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The Jack Benny Program

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Comedy series follows a vain, penny-pinching entertainer amid ensemble banter, musical bits, and running gags.

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 1961 Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.

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Don WilsonJack BennyMahlon MerrickGeorge BalzerRalph LevySam PerrinHilliard MarksJohn TackaberryMilt JosefsbergEddie AndersonMel BlancDorothy CollinsBenny RubinSportsmenAl GordonBea BenaderetBob CrosbyFrank NelsonHal GoldmanMary LivingstoneHugh Wedlock JrAl SimonAndre BaruchDennis DayAnn WilnerArtie AuerbachBarbara PepperBill FletcherBob HopeDick RyanGeorge BurnsHerb VigranJoan BennyJoseph KearnsLeon TylerPierre WatkinRex EvansRolfe SedanBasil RathboneBeverly WashburnBill CorumBilly HalopBing CrosbyByron KeithCharles BagbyColin CampbellDan DaileyDan DuryeaDanny ThomasDavid SaberDean MartinDick ElliottDick KallmanDick PowellDon RiceDorothy GreenDorothy ShayEddie CantorFrank RemleyFrank ShawlFrank WilcoxFrankie RemleyFred AllenFred MacMurrayFrederick De CordovaGracie AllenGregory RatoffHank WiseHans MoebusHarry AntrimHarry ShearerHoward SnyderHumphrey BogartIrene DunneIrving FeinJack LomisJack TaylorJames FlavinJan ArvanJean Vincent PlummerJerry HausnerJerry LewisJimmy BairdJohn BrownJohn MerrickJohnnie RayJohnny SilverJoyce RandolphJudy KelleyJune EarleKay StewartKen TerrellKirk DouglasLester MatthewsLiberaceLois CorbettLois KimbrellMadge BlakeMarilyn MonroeMaxine GatesMichael RossMicki BartonMildred BruceNeil CollinsPaul FreesPauline DrakePhil HarrisRalph ReedRay MacDonnellRay MontgomeryRita GamRobert SpencerRoland PeatRoy GlennSam HearnSammy WeissSandra GouldSara BernerSheldon LeonardShirley MitchellStephen DownerStephen WoottenTani MarshThe Beverly HillbilliesTom DugganTony MartinTyler McVeyVerna FeltonVincent PriceZamba

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  1. 19329:30 PM ET
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  2. 19329:30 PM ET
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  3. 1932–193310:00 PM ET
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  4. 1932–19338:15 PM ET
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  5. 193310:00 PM ET
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  6. 1933–193410:00 PM ET
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  7. 193410:30 PM ET
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  8. 1934–19357:00 PM ET
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  9. 1935–19367:00 PM ET
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  19. 1945–19467:00 PM ET
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  20. 1946–19477:00 PM ET
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  21. 1947–19487:00 PM ET
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  22. 19487:00 PM ET
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  23. 19497:00 PM ET
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  24. 1949–19507:00 PM ET
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  25. 1950–19517:00 PM ET
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  26. 1951–19527:00 PM ET
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  27. 1952–19537:00 PM ET
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  28. 1953–19547:00 PM ET
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  29. 1954–19557:00 PM ET
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