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Jack Benny, #34 How Jack Found Mary (Season 05, Episode 03).avi
Jack tells an interviewer how he met Mary Livingstone years before when she worked at The May Co. Rochester sings and dances with The Sportsmen Quartet. IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0613596/
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The Jack Benny Program #136: Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack (Season 11, Episode 13)
Jack honors Don Wilson on the occasion of his 27th year working with Jack. The sketch relates how Don and Jack met: Jack's radio sponsor, the Universal Corset Co., holds auditions for an announcer for Jack's program, and Don is the only one who laughs at Jack's bad jokes. John Daly presents Don with a plaque; Jack disagrees with Daly's statement that Don came to his show when it was "down," and ends by breaking the plaque over Don's head. The Sportsmen sing "Down Yonder". Guest stars: Leonid Kinskey (Sir Gay Finskey), Nancy Kulp (Teacher), Howard McNear (Mr. Willoby), Roy Rowan (Himself), Bill Baldwin, John Daly (Himself). First aired: 1/15/1961.
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The Jack Benny Program #166: Ghost Town Western (Season 12, Episode 17)
Jack and Gisele take a shortcut while driving from Phoenix to L.A., get lost, and find themselves in a cafe in a ghost town. The cafe owner tells them a story about Tombstone Harry and Cactus Kid (Benny); the sketch is very similar to the one done on November 2, 1952, with Gisele playing the saloon singer. Don Wilson, Gisele and the Sportsmen Quartet do the State Farm commercial to the tune of 'An old cowhand from the Rio Grande. Guest stars: Gisele MacKenzie (Herself) , Glenn Turnbull (The Cactus Kid), Gerald Mohr (Tombstone Harry), James Flavin (Bartender), Will Wright (Drunk), Irene Tedrow (Tess MacKenzie), Charles Bagby. First aired 2/11/1962.
The Beach Boys appear in a skit with Benny and Hope as surfers. Jack trys to weasel Disneyland tickets from Walt Disney. Also, a skit with Benny, Hope and Sommer in a takeoff on Italian movies. This was Benny's first special after the demise of his regular series. Benny obviously trys to appeal to the younger viewers by booking the very popular Beach Boys.
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The Jack Benny Program #169: Alexander Hamilton Show (Season 12, Episode 20)
Jack falls asleep and dreams that he is Alexander Hamilton. Dennis Day plays Aaron Burr. Guest stars: Fred De Cordova (Himself) , Gail Bonney (Liz's mother), Ross Elliott (town crier), Nancy Kulp (Jeanette Eymann), Jean Willes (Mamie/Liz), John Monaghan (Referee), Lester Matthews. First aired: 3/11/1962.
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The Jack Benny Program #028: Goldie, Fields And Glide (Season 04, Episode 10)
Jack tells Don about the time his vaudeville act with Burns and Crosby played Scranton, Pennsylvania; the name of their act was Goldie, Fields and Glide. Benny tries to convince Crosby to appear on his program with Burns to do their old act, but Crosby wants more money than Benny is willing to pay. Cameo by Bob Hope. Crosby sings 'Gypsy In My Soul.' Guest stars: George Burns (Himself), Bob Hope (Himself), Bing Crosby (Himself), Jay Novello (Fruit Peddler). First aired: 3/21/1954.
The popular Internet TV Station in Carlsbad, New Mexico presents a Christmas Special hosted by Morgan Smith. The program features Jack Benny in a department store doing his Christmas Shopping. 5 Stars.
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The Jack Benny Program #158: Jack Writes a Song (Season 12, Episoce 9)
Jack cleans out his desk and finds a song he wrote 15 years ago, entitled "When you say I beg your pardon, then I'll come back to you." Film composer Dimitri Tiomkin is coming over in the evening at Jack's request, so that he can get permission to use the music from High Noon in a sketch on his program, and Jack decides to ask him to arrange the song he wrote himself, so that it will be a big hit. At home, locksmiths arrive to open his vault, and Don comes by to practice ventriloquism in a State Farm commercial. Tiomkin arrives with his dog, and Jack plays his song on the violin with disastrous results. Guest stars: Maudie Prickett (Ms. Gordon), Benny Rubin (Locksmith), Ned Miller (Charlie), Dimitri Tiomkin (Himself). First aired: 12/17/1961.
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The Jack Benny Program #148: Main Street Shelter (Season 11, Episode 25)
Jack's monologue is on TV channel switchers. In the sketch, Jack returns from a three day hike with the Beverly Hills Beavers to find that Rochester has given an old sports jacket with $200 sewn in the lining to the Main Street Shelter. Jack rushes down to retrieve it, but in his camping clothes and with a three-day beard, he is taken for a transient himself. When he finally gets his $200 back, his 'alter ego' makes him donate it to the Shelter. Guest stars: Benny Rubin (drunk), Sam Hearn, Herb Vigran, Gregory Irvin (unknown), David Foley, Lester Dorr, Harry Tyler, Frank Scannell, Grandon Rhodes, Ralph Moody. First aired 4/9/1961.
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The Jack Benny Program #127: Gisele Mackenzie (Season 11, Episode 4)
Jack gets a haircut between the dress rehearsal and the show; none of the barbers want to do it because his tips are so small. Don and Oscar the seal do the State Farm commercial. Gisele sings 'Smile'. Jack asks her for a date, but she is busy giving a party to which she has not invited Jack. They do their violin duet, during which Jack's ten dollar suit from Hong Kong comes to pieces. Guest star: Iris Adrian (Mildred), Pitt Herbert, Gisele MacKenzie (Herself), Richard Deacon , Rolfe Sedan (Andre), Bobby Johnson, Shirley Mitchell, Jon Chevron. First aired: 11/6/1960.
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