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- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyRobert GouletJoan MarshallJack sups at a chichi nightclub where heartthrob crooner Robert Goulet is dining. Will Goulet pilfer Jack's drop-dead gorgeous date or will the sex symbol comic pull women away from Goulet? Two versions are presented. Which one is true?
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEd SullivanMonique LeMaireEd Sullivan is nervous about doing "his first dramatic part" but embraces it, playing an attorney defending a French girl accused of murder. The case seems to be stacked against DA Jack when the entire jury are baguette-wielding Frenchmen.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonLois CorbettJack's announcer, Don Wilson, fakes a broken leg in order to give his son, Harlow, an opportunity to substitute announce for him on the show.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonAfter Jack learns that Jimmy and Gloria Stewart are making a film together, he decides to horn in on the act.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayDon WilsonAfter the opening act goes missing, Jack fills in for Shandu the Magician.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack answers a reporter's questions in his dressing room, with Rochester to heckle him. In a flashback, we see some of Jack's childhood. In a well furnished Victorian home, Jack was a money hungry brat, and his father loved getting the family together to play their instruments together, despite his ineptness with a violin.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonLois CorbettAn important sponsor will soon be coming to visit, and it's up to Jack to supply a date for his daughter. He turns to Don to let his son take her out, but Harlow's never had a date before so they get a young lady teach to him how to behave with girls.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.2 (65)TV EpisodeDirectorJames V. KernStarsJack BennyDon WilsonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonAuditioning actors for a 1 hour show recounting his thrilling life provokes many emotions in Jack: lust for a young actress, vanity when an elderly woman from his hometown shows up, and especially greed. A young actor is perfect for Jack as a child, which the actor's 10 year old agent takes every advantage of.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyBen LessyPeter Paul & MaryJack Benny's guests, the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, illustrate how folk songs develop with a tune about Jack, whose lyrics include "A silver dollar was his teething ring." Jack insists that the group cancel their flight out of town to come to his house, to discuss an important matter, at length.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.4 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyGeorge BurnsDon WilsonJack and his long-time best friend George Burns play golf, but Jack quickly storms back to his office, crying foul to his secretary. George strolls in next, smoking a victory cigar, causing Jack to flee again. So, George makes himself at home at Jack's desk, and relates to Jack's secretary Ms. Gordon, how he met Jack 40 years before, in a cheap Chicago rooming house.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonThe Sportsmen QuartetOn the anniversary of Don Wilson's 27 years of service with Jack, he and Jack recall the first day they met, when Don showed up for an audition and Jack put him through dance and elocution classes to "whip him into shape".
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonRochester imagines what kind of surgeon Jack would have been, if he had gone to medical school as he planned during his youth.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyBobby DarinPeter LeedsJack wants to play himself in an autobiographical movie, but the studio prefers younger star Bobby Darin for the role. Darin displays his many talents as he and Jack contend over the role.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (51)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyNat 'King' ColeDon WilsonJack intros guest Nat 'King' Cole as the best friend a song ever had, in Nat's final TV performance before his death. Nat banters with Jack, plus croons "When I Fall in Love" and "Day In, Day Out." Nat reluctantly consents to sit in on piano for Jack on "Sweet Sue." At their rehearsal Jack's sax player injures his drummer's arm in a fight, so always-cool Nat calls in a 5 year old (James Bradley Jr., later played with Anita Baker and Chuck Mangione) on the skins.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack refuses to leave a homeless shelter until they give him back an ancient jacket Rochester donated, which had $200 sewed in the lining. Jack's just returned from a desert hike with the Beverly Hills Beavers, so due to his dirty clothes & 3 day beard, everyone at the shelter believes he's an extraordinarily picky homeless person, not the most generous man in show business.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonTennessee Ernie FordTennessee Ernie Ford appears from a remote location via split screen television.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonConnie FrancisJack's guest is Connie Francis, who sings "I Was Born Too Late" and a medley of songs associated with Al Jolson ("Swanee," "Mammy," "April Showers"). In a sketch, Jack does a musical TV show about Ozark hillbillies.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJack plans to throw a surprise birthday masquerade party for Dennis Day.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.4 (78)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack goes on trial for murder, defended by superstar lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond Burr). The women in the courtroom swoon over Perry, but his defense of Jack is feeble. When Jack asks how Perry always wins on his own show, Perry Mason sneers "because my writers are better than yours !"
