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 - Alfred Wallenstein Show
Release Date: 1956-09-23 -
Episode 2 - George Burns & Spike Jones Show
Release Date: 1956-10-07 -
Episode 3 - George Gobel & Red Skelton Show
Release Date: 1956-10-21 -
Episode 4 - Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans
Release Date: 1956-11-04 -
Episode 5 - Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen
Release Date: 1956-11-18Rochester calls Jack in the middle of his monologue to tell him his Maxwell has been stolen. While he goes to the Beverly Hills Police Station, the Sportsmen cover for him, singing 'Puttin' on my top hat' while they get dressed on stage. Jack is amazed at the sumptuousness of the police station. Eventually the car is found; it has been returned to Jack's house by the thieves.
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Episode 6 - Jack Locked in the Tower of London
Release Date: 1956-12-02 -
Episode 7 - The Mikado
Release Date: 1956-12-16 -
Episode 8 - Talent Show
Release Date: 1956-12-30During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don comes out to announce a purse has been found. It turns out to belong to Jayne Mansfield, who was sitting in the audience when the usher grabbed her purse she considers this to be a pretty sneaky way to get a guest star. Jack mentions The Girl Can't Help It, her latest picture. The Sportsmen Quartet and Rochester perform New Year's in Trinidad for the Lucky Strike ad. In the sketch, Jack hosts a talent contest. Mel Blanc plays an animal impersonator. The Landrew Sisters trio sings Did you ever see a dream walking. Leon Salvadore, a judo champ, is beaten by the six big men he asserts he will beat.
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Episode 9 - Jack and Mary in Rome
Release Date: 1957-01-13 -
Episode 10 - The Fiddler
Release Date: 1957-01-27 -
Episode 11 - Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show
Release Date: 1957-02-10 -
Episode 12 - Hope and Benny in Agent's Office
Release Date: 1957-02-24 -
Episode 13 - Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice
Release Date: 1957-03-10 -
Episode 14 - Jack in Paris
Release Date: 1957-03-24Jack 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.
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Episode 15 - Mary's May Company Reunion
Release Date: 1957-04-07 -
Episode 16 - Visit from the IRS
Release Date: 1957-04-21