The Jack Benny Program

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

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Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes

S1 E1 · Premiere Show

1950-10-28

No summary.

S1 E2 · Faye Emerson and Frank Sinatra Show

1951-01-28

No summary.

S1 E3 · Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show

1951-04-01

No summary.

S1 E4 · Ben Hogan Show

1951-05-20

No summary.

Season 2

6 episodes

S2 E1 · Dorothy Shay

1951-11-04

No summary.

S2 E2 · Hélène Françoise Show

1951-12-16

No summary.

S2 E3 · Gaslight

1952-01-07

No summary.

S2 E4 · Gracie Bit

1952-03-09

No summary.

S2 E5 · Isaac Stern Show

1952-04-20

No summary.

S2 E6 · Jack Prepares a Trip to England

1952-06-01

No summary.

Season 3

8 episodes

S3 E1 · Bob Crosby's Contract

1952-10-05

No summary.

S3 E2 · Buck Benny Rides Again

1952-11-02

No summary.

S3 E3 · Jack Gets Robbed

1952-11-30

Bob Crosby sings 'Peter Pan.' Jack signs an autograph for a little girl from Washington named Margaret Truman. At home, Jack falls asleep and two men try to rob him, encountering many booby traps in his bedroom.

S3 E4 · Cafe Skit

1952-12-28

No summary.

S3 E5 · 60 Piece Orchestra Skit

1953-01-25

No summary.

S3 E6 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953-03-22

No summary.

S3 E7 · Fred Allen Show

1953-04-19

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

S3 E8 · Visit to the Vault

1953-05-17

No summary.

Season 4

13 episodes

S4 E1 · Honolulu Trip

1953-09-13

After Jack's monologue he tells about his cruise to Hawaii with Rochester, where they encounter a series of characters on the ship Jack takes a nap and dreams that Marilyn Monroe is on board with him. Marilyn sings to Jack and tells him she is crazy about him.

S4 E2 · Jack as a Child

1953-10-04

Jack recalls his childhood for his biography.

S4 E3 · Humphrey Bogart Show

1953-10-25

Bob Crosby gets angry at Jack for cutting his song, and Don is upset because his commercial is to be cut. In the sketch, Jack plays a detective trying to get a confession out of 'Baby Face,' the killer, played by Bogart. Bogart is promoting his new picture Beat the Devil.

S4 E4 · Johnnie Ray Show

1953-11-15

It is Rochester's day off, and Jack has to make his own lunch. Don arrives, and Rochester sings the commercial to him; they do a soft-shoe routine together. A messenger arrives with Johnnie Ray's contract for a guest appearance, and Jack is horrified to see that Ray wants $10,000. Jack goes to Ray's home to tell him off, and have him sing to see if he is worth the money. Ray sings 'Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,' and 'Cry.' Jack is devastated and agrees to Ray's price. At the end of the show, Danny Thomas makes a guest appearance to plug Make Room for Daddy.

S4 E5 · Irene Dunne Show

1953-12-06

While Benny is getting a haircut, he reads that Gregory Ratoff is planning a new production starring Irene Dunne and Vincent Price. Since he has always wanted to play against Irene Dunne, he goes to first Ratoff and then Dunne to try to get them to give him Price's part. He then invites himself to Dunne's house for the first rehearsal, which he disrupts by cracking walnuts and bungling lines.

S4 E6 · Reminiscing About Last New Year's

1953-12-27

Benny does a monologue on his Christmas gifts, then remembers last New Year's Eve: Mary is giving a party, but Jack is not planning to go because he has a date with Gloria. After the show, the cast gathers in Jack's dressing room. Crosby sings 'Let's start the new year right,' with the Sportsmen Quartet. Jack gets a call from Gloria cancelling their date. He refuses to go to the party, and instead wanders the streets alone, finally stopping for coffee at Nick's Cafe, where the waitress turns out to be Gloria. He goes home, where he and Rochester ring in the new year together. English

S4 E7 · Liberace Show

1954-01-17

Jack tries to call Liberace. Two operators, Gertrude and Mabel, talk about Jack. Jack finally decides to go to Liberace's home. The house is filled with candelabra. Liberace asks Jack to appear with him in concert. After Liberace performs solo, the two play 'September song' together, Jack on his violin.