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyBobby RydellEddie 'Rochester' AndersonInside the studio, Bobby Rydell sings two songs. Outside the studio, Jack is haunted by a mysterious stalker.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonEric MontiJack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonJames StewartSince Jack Benny and U. S. Steel are the IRS' best customers, they want to help Jack take his full deductions.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack has written a song, and he asks composer Dimitri Tiomkin to write an arrangement for it.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (48)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyGisele MacKenzieGerald MohrJack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stumble into a café in what appears to be a Western ghost town and ask directions. While they sup on peanut butter sandwiches, the owner spins a story from the town's history, where a black-hearted villain called Tombstone Harry tries to force a beautiful saloon girl to marry him, or he'll foreclose on her mortgage. A black-garbed hero, the Cactus Kid, attempts to stop the villain.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack imagines himself as Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonLucille BallLucille Ball reveals the "true" story behind Paul Revere's famous ride.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack's all excited because he's going to make his first film in many years, directed by Billy Wilder. It's supposed to be a secret yet he calls Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons right away, and soon even the mailman and a house painter know. Dennis comes over in a raincoat that Jack talks him out of. When Wilder arrives he's not too keen on the whole movie project.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyJulie LondonDon WilsonJack is upstaged by a 12-year-old violinist and has Julie London as his guest star.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (33)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack wonders how his life would have turned out, if he had never left his hometown Waukegan, Illinois. He imagines he would have been a violin teacher.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyDon WilsonHarry ShearerA variety of hijinks ensue when Jack treats a group of youngsters to a day at the carnival.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (70)TV EpisodeDirectorSeymour BernsStarsJack BennyMel BlancShirley MitchellJimmy & Gloria Stewart finally run out of excuses and the day they've dreaded for so long arrives: having to double date with Jack to an opera. To embarrass the classy Stewarts to the max, Jack's date is the way-over-the-top blonde banshee Mildred Meyerhouser.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (62)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneAfter being awakened at 4:00 a.m. by a phone call from "Hank, The All Night Radio DJ", Jack finds that he can't get back to sleep. Later that day, exhausted from lack of sleep, he and Mary go to a clothing store to buy him a new suit, but it turns into much more of an ordeal than he ever thought it would be.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack and the gang vacation in Palm Springs.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack illustrates how he relaxes after a show, but its more like La Vie en Cracked than La Vie en Rose. His masseur ties him in knots and rubs in rancid chicken fat, because Jack pays him only $3 a session. Rather than a swank Hollywood hot-spot, cheapskate Jack takes his chic date Gertrude, the switchboard operator, to an underground French restaurant crowded with sloshed Parisian sewer workers - who make Ed Norton look debonair.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyDon WilsonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJack hears there's uranium for the finding in Death Valley, so he's off to buy gear for an expedition. At the camping store he duels his nemesis, the sarcastic sales clerk Frank Nelson. In the desert Jack's party confronts other prospectors, and some Mexican stereotypes a la Treasure of Sierra Madre.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.2 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDennis DayCharleston T. Gundelfinger runs a lunch counter where the customers must be quick on the draw, if they want their change.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonGisele MacKenzieJack has a violin duel with Gisele McKenzie. To primp for the show, Jack visits a swank Hollywood barber shop where the skinflint throws around nickels like manhole covers. Will he need Novocaine for his manicure this time?
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneJack fondly recalls himself as a handsome, high-spending dandy who had to gallantly fight off constant female attention, when he's asked how he met long-time girlfriend Mary Livingstone. But Jack resists attending a reunion with Mary's former co-workers at a May Company department store in L.A., where she met Jack in 1932, as they remember it very differently - especially the crucial purchase of an engagement ring. Rochester caters Mary's reunion, and can't help rolling his eyes at Jack's unbelievable recollection.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneA dinner invitation gone bad causes Jack to seek legal advice with regard to firing his announcer, Don Wilson.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyMamie Van DorenDennis DayMamie Van Doren and Dennis Day sing a duet of "You Make Me Feel so Young." Later, they play the roles of a condemned prisoner's wife and son. Of course, Jack plays the condemned man, who is about to be executed.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyIris AdrianMel BlancMeeting at Jack's house, his manager has a hard time finding any privacy to talk to him. His writers seem to be simpleminded and easily distracted, adding to the frustration. Jack reminisces about his supposed start in show business in a hillbilly stage stage show complete with a feud shooting.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneJack, Mary, and Dennis spend a day at the horse track.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDonald MillsHarry MillsThe Mills Brothers sing two songs. Jack and Don visit Las Vegas.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonLittle Joey Miller, a member of the Beaver Club, has a bad tooth and won't go to the dentist. Mrs. Miller calls Jack and asks him to talk to Joey. Mrs. Miller brings Joey to the house. Jack suggests they all go to his dentist. Jack decides to show Joey having your tooth pulled doesn't hurt. And it all goes wrong. Rochester sings "I Can't Give You Anything But Love."
