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Starring Jack Benny
Season 4 (CBS) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Steve Jensen
references:
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########### The Jack Benny Show ###########
############# season 4 1953-54 ##############
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern (Every Third Week)
Alternated with -
Private
Secretary a.k.a. Susie (1953-57) starring Ann Sothern
(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
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.
2.01 [17] Private Secretary: HAVANA OR
BUST
20Sep53 CBS Sun
2.02 [18] Private Secretary: TWO WEEKS WITH PAY
27Sep53 CBS Sun
4.2 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK AS A CHILD
Original Air Date—4 October 1953
2.03 [19] Private Secretary: MIAMI
11Oct53 CBS Sun
2.04 [20] Private Secretary: THE HUBBY KILLER
18Oct53 CBS Sun
4.3 [--] The Jack Benny Show: THE HUMPHREY BOGART SHOW
25-Oct-1953 CBS
Written by Hugh Wedlock & Howard Snyder
Directed by Ralph Levy
Guest Star: Humphrey Bogart (as Himself)
With: Sara Berner, Benny Rubin
Police Lt. Jack Benny questions notorious killer "Babyface" Bogart (guest star
Humphrey Bogart).
2.05 [21] Private Secretary: THE LITTLE
ACORN THAT DIDN'T GROW
01Nov53 CBS Sun
2.06 [22] Private Secretary: CAST THY BREAD
08Nov53 CBS Sun
4.4 [--] The Jack Benny Show: THE JOHNNIE RAY SHOW
Original Air Date—15 November 1953
2.07 [23] Private Secretary: WEEKEND IN CONNECTICUT
22Nov53 CBS Sun
2.08 [24] Private Secretary: SEVEN OUT OF TEN
29Nov53 CBS Sun
4.5: [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE IRENE DUNNE SHOW
Original Air Date—6 December 1953
2.09 [25] Private Secretary: TWO OF A KIND
13Dec53 CBS Sun
2.10 [26] Private Secretary: GIRL OF THE YEAR
20Dec53 CBS Sun
4.6 [24] The Jack Benny Program: REMINISCING ABOUT LAST NEW YEAR'S EVE
27-Dec-1953 CBS Sun
Executive Producer & Director: Ralph Levy / Produced by Hilliard Marks
Written by Sam Perrin, George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, John Tackaberry, Al
Gordon, Hal Goldman
Guest Cast:
Mel Blanc, Benny Rubin, Sam Hearn, Sandra Gould, Tom Duggan, Mike Ross
Synopsis:
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.
Synopsis:
Jack Benny does a monologue on his Christmas gifts, then remembers last New
Year's Eve: Mary is giving a party, but Jack
is not planning to go because he has a date with Gloria. After the show, the
cast gathers in Jack's dressing room.
Crosby sings 'Let's start the new year right,' with the Sportsmen Quartet. Jack
gets a call from Gloria cancelling their
date. He refuses to go to the party, and instead wanders the streets alone,
finally stopping for coffee at Nick's Cafe,
where the waitress turns out to be Gloria. He goes home, where he and Rochester
ring in the new year together.
2.11 [27] Private Secretary: THE BLAU-HOSTEIN MEMOIRS
03Jan54 CBS Sun
2.12 [28] Private Secretary: THE SABLE COAT
10Jan54 CBS Sun
4.7 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE 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.
2.13 [29] Private Secretary: SHRINKING
VI
24Jan54 CBS Sun
2.14 [30] Private Secretary: THE LITTLE MONSTER
31Jan54 CBS Sun
4.8 [--] The Jack Benny Program: JACK DREAMS HE'S MARRIED TO MARY
Original Air Date—7 February 1954
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.
2.15 [31] Private Secretary: MIND OVER
MATTER
14Feb54 CBS Sun
2.16 [32] Private Secretary: FRIEND IN NEED
21Feb54 CBS Sun
4.9 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE
HELEN HAYES SHOW
Original Air Date—28 February 1954
2.17 [33] Private Secretary: VIVE L'AMOUR
7Mar54 CBS Sun
2.18 [34] Private Secretary: TEMPEST IN A PICKLE JAR
14Mar54 CBS Sun
4.10 [--] The Jack Benny Program: GOLDIE, FIELDS AND GILDE
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".
2.19 [35] Private Secretary: AND SUSIE
IS THE SUN
28Mar54 CBS Sun
2.20 [36] Private Secretary: HIGH SPIRITS
4Apr54 CBS Sun
4.11 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW
Original Air Date—11 April 1954
2.21 [37] Private Secretary: LIVE WIRE
18Apr54 CBS Sun
2.22 [38] Private Secretary: THE STILL SMALL VOICE
25Apr54 CBS Sun
4.12 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE DAVID NIVEN SHOW
Original Air Date—2 May 1954
2.23
[39] Private Secretary: APRIL SHOWER
09May54 CBS Sun
2.24 [40] Private Secretary: CRAZY MIXED-UP KID
16May54 CBS Sun
4.13 [--] The Jack Benny Program: THE ROAD TO NAIROBI
Original Air Date—23 May 1954
2.25
[41] Private Secretary: A MATTER OF TASTE
Summer Replacement -
Your Play Time (CBS - Summer 1954)
Anthology Series
(13Jun54-5Sep54) ########### The Jack Benny Program ###########
30May54 CBS Sun
2.26 [42] Private Secretary: NO REST FOR THE WEARY
06Jun54 CBS Sun
############## end of season 4 ###############
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