CBS Announces That They Will Not Release the "Jack Benny Show" on DVD - Page 2 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TV Knowledge Fan · 01-25-2010, 01:47 AM

...if you really want a comprehensive listing of all the "live", filmed and videotaped episodes in the series, visit the "laughterlog.com" web site [the "TV: JACK BENNY PROGRAM" section]...if you haven't been there already! Their list describes all of the filmed episodes. THESE, however, are not in the current syndicated package:

"Irene Dunne Show" [12/6/53]
"Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary" [2/7/54]
"Goldie, Fields & Glide" [3/21/54]
"The Burns and Allen Show" [4/11/54]
(filmed version of 3/9/52 episode)
"Jack Is Invited To the Colmans" [11/4/56]
(Ronald & Benita Colman's final appearance on the show)
"Hillbilly Act" [4/20/58]
(first done with Dorothy Shay, live, in 1951)
"Gaslight" {aka "Autolight"} [1/11/59]
"Jack Webb Show" [11/1/59]
"Dance Contest" [3/26/61]
"How Jack Found Rochester" [1/28/62]
"Jack Goes To Rose Bowl Game" [1/1/63]
"The Twilight Zone Sketch" [1/15/63]
"The Three Musketeers" [12/10/63] (it was on film, after all!)
"Jungle Sketch" (Abbe Lane) [11/6/64]
"Jack Loses A Raffle" [11/13/64]
"The Cat Burglar" (Joey Bishop) [11/20/64]
"Jack Has A Sick Alligator" (Paul Lynde) [12/11/64]
"Amateur Show 1964" [12/18/64]
"Jack Goes To the Monkey House" (The Marquis Chimps) [2/5/65]
"The Stradivarius Story" [2/12/65]
"Jack Joins Acrobats" [2/19/65]
"Jack Brings Up Ed From the Vault" [3/5/65]
(restaged from 1955 radio episode)
"Jack Finds A Double" [3/12/65]
"Jack's Navy Buddy Returns" [3/19/65]
"Dennis Opens A Bank Account" [3/26/65]
"Jack Appears On A Panel Show" [4/2/65]
"Jack Has Dog Trouble" [4/9/65]

SO, in the final NBC season, Jack actually filmed 24 episodes, and taped the rest [four]. But only 10 of those filmed epsodes are in circulation these days...

Yes, there were 149 filmed episodes. For various reasons, by the '70s, MCA/Universal was offering a "modfied package" of 104 episodes.

lucyandethel · 02-03-2010, 02:37 AM

"The Jack Benny Show" was actually a pretty funny show. I remember in the 1980s, the cable network that Pat Robertson owned, use to air the show late at night along with "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show" and the Laurel & Hardy shorts. On "Benny" he had guests like George Burns, Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson. It was a funny show, too bad it won't be released.

treky · 02-03-2010, 04:49 AM

yes, it was a funny show. I agree, it is too bad it won't be released.

However, www.amazon.com sells a set of some public domain episodes on DVD for just $8!
Despite the fact that they're public domain, the audio and video is exellent and some of them even include the original Lucky Strike commercials.

01-25-2010, 01:47 AM	#16
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	This is a late addition, 'ben'... ...if you really want a comprehensive listing of all the "live", filmed and videotaped episodes in the series, visit the "laughterlog.com" web site [the "TV: JACK BENNY PROGRAM" section]...if you haven't been there already! Their list describes all of the filmed episodes. THESE, however, are not in the current syndicated package: "Irene Dunne Show" [12/6/53] "Jack Dreams He's Married To Mary" [2/7/54] "Goldie, Fields & Glide" [3/21/54] "The Burns and Allen Show" [4/11/54] (filmed version of 3/9/52 episode) "Jack Is Invited To the Colmans" [11/4/56] (Ronald & Benita Colman's final appearance on the show) "Hillbilly Act" [4/20/58] (first done with Dorothy Shay, live, in 1951) "Gaslight" {aka "Autolight"} [1/11/59] "Jack Webb Show" [11/1/59] "Dance Contest" [3/26/61] "How Jack Found Rochester" [1/28/62] "Jack Goes To Rose Bowl Game" [1/1/63] "The Twilight Zone Sketch" [1/15/63] "The Three Musketeers" [12/10/63] (it was on film, after all!) "Jungle Sketch" (Abbe Lane) [11/6/64] "Jack Loses A Raffle" [11/13/64] "The Cat Burglar" (Joey Bishop) [11/20/64] "Jack Has A Sick Alligator" (Paul Lynde) [12/11/64] "Amateur Show 1964" [12/18/64] "Jack Goes To the Monkey House" (The Marquis Chimps) [2/5/65] "The Stradivarius Story" [2/12/65] "Jack Joins Acrobats" [2/19/65] "Jack Brings Up Ed From the Vault" [3/5/65] (restaged from 1955 radio episode) "Jack Finds A Double" [3/12/65] "Jack's Navy Buddy Returns" [3/19/65] "Dennis Opens A Bank Account" [3/26/65] "Jack Appears On A Panel Show" [4/2/65] "Jack Has Dog Trouble" [4/9/65] SO, in the final NBC season, Jack actually filmed 24 episodes, and taped the rest [four]. But only 10 of those filmed epsodes are in circulation these days... Yes, there were 149 filmed episodes. For various reasons, by the '70s, MCA/Universal was offering a "modfied package" of 104 episodes.

02-03-2010, 04:49 AM	#18
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	yes, it was a funny show. I agree, it is too bad it won't be released. However, www.amazon.com sells a set of some public domain episodes on DVD for just $8! Despite the fact that they're public domain, the audio and video is exellent and some of them even include the original Lucky Strike commercials.
	__________________ the Clampetts are in a fancy Beverly Hills jewelry store. Granny points to a tray of rubies. Granny: "How much fer one o' them red diamonds?" clerk: "Madam, those are rubies." Granny: "OK ask her kin we buy one offa her." clerk: " The ruby I am talking about is not a lady." Granny: "Lissen, how she got them diamonds is her business. I'm just sayin' ask her kin we buy one from her."

02-03-2010, 02:37 AM	#17
lucyandethel Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 18, 2009 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 435	"The Jack Benny Show" was actually a pretty funny show. I remember in the 1980s, the cable network that Pat Robertson owned, use to air the show late at night along with "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show" and the Laurel & Hardy shorts. On "Benny" he had guests like George Burns, Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson. It was a funny show, too bad it won't be released.