S4 E8 · Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary

1954-02-07

Mary calls and says she is coming over because she has something delicate to discuss; Jack thinks she is going to agree to marry him at last, but she just wants him to stop being so cheap. He daydreams about what their 21st anniversary would be like if she would marry him: in the dream, he is a would-be radio actor who keeps house while his wife works; his daughter Joan plays herself.

S4 E9 · Helen Hayes Show

1954-02-28

No summary.

S4 E10 · Goldie, Fields and Glide

1954-03-21

Jack starts recalling his old vaudeville days and the tours he made with his two partners--Bing Crosby and George Burns--in their act billed as "Goldie, Fields and Glide". Includes backyard hammock scene.

S4 E11 · Burns and Allen Show

1954-04-11

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

S4 E12 · David Niven Show

1954-05-02

No summary.

S4 E13 · The Road to Nairobi

1954-05-23

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 sketch is entitled 'On the road to Nairobi.' The Sportsmen Quartet, in African costume, sings the Lucky commercial to the tune of 'Digga digga doo.' Jack and Bob enter and are eventually placed in a pot by natives, who have trouble lighting the fire. Martin and Lewis, in the audience, offer to supply a match

Season 5

16 episodes

S5 E1 · Entire Cast Show

1954-10-03

No summary.

S5 E2 · Jam Session at Jack's

1954-10-17

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 his clarinet, Fred MacMurray with his saxophone, Dick Powell with his trumpet, Dan Dailey with his drums, and Kirk Douglas with his banjo. Guests must purchase food, drink or smokes from vending machines in Jack's closet. They play 'Basin Street.' Jack holds a contest for the most popular guest.

S5 E3 · How Jack Found Mary

1954-10-31

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.

S5 E4 · The Giant Mutiny

1954-11-14

No summary.

S5 E5 · The Life of Jack Benny

1954-11-28

No summary.

S5 E6 · Jack Does Christmas Shopping

1954-12-12

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. English

S5 E7 · San Diego Naval Training Center

1954-12-26

No summary.

S5 E8 · Bedroom Burglar

1955-01-09

No summary.

S5 E9 · Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

1955-01-23

No summary.

S5 E10 · Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

1955-02-06

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.

S5 E11 · Jack's Lunch Counter

1955-02-20

No summary.

S5 E12 · Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

1955-03-06

No summary.

S5 E13 · Gary Crosby

1955-03-20

No summary.

S5 E14 · You Bet Your Life

1955-04-03

No summary.

S5 E15 · Preparing for New York Trip

1955-04-17

No summary.

S5 E16 · Jackie Gleason Show

1955-05-01

No summary.

Season 6

16 episodes

S6 E1 · Jack Goes to Dennis' House

1955-09-25

No summary.

S6 E2 · Massage and Date with Gertrude

1955-10-09

No summary.

S6 E3 · Peggy King and Art Linkletter

1955-10-23

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

S6 E4 · Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale

1955-11-06

No summary.

S6 E5 · Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice

1955-11-20

No summary.

S6 E6 · Jack Hunts for Uranium

1955-12-04

No summary.

S6 E7 · Frances and Edgar Bergen

1955-12-18

No summary.

S6 E8 · New Year's Day Show

1956-01-01

Essentially a filmed radio show, a few chairs and a microphone on a stage, Jack and company re-create what was a tradition on his radio show, a skit where "Old Year" packs up and moves out and "New Year" moves in.

S6 E9 · Don Invites Gang to Dinner

1956-01-15

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 lawyer to show up as Jack wants him to break Don Wilson's contract as Jack is blaming him for his cold. In a flashback, we learn that after a show rehearsal, Don Wilson invites them to his house to see some anniversary gifts and Jack repeatedly warns Don to check with his wife, Lois, Don always declines. After arriving at Don's house and after Jack is told by Mary to pay the $1.85 taxi bill and Jack gives the driver a 15 cent tip., Don is now worried that he should have checked with his wife first. Don has them wait at the corner of the house while he checks with Lois. Lois informs Don that she just opened a can of tuna as she didn't have time to go shopping. Don decides to have the gang show up

S6 E10 · How Jack Met Rochester

1956-01-29

No summary.