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDennis DayJack visits his adoring members of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyMickey RooneyDon WilsonJack tries to trick Mickey Rooney into appearing for free as a guest star on his show. Jack and Mickey are in a sketch depicting a prison in the future year 1985, wherein all the prisoners are pampered.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyJane MorganDon WilsonJack tries to wow guest songstress Jane Morgan by taking her to - a cafeteria? That's bad enough, but for Jack it's a war zone, with hostile attendants & personalized land mines at each counter awaiting their pickiest, least favorite diner. Will the hash slingers go easier on finicky Jack because he's with beautiful, blonde Jane?
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyMary LivingstoneEddie 'Rochester' AndersonOscar Levant suspects Jack is suffering from a nervous breakdown, so he takes him to see his doctor. Levant also rehearses a piano solo for Jack's show.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.1 (35)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyCharles CantorPhil SilversJack recalls the first time he encountered the devious Phil Silvers.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (56)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonJack's attempt to fly to New York City is frustrated by a cabdriver who can't bear to say goodbye to his passengers, surreal airport announcements, and a sarcastic ticket agent
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyLawrence WelkMadge BlakeJack praises Mr. Welk but insists anyone (in particular himself) can lead an orchestra-the results of his attempt to do so are classic.Later, he browbeats Lawrence into orchestrating his song "When You Say "I Beg Your Pardon Then I'll Come Back to You" A.K.A. "When the Swallows Return to Capistrano" which ends up as a polka.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.8 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonMel BlancIn Jack's talent show, the first contestant is Mr. Finque,(Blanc) who impersonates dogs and a British horse. Don Wilson and "son" Harlow do another impersonation, this time of Ted Lewis in his "Me and My Shadow" routine. The "Renaldi brothers" do a bullet dodging act that ends badly. Jack's fan club of old ladies from Pasedena form an amateur orchestra.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyRoberta PetersDon WilsonOpera star Roberta Peters joins Jack for fun and song.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyCharles CantorRoy RowanSeveral stars' wives are planning a charity benefit in Beverley Hills, trying hard not to invite Jack, but he insinuates himself, unasked, into the event. He wanted to play his violin, but the only spot open is to referee a championship wrestling match, which he takes, but bungles it up so he gets involved in the wrestling, too.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyBob HopeJesse WhiteJack and Bob do a skit about the time they auditioned their vaudeville act.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayDon WilsonJack fires his announcer, Don Wilson, over a trivial argument.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDennis DayJack is kidnapped and forced to make a $10,000 withdrawal from the bank.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneA reporter asks Jack how he found Mary, and Jack remembers himself as a straw-hatted Hollywood boulevardier, twirling a cane, singing "Just a Gigolo " - lured into a May Co. store by a sale on $ 1.99 guaranteed shirts. 22 years later as he's being interviewed, Jack's still wearing the garish shirt. Underwhelmed by Jack's charms, saleswoman Mary Livingstone cracks wise with Jack, while her female co-workers both slice him up and encourage Mary. Episode also features Rochester singing and scat-dancing with The Sportsmen Quartet on "I Get So Lonely."
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonA pair of burglars find that robbing valuables from Jack's bedroom is no easy job.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.2 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyPeter LorreJoanie SommersJack is thrilled to introduce his guest, actor Peter Lorre, who seems very modest and timid - until Jack congratulates him on his ability to personify evil, spurring Lorre to pull a knife from his jacket pocket. Jack has a nightmare involving Lorre, in which Jack visits a new doctor, because the doctor takes coupons and validates parking. Also waiting for the doctor is Lorre, hiding behind a newspaper blaring the headline "Fiendish Murderer Escapes."
