The Jack Benny Program - Season 5

1. Entire Cast Show

Aired: 10/3/1954

2. Jam Session at Jack's

Aired: 10/17/1954

Jack delivers a monologue on critics. He is anxious to get home because at 8 p.m. some friends are coming over for their weekly jam session. At home, the guests arrive: Tony Martin with his clarinet, Fred MacMurray with his saxophone, Dick Powell with his trumpet, Dan Dailey with his drums, and Kirk Douglas with his banjo. Guests must purchase food, drink or smokes from vending machines in Jack's closet. They play 'Basin Street.' Jack holds a contest for the most popular guest.

3. How Jack Found Mary

Aired: 10/31/1954

Jack tells an interviewer how he met Mary Livingstone years before when she worked at The May Co. Rochester sings and dances with The Sportsmen Quartet.

4. The Giant Mutiny

Aired: 11/14/1954

5. The Life of Jack Benny

Aired: 11/28/1954

6. Jack Does Christmas Shopping

Aired: 12/12/1954

Jack looks for Christmas gifts in a department store, and encounters Nelson as the floor manager, Blanc and Pepper as salespeople, Rubin as a bandit. The Sportsmen Quartet sing the Lucky commercial in the elevator. English

7. San Diego Naval Training Center

Aired: 12/26/1954

8. Bedroom Burglar

Aired: 1/9/1955

9. Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

Aired: 1/23/1955

10. Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

Aired: 2/6/1955

Jack, awakened by a phone call at 4 a.m., cannot get back to sleep. After he decides to go for an early morning walk, he comes home exhausted, but Mary comes over and reminds him that they were to go shopping for a new suit for Jack.

11. Jack's Lunch Counter

Aired: 2/20/1955

12. Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

Aired: 3/6/1955

13. Gary Crosby

Aired: 3/20/1955

14. You Bet Your Life

Aired: 4/3/1955

15. Preparing for New York Trip

Aired: 4/17/1955

16. Jackie Gleason Show

Aired: 5/1/1955