The Jack Benny Program

Dorothy Shay

Hélène Françoise Show

Gaslight

Gracie Bit

Isaac Stern Show

Jack Prepares a Trip to England

Bob Crosby's Contract

Buck Benny Rides Again

Jack Gets Robbed

Bob Crosby sings 'Peter Pan.' Jack signs an autograph for a little girl from Washington named Margaret Truman. At home,

Cafe Skit

60 Piece Orchestra Skit

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Fred Allen Show

Monologue includes long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Fred Allen. Also includes lunch cart skit with

Visit to the Vault

Honolulu Trip

After Jack's monologue he tells about his cruise to Hawaii with Rochester, where they encounter a series of characters o

Jack as a Child

Jack recalls his childhood for his biography.

Humphrey Bogart Show

Bob Crosby gets angry at Jack for cutting his song, and Don is upset because his commercial is to be cut. In the sketch,

Johnnie Ray Show

It is Rochester's day off, and Jack has to make his own lunch. Don arrives, and Rochester sings the commercial to him; t

Irene Dunne Show

While Benny is getting a haircut, he reads that Gregory Ratoff is planning a new production starring Irene Dunne and Vin

Reminiscing About Last New Year's

Benny does a monologue on his Christmas gifts, then remembers last New Year's Eve: Mary is giving a party, but Jack is n

Liberace Show

Jack tries to call Liberace. Two operators, Gertrude and Mabel, talk about Jack. Jack finally decides to go to Liberace'

Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary

Mary calls and says she is coming over because she has something delicate to discuss; Jack thinks she is going to agree

Helen Hayes Show

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-

Burns and Allen Show

It's ten minutes before showtime, and Gracie is nowhere to be found. Jack winds up letting George talk him into posing a

David Niven Show

The Road to Nairobi

Bob steals Jack's pants in order to precede him onstage. Jack wears Don's pants, and Bob gives Jack's pants to Don. The

Entire Cast Show

Jam Session at Jack's

Jack delivers a monologue on critics. He is anxious to get home because at 8 p.m. some friends are coming over for their

How Jack Found Mary

Jack tells an interviewer how he met Mary Livingstone years before when she worked at The May Co. Rochester sings and da

The Giant Mutiny

The Life of Jack Benny

Jack Does Christmas Shopping

Jack looks for Christmas gifts in a department store, and encounters Nelson as the floor manager, Blanc and Pepper as sa

San Diego Naval Training Center

Bedroom Burglar

Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

Jack, 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

Jack's Lunch Counter

Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

Gary Crosby

You Bet Your Life

Preparing for New York Trip

Jackie Gleason Show

Jack Goes to Dennis' House

Massage and Date with Gertrude

Peggy King and Art Linkletter

Jack is featured in Look! Magazine. Mel Blanc heckles Jack from the audience. Guest stars Peggy King and Art Linkletter.

Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale

Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice

Jack Hunts for Uranium

Frances and Edgar Bergen

New Year's Day Show

Essentially a filmed radio show, a few chairs and a microphone on a stage, Jack and company re-create what was a traditi

Don Invites Gang to Dinner

Jack is sick with a bad cold and Rochester is his nurse and Mary is fixing him something to eat. Jack is waiting for his

How Jack Met Rochester

William Holden & Frances Bergen Show

Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show

Jack relies on Rochester, his toughest critic, to give him an honest evaluation of the show, but when Rochester accident

Jack Drives to Palm Springs

Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office

Gisele MacKenzie Show

Jack Tries to Get a Passport

Alfred Wallenstein Show

George Burns & Spike Jones Show

George Gobel & Red Skelton Show

Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans

Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen

Rochester calls Jack in the middle of his monologue to tell him his Maxwell has been stolen. While he goes to the Beverl

Jack Locked in the Tower of London

The Mikado

Talent Show

During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don comes out to announce a purse has been found. It turns out to bel

Jack and Mary in Rome

The Fiddler

Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show

Hope and Benny in Agent's Office

Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice

Jack in Paris

Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that he drives a garbage truck. That's how an

Mary's May Company Reunion

Visit from the IRS

First Show of the Season

Show opens with the audience in line to see the show, telling each other how their tickets were forced on them. In his o

The Airport

Hal March Show

During the monologue, the President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, come onstage. Don and Ha

Ginger Rogers Show

John Forsythe Show

Jack's Life Story

Jack wants to star in the movie version of his life story, but producer Buddy Adler wants Van Johnson. Van Johnson and B

