The Jack Benny Program Season 8 — Episodes and Where to Watch
16 episodes · first aired 1957-09-22
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Episode 1: First Show of the Season
1957-09-2230 min
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.
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Episode 2: The Airport
1957-10-0630 min
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Episode 3: Hal March Show
1957-10-2030 min
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.
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Episode 4: Ginger Rogers Show
1957-11-0330 min
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Episode 5: John Forsythe Show
1957-11-1730 min
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Episode 6: Jack's Life Story
1957-12-0130 min
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.
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Episode 7: Christmas Shopping
1957-12-1530 min
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Episode 8: Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl
1957-12-2930 min
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Episode 9: Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist
1958-01-1230 min
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Episode 10: Honeymooners Show
1958-01-2630 min
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.
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Episode 11: Jack at the Races
1958-02-0930 min
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Episode 12: Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie
1958-02-2330 min
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Episode 13: Academy Awards
1958-03-0930 min
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Episode 14: Railroad Station Show
1958-03-2330 min
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Episode 15: Ronnie Burns Show
1958-04-0630 min
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Episode 16: Hillbilly Act
1958-04-2030 min
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