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The Jack Benny Program Season 15 Episodes

28 Episodes 1964 - 1965

Episode 1

NBC Premiere

Fri, Sep 25, 196430 mins

To begin his 15th year on television, Jack (still 39) returns to the network where he began on radio 32 years ago. Tonight: Jack visits his new bosses, the NBC vice presidents; sits in on a "panel show" with the Marquis Chimps; and is visited by singer Dennis Day, who brings along his wife Peggy. Don Wilson is the announcer.

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Episode 2

The Lucille Ball Show

Fri, Oct 2, 196430 mins

Lucille Ball reveals the "true" story behind Paul Revere's famous ride.

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Episode 3

Andy Williams Show

Fri, Oct 9, 196430 mins

Jack's guest is laid-back singer Andy Williams, which prompts a visit from Jack's Pasadena Fan Club President (Madge Blake, Aunt Harriett on "Batman"), who can't believe Really Old Blue Eyes would book another blue-eyed guest. Jack lectures Andy to work harder to promote his career, so Andy changes from a sweater to a tux to join Jack at a premiere - which turns out to be a meat market opening. When a customer (Lee Meriwether, Catwoman in the Batman: The Movie (1966) movie) gushes over Andy's crooning, he's too embarrassed to admit who he is.

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Episode 4

The Income Tax Show

Fri, Oct 16, 196430 mins

Since Jack Benny and U. S. Steel are the IRS' best customers, they want to help Jack take his full deductions.

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Episode 5

Jack Makes a Comedy Record

Fri, Oct 23, 196430 mins

Jack proposes recording a lucrative comedy album with Bob Hope, upon finding out how worthless his investments are: as chief stockholder of a harpoon company, Jack gets dubbed Schnook of the South. Fretting that he won't be able to counter Hope's hilarious ad libs, Jack orders his writers to give him all the laughs, but Old Ski Nose is too slick to fall for that.

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Episode 6

Hillbilly Sketch

Fri, Oct 30, 196430 mins

Jack affronts guest Connie Francis by claiming comedy is hard, but singing easy, then sics his apprentice announcer Harlow Wilson, a devoted fan of pop singer Connie, on her. The cast lampoons "The Beverly Hillbillies" in a musical sketch with Connie as Jack's wife, and Harlow in the Jethro role.

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Episode 7

Jungle Sketch

Fri, Nov 6, 196430 mins

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Episode 8

Jack Loses a Raffle

Fri, Nov 13, 196430 mins

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Episode 9

The Cat Burglar

Fri, Nov 20, 196430 mins

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Episode 10

Jack Hires a Cook

Fri, Nov 27, 196430 mins

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Episode 11

Wayne Newton Show

Fri, Dec 4, 196430 mins

Jack, Wayne Newton and Louie Nye perform at a charity fund-raising garden party.

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Episode 12

Jack Has a Sick Alligator

Fri, Dec 11, 196430 mins

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Episode 13

Amateur Night

Fri, Dec 18, 196430 mins

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Episode 14

One Man Show

Fri, Dec 25, 196430 mins

Jack chats with the audience and performs a duet with Gisele MacKenzie.

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Episode 15

The Jack Jones Show

Fri, Jan 8, 196530 mins

Jack Jones sings two songs. Jack Benny plays the role of a school principal, and Jack Jones plays the role of a schoolteacher in the show's sketch.

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Episode 16

Jack Adopts Son

Fri, Jan 22, 196530 mins

In the skit, Jack plays a wealthy man who, under the mistaken belief that "there is no such thing as a bad boy", goes to an orphanage to adopt one, and though advised against it, takes a full grown man in a Buster Brown suit nicknamed "The Rat", who promptly betrays the man's trust, by cracking his home safe.

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Episode 17

The Kingston Trio, Guests

Fri, Jan 29, 196530 mins

Jack winds up in a Tijuana jail with The Kingston Trio.

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Episode 18

Jack Goes to the Monkey's House

Fri, Feb 5, 196530 mins

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Episode 19

The Stradivarius Story

Fri, Feb 12, 196530 mins

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Episode 20

Jack Joins Acrobats

Fri, Feb 19, 196530 mins

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Episode 21

Rainy Day in Palm Springs

Fri, Feb 26, 196530 mins

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Episode 22

Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault

Fri, Mar 5, 196530 mins

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Episode 23

Jack Finds a Double

Fri, Mar 12, 196530 mins

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Episode 24

Jack's Navy Buddy Returns

Fri, Mar 19, 196530 mins

Jack's old Navy buddy causes trouble when he guilt-trips Jack into having him on his show.

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Episode 25

Dennis Opens a Bank Account

Fri, Mar 26, 196530 mins

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Episode 26

Jack Appears on a Panel Show

Fri, Apr 2, 196530 mins

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Episode 27

Jack Has Dog Trouble

Fri, Apr 9, 196530 mins

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Episode 28

Smothers Brothers Show

Fri, Apr 16, 196530 mins

The Smothers Brothers confound every attempt by Jack to force them into his straitjacket comedy formula while performing his theme song, but, even scarier to Jack, he is pinned under an unexploded bomb in a World War II London air raid. The UXB squad turns out to be the Smothers. Tom can't remember which wire to pull, while Dick uses the opportunity of Jack's being immobilized to lock in an appearance on Jack's final program.

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