S6 E11 · William Holden & Frances Bergen Show

1956-02-12

No summary.

S6 E12 · Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show

1956-02-26

Jack relies on Rochester, his toughest critic, to give him an honest evaluation of the show, but when Rochester accidentally sleeps through the program, he tries to cover up with evasive answers to Jack's questions. At first Jack is angry when he discovers the truth, but later he sees Rochester packing and is afraid that he's leaving (unaware that Rochester is simply getting ready for a camping trip). Jack offers him extra days off — even Labor Day — and makes him a steak dinner, and Rochester milks the situation for all it's worth.

S6 E13 · Jack Drives to Palm Springs

1956-03-11

No summary.

S6 E14 · Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office

1956-03-25

No summary.

S6 E15 · Gisele MacKenzie Show

1956-04-08

No summary.

S6 E16 · Jack Tries to Get a Passport

1956-04-22

No summary.

Season 7

16 episodes

S7 E1 · Alfred Wallenstein Show

1956-09-23

No summary.

S7 E2 · George Burns & Spike Jones Show

1956-10-07

No summary.

S7 E3 · George Gobel & Red Skelton Show

1956-10-21

No summary.

S7 E4 · Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans

1956-11-04

No summary.

S7 E5 · Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen

1956-11-18

Rochester calls Jack in the middle of his monologue to tell him his Maxwell has been stolen. While he goes to the Beverly Hills Police Station, the Sportsmen cover for him, singing 'Puttin' on my top hat' while they get dressed on stage. Jack is amazed at the sumptuousness of the police station. Eventually the car is found; it has been returned to Jack's house by the thieves.

S7 E6 · Jack Locked in the Tower of London

1956-12-02

No summary.

S7 E7 · The Mikado

1956-12-16

No summary.

S7 E8 · Talent Show

1956-12-30

During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don comes out to announce a purse has been found. It turns out to belong to Jayne Mansfield, who was sitting in the audience when the usher grabbed her purse she considers this to be a pretty sneaky way to get a guest star. Jack mentions The Girl Can't Help It, her latest picture. The Sportsmen Quartet and Rochester perform New Year's in Trinidad for the Lucky Strike ad. In the sketch, Jack hosts a talent contest. Mel Blanc plays an animal impersonator. The Landrew Sisters trio sings Did you ever see a dream walking. Leon Salvadore, a judo champ, is beaten by the six big men he asserts he will beat.

S7 E9 · Jack and Mary in Rome

1957-01-13

No summary.

S7 E10 · The Fiddler

1957-01-27

No summary.

S7 E11 · Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show

1957-02-10

No summary.

S7 E12 · Hope and Benny in Agent's Office

1957-02-24

No summary.

S7 E13 · Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice

1957-03-10

No summary.

S7 E14 · Jack in Paris

1957-03-24

No summary.

S7 E15 · Mary's May Company Reunion

1957-04-07

No summary.

S7 E16 · Visit from the IRS

1957-04-21

No summary.

Season 8

16 episodes

S8 E1 · First Show of the Season

1957-09-22

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.

S8 E2 · The Airport

1957-10-06

No summary.

S8 E3 · Hal March Show

1957-10-20

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.

S8 E4 · Ginger Rogers Show

1957-11-03

No summary.

S8 E5 · John Forsythe Show

1957-11-17

No summary.

S8 E6 · Jack's Life Story

1957-12-01

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.

S8 E7 · Christmas Shopping

1957-12-15

No summary.

S8 E8 · Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

1957-12-29

No summary.

S8 E9 · Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

1958-01-12

No summary.

S8 E10 · Honeymooners Show

1958-01-26

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.

S8 E11 · Jack at the Races

1958-02-09

No summary.

S8 E12 · Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

1958-02-23

No summary.

S8 E13 · Academy Awards

1958-03-09

No summary.

S8 E14 · Railroad Station Show

1958-03-23

No summary.

S8 E15 · Ronnie Burns Show

1958-04-06

No summary.

S8 E16 · Hillbilly Act

1958-04-20

No summary.

Season 9

15 episodes

S9 E1 · Gary Cooper Show

1958-09-21

No summary.

S9 E2 · Phil Harris Show

1958-10-05

No summary.