Christmas Shopping

Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

Honeymooners Show

Dennis sings 'The 12th of never.' In the sketch, Jack plays Ralph Kramden in a take-off of The Honeymooners, with Meadow

Jack at the Races

Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

Academy Awards

Railroad Station Show

Ronnie Burns Show

Hillbilly Act

Gary Cooper Show

Phil Harris Show

The Millionaire

Stars' Wives Show

Bachelor TV Lives

Jack Goes to the Doctor

Jack and Gisele MacKenzie

Christmas Gift Exchange

Autolight

Ernie Kovacs Show

Ernie shows Jack his moustache collection, and Jack tries some of them on. Don, dressed as a Beatnik, does the commercia

Jack Goes to a Nightclub

Airport Sketch

Panel Discussion Show

Edgar Bergen Show

Ed Sullivan & Genevieve Show

The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future

Harry Truman Show

Jack Webb Show

Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show

Jack Paar Show

Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting

George Burns Show

Ben Blue Show

Amateur Show

Dennis Day tries to horn in on Jack's talent show. Otto Kessler: Mel Blanc. Guire Sisters: Peggy Mondo, Iris Adrian and

George Gobel Show

Jack Is Arrested

Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner Show

Slogan Contest

Easter Show

Final Show of the Season

Nightbeat Takeoff

Dick Clark Show

Milton Berle Show

Jack's Hong Kong Suit

Jack gets a haircut between the dress rehearsal and the show; none of the barbers want to do it because his tips are so

John Wayne Show

Joey Bishop Show

Lunch Counter Murder

A heavy holds up a cafeteria where Jack is eating. Heavy: Dan Duryea. Announcer: Don Wilson.

Jack Goes to a Concert

Jack takes his girlfriend Mildred to a violin concert, even though she would prefer to go to the fights. Jack spots the

Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

Jack goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and drives the staff of the department store crazy.

Amateur Show

Jack Casting For Television Special

Jack has written his life story for television, and has his agent hire a child actor who is just as cheap as he is to pl

Jack Goes to the Vault

Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

Jack honors Don Wilson on the occasion of his 27th year working with Jack. The sketch relates how Don and Jack met: Jack

Jack at the Supermarket

Jack Is Hypnotized

Jack Goes To a Gym

Jack goes to a gym so that he can improve his physique and impress a young lady; Don goes with him.

Death Row Sketch

Musicale

Jack tells how he developed his thrifty habits as a child in Waukegan, Ill. Eddie Anderson.

Jack Becomes a Surgeon

Rochester imagines that a crazy doctor is operating on him. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Don Wilson is the announcer.

Detective Story

Children's Version of the Show

Jack Goes to Las Vegas

Dance Contest

Variety Show

'George Burns' crashes Jack's variety show, which features two songs sung by Ann-Margret and juggler extraordinaire, Fra

Main Street Shelter

Rochester gives away Jack's old clothes, not knowing that money is hidden in a lining. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Watson

English Sketch

Season Premiere

Waukegan Show

Jack on Trial for Murder

Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

Jack has four tickets to a new play. He and his new girlfriend were originally going to go with Don Wilson and his wife,

Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Jack Plays Golf

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

Jack Is Followed Home

Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch. Jane Morgan: Herself. Bus Driver: Benny Rubin. Passenger: Dave Willock. Waitress: Shir

Jack Writes a Song

The guest is composer Dmitri Tiomkin, whom Jack asks to polish an song he wrote. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Workman: Ben

Christmas Party

New Year's Eve

In a flashback, Jack remembers his last New Year's Eve. The sketch is very similar to the one done on December 27, 1953.

Jack Does Opera

Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.

Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

In planning a party for Dennis Day, Jack gets on the phone to find a cheap caterer, not realizing that Dennis is eavesdr

Jack Gets a Passport

How Jack Met Rochester

Police Station Show

Ghost Town Western

An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.

Rock Hudson Show

Julie London Show

Alexander Hamilton Show

Shari Lewis Show

Crazy Airport

Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

Jack Is a Violin Teacher

Dennis sings 'On the First Warm Day.' After being interviewed for an article on his life story, Jack daydreams about wha

Modern Prison

Jack Takes in a Boarder

Sammy Davis, Jr. Show

Frank Sinatra Jr. Show

Phil Silvers Show

Air Force Sketch

Lawrence Welk Show

Jack tries to take over Lawrence Welk's baton when the maestro and his orchestra appear. Don Wilson is the announcer.

