Season 5

Season 5 (1954)


Episodes: 16

Star Cast: Jack Benny , Don Wilson ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Entire Cast Show

Air Date: 1954-10-03

Ep.2 Jam Session at Jack's

Air Date: 1954-10-17

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.

Ep.3 How Jack Found Mary

Air Date: 1954-10-31

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.

Ep.4 The Giant Mutiny

Air Date: 1954-11-14

Ep.5 The Life of Jack Benny

Air Date: 1954-11-28

Ep.6 Jack Does Christmas Shopping

Air Date: 1954-12-12

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

Ep.7 San Diego Naval Training Center

Air Date: 1954-12-26

Ep.8 Bedroom Burglar

Air Date: 1955-01-09

Ep.9 Jack and Gisele MacKenzie's Violin Duet

Air Date: 1955-01-23

Ep.10 Four O'Clock In The Morning Show

Air Date: 1955-02-06

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.

Ep.11 Jack's Lunch Counter

Air Date: 1955-02-20

Ep.12 Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair

Air Date: 1955-03-06

Ep.13 Gary Crosby

Air Date: 1955-03-20

Ep.14 You Bet Your Life

Air Date: 1955-04-03

Ep.15 Preparing for New York Trip

Air Date: 1955-04-17

Ep.16 Jackie Gleason Show

Air Date: 1955-05-01