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S14.E1 ∙ The Billy Graham Show

Mon, Sep 23, 1963

Take-off on folk singing craze. Billy Graham asks why comedians use insults for laughs and the gang shows him the reason.

7.4 /10

S14.E2 ∙ The Robert Goulet Show

Mon, Sep 30, 1963

Jack sups at a chichi nightclub where heartthrob crooner Robert Goulet is dining. Will Goulet pilfer Jack's drop-dead gorgeous date or will the sex symbol comic pull women away from Goulet? Two versions are presented. Which one is true?

8.3 /10

S14.E3 ∙ Riverboat Sketch

Mon, Oct 07, 1963

Carol Burnett sings Sweet Georgia Brown. Later, she joins Jack and Don in a riverboat sketch.

7.6 /10

S14.E4 ∙ The Tall Cowboy Sketch

Mon, Oct 14, 1963

Jack's guest is 6'6" Western star Clint Walker, who sings a song and banters with Jack. Jack is insulted when the gigantic Walker snubs Jack's suggestion that he play Clint's brother in a movie. But Jack auditions for the part anyway.

8 /10

S14.E5 ∙ Johnny Carson Guest

Mon, Oct 21, 1963

After Don does a man on the street interview that ends badly, Jack brings out Johnny Carson then into his first year as "Tonight" host. Carson displays samples of his various talents, including singing, drum playing and card tricks. He then does an interview with Jack where private thoughts can be heard "Strange Interlude"-style.

8.1 /10

S14.E6 ∙ Jack Directs a Film

Mon, Oct 28, 1963

After Jack learns that Jimmy and Gloria Stewart are making a film together, he decides to horn in on the act.

7.9 /10

S14.E7 ∙ The Ed Sullivan Show

Mon, Nov 04, 1963

Ed Sullivan is nervous about doing "his first dramatic part" but embraces it, playing an attorney defending a French girl accused of murder. The case seems to be stacked against DA Jack when the entire jury are baguette-wielding Frenchmen.

7.3 /10

S14.E8 ∙ Robinson Crusoe Sketch

Mon, Nov 18, 1963

7.3 /10

S14.E9 ∙ Jack Takes Boat to Hawaii

Mon, Nov 25, 1963

Hawaiians are thrilled to sing Aloha to stingy Jack Benny, who gets only 1 lei, while a fellow passenger is covered with them. The romantic atmosphere of the Pacific cruise back to L.A. overwhelms Jack, who envisions a zoftig blonde passenger as Jayne Mansfield. Jayne breathes "You're Just Too Marvelous," to love-struck Jack.

7.6 /10

S14.E10 ∙ Dennis Drives Jack to the Hospital

Mon, Dec 02, 1963

7.4 /10

S14.E11 ∙ Three Musketeers Sketch

Mon, Dec 09, 1963

7.6 /10

S14.E12 ∙ Amateur Show

Mon, Dec 23, 1963

Jack devotes the entire half-hour to an amateur talent contest - of sorts. George Jessel pays a surprise visit.

8.2 /10

S14.E13 ∙ Jack Alone on New Year's Eve

Mon, Dec 30, 1963

6.9 /10

S14.E14 ∙ How Jack Met George Burns

Mon, Jan 06, 1964

Jack and his long-time best friend George Burns play golf, but Jack quickly storms back to his office, crying foul to his secretary. George strolls in next, smoking a victory cigar, causing Jack to flee again. So, George makes himself at home at Jack's desk, and relates to Jack's secretary Ms. Gordon, how he met Jack 40 years before, in a cheap Chicago rooming house.

8.4 /10

S14.E15 ∙ Peter, Paul and Mary

Mon, Jan 13, 1964

Jack Benny's guests, the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, illustrate how folk songs develop with a tune about Jack, whose lyrics include "A silver dollar was his teething ring." Jack insists that the group cancel their flight out of town to come to his house, to discuss an important matter, at length.

