The Jack Benny Program
Season 10
15 listed hours · 1950–1965 · CBS/NBC
From the desk
How this season is filed
The Jack Benny Program is the cheapest violinist, the longest pause, and radio's stingy persona perfected for television. Rochester, the vault, age-39 vanity. Watch it now as character-comedy timing that still teaches silence — a multi-decade sitcom engine built on running gags instead of plot machinery.
TV Flash files Season 10 of The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) on CBS/NBC as a mid listed season (10; 10 of 15) — 15 listed hours, 1959-10-04–1960-05-01 from “The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future” (S10E01) to “Final Show of the Season” (S10E15). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S10E01 The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future
The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future: a titled time-jump that treats the running gag as science fiction.
- S10E01
The Jack Benny Program 30 Years in the Future
Jack switches to a new sponsor but Don Wilson and the Sportsmen Quartet keep confusing it with the old one. Jack discusses how long Don and most of his regulars have been with him and fantasizes what they would look like in 30 years.
- S10E02
Harry Truman Show
Jack has the Sportsman Quartette audition a new ad then tells Rochester about his recent concert in Missouri and visit with Truman at his new library. Flashback of the visit where Truman takes Jack on a tour of artifacts of his presidency.
- S10E03
Jack Webb Show
Jack Webb Show — Season 10, Episode 3 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1959-11-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E04
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show — Season 10, Episode 4 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1959-11-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E05
Jack Paar Show
Jack welcomes Jack and tries to prevent a confusion of first names. Paar wants Benny to do a version of his show but Benny says he won't do it without Charlie Weaver. "Charlie Weaver" makes an appearance. Dennis Day sidelines as NBC page.
- S10E06
Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting
Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting — Season 10, Episode 6 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1959-12-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E07
George Burns Show
George Burns Show — Season 10, Episode 7 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1959-12-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E08
Ben Blue Show
Ben Blue Show — Season 10, Episode 8 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1960-01-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E09
Maurice Gosfield/Amateur Show
Maurice Gosfield/Amateur Show — Season 10, Episode 9 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1960-01-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E10
George Gobel Show
George Gobel Show — Season 10, Episode 10 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1960-02-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E11
Jack is Arrested
Jack is Arrested — Season 10, Episode 11 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1960-02-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E12
Natalie Wood/Robert Wagner Show
A Friday night shift takes an unexpected turn for Advanced Paramedic Jon. A panicked caller needs help for a friend who has given birth in a hotel room despite not knowing she was.
- S10E13
Slogan Contest
Slogan Contest — Season 10, Episode 13 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1960-04-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.
- S10E14
Easter Show
Jack strolls down Wilshire Boulevard with his girlfriend Mildred Meyerhouser. He hears comments about the white suit he's wearing and his "weigh yourself for a penny" machine in his front yard. Jack and Mildred sing "Happy Easter."
- S10E15
Final Show of the Season
Jack meets with network executives to sign his new contract.
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