About this season
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
Episodes (16)
1. Alfred Wallenstein Show
Aired 23 September 1956 • 30 min
2. George Burns & Spike Jones Show
Aired 7 October 1956 • 30 min
3. George Gobel & Red Skelton Show
Aired 21 October 1956 • 30 min
4. Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans
Aired 4 November 1956 • 30 min
5. Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen
Aired 18 November 1956 • 30 min
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
Aired 2 December 1956 • 30 min
7. The Mikado
Aired 16 December 1956 • 30 min
8. Talent Show
Aired 30 December 1956 • 30 min
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
Aired 13 January 1957 • 30 min
10. The Fiddler
Aired 27 January 1957 • 30 min
11. Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show
Aired 10 February 1957 • 30 min
12. Hope and Benny in Agent's Office
Aired 24 February 1957 • 30 min
13. Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice
Aired 10 March 1957 • 30 min
14. Jack in Paris
Aired 24 March 1957 • 30 min
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
Aired 7 April 1957 • 30 min
16. Visit from the IRS
Aired 21 April 1957 • 30 min