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The Jack Benny Program

Season 4

13 listed hours · 1950–1965 · CBS/NBC

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Filed by Tessa Quinn · Spoiler-Free (Mostly)

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 4 of The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) on CBS/NBC as a mid listed season (4; 4 of 15) — 13 listed hours, 1953-09-13–1954-05-23 from “Honolulu Trip” (S04E01) to “The Road to Nairobi” (S04E13). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

  1. S04E01

    Honolulu Trip

    Honolulu Trip — Season 4, Episode 1 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-09-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S04E02

    Jack As a Child

    Jack As a Child — Season 4, Episode 2 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-10-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S04E03

    Humphrey Bogart Show

    Humphrey Bogart Show — Season 4, Episode 3 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-10-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S04E04

    Johnnie Ray Show

    Johnnie Ray Show — Season 4, Episode 4 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-11-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S04E05

    Irene Dunne Show

    Irene Dunne Show — Season 4, Episode 5 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-12-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S04E06

    Reminiscing About Last New Year's

    Reminiscing About Last New Year's — Season 4, Episode 6 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1953-12-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S04E07

    Liberace Show

    Liberace Show — Season 4, Episode 7 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-01-17. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S04E08

    Jack Dreams He's Married to Mary

    Jack Dreams He's Married to Mary — Season 4, Episode 8 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-02-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S04E09

    Helen Hayes Show

    Helen Hayes Show — Season 4, Episode 9 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-02-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S04E10

    Goldie, Fields and Glide

    Goldie, Fields and Glide — Season 4, Episode 10 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-03-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S04E11

    Burns and Allen Show

    Burns and Allen Show — Season 4, Episode 11 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-04-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S04E12

    David Niven Show

    David Niven Show — Season 4, Episode 12 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-05-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S04E13

    The Road to Nairobi

    The Road to Nairobi — Season 4, Episode 13 of The Jack Benny Program. Aired 1954-05-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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