The Jack Benny Program

Season 8 Episode 1: First Show of the Season

Show opens with the audience in line to see the show, telling each other how their tickets were forced on them. In his opening monologue, Jack analyzes his own humor. Dennis sings 'Around the world in 80 days.' Don does the Lucky Strike commercial as a calypso number; Jack won't let him finish it. He introduces Mel Blanc as Otto Ketzler, a novelty music act from Vienna; Ketzler plays bottles filled with alcohol--as he tunes them, he becomes more and more inebriated. Don's wife makes Jack call the sponsor to explain that the curtailed commercial was Jack's fault, not Don's.

Genre:

Comedy

Seasons:

15

Episodes:

261

Actor:

Jack Benny, Don Wilson

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1950

IMDb:

7.8