The Jack Benny Program · SEASON 8
First Show of the Season
Episode 1 · 1957-09-22
- Comedy
Episode overview
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 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. First Show of the Season1957-09-22
2. The Airport1957-10-06
3. Hal March Show1957-10-20
4. Ginger Rogers Show1957-11-03
5. John Forsythe Show1957-11-17
6. Jack's Life Story1957-12-01
7. Christmas Shopping1957-12-15
8. Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl1957-12-29
9. Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist1958-01-12
10. Honeymooners Show1958-01-26
11. Jack at the Races1958-02-09
12. Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie1958-02-23
13. Academy Awards1958-03-09
14. Railroad Station Show1958-03-23
15. Ronnie Burns Show1958-04-06
16. Hillbilly Act1958-04-20
