The Jack Benny Program
Season 7
1956 • 16 Episodes
Episodes
1. Alfred Wallenstein Show
September 23, 1956
No overview available.
2. George Burns & Spike Jones Show
October 7, 1956
No overview available.
3. George Gobel & Red Skelton Show
October 21, 1956
No overview available.
4. Jack Is Invited to the Ronald Colmans
November 4, 1956
No overview available.
5. Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen
November 18, 1956
Rochester calls Jack in the middle of his monologue to tell him his Maxwell has been stolen. While he goes to the Beverly Hills Police Station, the Sportsmen cover for him, singing 'Puttin' on my top hat' while they get dressed on stage. Jack is amazed at the sumptuousness of the police station. Eventually the car is found; it has been returned to Jack's house by the thieves.
6. Jack Locked in the Tower of London
December 2, 1956
No overview available.
7. The Mikado
December 16, 1956
No overview available.
8. Talent Show
December 30, 1956
During Jack's monologue about his Christmas gifts, Don comes out to announce a purse has been found. It turns out to belong to Jayne Mansfield, who was sitting in the audience when the usher grabbed her purse she considers this to be a pretty sneaky way to get a guest star. Jack mentions The Girl Can't Help It, her latest picture. The Sportsmen Quartet and Rochester perform New Year's in Trinidad for the Lucky Strike ad. In the sketch, Jack hosts a talent contest. Mel Blanc plays an animal impersonator. The Landrew Sisters trio sings Did you ever see a dream walking. Leon Salvadore, a judo champ, is beaten by the six big men he asserts he will beat.
9. Jack and Mary in Rome
January 13, 1957
No overview available.
10. The Fiddler
January 27, 1957
No overview available.
11. Goodwin Knight & George Jessel Show
February 10, 1957
No overview available.
12. Hope and Benny in Agent's Office
February 24, 1957
No overview available.
13. Jack Falls Into a Canal in Venice
March 10, 1957
No overview available.
14. Jack in Paris
March 24, 1957
Jack makes sure Parisians remember him: he boasts to anyone he can corner that he drives a garbage truck. That's how an under-tipped hotel employee translates "star of stage, screen and television" for Jack. A garbageman compatriot is delighted to give Jack & Mary a free ride in his truck, while Maurice Chevalier takes them nightclubbing.
15. Mary's May Company Reunion
April 7, 1957
No overview available.
16. Visit from the IRS
April 21, 1957
No overview available.