The Jack Benny Program Season 5, Episode 5: The Life of Jack Benny

Entire Cast Show

30 min

Jam Session at Jack's

Jack delivers a monologue on critics. He is anxious to get home because at 8 p.m. some friends are coming over for their weekly jam session. At home, the guests arrive: Tony Martin with his clarinet, Fred MacMurray with his saxophone, Dick Powell with his trumpet, Dan Dailey with his drums, and Kirk Douglas with his banjo. Guests must purchase food, drink or smokes from vending machines in Jack's closet. They play 'Basin Street.' Jack holds a contest for the most popular guest.

30 min

How Jack Found Mary

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.

30 min

The Giant Mutiny

30 min

Jack Does Christmas Shopping

Jack looks for Christmas gifts in a department store, and encounters Nelson as the floor manager, Blanc and Pepper as salespeople, Rubin as a bandit. The Sportsmen Quartet sing the Lucky commercial in the elevator. English

30 min

San Diego Naval Training Center

30 min

Bedroom Burglar

30 min

Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

30 min

Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

Jack, awakened by a phone call at 4 a.m., cannot get back to sleep. After he decides to go for an early morning walk, he comes home exhausted, but Mary comes over and reminds him that they were to go shopping for a new suit for Jack.

30 min

Jack's Lunch Counter

30 min

Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

30 min

Gary Crosby

30 min

You Bet Your Life

30 min

Preparing for New York Trip

30 min

Jackie Gleason Show

30 min