Jack Benny Show - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

jamesanthony · 06-17-2004, 11:53 PM

I just noticed there is no board for this series. Wasn't it a sitcom? I saw only one episode of it from 1963 and it seemed like it would qualify as being a sitcom. It ran 15 years in one format or another which would make it the longest running sitcom with live performers in it.

hawaii five-o · 06-18-2004, 12:41 PM

It was actually part sitcom/ part variety show, but I agree with you that it should have a board. It's a funny show that needs to be revived.

musicradio77 · 06-20-2004, 10:46 PM

I have Jack Benny on radio on a couple of tapes. It might be fun to listen to.

Mr. Television · 06-20-2004, 10:48 PM

The Jack Benny Program was a great show. I haven't seen it in so long. I think its a borderline sitcom but most people classify it as a variety show.

I Love Carol Burnett! · 06-20-2004, 11:03 PM

I LOVE the Jack Benny Show I have 3 episodes on DVD I bought at the Dollar Tree. A classic.

treky · 06-21-2004, 04:01 AM

It was sometimes a sitcom, sometimes a variety show, & sometimes a combination of the two.

I have a LOT of his radio episodes on cassetes, I think the show's hilarious! In the 80s, when radio stations were playing a lot of the old radio shows (which theey stopped YEARS aago, sadly!

)there was a station in our town which is no longer around (the staation, not the town

) that played his show, aand others, on weeeknights, aand I used to tape it aall the time, also I bought aa lot of tapes of ssomee of his shows aand I haave aa couple VHS taapess of his TV showss.
(sorry aabout all the double letters, but it 4:00 aa.m., need I saay more?)

musicradio77 · 06-21-2004, 07:24 PM

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Originally posted by treky
It was sometimes a sitcom, sometimes a variety show, & sometimes a combination of the two.

I have a LOT of his radio episodes on cassetes, I think the show's hilarious! In the 80s, when radio stations were playing a lot of the old radio shows (which theey stopped YEARS aago, sadly! )there was a station in our town which is no longer around (the staation, not the town ) that played his show, aand others, on weeeknights, aand I used to tape it aall the time, also I bought aa lot of tapes of ssomee of his shows aand I haave aa couple VHS taapess of his TV showss.
(sorry aabout all the double letters, but it 4:00 aa.m., need I saay more?)

You can listen to this show on the following programs:

"When Radio Was" with Stan Freberg (from Radio Spirits. NOTE: The opening and closings of the "Jack Benny Show" was cut off except the Lucky Strike commercial was also cut because someone who doesn't smoke, I don't smoke too.)
"The Golden Age of Radio" with Max Schmid (from New York's WBAI)
"Radio Showtime" with Bill Eberle (from Poghkeepsie's WVKR)
"REN" (a 24-hour network replays of old time radio presented in streaming Itunes by the American Counsil for the Blind.)

06-17-2004, 11:53 PM	#1
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Jack Benny Show I just noticed there is no board for this series. Wasn't it a sitcom? I saw only one episode of it from 1963 and it seemed like it would qualify as being a sitcom. It ran 15 years in one format or another which would make it the longest running sitcom with live performers in it.

06-20-2004, 10:46 PM	#3
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Mr. Television 22 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,125	The Jack Benny Program was a great show. I haven't seen it in so long. I think its a borderline sitcom but most people classify it as a variety show.
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06-20-2004, 11:03 PM	#5
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06-21-2004, 04:01 AM	#6
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	It was sometimes a sitcom, sometimes a variety show, & sometimes a combination of the two. I have a LOT of his radio episodes on cassetes, I think the show's hilarious! In the 80s, when radio stations were playing a lot of the old radio shows (which theey stopped YEARS aago, sadly! )there was a station in our town which is no longer around (the staation, not the town ) that played his show, aand others, on weeeknights, aand I used to tape it aall the time, also I bought aa lot of tapes of ssomee of his shows aand I haave aa couple VHS taapess of his TV showss. (sorry aabout all the double letters, but it 4:00 aa.m., need I saay more?)
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06-18-2004, 12:41 PM	#2
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	It was actually part sitcom/ part variety show, but I agree with you that it should have a board. It's a funny show that needs to be revived.