The Jack Benny Program
Nightbeat Takeoff
Season 11, Episode 1 · Aired 1960-10-16
Synopsis
George Burns, Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis, and Johnny Green are at Hillwood Country Club waiting for Jack to join them for golf. They all question whether Jack has the stamina to do a new episode each week this season. Their scoffing cause him to have a nightmare where he's grilled by Mike Wallace on "Night Beat." His doctor, Frank Nelson, also shows up in his dream to harass him. Back at home, Jack's windows are knocked out by his "fans" throwing rocks.
In the series
This episode is part of The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) on CBS/NBC.
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Key cast
- Jack Benny as Jack Benny
- Eddie Anderson as Rochester Van Jones
- Don Wilson as Announcer
- Dennis Day as Dennis
- Mary Livingstone as Mary