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Jack Benny Program: S1E5-Show Business at War* (1943) | A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S2E1-Dorothy Shay (1951) | S2E1-Dorothy Shay: While doing the opening monologue for his show, Jack finds himself constantly interrupted, first by guest Bob Crosby and then by an overly talkative cab driver. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S3E3-Jack Gets Robbed* (1952) | S3E3-Jack Gets Robbed: A pair of burglars try to ransack Jack's bedroom but are defeated by his booby traps. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S3E7-Fred Allen (1953) | S3E7-Fred Allen: Jack geta a break from rehearsal and goes to renew his option with his sponsor. While waiting in the lobby, Fred Allen is inside talking with the sponsor trying to convince him not to renew Jack's option and hire him instead. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E1-Honolulu Trip (1953) | S4E1-Honolulu Trip: Jack visits Honolulu. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E3-Humphrey Bogart (1953) | S4E3-Humphrey Bogart: Police Lt. Jack Benny questions notorious killer Babyface Bogart. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E4-Johnnie Ray Show* (1953) | Jack experiences a contract dispute with singer Johnnie Ray surrounding his appearance on the show. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E5-Irene Dunne Show* (1953) | S4E5-Irene Dunne Show: Jack attempts to steal a movie role from Vincent Price, whom has been promised the lead in Irene Dunne's next picture. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E7-Liberace Show* (1954) | S4E7-Liberace Show: Jack visits the home of Liberace, but even he isn't ready for the outrageous extravagance he sees there. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E8-Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary* (1954) | S4E8-Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E10-Goldie, Fields And Glide* (1954) | S4E10-Goldie, Fields And Glide: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S4E13-Road To Nariobi* (1954) | S4E13-Road To Nariobi: In this live episode, before the monologue, Bob steals Jack's pants, so Jack wears Don Wilson's. The skit features Bob and Jack as big game hunters in Africa, who get captured by cannibals. Martin and Lewis do a cameo at the end. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S5E2-Jam Session At Jack's* (1954) | S5E2-Jam Session At Jack's: Jack invites some celebrity friends over to the house for one of his weekly jam sessions. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S5E3-How Jack Met Mary* (1954) | S5E3-How Jack Met Mary: A writer visits Jack at home and hears the story of how Jack found Mary Livingstone in the fall of 1932. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S5E5-The Life Of Jack Benny* (1954) | S5E5-The Life Of Jack Benny: Rochester is typing up the script for next week's show, Jack Benny's life story. Jack begins auditioning actors for the various parts in his saga. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S5E12-The Carnival Story* (1955) | S5E12-The Carnival Story: Jack goes to the carnival with a group of children. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S5E14-Jack Is A Contestant* (1955) | S5E14-Jack Is A Contestant: When Jack learns that the jackpot on Groucho Marx's television quiz show You Bet Your Life has risen to a whopping $3000, he sneaks onto the show as a contestant, by wearing a disguise. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S6E6-Jack Hunts For Uranium* (1955) | S6E6-Jack Hunts For Uranium: Jack hears there's uranium in Death Valley, so he's off to buy gear for an expedition. At the camping store he duels with the sarcastic sales clerk, Frank Nelson. In the desert Jack's party confronts other prospectors. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S6E11-Rochester Misses The Show* (1956) | S6E11-Rochester Misses The Show: Jack is so mad at Rochester for falling asleep during his show, he sends him to his room without dinner. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S6E12-The Empty Pool* (1956) | S6E12-The Empty Pool: Jack and the gang vacation in Palm Springs and Jack dives into an empty pool. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S7E5-Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen* (1956) | S7E5-Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen: Jack panics when Rochester informs him that his Maxwell automobile has been stolen from his garage and they immediately race to the Beverly Hills police station where the dispatcher plays records between making police calls. