January 2, 1949 – First Broadcast on CBS
After 16 years on NBC radio, Jack Benny has moved to the CBS network.
January 9, 1949 – Jimmy Stewart
In this EPISODE Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone run into Jimmy Stewart eating lunch.
January 16, 1949 – Jack’s Scrapbook
January 23, 1949 – Don Won’t Sign His Contract
January 30, 1949 – Don Still Won’t Sign His Contract
February 6, 1949 – Claudette Colbert and Vincent Price
February 20, 1949 – Jack Wants to Appear on Ford Theater
February 27, 1949 – Jack Has a Music Lesson
March 6, 1949 – A Day at the Races
March 13, 1949 – After the Races
March 20, 1949 – Mary and Van Are Late
March 27, 1949 – Ozzie and Harriet
In this EPISODE Jack Benny is spring cleaning when they get a phone call from Ozzie and Harriet.
April 3, 1949-04 – American Heart Association
April 17, 1949 – Easter Parade
April 24, 1949 – The Maxwell Trade In
In this EPISODE from April 1949 Jack Benny learns a new dance.
May 1, 1949 – The Treasure of Sierra Madre
May 8, 1949 – Jack Is Upset with the Cast
May 15, 1949 – Jack Lends Phil $2,000
In this EPISODE from 1949 Jack Benny visits his vault, has a violin lesson and meets songwriter Hoagy Carmichael.
May 22, 1949 – The Champion and the Set Up
May 29, 1949 – Cast Introduced
Jack Benny has such great supporting players that Jack himself is barely in this EPISODE from 1949.
September 18, 1949 – Edward My Son
In this Jack Benny EPISODE Mel Blanc has a hilarious one-word impression of Al Jolson!
September 25, 1949 – Edger Bergen and Red Skelton
This EPISODE of the Jack Benny show has 4 guests. 5 if you count the dummy.
October 2, 1949 – Jack’s Memory is Lost Part 1
Jack Benny is cheap. That is, until one day…
October 9, 1949 – Jack’s Memory is Lost Part 2
How the generous Jack Benny became cheap. This EPISODE from 1949.
October 9, 1949 – Jack is Recovering
In this EPISODE of the Jack Benny Program Mel Blanc does his Al Jolson impression in song. Neyyya!
October 23, 1949 – Jack Is Recovering from Nose Surgery
October 30, 1949 – Don Wilson’s Story of 25 Years
November 6, 1949 – Jack Rides in a Yacht
November 1949 – Last Week’s Mistakes
November 20, 1949 – Jack Goes to Rehearsal
November 27, 1949 – Playing Cards
The Jack Benny Show is the original show about nothing. In this EPISODE Jack stays home and plays cards.
December 11, 1949 – Texas Benefit
December 18, 1949 – Christmas Shopping for Sister
An unusual Christmas shopping EPISODE of Jack Benny where they mention the Hollywood Park Goose Girl.
December 25, 1949 – Shocked at Christmas
Spend Christmas 1949 trimming the tree with Jack Benny and the gang!
