The Beach

May 9, 1954 (Rerun May 8, 1955) – Jack and the gang go to the beach on Mother’s Day weekend. References to Vice President Nixon, “Riot in Cell Block 11”, Johnny Weissmuller, Robert Taylor, Joe Dimaggio’s marriage to Marilyn Monroe, Catalonia Swimwear, Papermate Leak-proof Pens and the hip saying “Dig that crazy kid”.

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The Jack Benny Program 1955

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January 2, 1955 – Jack Takes Gertrude to Rose Bowl


January 9, 1955 – Elephant’s Graveyard

Jack Benny walks around the neighborhood in the morning, then decides to read an adventure book.

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MightyLakRoseMusicJanuary 16, 1955 – Unfinished Mystery

The broadcast begins with no script, so Jack Benny’s writers leisurely work on a murder mystery to the tune of the song “Mighty Lak’ a Rose”.

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January 23, 1955 – Betting at the Track

Rerun of January 25, 1953. At one point Mary quotes the Patti Page song “I Went To Your Wedding”.

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February 13, 1955 – Surprise Party

Jack Benny misses his surprise birthday party! If you listen carefully to this EPISODE you’ll learn Jack’s real age.

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February 20, 1955 – Kids Impersonate Jack Benny

This EPISODE is of Jack Benny is a re-run from 1953.

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In this episode they mention hula dancer Hilo Hattie.


February 27, 1955 – Jack’s TV Breaks While Watching Wrestling


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March 27, 1955 – The Shooting of Dan McGrew

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny is a re-run from 1954.

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April 3, 1955 – Ed and the Vault


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April 18, 1954 – Easter Parade

This EPISODE from 1954 was so good they played it twice (re-run in ’55). Listen to Jack Benny on his Easter Parade.

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April 17, 1955 – Bob Hope and Jack Double Date

April 24, 1955 – Renting the Maxwell to a Movie Studio


May 1, 1955 – Love Letters

In this EPISODE  Jack buys a baseball team.


May 9, 1954 – The Beach

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny is a re-run from 1954.

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May 15, 1955 – A Friend at Union Station


May 22, 1955 – Final Show

Good-bye Jack Benny. The very last episode of the Jack Benny radio show features Mel Blanc as an interrupting sound effects man.

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The Jack Benny Program 1954

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January 10, 1954 – The Don Wilson Story

In they EPISODE of Jack Benny they joke about Zsa Zsa Gabor and Giesler the “Attorney to the Stars”.

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jb r jan 1954January 17, 1954 – Parking Ticket

This episode begins with Jack Benny and the gang having lunch at the drug store and ends with Jack fighting a parking ticket in court.

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January 24, 1954 – Bob Crosby at Home

After a look at the home life of Bob Crosby, Jack Benny and the gang dramatize the Robert W Service poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”.

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January 31, 1954 – At Premiere with Sam Goldwyn


Dennis' ParentsFebruary 7, 1954 – Dennis Day’s Parents

Jack Benny is visited by a ten-year-old Harry Shearer and Mel Blanc sings “Baa Baa Baa”.

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February 14, 1954 – Jack Turns 40

Happy Birthday Jack Benny! In this EPISODE Jack turns 40…or does he?

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February 21, 1954 – To NY for Tv Show

February 28, 1954 – Jack’s Life Story


March 7, 1954 – Date With Giselle MacKenzie

Broadcast from New York, New York with guest Frank Fontaine.


March 14, 1954 – Twenty Questons

A recycled script from November 5, 1950. On the train to Los Angeles Jack Benny and the gang are playing twenty questions.

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March 21, 1954 – The Mean Old Man

March 28, 1954 – Jack and the Beanstalk


April 4, 1954 – Secret of the Psychiatrist

In this EPISODE from 1954 Jack Benny plays a psychiatrist and Mel Blanc plays a man who thinks he’s a refrigerator.

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April 11, 1954 – Jack’s New Contract

In this EPISODE FROM April 11, 1954 Jack Benny hasn’t received a new contract from the sponsor. Is he fired? Plus The Etiquette of Smoking.

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April 11, 1954 – Jack Plays Gracie (TV BONUS)

BONUS EPISODE – On the Jack Benny television program the guests are George Burns and Gracie Allen. But Gracie is late so Jack dresses up as Gracie and does her routine.

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April 18, 1954 – Easter Parade

This EPISODE from 1954 was so good they played it twice (re-run in ’55). Listen to Jack Benny on his Easter Parade.

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April 25, 1954 – Seance at Jack’s Home

April 2, 1954 – Jack Loses $4 75 at Santa Anita


May 9, 1954 – The Beach

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny from 1954 one of the characters compares himself to baseball star Joe DiMaggio, currently Mr. Marilyn Monroe.

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May 16, 1954 – The French Restraint


Portable CrosleyMay 23, 1954 – Portable TV

Talk about Jack’s last television show of the season, as well as Dennis Day’s television show.


June 6, 1954 – Jack Goes to Dallas

It’s the last show of the season and Jack Benny is getting ready for a personal appearance in Dallas. They mention the Irwin Allen documentary “The Sea Around Us”.

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sept54 script titleSeptember  1954 – Behind the Scenes

A look behind the scenes of the Jack Benny radio show. Featuring the rehearsal and the pre-edit master recording.

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September 26, 1954 – Is the Show on the Air?