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S7E8-Talent Show* (1956) | S7E8-Talent Show: Jack holds tryouts for undiscovered talents to try and become regulars on his show. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S8E3-Hal March (1957) | S8E3-Hal March: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S8E6-Jack's Life Story (1957) | S8E6-Jack's Life Story: 20th Century Fox is planning to make a movie based on Jack's life story. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S8E10-Honeymooners Show* (1958) | S8E10-Honeymooners Show: Audrey Meadows joins Jack, Dennis Day and others in a hilarious spoof of her and Jackie Gleason's comedy series The Honeymooners. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S8E15-Ronnie Burns Show* (1958) | S8E15-Ronnie Burns Show: When Jack Benny has George Burns' son, Ronnie, on the show, Don Wilson becomes mad that Jack hasn't had his son, Harlo on. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S9E10-Ernie Kovacs (1959) | S9E10-Ernie Kovacs: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S10E4-The Jimmy Stewart Show* (1959) | S10E4-The Jimmy Stewart Show: The Stewarts 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E4-Hong Kong Suit* (1960) | S11E4-Hong Kong Suit: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E7-The Lunch Counter Murder* (1960) | S11E7-The Lunch Counter Murder: Jack is the manager of a roadside hamburger stand that is taken over by a gang of tough criminals led by a scar-faced crook who likes to eat sardines--including the can--and even Dennis Day. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E8-Jack Goes To A Concert* (1960) | S11E8-Jack Goes To A Concert: Jack insists on taking Mildred to a violin concert even though his girlfriend would prefer to attend the boxing arena. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E13-Don`s Anniversary* (1961) | S11E13-Don`s Anniversary: 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. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E14-Jack At The Supermarket* (1961) | S11E14-Jack At The Supermarket: Jack winds up having to do all of Rochester's chores, after he loses a gin rummy bet. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E16-Jack Goes To A Gym* (1961) | S11E16-Jack Goes To A Gym: Jack is infatuated with the receptionist, but she prefers rugged men, so Jack joins a gym to beef himself up. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E22-Jack Goes To Las Vegas* (1961) | S11E22-Jack Goes To Las Vegas: The Mills Brothers sing two songs. Jack and Don visit Las Vegas. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S11E25-Main Street Shelter* (1961) | S11E25-Main Street Shelter: Jack refuses to leave a homeless shelter until they give him back an ancient jacket Rochester donated, which had $200 sewed in the lining. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S12E7-Jack Is Followed Home* (1961) | S12E7-Jack Is Followed Home: Inside the studio, Bobby Rydell sings two songs. Outside the studio, Jack is haunted by a mysterious stalker. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S12E12-Jack Does Opera* (1962) | S12E12-Jack Does Opera: Opera star Roberta Peters joins Jack for fun and song. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S12E17-Ghost Town* (1962) | S12E17-Ghost Town: Jack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stop at a Ghost Town cafe and hear the tale of a black-hearted villain named Tombstone Harry. Episode of Sunday with Jack Benny series. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S13E5-Lawrence Welk (1962) | S13E5-Lawrence Welk: Jack praises Mr. Welk but insists anyone can lead an orchestra - the results of his attempt to do so are classic. Later, he browbeats Lawrence into orchestrating his song When you say I beg your pardon, I'll come back to you. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S13E7-Jack Plays Tarzan* (1962) | S13E7-Jack Plays Tarzan: Carol Burnett plays Jane to Jack's Tarzan. She also sings The Trolley Song. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S13E10-Bob Hope (1962) | S13E10-Bob Hope: Jack and Bob do a skit about the time they auditioned their vaudeville act. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S13E23-Jack Is Kidnapped* (1963) | S13E23-Jack Is Kidnapped: Jack is kidnapped and forced to make a $10,000 withdrawal from the bank. | |
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Jack Benny Program: S14E9-Jack's Boat Trip From Hawaii* (1963) | S14E9-Jack's Boat Trip From Hawaii: Jack Benny has just graced Hawaii and is leaving on a cruise ship back to L.A. but the trip overwhelms Jack, who envisions a blonde passenger as Jayne Mansfield. |
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