The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Episode 1 - Season Premiere
Release Date: 1961-10-15 -
Episode 2 - Waukegan Show
Release Date: 1961-10-22 -
Episode 3 - Jack on Trial for Murder
Release Date: 1961-11-05 -
Episode 4 - Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play
Release Date: 1961-11-12 -
Episode 5 - Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Release Date: 1961-11-19 -
Episode 6 - Jack Plays Golf
Release Date: 1961-11-26Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
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Episode 7 - Jack Is Followed Home
Release Date: 1961-12-03 -
Episode 8 - Jack Goes to the Cafeteria
Release Date: 1961-12-10Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch. Jane Morgan: Herself. Bus Driver: Benny Rubin. Passenger: Dave Willock. Waitress: Shirley Mitchell. Announcer: Don Wilson.
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Episode 9 - Jack Writes a Song
Release Date: 1961-12-17The guest is composer Dmitri Tiomkin, whom Jack asks to polish an song he wrote. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Workman: Benny Rubin. Don Wilson is the announcer.
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Episode 10 - Christmas Party
Release Date: 1961-12-24 -
Episode 11 - New Year's Eve
Release Date: 1961-12-31In a flashback, Jack remembers his last New Year's Eve. The sketch is very similar to the one done on December 27, 1953. In Jack's dressing room, Dennis sings "An Irishman will steal your heart away." Dennis and Don, playing the tuba, do the State Farm commercial.
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Episode 12 - Jack Does Opera
Release Date: 1962-01-07Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.
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Episode 13 - Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party
Release Date: 1962-01-14In planning a party for Dennis Day, Jack gets on the phone to find a cheap caterer, not realizing that Dennis is eavesdropping. Mrs. Day: Verna Felton. Mrs. Wilson: Ann Doran. Henry: Bill Walker. Caterer: Russell Trent.
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Episode 14 - Jack Gets a Passport
Release Date: 1962-01-21 -
Episode 15 - How Jack Met Rochester
Release Date: 1962-01-28 -
Episode 16 - Police Station Show
Release Date: 1962-02-04 -
Episode 17 - Ghost Town Western
Release Date: 1962-02-11An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.
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Episode 18 - Rock Hudson Show
Release Date: 1962-02-18 -
Episode 19 - Julie London Show
Release Date: 1962-03-04 -
Episode 20 - Alexander Hamilton Show
Release Date: 1962-03-11 -
Episode 21 - Shari Lewis Show
Release Date: 1962-03-18 -
Episode 22 - Crazy Airport
Release Date: 1962-03-25 -
Episode 23 - Jack Goes Back Into Pictures
Release Date: 1962-04-01 -
Episode 24 - Jack Is a Violin Teacher
Release Date: 1962-04-08Dennis sings 'On the First Warm Day.' After being interviewed for an article on his life story, Jack daydreams about what he would have done had he not left home to go into show business: he would have given violin lessons.
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Episode 25 - Modern Prison
Release Date: 1962-04-15 -
Episode 26 - Jack Takes in a Boarder
Release Date: 1962-04-22