S9 E3 · The Millionaire

1958-10-19

No summary.

S9 E4 · Stars' Wives Show

1958-11-02

No summary.

S9 E5 · Bachelor TV Lives

1958-11-16

No summary.

S9 E6 · Jack Goes to the Doctor

1958-11-30

No summary.

S9 E7 · Jack and Gisele MacKenzie

1958-12-14

No summary.

S9 E8 · Christmas Gift Exchange

1958-12-28

No summary.

S9 E9 · Autolight

1959-01-11

No summary.

S9 E10 · Ernie Kovacs Show

1959-01-25

Ernie shows Jack his moustache collection, and Jack tries some of them on. Don, dressed as a Beatnik, does the commercial with the Beatniks, to the tune of 'Beat generation.' In the sketch, Jack and Ernie are in a posh prison on Nob Hill in San Francisco; it is 1970, and Ernie is due to be released, but he doesn't want to leave the cushy life

S9 E11 · Jack Goes to a Nightclub

1959-02-08

No summary.

S9 E12 · Airport Sketch

1959-02-22

No summary.

S9 E13 · Panel Discussion Show

1959-03-08

No summary.

S9 E14 · Edgar Bergen Show

1959-03-22

No summary.

S9 E15 · Ed Sullivan & Genevieve Show

1959-03-22

No summary.

Season 10

15 episodes

S10 E1 · The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future

1959-10-04

No summary.

S10 E2 · Harry Truman Show

1959-10-18

No summary.

S10 E3 · Jack Webb Show

1959-11-01

No summary.

S10 E4 · Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show

1959-11-15

No summary.

S10 E5 · Jack Paar Show

1959-11-29

No summary.

S10 E6 · Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting

1959-12-13

No summary.

S10 E7 · George Burns Show

1959-12-27

No summary.

S10 E8 · Ben Blue Show

1960-01-10

No summary.

S10 E9 · Amateur Show

1960-01-24

Dennis Day tries to horn in on Jack's talent show. Otto Kessler: Mel Blanc. Guire Sisters: Peggy Mondo, Iris Adrian and Jo Ann Val. Don Wilson is the announcer.

S10 E10 · George Gobel Show

1960-02-07

No summary.

S10 E11 · Jack Is Arrested

1960-02-21

No summary.

S10 E12 · Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner Show

1960-03-06

No summary.

S10 E13 · Slogan Contest

1960-04-03

No summary.

S10 E14 · Easter Show

1960-04-17

No summary.

S10 E15 · Final Show of the Season

1960-05-01

No summary.

Season 11

26 episodes

S11 E1 · Nightbeat Takeoff

1960-10-16

No summary.

S11 E2 · Dick Clark Show

1960-10-23

No summary.

S11 E3 · Milton Berle Show

1960-10-30

No summary.

S11 E4 · Jack's Hong Kong Suit

1960-11-06

Jack gets a haircut between the dress rehearsal and the show; none of the barbers want to do it because his tips are so small. Don and Oscar the seal do the State Farm commercial. Gisele sings 'Smile'. Jack asks her for a date, but she is busy giving a party to which she has not invited Jack. They do their violin duet, during which Jack's ten dollar suit from Hong Kong comes to pieces.

S11 E5 · John Wayne Show

1960-11-20

No summary.

S11 E6 · Joey Bishop Show

1960-11-27

No summary.

S11 E7 · Lunch Counter Murder

1960-12-04

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

S11 E8 · Jack Goes to a Concert

1960-12-11

Jack takes his girlfriend Mildred to a violin concert, even though she would prefer to go to the fights. Jack spots the Stewarts in the audience and tries to get their attention by tossing peanuts at them, eventually driving them out. When Mildred turns on her transistor radio to listen to the fight, the entire audience leaves.

S11 E9 · Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

1960-12-18

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

S11 E10 · Amateur Show

1960-12-25

No summary.

S11 E11 · Jack Casting For Television Special

1961-01-01

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 play himself. Remake of the sketch originally done on November 20, 1954.

S11 E12 · Jack Goes to the Vault

1961-01-08

No summary.

