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The Jack Benny Program

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The Jack Benny Program Season 8, Episode 1: First Show of the Season

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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. Watch The Jack Benny Program Season 8, Episode 1 First Show of the Season in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Jack Benny Program Season 8, Episode 1 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

16 episodes
1

First Show of the Season

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.

30 min
2

The Airport

30 min
3

Hal March Show

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.

30 min
4

Ginger Rogers Show

30 min
5

John Forsythe Show

30 min
6

Jack's Life Story

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.

30 min
7

Christmas Shopping

30 min
8

Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

30 min
9

Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

30 min
10

Honeymooners Show

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.

30 min
11

Jack at the Races

30 min
12

Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

30 min
13

Academy Awards

30 min
14

Railroad Station Show

30 min
15

Ronnie Burns Show

30 min
16

Hillbilly Act

30 min