The Jack Benny Program Season 9 Episodes

Episode 1

Gary Cooper Show

Sun, Sep 21, 195830 mins

Jack welcomes superstar and personal friend Gary Cooper, who makes his "live" (actually videotaped) television debut. Coop flubs a line ,and then does an Elvis-like turn with a guitar and the Sportsmen quartet. The main skit shows Jack wearing huge-heeled boots, auditioning for a cowboy movie part as Cooper's twin brother.

Episode 2

Phil Harris Show

Sun, Oct 5, 195830 mins

Phil shows up to have fun and trade barbs with Jack.

Episode 3

Dennis Gets a Million Dollars

Sun, Oct 19, 195830 mins

Episode 4

Stars' Wives Show

Sun, Nov 2, 195830 mins

Episode 5

Bachelor TV Lives

Sun, Nov 16, 195830 mins

Episode 6

Jack Goes to Doctor

Sun, Nov 30, 195830 mins

Oscar Levant suspects Jack is suffering from a nervous breakdown, so he takes him to see his doctor. Levant also rehearses a piano solo for Jack's show.

Episode 7

Jack and Gisele MacKenzie

Sun, Dec 14, 195830 mins

Jack goes to the barbershop. He then tells of his trip to Hong Kong and his suit purchase. Gisele sings and the two perform a few songs on violin. Jack was really a very good violinist.

Episode 8

Christmas Gift Exchange

Sun, Dec 28, 195830 mins

Jack is Christmas shopping at a department store and can't decide on what to buy for his friends. Should the gifts be nice or cheap. He is driving the staff crazy with his choices.

Episode 9

Autolight

Sun, Jan 11, 195930 mins

This show is a spoof of the famous Ingrid Bergman vehicle Gaslight, for which Bergman won her Academy Award, with Jack taking Charles Boyer's job trying to drive his wife crazy. There is also a very funny radio version with Ingrid herself in the role. It's a natural story to turn into the broad satire so welcome to see in early television.

Episode 10

Ernie Kovacs Show

Sun, Jan 25, 195930 mins

Ernie shares his mustache collection with Jack; Don becomes a Beatnik to sing about Lucky Strikes; we see what prisons will be like in 1970.

Episode 11

Jack Goes to Nightclub

Sun, Feb 8, 195930 mins

His sponsor walks out on Jack's show, when his sponsor's in town for contract renewal, so Jack's afraid to take him to a nightclub featuring a comic competitor. A puppet show seems a safe (and cheap) alternative, but filling in for the sore-throated puppeteer is golden throated Danny Thomas, whose charity and charm entrance the sponsor, but paralyze Jack.

Episode 12

Airport Sketch

Sun, Feb 22, 195930 mins

Jack and Don head to the airport to go to New York City. Jack meets a cab driver who doesn't like to say goodbye to his passengers.

Episode 13

Panel Discussion Show

Sun, Mar 8, 195930 mins

Episode 14

The Bergen Show

Sun, Mar 22, 195930 mins

Candice isn't around when Jack visits the Bergen household, but Charlie McCarthy is - he's actually a real child, headed to the city dump in his tuxedo, for target practice. Jack can't believe his eyes, and Frances Bergen sings "Them There Eyes." By the time Edgar Bergen shows up to discuss the Bergens' upcoming appearance on the Benny program, Jack's even more confused than Mortimer Snerd usually is.

Episode 15

Ed Sullivan/Genevieve Show

Sun, Apr 5, 195930 mins