S11 E13 · Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

1961-01-15

Jack honors Don Wilson on the occasion of his 27th year working with Jack. The sketch relates how Don and Jack met: Jack's radio sponsor, the Universal Corset Co., holds auditions for an announcer for Jack's program, and Don is the only one who laughs at Jack's bad jokes. John Daly presents Don with a plaque; Jack disagrees with Daly's statement that Don came to his show when it was "down," and ends by breaking the plaque over Don's head. The Sportsmen sing "Down Yonder"

S11 E14 · Jack at the Supermarket

1961-01-22

No summary.

S11 E15 · Jack Is Hypnotized

1961-01-29

No summary.

S11 E16 · Jack Goes To a Gym

1961-02-05

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

S11 E17 · Death Row Sketch

1961-02-12

No summary.

S11 E18 · Musicale

1961-02-19

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

S11 E19 · Jack Becomes a Surgeon

1961-02-26

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

S11 E20 · Detective Story

1961-03-05

No summary.

S11 E21 · Children's Version of the Show

1961-03-12

No summary.

S11 E22 · Jack Goes to Las Vegas

1961-03-19

No summary.

S11 E23 · Dance Contest

1961-03-26

No summary.

S11 E24 · Variety Show

1961-04-02

No summary.

S11 E25 · Main Street Shelter

1961-04-09

Rochester gives away Jack's old clothes, not knowing that money is hidden in a lining. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Watson: Grandon Rhodes. Don Wilson is the announcer for the program.

S11 E26 · English Sketch

1961-04-16

No summary.

Season 12

26 episodes

S12 E1 · Season Premiere

1961-10-15

No summary.

S12 E2 · Waukegan Show

1961-10-22

No summary.

S12 E3 · Jack on Trial for Murder

1961-11-05

No summary.

S12 E4 · Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

1961-11-12

No summary.

S12 E5 · Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

1961-11-19

No summary.

S12 E6 · Jack Plays Golf

1961-11-26

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

S12 E7 · Jack Is Followed Home

1961-12-03

No summary.

S12 E8 · Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

1961-12-10

Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch. Jane Morgan: Herself. Bus Driver: Benny Rubin. Passenger: Dave Willock. Waitress: Shirley Mitchell. Announcer: Don Wilson.

S12 E9 · Jack Writes a Song

1961-12-17

The guest is composer Dmitri Tiomkin, whom Jack asks to polish an song he wrote. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Workman: Benny Rubin. Don Wilson is the announcer.

S12 E10 · Christmas Party

1961-12-24

No summary.

S12 E11 · New Year's Eve

1961-12-31

In a flashback, Jack remembers his last New Year's Eve. The sketch is very similar to the one done on December 27, 1953. In Jack's dressing room, Dennis sings "An Irishman will steal your heart away." Dennis and Don, playing the tuba, do the State Farm commercial.

S12 E12 · Jack Does Opera

1962-01-07

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

S12 E13 · Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

1962-01-14

In planning a party for Dennis Day, Jack gets on the phone to find a cheap caterer, not realizing that Dennis is eavesdropping. Mrs. Day: Verna Felton. Mrs. Wilson: Ann Doran. Henry: Bill Walker. Caterer: Russell Trent.

S12 E14 · Jack Gets a Passport

1962-01-21

No summary.

S12 E15 · How Jack Met Rochester

1962-01-28

No summary.

S12 E16 · Police Station Show

1962-02-04

No summary.

S12 E17 · Ghost Town Western

1962-02-11

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

S12 E18 · Rock Hudson Show

1962-02-18

No summary.

S12 E19 · Julie London Show

1962-03-04

No summary.

S12 E20 · Alexander Hamilton Show

1962-03-11

No summary.

S12 E21 · Shari Lewis Show

1962-03-18

No summary.

S12 E22 · Crazy Airport

1962-03-25

No summary.

S12 E23 · Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

1962-04-01

No summary.

S12 E24 · Jack Is a Violin Teacher

1962-04-08

Dennis sings 'On the First Warm Day.' After being interviewed for an article on his life story, Jack daydreams about what he would have done had he not left home to go into show business: he would have given violin lessons.

S12 E25 · Modern Prison

1962-04-15

No summary.

S12 E26 · Jack Takes in a Boarder

1962-04-22

No summary.

Season 13

28 episodes

S13 E1 · Sammy Davis, Jr. Show

1962-09-25

No summary.