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsDon WilsonRita MorenoMel BlancRita Moreno sings and guest stars in a skit about a little Spanish town.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneJack is so mad at Rochester for falling asleep during his show, he sends him to his room without dinner.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayDon WilsonFor a change of pace, Jack does a plot-less revue instead of a scripted play, by supposedly responding to questions culled from fan mail. The acts include an over the top radio sound effects man, Don and Dennis impersonate Laurel and Hardy repairing a Model T tire, and Jack playing his violin with an eccentric pianist accompanying.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyCarol BurnettDon WilsonCarol Burnett sings Sweet Georgia Brown. Later, she joins Jack and Don in a riverboat sketch.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (44)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyParley BaerCliff NortonWhile doing a PSA promoting safe driving, it's discovered that Jack's license expired, so the organization the PSA is for stalks out. Jack's attempt to renew his license at the Kafkaesque motor vehicle office is nightmarish.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.0 (43)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyClint WalkerJohn GallaudetJack's guest is 6'6" Western star Clint Walker, who sings a song and banters with Jack. Jack is insulted when the gigantic Walker snubs Jack's suggestion that he play Clint's brother in a movie. But Jack auditions for the part anyway.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyJohnny CarsonDon WilsonAfter Don does a man on the street interview that ends badly, Jack brings out Johnny Carson then into his first year as "Tonight" host. Carson displays samples of his various talents, including singing, drum playing and card tricks. He then does an interview with Jack where private thoughts can be heard "Strange Interlude"-style.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMary LivingstoneJack figures out that he's not a great violinist; Rochester and Mary plot to fool him into believing he is a great violinist with the help of Issac Stern.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyDon WilsonMary LivingstoneJack 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.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayDon WilsonDennis Day's lugging his own scenery on stage for his song, leads an irate Jack to relate how he picked Dennis to be his show's singer, passing over an agent's offers of Sinatra (too skinny) and Bing Crosby (too bu-bu-ba-boo). Jack tracks the unknown Irish tenor from a fish market and ice cream store (Dennis is fired from both), to a Chinese restaurant.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (49)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonMel BlancIn desperation, a psychiatrist phones Jack for his help with a distraught patient. An amnesiac with a violin has been found on the street, and he's bitterly muttering Jack's name - over and over. Jack identifies him as his long-time, long-suffering violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc, who reveals he couldn't lose his hearing, so he lost his mind.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonGinger RogersOnly Jack could reunite Fred & Ginger with his program's generous salaries & lavish production values. Ginger's more concerned that Jack will destroy her dinner party by scaring off her guests with his violin. Fred can't make rehearsals, but so what ? The suave, lithe Jack is the perfect understudy.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.5 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyDon WilsonMary LivingstoneHis sponsor walks out on Jack's show, when his sponsor's in town for contract renewal, so Jack's afraid to take him to a nightclub featuring a comic competitor. A puppet show seems a safe (and cheap) alternative, but filling in for the sore-throated puppeteer is golden throated Danny Thomas, whose charity and charm entrance the sponsor, but paralyze Jack.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.9 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyIrwin CharoneFay DeWittAfter an episode full of mistakes, Jack holds a post-show meeting. But staff point out how he flubbed a line and how he scratched himself during the show. For his rash, Jack visits an allergy doctor with strange show biz patients.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonAndy WilliamsJack's guest is laid-back singer Andy Williams, which prompts a visit from Jack's Pasadena Fan Club President (Madge Blake, Aunt Harriett on "Batman"), who can't believe Really Old Blue Eyes would book another blue-eyed guest. Jack lectures Andy to work harder to promote his career, so Andy changes from a sweater to a tux to join Jack at a premiere - which turns out to be a meat market opening. When a customer (Lee Meriwether, Catwoman in the Batman: The Movie (1966) movie) gushes over Andy's crooning, he's too embarrassed to admit who he is.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.2 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyBob HopeMel BlancJack proposes recording a lucrative comedy album with Bob Hope, upon finding out how worthless his investments are: as chief stockholder of a harpoon company, Jack gets dubbed Schnook of the South. Fretting that he won't be able to counter Hope's hilarious ad libs, Jack orders his writers to give him all the laughs, but Old Ski Nose is too slick to fall for that.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyWayne NewtonLouis NyeJack, Wayne Newton and Louie Nye perform at a charity fund-raising garden party.