The Jack Benny Program

1. Premiere Show

Air Date: 1950-10-28

2. Faye Emerson and Frank Sinatra Show

Air Date: 1951-01-28

3. Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show

Air Date: 1951-04-01

4. Ben Hogan Show

Air Date: 1951-05-20

1. Dorothy Shay

Air Date: 1951-11-04

2. Hélène Françoise Show

Air Date: 1951-12-16

3. Gaslight

Air Date: 1952-01-07

4. Gracie Bit

Air Date: 1952-03-09

5. Isaac Stern Show

Air Date: 1952-04-20

6. Jack Prepares a Trip to England

Air Date: 1952-06-01

1. Bob Crosby's Contract

Air Date: 1952-10-05

2. Buck Benny Rides Again

Air Date: 1952-11-02

3. Jack Gets Robbed

Air Date: 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.

4. Cafe Skit

Air Date: 1952-12-28

5. 60 Piece Orchestra Skit

Air Date: 1953-01-25

6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Air Date: 1953-03-22

7. Fred Allen Show

Air Date: 1953-04-19

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

8. Visit to the Vault

Air Date: 1953-05-17

1. Honolulu Trip

Air Date: 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.

2. Jack as a Child

Air Date: 1953-10-04

Jack recalls his childhood for his biography.

3. Humphrey Bogart Show

Air Date: 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.

4. Johnnie Ray Show

Air Date: 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.

5. Irene Dunne Show

Air Date: 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.

6. Reminiscing About Last New Year's

Air Date: 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

7. Liberace Show

Air Date: 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.

8. Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary

Air Date: 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.

9. Helen Hayes Show

Air Date: 1954-02-28

10. Goldie, Fields and Glide

Air Date: 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.

11. Burns and Allen Show

Air Date: 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.

12. David Niven Show

Air Date: 1954-05-02

13. The Road to Nairobi

Air Date: 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

1. Entire Cast Show

Air Date: 1954-10-03

2. Jam Session at Jack's

Air Date: 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.

3. How Jack Found Mary

Air Date: 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.

4. The Giant Mutiny

Air Date: 1954-11-14

5. The Life of Jack Benny

Air Date: 1954-11-28

6. Jack Does Christmas Shopping

Air Date: 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

7. San Diego Naval Training Center

Air Date: 1954-12-26

8. Bedroom Burglar

Air Date: 1955-01-09

9. Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

Air Date: 1955-01-23

10. Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

Air Date: 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.

11. Jack's Lunch Counter

Air Date: 1955-02-20

12. Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

Air Date: 1955-03-06

13. Gary Crosby

Air Date: 1955-03-20

14. You Bet Your Life

Air Date: 1955-04-03

15. Preparing for New York Trip

Air Date: 1955-04-17

16. Jackie Gleason Show

Air Date: 1955-05-01

1. Jack Goes to Dennis' House

Air Date: 1955-09-25

2. Massage and Date with Gertrude

Air Date: 1955-10-09

3. Peggy King and Art Linkletter

Air Date: 1955-10-23

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

4. Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale

Air Date: 1955-11-06

5. Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice

Air Date: 1955-11-20

6. Jack Hunts for Uranium

Air Date: 1955-12-04

7. Frances and Edgar Bergen

Air Date: 1955-12-18

8. New Year's Day Show

Air Date: 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.

9. Don Invites Gang to Dinner

Air Date: 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

10. How Jack Met Rochester

Air Date: 1956-01-29

11. William Holden & Frances Bergen Show

Air Date: 1956-02-12

12. Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show

Air Date: 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.

13. Jack Drives to Palm Springs

Air Date: 1956-03-11

14. Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office

Air Date: 1956-03-25

15. Gisele MacKenzie Show

Air Date: 1956-04-08

16. Jack Tries to Get a Passport

Air Date: 1956-04-22

1. Alfred Wallenstein Show

Air Date: 1956-09-23

2. George Burns & Spike Jones Show

Air Date: 1956-10-07

3. George Gobel & Red Skelton Show

Air Date: 1956-10-21

4. Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans

Air Date: 1956-11-04

5. Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen

Air Date: 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.