S13 E2 · Frank Sinatra Jr. Show

1962-10-02

No summary.

S13 E3 · Phil Silvers Show

1962-10-09

No summary.

S13 E4 · Air Force Sketch

1962-10-16

No summary.

S13 E5 · Lawrence Welk Show

1962-10-23

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

S13 E6 · My Gang Comedy

1962-10-30

No summary.

S13 E7 · Jack Plays Tarzan

1962-11-13

No summary.

S13 E8 · Jack Gives a Dinner Party

1962-11-20

No summary.

S13 E9 · Jack Meets a Japanese Agent

1962-11-27

No summary.

S13 E10 · Jack and Bob Hope in Vaudeville

1962-12-04

No summary.

S13 E11 · Jack Referees a Wrestling Match

1962-12-11

When Jack is omitted from the Ladies' Club's show, he confronts the entertainment committee: Mmes. Groucho Marx, Phil Silvers, Kirk Douglas and Milton Berle (who play themselves). Announcer: Don Wilson.

S13 E12 · Jack and the Crying Cab Driver

1962-12-18

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

S13 E13 · The Story of the New Talent Show

1962-12-25

No summary.

S13 E14 · Jack Attends the Rose Bowl

1963-01-01

No summary.

S13 E15 · Jack Meets Max Bygraves

1963-01-08

No summary.

S13 E16 · Twilight Zone Sketch

1963-01-15

No summary.

S13 E17 · Peter Lorre & Joanie Sommers Show

1963-01-22

No summary.

S13 E18 · The Murder of Clayton Worthington

1963-01-29

No summary.

S13 E19 · Jack Rents His House

1963-02-05

Jack's opening monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. In the sketch, Jack and Rochester are leaving on a personal appearance tour, so Jack rents his house while he is gone. The renters are suprised by some of Jack's conditions for rental. English

S13 E20 · Spanish Sketch

1963-02-12

No summary.

S13 E21 · Connie Francis Show

1963-02-19

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

S13 E22 · Jack Does the USO Show

1963-02-26

No summary.

S13 E23 · Frankie Avalon Show

1963-03-05

Frankie Avalon appears with Jack, who signs him on for the show. Engineer: Frank Gerstle. Recording Manager: Cliff Norton. Don Wilson is the announcer.

S13 E24 · Jack Is Kidnapped

1963-03-12

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

S13 E25 · Jack Fires Don

1963-03-19

No summary.

S13 E26 · The Mikado

1963-03-26

No summary.

S13 E27 · A Dummy Replaces Jack

1963-04-02

No summary.

S13 E28 · Jack Answers Request Letters

1963-04-09

Jack devotes the program to answering request letters from his viewers. One viewer asks about sound effects on his radio program, so he asks Ray Erlenborn to demonstrate; he makes the sounds of horses' hooves, a parade of marching soldiers, the milking of a cow, and a fight between Jack and John Wayne. For the State Farm Car Insurance commercial, Jack invites a serviceman up from the audience, who claims State Farm insured his tank in the Battle of the Bulge. Dennis sings a country western song. Jack's sister Florence has written in asking why he never gives Dennis or Don a chance to work alone; they do a Laurel and Hardy imitation. The last request is that Jack play a piece of serious music. Unfortunately, the accompanist sent over at the last minute by the Musicians' Union completely upstages Jack with his comic antics.

Season 14

28 episodes

S14 E1 · Billy Graham Show

1963-09-24

No summary.

S14 E2 · Robert Goulet Show

1963-10-01

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

S14 E3 · Riverboat Sketch

1963-10-08

Carol Burnett is Jack's guest in this romp about a gambler (Jack) who's trying to fleece a rich plantation owner (Don Wilson) and his modest daughter (Carol).

S14 E4 · Tall Cowboy Sketch

1963-10-15

When Clint Walker hints that his movie requires a big man to portray his brother, a rebuilt Jack appears. Usher: Pat Colby. Man on Tour: Ned Miller.

S14 E5 · Johnny Carson Show

1963-10-22

No summary.

S14 E6 · Jack Directs a Film

1963-10-29

No summary.

S14 E7 · Ed Sullivan Show

1963-11-05

No summary.

