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The Jack Benny Program - Season 8

Episode List

First Show of the Season
E1 - First Show of the Season

Aired: September 22, 1957

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.

The Airport
E2 - The Airport

Aired: October 06, 1957

Hal March Show
E3 - Hal March Show

Aired: October 20, 1957

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.

Ginger Rogers Show
E4 - Ginger Rogers Show

Aired: November 03, 1957

John Forsythe Show
E5 - John Forsythe Show

Aired: November 17, 1957

Jack's Life Story
E6 - Jack's Life Story

Aired: December 01, 1957

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.

Christmas Shopping
E7 - Christmas Shopping

Aired: December 15, 1957

Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl
E8 - Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

Aired: December 29, 1957

Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist
E9 - Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

Aired: January 12, 1958

Honeymooners Show
E10 - Honeymooners Show

Aired: January 26, 1958

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.

Jack at the Races
E11 - Jack at the Races

Aired: February 09, 1958

Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie
E12 - Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

Aired: February 23, 1958

Academy Awards
E13 - Academy Awards

Aired: March 09, 1958

Railroad Station Show
E14 - Railroad Station Show

Aired: March 23, 1958

Ronnie Burns Show
E15 - Ronnie Burns Show

Aired: April 06, 1958

Hillbilly Act
E16 - Hillbilly Act

Aired: April 20, 1958