6. Jack Locked in the Tower of London

Air Date: 1956-12-02

7. The Mikado

Air Date: 1956-12-16

8. Talent Show

Air Date: 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.

9. Jack and Mary in Rome

Air Date: 1957-01-13

10. The Fiddler

Air Date: 1957-01-27

11. Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show

Air Date: 1957-02-10

12. Hope and Benny in Agent's Office

Air Date: 1957-02-24

13. Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice

Air Date: 1957-03-10

14. Jack in Paris

Air Date: 1957-03-24

Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that he drives a garbage truck. That's how an under-tipped hotel employee translates "star of stage, screen and television" for Jack. A garbageman compatriot is delighted to give Jack & Mary a free ride in his truck, while Maurice Chevalier takes them nightclubbing.

15. Mary's May Company Reunion

Air Date: 1957-04-07

16. Visit from the IRS

Air Date: 1957-04-21

1. First Show of the Season

Air Date: 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.

2. The Airport

Air Date: 1957-10-06

3. Hal March Show

Air Date: 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.

4. Ginger Rogers Show

Air Date: 1957-11-03

5. John Forsythe Show

Air Date: 1957-11-17

6. Jack's Life Story

Air Date: 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.

7. Christmas Shopping

Air Date: 1957-12-15

8. Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

Air Date: 1957-12-29

9. Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

Air Date: 1958-01-12

10. Honeymooners Show

Air Date: 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.

11. Jack at the Races

Air Date: 1958-02-09

12. Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

Air Date: 1958-02-23

13. Academy Awards

Air Date: 1958-03-09

14. Railroad Station Show

Air Date: 1958-03-23

15. Ronnie Burns Show

Air Date: 1958-04-06

16. Hillbilly Act

Air Date: 1958-04-20

1. Gary Cooper Show

Air Date: 1958-09-21

2. Phil Harris Show

Air Date: 1958-10-05

3. The Millionaire

Air Date: 1958-10-19

4. Stars' Wives Show

Air Date: 1958-11-02

5. Bachelor TV Lives

Air Date: 1958-11-16

6. Jack Goes to the Doctor

Air Date: 1958-11-30

7. Jack and Gisele MacKenzie

Air Date: 1958-12-14

8. Christmas Gift Exchange

Air Date: 1958-12-28

9. Autolight

Air Date: 1959-01-11

10. Ernie Kovacs Show

Air Date: 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

11. Jack Goes to a Nightclub

Air Date: 1959-02-08

12. Airport Sketch

Air Date: 1959-02-22

13. Panel Discussion Show

Air Date: 1959-03-08

14. Edgar Bergen Show

Air Date: 1959-03-22

15. Ed Sullivan & Genevieve Show

Air Date: 1959-03-22

1. The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future

Air Date: 1959-10-04

2. Harry Truman Show

Air Date: 1959-10-18

3. Jack Webb Show

Air Date: 1959-11-01

4. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show

Air Date: 1959-11-15

5. Jack Paar Show

Air Date: 1959-11-29

6. Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting

Air Date: 1959-12-13

7. George Burns Show

Air Date: 1959-12-27

8. Ben Blue Show

Air Date: 1960-01-10

9. Amateur Show

Air Date: 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.

10. George Gobel Show

Air Date: 1960-02-07

11. Jack Is Arrested

Air Date: 1960-02-21

12. Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner Show

Air Date: 1960-03-06

13. Slogan Contest

Air Date: 1960-04-03

14. Easter Show

Air Date: 1960-04-17

15. Final Show of the Season

Air Date: 1960-05-01

1. Nightbeat Takeoff

Air Date: 1960-10-16

2. Dick Clark Show

Air Date: 1960-10-23

3. Milton Berle Show

Air Date: 1960-10-30

4. Jack's Hong Kong Suit

Air Date: 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.

5. John Wayne Show

Air Date: 1960-11-20

6. Joey Bishop Show

Air Date: 1960-11-27

7. Lunch Counter Murder

Air Date: 1960-12-04

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

8. Jack Goes to a Concert

Air Date: 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.

9. Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

Air Date: 1960-12-18

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

10. Amateur Show

Air Date: 1960-12-25

11. Jack Casting For Television Special

Air Date: 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.