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyJack JonesDon WilsonJack Jones sings two songs. Jack Benny plays the role of a school principal, and Jack Jones plays the role of a schoolteacher in the show's sketch.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.4 (54)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDick SmothersThe 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.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.3 (46)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyRomi YamadaMel BlancAfter a run in with a crabby cameraman, Jack introduces a young Japanese girl singer, Romi Yamada. He expresses his interest in having her do a further show, but her agent drives a hard bargain, and recalls Jack's appearance on an Ed Sullivan-like show in Tokio, where Jack inserted himself into a rock-and-roll children's group.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.4 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyMax BygravesMel BlancJack's guest is British comedian/singer Max Bygraves. After Jack claims to have discovered Max and introduced him to U.S. audiences, there's a flashback to Jack first seeing Max perform in London. Jack loves Max's performance, but is aghast with Max's dead-on impersonation of Jack.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDennis DayJack winds up having to do all of Rochester's chores, after he loses a gin rummy bet.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack is infatuated with the new pretty receptionist, but she prefers rugged men, so Jack joins a gym to beef up his body.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.6 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyMartha TiltonCharles CantorHaving Martha Tilton as a guest causes him to reminisce about when they worked together with the USO during World War Two, on the island of New Guinea. During the show, Jack performs his stand-up, then starts playing his violin, when the sirens sound and enemy planes start bombing, everyone runs off but jack keeps playing. Eventually two Japanese soldiers, all that's left after a hari-kiri wave, surrender if he'll stop playing.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyGeorge BurnsDon Wilson'George Burns' crashes Jack's variety show, which features two songs sung by Ann-Margret and juggler extraordinaire, Francis Brunn.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.7 (43)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennySam HearnDonald RandolphHawaiians are thrilled to sing Aloha to stingy Jack Benny, who gets only 1 lei, while a fellow passenger is covered with them. The romantic atmosphere of the Pacific cruise back to L.A. overwhelms Jack, who envisions a zoftig blonde passenger as Jayne Mansfield. Jayne breathes "You're Just Too Marvelous," to love-struck Jack.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDon WilsonDennis DayJack Benny enlists his long-time radio and TV cast members Charlie Cantor and Mel Blanc, to playfully demonstrate how radio programs created suspense and atmosphere. Includes a parody of "The Whistler" with Jack as the diabolical Fiddler, who spins the tale of oblivious husband Griffith Park (Dennis Day), targeted for murder by his wife and her lover.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyDennis DayDon WilsonJack's guests, the pop singing group The Lettermen, provoke surprisingly strong reactions from Jack Benny and his regular singer Dennis Day. They bump Dennis from singing on the show at all, so he skulks behind the scenery as the Phantom of the Comedy. Jack, The Waukegan Wizard, claims he earned a high school letter as a cheerleader, but regrets he didn't attend college, so the World's Oldest Freshman enrolls with The Lettermen.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.2 (34)TV EpisodeDirectorRalph LevyStarsJack BennyMichael WardEdward ForsythJack and Mary vacation in London, where Jack is accidentally locked in the Tower of London during a tour.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyMary LivingstoneEddie 'Rochester' Anderson20th Century Fox is planning to make a movie based on Jack's life story.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated8.1 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorDon WeisStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonPreparing for a train trip to New York, he's held up at home by a slow moving plumber there to fix a dripping faucet, and phone calls from a girl looking for her boyfriend to elope with. When he gets to the station, he finds his reserved room has been canceled just as the train is about to leave.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyRaymond BurrDennis DayRaymond Burr wants to be a comedian, so Jack allows him to host the show.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyCarol BurnettDon WilsonCarol Burnett plays Jane to Jack's Tarzan. She also sings The Trolley Song.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.1 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyFrankie AvalonDon WilsonJack attends Frankie Avalon's record session, but constantly interrupts the takes. Eventually, he's given a role in the recording.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsJack BennyMilton BerleDon WilsonJack demonstrates the difference between his cheap violin and his $30,000 Stradivarius. Also, Milton Berle plays the part of a very bad boy adopted by Jack.
- 1950–196530mNot Rated7.3 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyDennis DayDarla HoodDarla Hood sings a song and appears in a sketch spoofing the Our Gang series.