The Jack Benny Program (season 15)
The Jack Benny Program | |
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Season 15 | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 28 |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | September 25, 1964 April 16, 1965 | –
Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the fifteenth and final season (1964–65) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program. For this season, the show was moved from CBS to NBC.
Episodes[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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233 | 1 | "NBC Premiere" | September 25, 1964 | |
Special guests: Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Doug McClure, and Roberta Shore. | ||||
234 | 2 | "Lucille Ball Show" | October 2, 1964 | |
Special guest: Lucille Ball. | ||||
235 | 3 | "Andy Williams Show" | October 9, 1964 | |
Special guest: Andy Williams. | ||||
236 | 4 | "Income Tax Show" | October 16, 1964 | |
Special guests: James Stewart and his wife Gloria. | ||||
237 | 5 | "Jack Makes a Comedy Record" | October 23, 1964 | |
Special guest: Bob Hope. | ||||
238 | 6 | "Hillbilly Sketch" | October 30, 1964 | |
Special guest: Connie Francis. | ||||
239 | 7 | "Jungle Sketch" | November 6, 1964 | |
Special guest: Abbe Lane. | ||||
240 | 8 | "Jack Loses a Raffle" | November 13, 1964 | |
Special guests: Claudine Longet, Neile Adams, and Jack Pepper. | ||||
241 | 9 | "The Cat Burglar" | November 20, 1964 | |
Special guest: Joey Bishop. | ||||
242 | 10 | "Jack Hires a Cook" | November 27, 1964 | |
After twenty years, Rochester has finally talked Jack into giving him a week's vacation. He's relaxing with his friend Roy (Roy Glenn) at the Palm Valley Inn when he reads a newspaper ad Jack has placed for a household domestic. Thinking he's being replaced, a panicked Rochester phones Don and Dennis and asks for their help. The pair scheme to get rid of the housekeeper by scaring her off. Jack explains to the guys that it's all a misunderstanding and that Miss Dooley was hired to help Rochester, not replace him. | ||||
243 | 11 | "Wayne Newton / Louis Nye Show" | December 4, 1964 | |
Special guests: Wayne Newton and Louis Nye. | ||||
244 | 12 | "Jack Has a Sick Alligator" | December 11, 1964 | |
Special guest: Paul Lynde. | ||||
245 | 13 | "Amateur Night" | December 18, 1964 | |
Jack conducts another of his salary-saving amateur talent shows. Dennis has been banned from the set, but is determined to get on by impersonating various celebrities; he masquerades as a Japanese man dressed like one of The Beatles singing "I Want to Hold Your Hand." Also performing are Otto Kessler (Mel Blanc) as a whiskey-bottle-player, and The Guire Sisters who are proud of their "commercial" name. | ||||
246 | 14 | "One Man Show" | December 25, 1964 | |
Special guest: Gisele MacKenzie. | ||||
247 | 15 | "Jack Jones Show" | January 8, 1965 | |
Special guest: Jack Jones. | ||||
248 | 16 | "Jack Adopts a Son" | January 22, 1965 | |
Special guest: Milton Berle. | ||||
249 | 17 | "Kingston Trio Show" | January 29, 1965 | |
Special guests: The Kingston Trio. | ||||
250 | 18 | "Jack Visits House of Monkeys" | February 5, 1965 | |
Special guests: Lorrae Desmond and Gene Detroy. | ||||
251 | 19 | "The Stradivarius Story" | February 12, 1965 | |
Special guest: Stuart Canin. | ||||
252 | 20 | "Jack Joins Acrobats" | February 19, 1965 | |
Special guests: The Tangiers. | ||||
253 | 21 | "Rainy Day in Palm Springs" | February 26, 1965 | |
In the monologue, Jack explains how he keeps fit. He also says the American Federation of Musicians has given him a one-way ticket to Australia. Rochester explains the rules to the house to their new housekeeper. Rule Nº 1: You must watch Benny's show. Dennis Day sings the State Farm Insurance jingle, and then "If Ever I Would Leave You" with running commentary from Rochester and the maid. | ||||
254 | 22 | "Jack Brings Ed Up from the Vault" | March 5, 1965 | |
Special guest: Burt Mustin. | ||||
255 | 23 | "Jack Finds a Double" | March 12, 1965 | |
At the show's rehearsal, Jack constantly makes mistakes. He complains of overwork. Network bigwigs have an idea to ease Jack's load: they've found a Benny look-alike (also played by Benny) who could fill in for the busy star. Before trying to pass the fake Jack off on the sponsor, it's decided the double must first past a test: he has to convince Rochester that he's the real man. The double moves into Benny's home, but Rochester is not fooled. He knows the real Jack isn't humble, kind, modest and generous with his cash. | ||||
256 | 24 | "Jack's Navy Buddy Returns" | March 19, 1965 | |
Jack is reunited with his first vaudeville partner, old Navy buddy Stub Walker (Jack Pepper), whom he hasn't seen in 40 years. Stub is retiring from the service and has come to take Jack up on his promise that they would work together again one day. Jack tries him out on the show — the two perform a medley of World War I hits — but Stub can't deliver his lines, and his old routines are out of date. | ||||
257 | 25 | "Dennis Opens a Bank Account" | March 26, 1965 | |
Jack's publicity agent has him posing for ridiculous photos, as a Beatle (for a youthful image), a frogman and a surfer (to show him as a man of action). Dennis sings "" with Don on the piano. | ||||
258 | 26 | "Jack Appears on a Panel Show" | April 2, 1965 | |
Special guests: Vincent Price, Joyce Brothers, and Angie Dickinson. | ||||
259 | 27 | "Jack Has Dog Trouble" | April 9, 1965 | |
Benny wears his new expensive, Beverly Hills tailor-made suit to his sponsor's home for dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have a huge dog, Henrietta, that they treat as a spoiled child. She takes to Jack and destroys his new suit. When Mr. Lewis says they're going on vacation, Jack regrets having said he loved their dog. | ||||
260 | 28 | "Smothers Brothers Show" | April 16, 1965 | |
Special guests: The Smothers Brothers. |
References[]
- 1964 American television seasons
- 1965 American television seasons
- The Jack Benny Program seasons