8 /10

S14.E16 ∙ Nat King Cole, Guest

Mon, Jan 20, 1964

Jack intros guest Nat 'King' Cole as the best friend a song ever had, in Nat's final TV performance before his death. Nat banters with Jack, plus croons "When I Fall in Love" and "Day In, Day Out." Nat reluctantly consents to sit in on piano for Jack on "Sweet Sue." At their rehearsal Jack's sax player injures his drummer's arm in a fight, so always-cool Nat calls in a 5 year old (James Bradley Jr., later played with Anita Baker and Chuck Mangione) on the skins.

8.4 /10

S14.E17 ∙ The Bobby Darin Show

Mon, Jan 27, 1964

Jack wants to play himself in an autobiographical movie, but the studio prefers younger star Bobby Darin for the role. Darin displays his many talents as he and Jack contend over the role.

7.9 /10

S14.E18 ∙ Don Breaks Leg

Mon, Feb 03, 1964

Jack's announcer, Don Wilson, fakes a broken leg in order to give his son, Harlow, an opportunity to substitute announce for him on the show.

7.3 /10

S14.E19 ∙ How Jack Found Dennis

Mon, Feb 10, 1964

Dennis Day's lugging his own scenery on stage for his song, leads an irate Jack to relate how he picked Dennis to be his show's singer, passing over an agent's offers of Sinatra (too skinny) and Bing Crosby (too bu-bu-ba-boo). Jack tracks the unknown Irish tenor from a fish market and ice cream store (Dennis is fired from both), to a Chinese restaurant.

7.4 /10

S14.E20 ∙ Jack Takes Violin Lessons

Mon, Feb 17, 1964

In desperation, a psychiatrist phones Jack for his help with a distraught patient. An amnesiac with a violin has been found on the street, and he's bitterly muttering Jack's name - over and over. Jack identifies him as his long-time, long-suffering violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc, who reveals he couldn't lose his hearing, so he lost his mind.

8.1 /10

S14.E21 ∙ Jack and Dennis Do Impersonations

Mon, Feb 24, 1964

7.4 /10

S14.E22 ∙ Jack Redecorates His House

Mon, Mar 02, 1964

7.4 /10

S14.E23 ∙ Jack Is Boxing Manager

Mon, Mar 16, 1964

7.4 /10

S14.E24 ∙ Jack Renews Driver's License

Mon, Mar 23, 1964

While doing a PSA promoting safe driving, it's discovered that Jack's license expired, so the organization the PSA is for stalks out. Jack's attempt to renew his license at the Kafkaesque motor vehicle office is nightmarish.

8 /10

S14.E25 ∙ The Lettermen

Mon, Mar 30, 1964

Jack's guests, the pop singing group The Lettermen, provoke surprisingly strong reactions from Jack Benny and his regular singer Dennis Day. They bump Dennis from singing on the show at all, so he skulks behind the scenery as the Phantom of the Comedy. Jack, The Waukegan Wizard, claims he earned a high school letter as a cheerleader, but regrets he didn't attend college, so the World's Oldest Freshman enrolls with The Lettermen.

7.7 /10

S14.E26 ∙ Jack Goes to the Allergy Doctor

Mon, Apr 06, 1964

After an episode full of mistakes, Jack holds a post-show meeting. But staff point out how he flubbed a line and how he scratched himself during the show. For his rash, Jack visits an allergy doctor with strange show biz patients.

7.8 /10

S14.E27 ∙ Harlow Gets a Date

Mon, Apr 13, 1964

An important sponsor will soon be coming to visit, and it's up to Jack to supply a date for his daughter. He turns to Don to let his son take her out, but Harlow's never had a date before so they get a young lady teach to him how to behave with girls.

7.8 /10

S14.E28 ∙ I Am the Fiddler

Mon, Apr 20, 1964

Jack Benny enlists his long-time radio and TV cast members Charlie Cantor and Mel Blanc, to playfully demonstrate how radio programs created suspense and atmosphere. Includes a parody of "The Whistler" with Jack as the diabolical Fiddler, who spins the tale of oblivious husband Griffith Park (Dennis Day), targeted for murder by his wife and her lover.

8.2 /10