The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program: Season 7

Air Date

September 23, 1956

Episodes

16 episodes

The Jack Benny Program

Season 7

Episodes

1. Alfred Wallenstein Show

September 23, 1956
30 min

2. George Burns & Spike Jones Show

October 7, 1956
30 min

3. George Gobel & Red Skelton Show

October 21, 1956
30 min

4. Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans

November 4, 1956
30 min

5. Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen

November 18, 1956
30 min

Rochester calls Jack in the middle of his monologue to tell him his Maxwell has been stolen. While he goes to the Beverly Hills Police Station, the Sportsmen cover for him, singing 'Puttin' on my top hat' while they get dressed on stage. Jack is amazed at the sumptuousness of the police station. Eventually the car is found; it has been returned to Jack's house by the thieves.

6. Jack Locked in the Tower of London

December 2, 1956
30 min

7. The Mikado

December 16, 1956
30 min

8. Talent Show

December 30, 1956
30 min

During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don comes out to announce a purse has been found. It turns out to belong to Jayne Mansfield, who was sitting in the audience when the usher grabbed her purse she considers this to be a pretty sneaky way to get a guest star. Jack mentions The Girl Can't Help It, her latest picture. The Sportsmen Quartet and Rochester perform New Year's in Trinidad for the Lucky Strike ad. In the sketch, Jack hosts a talent contest. Mel Blanc plays an animal impersonator. The Landrew Sisters trio sings Did you ever see a dream walking. Leon Salvadore, a judo champ, is beaten by the six big men he asserts he will beat.

9. Jack and Mary in Rome

January 13, 1957
30 min

10. The Fiddler

January 27, 1957
30 min

11. Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show

February 10, 1957
30 min

12. Hope and Benny in Agent's Office

February 24, 1957
30 min

13. Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice

March 10, 1957
30 min

14. Jack in Paris

March 24, 1957
30 min

Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that he drives a garbage truck. That's how an under-tipped hotel employee translates "star of stage, screen and television" for Jack. A garbageman compatriot is delighted to give Jack & Mary a free ride in his truck, while Maurice Chevalier takes them nightclubbing.

15. Mary's May Company Reunion

April 7, 1957
30 min

16. Visit from the IRS

April 21, 1957
30 min