The Jack Benny Program (season 3)
This is a list of episodes for the third season (1952–53) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program. This season the program was the 12th highest-ranked television show.
The Jack Benny Program | |
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Season 3 | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | October 5, 1952 – May 17, 1953 |
Season chronology | |
Season 3 was the first televised season of The Jack Benny Program to air on a regular schedule, appearing once every four weeks. The next season would increase the show's frequency to every three weeks; by the fifth season, it would settle into appearing every two weeks, a pattern it would follow for the next several years.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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11 | 1 | "Bob Crosby's Contract" | October 5, 1952 | |
Special guest: Marilyn Monroe. | ||||
12 | 2 | "Buck Benny Rides Again" | November 2, 1952 | |
Special guests: Dinah Shore, Hank Mann, and James Flavin. | ||||
13 | 3 | "Jack Gets Robbed" | November 30, 1952 | |
In the opening monologue, Jack is pestered for an autograph by a little girl (Beverly Washburn) claiming to be Margaret Truman from Washington, D.C. Bob Crosby sings "Peter Pan" with an assist from the child. At home, Jack tries to fall asleep but is awakened by a leaky bathroom faucet. Rochester comes and fixes it, then rocks Jack to sleep in his bed/crib. As he snoozes, two thieves come in the bedroom window and encounter booby traps in his dresser drawers and a live tiger in his safe. | ||||
14 | 4 | "Cafe Skit" | December 28, 1952 | |
Special guests: James Stewart and Gloria Stewart. | ||||
15 | 5 | "60 Piece Orchestra Skit" | January 25, 1953 | |
In an interview in his dressing room, Jack tells a reporter (Alix Talton) how he would rather have been a concert violinist than a comedian. In flashbacks, Jack, as a small boy and as a teen, does nothing but practice his violin. He imagines that he is soloist with a philharmonic orchestra. To the cheers of the audience and his fellow musicians, he wows them with his rendition of "Love in Bloom." | ||||
16 | 6 | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" | March 22, 1953 | |
The sketch is a take-off of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Jack playing both of the title roles. Bob Crosby, as a medical student, performs "A Foggy Day in London Town." The good doctor's new potion turns him into a murderous madman who recycles one of his patients into a teaching skeleton. Hyde is finally brought down by another patient who is pumped up with vitamins. | ||||
17 | 7 | "Fred Allen Show" | April 19, 1953 | |
Special guests: Fred Allen and Eddie Cantor. | ||||
18 | 8 | "Visit to the Vault" | May 17, 1953 | |
Special guest: Gisele MacKenzie. |