegan Wizard, claims he earned a high
school letter as a cheerleader, but
regrets he didn't attend college, so the World's Oldest Freshman enrolls with
The Lettermen.
Season 14, Episode 26: Jack Goes to the Allergy Doctor
Original Air Date—7 April 1964
Jack demands a post-show meeting with cast and crew, furious over their
mistakes. But they call him out for flubbing
a line and scratching himself throughout the program. For his rash, Jack seeks
treatment from a sarcastic allergy
doctor with bizarre show business patients, but the doctor refers him to a
highly alternative medical practitioner.
Season 14, Episode 27: Harlow Gets a Date
Original Air Date—14 April 1964
Season 14, Episode 28: I Am the Fiddler
Original Air Date—21 April 1964
Jack Benny enlists his long-time radio and TV cast members Charlie Cantor and
Mel Blanc, to playfully demonstrate how
radio programs created suspense and atmosphere. Includes a parody of "The
Whistler" with Jack as the diabolical
Fiddler, who spins the tale of oblivious husband Griffith Park (Dennis Day),
targeted for murder by his wife and
her lover.
########## The Jack Benny Program ############
############# season 15 1964-65 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
NBC Fridays 9:30 pm Eastern (weekly) 28 episodes
(new network - moves from CBS to NBC)
(new day - moves from Tuesdays to Fridays)
Season 15, Episode 1: NBC Premiere
Original Air Date—25 September 1964
Season 15, Episode 2: The Lucille Ball Show
Original Air Date—2 October 1964
Season 15, Episode 3: Andy Williams Show
Original Air Date—9 October 1964
Jack's guest is laid-back singer Andy Williams, which prompts a visit from
Jack's Pasadena Fan Club President (Madge Blake, Aunt Harriett on "Batman"), who
can't believe Really Old Blue Eyes would book another blue-eyed guest. Jack
lectures Andy to work harder to promote his career, so Andy changes from a
sweater to a tux to join Jack at a premiere - which turns out to be a meat
market opening. When a customer (Lee Meriwether, Catwoman in the Batman (1966)
movie) gushes over Andy's crooning, he's too embarrassed to admit who he is.
Season 15, Episode 4: The Income Tax Show
Original Air Date—16 October 1964
15.5 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK MAKES A COMEDY RECORD
23-Oct-1964 CBS
Written by Sam Perrin & George Balzer & Al Gordon & Hal Goldman
Directed by Norman Abbott
JACK BENNY AND BOB HOPE 1964
Guest Star: Bob Hope (as Himself)
With:
Mel Blanc ......... 1st Writer
Maudie Prickett .... Secretary
Peter Leeds ........ Producer
Robert Ball ........ 2nd Writer
Lois Corbet ........ Lois
Jacque Shelton ..... Engineer
Scott Elliott ...... Butler
Jack proposes recording a lucrative comedy album with Bob Hope, upon finding out
how worthless his investments are: as chief stockholder of a harpoon company,
Jack gets dubbed Schnook of the South. Fretting that he won't be able to counter
Hope's hilarious ad libs, Jack orders his writers to give him all the laughs,
but Old Ski Nose is too slick to fall for that.
Season 15, Episode 6: Hillbilly Sketch
Original Air Date—30 October 1964
Jack affronts guest Connie Francis by claiming comedy is hard, but singing easy,
then sics his apprentice announcer Harlow Wilson, a devoted fan of pop singer
Connie, on her. The cast lampoons "The Beverly Hillbillies" in a musical sketch
with Connie as Jack's wife, and Harlow in the Jethro role.
Season 15, Episode 7: Jungle Sketch
Original Air Date—6 November 1964
Season 15, Episode 8: Jack Loses a Raffle
Original Air Date—13 November 1964
Season 15, Episode 9: The Cat Burglar
Original Air Date—20 November 1964
Season 15, Episode 10: Jack Hires a Cook
Original Air Date—27 November 1964
Season 15, Episode 11: Wayne Newton Show
Original Air Date—4 December 1964
Season 15, Episode 12: Jack Has a Sick Alligator
Original Air Date—11 December 1964
Season 15, Episode 13: Amateur Night
Original Air Date—18 December 1964
Season 15, Episode 14: One Man Show
Original Air Date—25 December 1964
Season 15, Episode 15: The Jack Jones Show
Original Air Date—8 January 1965
Season 15, Episode 16: Jack Adopts Son
Original Air Date—22 January 1965
Season 15, Episode 17: The Kingston Trio, Guests
Original Air Date—29 January 1965
Season 15, Episode 18: Jack Goes to the Monkey's House
Original Air Date—5 February 1965
Season 15, Episode 19: The Stradivarius Story
Original Air Date—12 February 1965
Season 15, Episode 20: Jack Joins Acrobats
Original Air Date—19 February 1965
Season 15, Episode 21: Rainy Day in Palm Springs
Original Air Date—26 February 1965
Season 15, Episode 22: Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault
Original Air Date—5 March 1965
Season 15, Episode 23: Jack Finds a Double
Original Air Date—12 March 1965
Season 15, Episode 24: Jack's Navy Buddy Returns
Original Air Date—19 March 1965
Season 15, Episode 25: Dennis Opens a Bank Account
Original Air Date—26 March 1965
Season 15, Episode 26: Jack Appears on a Panel Show
Original Air Date—2 April 1965
Season 15, Episode 27: Jack Has Dog Trouble
Original Air Date—9 April 1965
Season 15, Episode 28: Smothers Brothers Show (final episode)
Original Air Date—16 April 1965
The Smother Brothers confound every attempt by Jack to force them into his
straitjacket comedy formula while
performing his theme song, but even scarier to Jack is when he's pinned under an
unexploded bomb in a World War II
London air raid. The UXB squad turns out to be the Smothers. Tom can't remember
which wire to pull, while Dick uses
the opportunity of Jack being immobilized to lock in an appearance on Jack's
final program.
The Beach Boys On Jack Benny
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