The Jack Benny Program

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5x1
Entire Cast Show
Episode overview
Jack's monologue includes a discussion of the premiere of A Star is Born. Then he falls asleep onstage. Don comes out and explains that Jack has been nervous all day about this first show of the new season. The sketch depicts Jack's day.
5x2
Jam Session At Jack's
Episode overview
Jack 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 .. show full overview
5x3
How Jack Met Mary
Episode overview
Jack 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.
5x4
The Giant Mutiny
Episode overview
The sketch is a take-off on the Caine Mutiny. Benny plays Alvin Dark, captain of the N.Y. Giants during the fourth game of the World Series. He rebels against Durocher's harsh tactics, .. show full overview
5x5
The Life of Jack Benny
Episode overview
Jack is planning his life story for the next week's telecast, and the show opens with Rochester typing up the script. Mel Blanc plays the postman delivering a telegram. The Sportsmen .. show full overview
5x6
Jack Does Christmas Shopping
Episode overview
Jack 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.
5x7
San Diego Naval Training Center Show
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5x8
Bedroom Burglar Show
Episode overview
Jack comes home after a hard day at work and tries to wind down. Once in bed, he encounters a dripping faucet. Once asleep, 2 burglars try to rob Jack, but encounter numerous obstacles along the way.
5x9
Jack And Gisele Mackenzie's Violin Duet
Episode overview
Jack reads a public service announcement on behalf of the IRS, and jokes about the Band's deductions. Gisele MacKenzie comes out, and she and Jack talk about funny names: Snooky Lanson, .. show full overview
5x10
Four O'Clock In The Morning Show
Episode overview
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 comes home exhausted, but Mary comes over and reminds him that they were to go shopping for a new suit for Jack.
5x11
Jack's Lunch Counter (George Raft)
Episode overview
George Raft Guest stars in "The Lunch Counter Morders" a spoof of the movie "The Killers". Later remade on 12-04-1960
5x12
Jack Takes Beavers To The Fair
Episode overview
Jack takes The Beverly Hills Beavers to the fair. The boys want balloons, so Jack buys some, but gets carried away, literally. After being shot down, Jack buys the boys hot dogs from Mr. .. show full overview
5x13
Gary Crosby Show
Episode overview
With Gary Crosby as a guest, doing a duet with Mary Livingstone on his show, Jack is sure he'll have a good one, but always relies on Rochester's opinion rather than what the TV critics .. show full overview
5x14
You Bet Your Life
Episode overview
Jack's in a terrible dilemma. He has to decide whether to go to a fancy-dress ball or try to appear on the Groucho Marx quiz show. He's heard that the jackpot is worth 3000 dollars. And .. show full overview
5x15
Preparing For New York Trip
Episode overview
To meet his sponsor in New York, Jack and Rochester pack their bags and a parrot and head to the train station. Their taxi driver is a blubbering wreck who hates to see people leaving.At .. show full overview
5x16
Jackie Gleason Show
Episode overview
While in New York, Jack wants to impress Jackie Gleason, so he and Rochester move into the penthouse suite of the luxurious St. Regis Hotel, and there's no length Jack won't go to, in order to avoid having to pay the $36 a night rental.

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