12. Jack Goes to the Vault

Air Date: 1961-01-08

13. Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

Air Date: 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"

14. Jack at the Supermarket

Air Date: 1961-01-22

15. Jack Is Hypnotized

Air Date: 1961-01-29

16. Jack Goes To a Gym

Air Date: 1961-02-05

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

17. Death Row Sketch

Air Date: 1961-02-12

18. Musicale

Air Date: 1961-02-19

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

19. Jack Becomes a Surgeon

Air Date: 1961-02-26

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

20. Detective Story

Air Date: 1961-03-05

21. Children's Version of the Show

Air Date: 1961-03-12

22. Jack Goes to Las Vegas

Air Date: 1961-03-19

23. Dance Contest

Air Date: 1961-03-26

24. Variety Show

Air Date: 1961-04-02

25. Main Street Shelter

Air Date: 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.

26. English Sketch

Air Date: 1961-04-16

1. Season Premiere

Air Date: 1961-10-15

2. Waukegan Show

Air Date: 1961-10-22

3. Jack on Trial for Murder

Air Date: 1961-11-05

4. Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

Air Date: 1961-11-12

5. Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Air Date: 1961-11-19

6. Jack Plays Golf

Air Date: 1961-11-26

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

7. Jack Is Followed Home

Air Date: 1961-12-03

8. Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

Air Date: 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.

9. Jack Writes a Song

Air Date: 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.

10. Christmas Party

Air Date: 1961-12-24

11. New Year's Eve

Air Date: 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.

12. Jack Does Opera

Air Date: 1962-01-07

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

13. Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

Air Date: 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.

14. Jack Gets a Passport

Air Date: 1962-01-21

15. How Jack Met Rochester

Air Date: 1962-01-28

16. Police Station Show

Air Date: 1962-02-04

17. Ghost Town Western

Air Date: 1962-02-11

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

18. Rock Hudson Show

Air Date: 1962-02-18

19. Julie London Show

Air Date: 1962-03-04

20. Alexander Hamilton Show

Air Date: 1962-03-11

21. Shari Lewis Show

Air Date: 1962-03-18

22. Crazy Airport

Air Date: 1962-03-25

23. Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

Air Date: 1962-04-01

24. Jack Is a Violin Teacher

Air Date: 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.

25. Modern Prison

Air Date: 1962-04-15

26. Jack Takes in a Boarder

Air Date: 1962-04-22

1. Sammy Davis, Jr. Show

Air Date: 1962-09-25

2. Frank Sinatra Jr. Show

Air Date: 1962-10-02

3. Phil Silvers Show

Air Date: 1962-10-09

4. Air Force Sketch

Air Date: 1962-10-16

5. Lawrence Welk Show

Air Date: 1962-10-23

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

6. My Gang Comedy

Air Date: 1962-10-30

7. Jack Plays Tarzan

Air Date: 1962-11-13

8. Jack Gives a Dinner Party

Air Date: 1962-11-20

9. Jack Meets a Japanese Agent

Air Date: 1962-11-27

10. Jack and Bob Hope in Vaudeville

Air Date: 1962-12-04

11. Jack Referees a Wrestling Match

Air Date: 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.

12. Jack and the Crying Cab Driver

Air Date: 1962-12-18

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

13. The Story of the New Talent Show

Air Date: 1962-12-25

14. Jack Attends the Rose Bowl

Air Date: 1963-01-01

15. Jack Meets Max Bygraves

Air Date: 1963-01-08

16. Twilight Zone Sketch

Air Date: 1963-01-15

17. Peter Lorre & Joanie Sommers Show

Air Date: 1963-01-22

18. The Murder of Clayton Worthington

Air Date: 1963-01-29

19. Jack Rents His House

Air Date: 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

20. Spanish Sketch

Air Date: 1963-02-12

21. Connie Francis Show

Air Date: 1963-02-19

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

22. Jack Does the USO Show

Air Date: 1963-02-26

23. Frankie Avalon Show

Air Date: 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.