In this fun EPISODE from 1954, the Jack Benny program is off the air and replaced with the Harry Horlick and his A&P Gypsies.

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October 3, 1954 – Garden of Evil

Be a part of the Jack Benny audience. This recording comes from the Jack Benny master tapes. Plus excerpts from the rehearsal.

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October 10, 1954 – Polly at Psychiatrist

October 17, 1954 – The Purple Pirate


drive-in horn overlayOctober 24, 1954 – Drive-In Movie

In this EPISODE Jack Benny, Dennis Day and Don Wilson go to see a double feature the drive-in movie theatre.

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October 3, 1954 – Jack Tries to Fire Sportsmen

November 7, 1954 – Jack Sees a Doctor

November 14, 1954 – Dinner at Don’s House

November 21, 1954 – Jack Sick in Bed


pinky_leeNovember 28, 1954 – Psychiatrist Office

Jack Takes Dennis to the Psychiatrist. Meanwhile it’s the sportsman quartette’s birthday.

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December 5, 1954 – Christmas Shopping for Paints

The last Christmas Shopping EPISODE of the Jack Benny radio show. Poor Mel Blanc!

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December 12, 1954 – Preparing for Palm Springs

December 19, 1954 – Christmas at Palm Springs

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The Jack Benny Program 1953

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January 11, 1953 – The Road to Bali

In this 1950s EPISODE Jack Benny does a spoof of “Road to Bali”, but is interrupted by the movie’s star, Bob Hope.

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January 18, 1953 – Elephant Umbrella Stand

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny they talk about Dennis Day’s brother, James McNulty who would marry actress Ann Blyth.

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January 25, 1953 – Betting at the Track

Rerun of January 25, 1953. At one point Mary quotes the Patti Page song “I Went To Your Wedding”.

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February 8, 1953 – English Horse

In this EPISODE from 1953 Mel Blanc does his impression of an English Horse.

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February 15, 1953 – The Life of Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby star of “Road to Bali” is the guest star in this EPISODE of Jack Benny from this day in 1953.

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February 22, 1953 – Kids Impersonate Jack Benny

This EPISODE is a re-used script from April 23, 1950.

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March 1, 1953 – To New York Railroad Station


March 8, 1953 – The Snows of Kilimanjaro

In this 1953 EPISODE of Jack Benny, Don Wilson wonders why his calendar isn’t selling as well as Marilyn Monroe’s.

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March 15, 1953 – How Palm Springs Was Founded


March 22, 1953 – Cimarron Rolls

A walk through Beverly Hills. Jack Benny has recovered from the Flu and is getting ready for his TV show.


April 12, 1953 – Missing Heir

In this EPISODE from 1953 Jack Benny will inherit $5,000 if he will only confirm that his real age is not 39.

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April 26, 1953 – From San Francisco


Jack-1953-Gisele MacKenzieMay 3, 1953 – Gisele MacKenzie

In this EPISODE from 1953, Jack benny is broadcasting from San Francisco with his guest Gisele MacKenzie.

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May 10, 1953 – Lieutenant Governor

Broadcasting from San Francisco! Jack Benny and the gang meet California Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight.

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Flight to MarsMay 17, 1953 – I Flew To Mars

In this EPISODE Jack Benny takes the characters from the TV show “Space Patrol” and the plot of the movie “Flight to Mars” and  to do his own science fiction play: “I Flew to Mars in a Space Ship”.

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May 24, 1953 – Insurance Medical Exam

Vintage boxing, Classic horror, and an EPISODE of The Jack Benny Program from 1953!

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53indy500May 31, 1953 – The Indy 500

In this EPISODE Mel Blanc does the sound effects for cars zooming by, as Jack Benny listens to the Indy 500 on the radio.

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September 13, 1953 – Back from Vacation in Hawaii

In this EPISODE of the Jack Benny Program from 1953 the joke about Liberace’s gleaming white teeth.

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September 13, 1953 – Honolulu Trip (TV BONUS)

Marilyn Monroe’s first Television appearance was on this EPISODE of The Jack Benny Program.

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September 20, 1953 – Return to Paradise

In this EPISODE from 1953 Mary Livingstone is asked about being on the cover of  “Woman’s Home Companion”.

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September 27, 1953 – Polly at the Psychiatrist

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny from 1953 Jack takes his parrot, played by Mel Blanc, to the psychiatrist.

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Save a wife weekOctober 4, 1953 – The World Series

The man who coined the phrase “Nice guys finish last” is guest on Jack Benny, and hear Rochester’s take on “Save a Wife Week”

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October 11, 1953 – House for Sale

In this EPISODE Jack Benny tries to sell his house for $100,000.

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October 18, 1953 – Wings of the Hawk

October 25, 1953 – Jack Buys a G String


November 1, 1953 – 4 O’Clock in the Morning

In this EPISODE of Jack Benny from 1953 Jack is woken up by a phone call from an overnight DJ.

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November 8, 1953 – All American

Jack Benny plays the role originated by a young Tony Curtis from his football movie “All American”.


November 15, 1953 – Television Director

Jack Benny prepares for his TV show with Johnnie Ray, directed by Ralph Levy.


November 29, 1953 – Thanksgiving Dinner

Jack Benny and Rochester do a cupboard inventory for thanksgiving dinner.

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December 6, 1953 – To Palm Springs without Polly

December 13, 1953 – Christmas in Palm Springs

December 20, 1953 – Cactus Christmas Tree

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