S14 E8 · Robinson Crusoe Sketch

1963-11-19

No summary.

S14 E9 · Jack Takes a Boat to Hawaii

1963-11-26

No summary.

S14 E10 · Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital

1963-12-03

No summary.

S14 E11 · Three Musketeers Sketch

1963-12-10

No summary.

S14 E12 · Amateur Show

1963-12-24

No summary.

S14 E13 · Jack Alone on New Year's Eve

1963-12-31

No summary.

S14 E14 · How Jack Met George Burns

1964-01-07

No summary.

S14 E15 · Peter, Paul and Mary Show

1964-01-14

No summary.

S14 E16 · Nat King Cole Show

1964-01-21

No summary.

S14 E17 · Bobby Darin Show

1964-01-28

No summary.

S14 E18 · Don Breaks His Leg

1964-02-04

Jack has problems: Don Wilson's son has to pinch-hit for Dad; and Jack's "talent find" has turned exotic dancer. Harlow: Dale White. Mrs. Wilson: Lois Corbett. Lisa: Beverly Hills.

S14 E19 · How Jack Found Dennis

1964-02-11

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

S14 E20 · The Final LeBlanc Sketch

1964-02-18

No summary.

S14 E21 · Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations

1964-02-25

No summary.

S14 E22 · Jack Redecorates His House

1964-03-03

No summary.

S14 E23 · Jack Is a Boxing Manager

1964-03-17

No summary.

S14 E24 · Jack Renews His Driver's License

1964-03-24

No summary.

S14 E25 · The Lettermen Show

1964-03-31

No summary.

S14 E26 · Jack Goes to an Allergy Doctor

1964-04-07

No summary.

S14 E27 · Harlow Gets a Date

1964-04-14

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

S14 E28 · I Am the Fiddler

1964-04-21

In a parody of a radio show Jack portrays "The Fiddler," a mysterious figure who stalks at night. Dennis Day: Himself. Victims: Mel Blanc and Eliza Ross Thorne. Radio Actors: Charles Cantor and Jessalyn Fax. Don Wilson is the announcer.

Season 15

27 episodes

S15 E1 · NBC Premiere

1964-09-25

No summary.

S15 E2 · Lucille Ball Show

1964-10-02

No summary.

S15 E3 · Andy Williams Show

1964-10-09

No summary.

S15 E4 · Income Tax Show

1964-10-16

No summary.

S15 E5 · Jack Makes a Comedy Record

1964-10-23

No summary.

S15 E6 · Hillbilly Sketch

1964-10-30

No summary.

S15 E7 · Jungle Sketch

1964-11-06

No summary.

S15 E8 · Jack Loses a Raffle

1964-11-13

No summary.

S15 E9 · The Cat Burglar

1964-11-20

No summary.

S15 E10 · Jack Hires a Cook

1964-11-27

No summary.

S15 E11 · Wayne Newton & Louis Nye Show

1964-12-04

No summary.

S15 E12 · Jack Has a Sick Alligator

1964-12-11

No summary.

S15 E13 · Amateur Night

1964-12-18

No summary.

S15 E14 · One Man Show

1964-12-25

No summary.

S15 E15 · Jack Jones Show

1965-01-08

Jack Jones appears as a moonlighting teacher in a sketch and sings "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered." Don Wilson is the program's announcer.

S15 E16 · Jack Adopts a Son

1965-01-22

No summary.

S15 E17 · Kingston Trio Show

1965-01-29

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

S15 E18 · Jack Visits House of Monkeys

1965-02-05

No summary.

S15 E19 · The Stradivarius Story

1965-02-12

No summary.

S15 E20 · Jack Joins Acrobats

1965-02-19

No summary.

S15 E21 · Rainy Day in Palm Springs

1965-02-26

No summary.

S15 E22 · Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault

1965-03-05

No summary.

S15 E23 · Jack Finds a Double

1965-03-12

No summary.

S15 E24 · Jack's Navy Buddy Returns

1965-03-19

No summary.

S15 E25 · Dennis Opens a Bank Account

1965-03-26

No summary.

S15 E26 · Jack Appears on a Panel Show

1965-04-02

No summary.

S15 E27 · Jack Has Dog Trouble

1965-04-09

No summary.