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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.
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
This is a list of the 261 episodes for the television version of The Jack Benny Program, as opposed to the radio program of the same name. Series overview Season Episodes Originally released Rank Rating First released Last released Network 1 4 October 10, 1950 (1950-10-10) May 5, 1951 (1951-05-05) CBS — — 2 6 November 11, 1951 (1951-11-11) June 6, 1952 (1952-06-06) 9 42.8 3 8 October 10 ...
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 sketch is a flashback to when Jack discovered Wayne Newton: Benny is performing at a posh garden benefit to send "underprivileged" children of Beverly Hills to camp on the French Riviera. Needing an opening act, Jack gives waiter Wayne a chance to sing, thus giving him his big showbiz break.
After the show, Jack is followed home, and a rock is thrown through his window. The rock thrower turns out to be Dennis Day, who is mad at Jack because Bobby sang instead of Dennis. Jack decides to take the law into his own hands, when he punishes Dennis. A remake of episode Nº 52, "Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice."
In the sketch, Jack recalls when he first met Phil: Silvers shows up at Jack's house with a note pinned on him from Jack's Aunt Sudie, asking Jack to help the young man get a break in show business. Phil proceeds to mooch off Jack, play the clarinet at 4 a.m., and sell Jack's violin for poker money.
Jack is angry because his writers don't have a script for the next show; saying that he's been working too hard, Jack skips rehearsals and goes to play golf. In a flashback, the agent tells Jack's secretary the ridiculous story of how he discovered Jack: "Zeke" Benny was once a fiddle-playing hick in Arkansas, with a shabby band called the ...