Where is the forum for Jack Benny Program?

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Sal

But only I can find what you really want, which are the radio shows online, all free, and all downloadable, and here they are:


Jack Benny Radio Program

Jack Benny TV Program

And since George Burns was his best friend, we have something for his fans too:

Burns and Allen TV episodes

Burns and Allen radio episodes

In either medium, comedy does not get better than this!

Wow!

Looks like it'll be a long night here, thanks for the links!

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by visaman666

Good question! I don't think there is one actually. It's considered more of a variety show that aired every 6 weeks in the early 50's. The 1960's episodes are few and far between, DVD wise.

The Jack Benny Program playing this morning, yes at 5:30 in the morning... is very much a reality based sitcome, a sort of Proto-Seinfeld, where he is this episode meeting Peter Paul and Mary, and Benny is pitching a song to them, "When You Say I Beg Your Pardon, Then I'll Come Back To You"... great stuff.

[Will Dockery]

A great episode of Jack Benny's 1960s sitcom with the Kingston Trio (including John Stewart on banjo and Mel Blanc as their manager) is playing here in the late night on Antenna TV.

Their featured songs were "I'm Going Home" and "Tijuana Jail" which seems to be basically "Midnight Special" with different lyrics. Great stuff, as Jack Benny gets thrown into the same jail in Tijuana as the Kingston Trio and thus winds up booking then for his show... I see from YouTube this was January 29 1865:

The Kingston Trio: Tijuana Jail - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YELhIwi93Z4

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