The Jack Benny Program - Season 8
Browse all 16 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
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 opening monologue, Jack analyzes his own humor. Dennis sings 'Around the world in 80 days.' Don does the Lucky Strike commercial as a calypso number; Jack won't let him finish it. He introduces Mel Blanc as Otto Ketzler, a novelty music act from Vienna; Ketzler plays bottles filled with alcohol--as he tunes them, he becomes more and more inebriated. Don's wife makes Jack call the sponsor to explain that the curtailed commercial was Jack's fault, not Don's.
Episode 2
The Airport
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Episode 3
Hal March Show
During the monologue, the President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, come onstage. Don and Harlow Wilson do a soft shoe to 'Me and my shadow' for the Lucky commercial. Hal March, host of The $64,000 Question quiz show, is the guest; Jack asks him questions, and he tries to answer them for prizes.
Episode 4
Ginger Rogers Show
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Episode 5
John Forsythe Show
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Episode 6
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 Buddy Adler play themselves. Announcer: Don Wilson. Rochester: Eddie Anderson.
Episode 7
Christmas Shopping
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Episode 8
Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl
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Episode 9
Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist
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Episode 10
Honeymooners Show
Dennis sings 'The 12th of never.' In the sketch, Jack plays Ralph Kramden in a take-off of The Honeymooners, with Meadows as Alice and Dennis as Ed Norton.
Episode 11
Jack at the Races
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Episode 12
Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie
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Episode 13
Academy Awards
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Episode 14
Railroad Station Show
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Episode 15
Ronnie Burns Show
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Episode 16
Hillbilly Act
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