24. Jack Is Kidnapped

Air Date: 1963-03-12

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

25. Jack Fires Don

Air Date: 1963-03-19

26. The Mikado

Air Date: 1963-03-26

27. A Dummy Replaces Jack

Air Date: 1963-04-02

28. Jack Answers Request Letters

Air Date: 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.

1. Billy Graham Show

Air Date: 1963-09-24

2. Robert Goulet Show

Air Date: 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.

3. Riverboat Sketch

Air Date: 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).

4. Tall Cowboy Sketch

Air Date: 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.

5. Johnny Carson Show

Air Date: 1963-10-22

6. Jack Directs a Film

Air Date: 1963-10-29

7. Ed Sullivan Show

Air Date: 1963-11-05

8. Robinson Crusoe Sketch

Air Date: 1963-11-19

9. Jack Takes a Boat to Hawaii

Air Date: 1963-11-26

10. Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital

Air Date: 1963-12-03

11. Three Musketeers Sketch

Air Date: 1963-12-10

12. Amateur Show

Air Date: 1963-12-24

13. Jack Alone on New Year's Eve

Air Date: 1963-12-31

14. How Jack Met George Burns

Air Date: 1964-01-07

15. Peter, Paul and Mary Show

Air Date: 1964-01-14

16. Nat King Cole Show

Air Date: 1964-01-21

17. Bobby Darin Show

Air Date: 1964-01-28

18. Don Breaks His Leg

Air Date: 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.

19. How Jack Found Dennis

Air Date: 1964-02-11

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

20. The Final LeBlanc Sketch

Air Date: 1964-02-18

21. Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations

Air Date: 1964-02-25

22. Jack Redecorates His House

Air Date: 1964-03-03

23. Jack Is a Boxing Manager

Air Date: 1964-03-17

24. Jack Renews His Driver's License

Air Date: 1964-03-24

25. The Lettermen Show

Air Date: 1964-03-31

26. Jack Goes to an Allergy Doctor

Air Date: 1964-04-07

27. Harlow Gets a Date

Air Date: 1964-04-14

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

28. I Am the Fiddler

Air Date: 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.

1. NBC Premiere

Air Date: 1964-09-25

2. Lucille Ball Show

Air Date: 1964-10-02

3. Andy Williams Show

Air Date: 1964-10-09

4. Income Tax Show

Air Date: 1964-10-16

5. Jack Makes a Comedy Record

Air Date: 1964-10-23

6. Hillbilly Sketch

Air Date: 1964-10-30

7. Jungle Sketch

Air Date: 1964-11-06

8. Jack Loses a Raffle

Air Date: 1964-11-13

9. The Cat Burglar

Air Date: 1964-11-20

10. Jack Hires a Cook

Air Date: 1964-11-27

11. Wayne Newton & Louis Nye Show

Air Date: 1964-12-04

12. Jack Has a Sick Alligator

Air Date: 1964-12-11

13. Amateur Night

Air Date: 1964-12-18

14. One Man Show

Air Date: 1964-12-25

15. Jack Jones Show

Air Date: 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.

16. Jack Adopts a Son

Air Date: 1965-01-22

17. Kingston Trio Show

Air Date: 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.

18. Jack Visits House of Monkeys

Air Date: 1965-02-05

19. The Stradivarius Story

Air Date: 1965-02-12

20. Jack Joins Acrobats

Air Date: 1965-02-19

21. Rainy Day in Palm Springs

Air Date: 1965-02-26

22. Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault

Air Date: 1965-03-05

23. Jack Finds a Double

Air Date: 1965-03-12

24. Jack's Navy Buddy Returns

Air Date: 1965-03-19

25. Dennis Opens a Bank Account

Air Date: 1965-03-26

26. Jack Appears on a Panel Show

Air Date: 1965-04-02

27. Jack Has Dog Trouble

Air Date: 1965-04-09

28. Smothers Brothers Show

Air Date: 1965-04-16

The Smothers Brothers confound every attempt by Jack to force them into his straitjacket comedy formula while performing his theme song, but, even scarier to Jack, he is pinned under an unexploded bomb in a World War II London air raid. The UXB squad turns out to be the Smothers. Tom can't remember which wire to pull, while Dick uses the opportunity of Jack's being immobilized to lock in an appearance on Jack's final program.