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The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television.
Jack Benny was the show's host, creator and star. Because he was unwilling to commit to the still-new technology of television on a weekly basis, the first television season of The Jack Benny Program did not include any more than these four sporadically scheduled special episodes; each was broadcast live as was typical during the Golden Age of ...
Special guest: Robert Culp. Jack's trying to catch a flight to New York so he can be on The $64,000 Question, but at the airport he has the usual troubles: the loopy PA announcer, a racetrack tout with advice on chewing gum, an encounter with Sy (Mel Blanc), and Frank Nelson as a clerk who wants to sell Jack a one-way ticket out of town.
Jack tells guest Johnny Carson he should be more versatile on The Tonight Show, so Johnny does card tricks, plays the drums, sings, and dances to "Ballin' the Jack." They do a mock version of the Tonight Show where we can hear Carson's thoughts about the guest he's interviewing (Benny).
"The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future" October 4, 1959 () 112: 2 "Harry Truman Show" October 18, 1959 () 113: 3 "Jack Webb Show" November 1, 1959 () 114: 4 "Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show" November 15, 1959 () 115: 5 "Jack Paar Show" November 29, 1959 () 116: 6
Prior to the opening of CBS Television City in November, 1952, this season's episodes were broadcast from Columbia Square, from which Benny's radio show was also broadcast. This season, the program was number nine in the television rankings. Jack Benny would adopt a more regular schedule with the television program beginning in Season 3.
During the monologue, Jack Benny brings out Jack Webb and demands to know why his show paid Webb $5,000; he doesn't sing, dance, or play music, and he's not a real cop! After the Lux Liquid commercial (in which Don appears as "Confucius"!), Benny says that Dragnet is just like a Charlie Chan movie, leading to a sketch called Dragon-net : Benny ...
Don Wilson shows the construction of the brand new Jack Benny Junior High School; Dennis Day's not impressed, because there are "day schools" everywhere. The mayor of Waukegan presents Jack Benny items to be sealed into the school's cornerstone, including his first toy — a cash register — and a broken baton from his first violin lesson.