The Jack Benny Show, Ep. 1 "The Jack Benny Show episode 1"

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Jack Benny was a regular on his own radio program since 1932. He brought the program, with his underplayed humor, to TV along with his radio regulars. Jack, who remained 39-years-old, kept his money in his basement and drove his old Maxwell car just as he had done on the ... radio.
  • Starring: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
  • Directed by: Norman Abbott
  • Runtime: 26 minutes
  • Original air date: October 28, 1950
  • Network: Alpha Home Entertainment
 
  
 
 

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1. The Jack Benny Show episode 1
  October 28, 1950
Jack Benny was a regular on his own radio program since 1932. He brought the program, with his underplayed humor, to TV along with his radio regulars. Jack, who remained 39-years-old, kept his money in his basement and drove his old Maxwell car just as he had done on the radio.
 
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After being awakened at 4:00 a.m. by a phone call from "Hank, The All Night Radio DJ", Jack finds that he can't get back to sleep. Later that day, exhausted from lack of sleep, he and Mary go to a clothing store to buy him a new suit, but it turns into much more of an ordeal than he ever thought it would be.
 
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Episode 1, "The Jack Benny Show episode 1"
Synopsis: Jack Benny was a regular on his own radio program since 1932. He brought the program, with his underplayed humor, to TV along with his radio regulars. Jack, who remained 39-years-old, kept his money in his basement and drove his old Maxwell car just as he had done on the radio.
Original air date: October 28, 1950
Runtime: 26 minutes
ASIN: B000GVL0HU
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,391 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
The Jack Benny Show
Synopsis: America's funniest cheapskate appears in musical performances with celebrity guests.
Starring: Jack Benny, Don Wilson
Supporting actors: Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, Benny Rubin, Frank Nelson, Ned Miller, Jeanette Eymann, Herb Vigran, Bill Days, Gurney Bell, Charles Cantor, The Sportsmen Quartet, Dale White, Robert Garsen, Rolfe Sedan, Lois Corbett, Maudie Prickett, Ross Elliott, Bob Crosby
Season year: 1950
Genre: Comedy
Network: Alpha Home Entertainment
ASIN: B000GVJO1Y
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5.0 out of 5 stars the clown king and violin virtuoso strikes again!, May 31, 2007
This review is from: The Jack Benny Program, Vol. 1 (DVD)
For those of you unfamiliar with Jack Benny, one of the late, great kings of comedy at his best, I reccomend these episodes as your introduction to his style of humor. For starters, Benny was one of the masters of the pregnant pause. He could arouse eruptions of laughter without saying a word. All he had to do was look off to the side, at the unseen person, during an outrageous situation and one glance said a thousand words! What's more, the running gag on all of his episodes was that the very frugal (to be diplomatic) Jack Benny was one of the greatest living violinists--if only in his mind. This talent was showcased in many ways on the program (or, in as many ways that were possible!). Whether he was playing duets with Liberace or serenading his audience in between interludes on the program, the squaks and out-of-key little songs that he produced from his instrument became an expected edition to his broad and tight-lipped style of comedy. (In reality, Benny was a brilliant, classically trained musician who was anything but cheap. Talk about playing against character!)

The episodes on this tape feature a brilliant dance number with Jack Benny, George Burns and Bob Hope, dancing in a tribute to the broad comedy/music routines of Vaudeville, Dale Whitney and friends and the Beach Boys. We also are introduced to Jack Benny's butler, "Rochester" (Eddie "Rochester"--a great comedian). In later years, this depiction of the devoted African-American manservant was viewed as a very racist and stereotypical representation of the relationship between Caucasians and African-Americans in the 1940s and 1950s. Yet, in my eyes, Rochester (oftentimes) stole the show because he really didn't take any guff from Jack Benny or anyone else. I think that you will really enjoy this program. Though, the humor might seem dated to younger people, it's worth a look and it grows on you, over time.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best episodes., April 4, 2008
This review is from: The Jack Benny Program, Volume One (VHS Tape)
This tape has 2 of the best, or most important, episodes for Benny fans. In the first, The Shirt, Benny tells in flashbacks how he first met Mary Livingstone. The guest cast includes Sheldon Leonard and Bea Benadaret. In the 2nd show, Life Story, Benny auditions cast for his life story. Casting a lovely blond to play his first girlfriend is hilarious enough, but that's topped by young Barry Gordon (who played Chopper on Leave it To Beaver) as the agent of the boy applying to play young Jack Benny. The guest cast also includes Mel Blanc.
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