First Show of the Season

S08 E01 • Sunday, Sep 22, 1957 • Sep 22 • 30m

Show opens with the audience in line to see the show, telling each other how their tickets were forced on them. In his opening monologue, Jack analyzes his own humor. Dennis sings 'Around the world in 80 days.' Don does the Lucky Strike commercial as a calypso number; Jack won't let him finish it. He introduces Mel Blanc as Otto Ketzler, a novelty music act from Vienna; Ketzler plays bottles filled with alcohol--as he tunes them, he becomes more and more inebriated. Don's wife makes Jack call the sponsor to explain that the curtailed commercial was Jack's fault, not Don's.

The Airport

S08 E02 • Sunday, Oct 6, 1957 • Oct 6 • 30m

Hal March Show

S08 E03 • Sunday, Oct 20, 1957 • Oct 20 • 30m

During the monologue, the President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, come onstage. Don and Harlow Wilson do a soft shoe to 'Me and my shadow' for the Lucky commercial. Hal March, host of The $64,000 Question quiz show, is the guest; Jack asks him questions, and he tries to answer them for prizes.

Ginger Rogers Show

S08 E04 • Sunday, Nov 3, 1957 • Nov 3 • 30m

John Forsythe Show

S08 E05 • Sunday, Nov 17, 1957 • Nov 17 • 30m

Jack's Life Story

S08 E06 • Sunday, Dec 1, 1957 • Dec 1 • 30m

Jack wants to star in the movie version of his life story, but producer Buddy Adler wants Van Johnson. Van Johnson and Buddy Adler play themselves. Announcer: Don Wilson. Rochester: Eddie Anderson.

Christmas Shopping

S08 E07 • Sunday, Dec 15, 1957 • Dec 15 • 30m

Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl

S08 E08 • Sunday, Dec 29, 1957 • Dec 29 • 30m

Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist

S08 E09 • Sunday, Jan 12, 1958 • Jan 12 • 30m

Honeymooners Show

S08 E10 • Sunday, Jan 26, 1958 • Jan 26 • 30m

Dennis sings 'The 12th of never.' In the sketch, Jack plays Ralph Kramden in a take-off of The Honeymooners, with Meadows as Alice and Dennis as Ed Norton.

Jack at the Races

S08 E11 • Sunday, Feb 9, 1958 • Feb 9 • 30m

Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie

S08 E12 • Sunday, Feb 23, 1958 • Feb 23 • 30m

Academy Awards

S08 E13 • Sunday, Mar 9, 1958 • Mar 9 • 30m

Railroad Station Show

S08 E14 • Sunday, Mar 23, 1958 • Mar 23 • 30m

Ronnie Burns Show

S08 E15 • Sunday, Apr 6, 1958 • Apr 6 • 30m

Hillbilly Act

S08 E16 • Sunday, Apr 20, 1958 • Apr 20 • 30m