NaN/100 votes#1 - First Show of the Season
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1957
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.
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- 7.8/1018 votes
#2 - The Airport
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1957
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- 7.4/1028 votes
#3 - Hal March Show
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/1957
During the monologue, the President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, come onstage. Don and Harlow Wilson do a soft shoe to 'Me and my shadow' for the Lucky commercial. Hal March, host of The $64,000 Question quiz show, is the guest; Jack asks him questions, and he tries to answer them for prizes.
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- 8.1/1046 votes
#4 - Ginger Rogers Show
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/1957
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- 8.3/1011 votes
#5 - John Forsythe Show
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/1957
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- 7.6/1034 votes
#6 - Jack's Life Story
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1957
Jack wants to star in the movie version of his life story, but producer Buddy Adler wants Van Johnson. Van Johnson and Buddy Adler play themselves. Announcer: Don Wilson. Rochester: Eddie Anderson.
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- 8.8/10109 votes
#7 - Christmas Shopping
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1957
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- 8.2/1010 votes
#8 - Jack Goes to the Rose Bowl
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/1957
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- 7.3/1038 votes
#9 - Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/12/1958
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- 8.3/1034 votes
#10 - Honeymooners Show
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/1958
Dennis sings 'The 12th of never.' In the sketch, Jack plays Ralph Kramden in a take-off of The Honeymooners, with Meadows as Alice and Dennis as Ed Norton.
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- 7.5/1045 votes
#11 - Jack at the Races
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/1958
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- 7.8/1020 votes
#12 - Violin Competition with Gisele MacKenzie
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/23/1958
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- 6.4/1015 votes
#13 - Academy Awards
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/1958
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- 8.1/1046 votes
#14 - Railroad Station Show
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 3/23/1958
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- 6.8/1016 votes
#15 - Ronnie Burns Show
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 4/6/1958
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- 7.9/1046 votes
#16 - Hillbilly Act
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 4/20/1958
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The Best Episodes of The Jack Benny Program Season 8
Every episode of The Jack Benny Program Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Jack Benny Program Season 8!
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
Genre:Comedy
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"First Show of the Season" is the best rated episode of "The Jack Benny Program" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1957. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Airport".