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 - Entire Cast Show
Release Date: 1954-10-03 -
Episode 2 - Jam Session at Jack's
Release Date: 1954-10-17Jack delivers a monologue on critics. He is anxious to get home because at 8 p.m. some friends are coming over for their weekly jam session. At home, the guests arrive: Tony Martin with his clarinet, Fred MacMurray with his saxophone, Dick Powell with his trumpet, Dan Dailey with his drums, and Kirk Douglas with his banjo. Guests must purchase food, drink or smokes from vending machines in Jack's closet. They play 'Basin Street.' Jack holds a contest for the most popular guest.
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Episode 3 - How Jack Found Mary
Release Date: 1954-10-31Jack tells an interviewer how he met Mary Livingstone years before when she worked at The May Co. Rochester sings and dances with The Sportsmen Quartet.
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Episode 4 - The Giant Mutiny
Release Date: 1954-11-14 -
Episode 5 - The Life of Jack Benny
Release Date: 1954-11-28 -
Episode 6 - Jack Does Christmas Shopping
Release Date: 1954-12-12Jack looks for Christmas gifts in a department store, and encounters Nelson as the floor manager, Blanc and Pepper as salespeople, Rubin as a bandit. The Sportsmen Quartet sing the Lucky commercial in the elevator. English
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Episode 7 - San Diego Naval Training Center
Release Date: 1954-12-26 -
Episode 8 - Bedroom Burglar
Release Date: 1955-01-09 -
Episode 9 - Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet
Release Date: 1955-01-23 -
Episode 10 - Four O'Clock In The Morning Show
Release Date: 1955-02-06Jack, awakened by a phone call at 4 a.m., cannot get back to sleep. After he decides to go for an early morning walk, he comes home exhausted, but Mary comes over and reminds him that they were to go shopping for a new suit for Jack.
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Episode 11 - Jack's Lunch Counter
Release Date: 1955-02-20 -
Episode 12 - Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair
Release Date: 1955-03-06 -
Episode 13 - Gary Crosby
Release Date: 1955-03-20 -
Episode 14 - You Bet Your Life
Release Date: 1955-04-03 -
Episode 15 - Preparing for New York Trip
Release Date: 1955-04-17 -
Episode 16 - Jackie Gleason Show
Release Date: 1955-05-01