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A clip from the JB Program, from 3 April 1955, featuring the great Marx brother Groucho. It's a parody of You Bet Your Life, the plot being Jack disguising himself to try and pick up "some extra cash." He and his partner are doing great until the last question. After the sketch, Jack and Groucho have a little fun in the closing monologue.

The Jack Benny ProgramSelected episodes...Jack Goes To A Gym (to impress his pretty new secretary)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxWMvJrPbsHow Jack Met Mary (based on the true story of how he met his real wife, at a department store)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvfgG9BckI8Christmas Shopping (old cheapskate Benny, as always, out to save a penny)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u17Xo0dqJ34Jack at the Supermarket(Again, Jack out penny-saving)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqbmnZ7sgZMJack Renews His Driver’s Licensehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPmpJGmlVCcJack Goes To The Cafeteria(cheapskate Jack takes a guest on his show out to eat)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh6AAGqPjk

This is a classic sketch from The Jack Benny Show. He never jumped the shark the entire time his show played. He’s done this before with others and I’ll post the original from Giselle McKenzie

Jack takes a vacation to Hawaii and has a (mostly) great time. On the cruise back to Los Angeles, Jack daydreams of Jayne Mansfield.

Jack Benny goes Christmas Shopping

Lum & Abner: Christmas Story (CBS, 1938) “We try,” co-creator Chester Lauck has told Radio Guide, “to make our program amusing through the situations we build up rather than through the ignorance or obtuseness of any character.” And if you’re looking for an individual episode that proves every word he said is true, even telling a story outside Lum & Abner‘s customary serial style, you’ll find one today. The Pine Ridge philosophickers are just as good in leaving you to imagine a crawl through the worst of the rural winter as a potbelly stove burning and wares occasionally clacking and...

Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian,vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age. Benny was known for comic timing, and the ability to create laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated “Well!” His radio and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a major influence on...

Bear in mind that some of the following actually did air on Christmas days past. But if you're any kind of old-time radio nut---and I am, certifiable, glazed, and dry-roasted---you have got to love the cornucopia of surviving Christmas-themed radio shows. (No, Virginia, this nice Jewish boy does not have a problem with what amounts to saying "Happy birthday!" to a nice Jewish boy!) You could consider the survival of these shows something of a miracle in itself. (When you consider that a lot of the original sponsors and even network outlets saw fit to trash several thousand shellac discs...