My Gang Comedy

Jack Plays Tarzan

Jack Gives a Dinner Party

Jack Meets a Japanese Agent

Jack and Bob Hope in Vaudeville

Jack and Bob do a skit about the time they auditioned their vaudeville act.

Jack Referees a Wrestling Match

When Jack is omitted from the Ladies' Club's show, he confronts the entertainment committee: Mmes. Groucho Marx, Phil Si

Jack and the Crying Cab Driver

Jack encounters nothing but headaches trying to make a flight to New York.

The Story of the New Talent Show

Jack Attends the Rose Bowl

Jack Meets Max Bygraves

Twilight Zone Sketch

Peter Lorre & Joanie Sommers Show

The Murder of Clayton Worthington

Jack Rents His House

Jack's opening monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. In the sketch, Jack and Rochest

Spanish Sketch

Connie Francis Show

Connie Francis plays the wife of a composer. Announcer: Don Wilson.

Jack Does the USO Show

Frankie Avalon Show

Frankie Avalon appears with Jack, who signs him on for the show. Engineer: Frank Gerstle. Recording Manager: Cliff Norto

Jack Is Kidnapped

Jack is held for ransom in this sketch with George Burns. Kidnapper: Merry Anders. Accomplice: Warren Kemmerling.

Jack Fires Don

Jack fires his announcer, Don Wilson, over a trivial argument.

The Mikado

A Dummy Replaces Jack

Jack Answers Request Letters

Jack devotes the program to answering request letters from his viewers. One viewer asks about sound effects on his radio

Billy Graham Show

Robert Goulet Show

Jack tries to win a girl away from Robert Goulet. Goulet sings "This Is All I Ask." Girl: Joan Marshall. Don Wilson.

Riverboat Sketch

Carol Burnett is Jack's guest in this romp about a gambler (Jack) who's trying to fleece a rich plantation owner (Don Wi

Tall Cowboy Sketch

When Clint Walker hints that his movie requires a big man to portray his brother, a rebuilt Jack appears. Usher: Pat Col

Johnny Carson Show

Jack Directs a Film

Ed Sullivan Show

Robinson Crusoe Sketch

Jack Takes a Boat to Hawaii

Hawaiians are thrilled to sing Aloha to stingy Jack Benny, who gets only 1 lei, while a fellow passenger is covered with

Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital

Three Musketeers Sketch

Amateur Show

Jack Alone on New Year's Eve

How Jack Met George Burns

Peter, Paul and Mary Show

Nat King Cole Show

Bobby Darin Show

Don Breaks His Leg

Jack has problems: Don Wilson's son has to pinch-hit for Dad; and Jack's "talent find" has turned exotic dancer. Harlow:

How Jack Found Dennis

How Jack first met Dennis Day. Agent: Jesse White. Restaurant Owner: Sammee Tong. Announcer: Don Wilson.

The Final LeBlanc Sketch

Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations

Jack Redecorates His House

Jack Is a Boxing Manager

Jack Renews His Driver's License

The Lettermen Show

Jack Goes to an Allergy Doctor

Harlow Gets a Date

Don's son becomes a playboy with Jack's help.

I Am the Fiddler

In a parody of a radio show Jack portrays "The Fiddler," a mysterious figure who stalks at night. Dennis Day: Himself. V

NBC Premiere

Lucille Ball Show

Andy Williams Show

Income Tax Show

Jack Makes a Comedy Record

Hillbilly Sketch

Jungle Sketch

Jack Loses a Raffle

The Cat Burglar

Jack Hires a Cook

Wayne Newton & Louis Nye Show

Jack Has a Sick Alligator

Amateur Night

One Man Show

Jack Jones Show

Jack Jones appears as a moonlighting teacher in a sketch and sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered." Don Wilson is t

Jack Adopts a Son

Kingston Trio Show

The Kingston Trio and Jack are thrown into a Tijuana jail. Prisoner: Mel Blanc. Captain: Vito Scotti. Social Worker: Don

Jack Visits House of Monkeys

The Stradivarius Story

Jack Joins Acrobats

Rainy Day in Palm Springs

Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault

Jack Finds a Double

Jack's Navy Buddy Returns

Dennis Opens a Bank Account

Jack Appears on a Panel Show

Jack Has Dog Trouble

Smothers Brothers Show

The Smothers Brothers confound every attempt by Jack to force them into his straitjacket comedy formula while performing