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The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)

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Original title

The Jack Benny Program

Year

1950

Running time

30 min.

Country

United States

Director

Frederick de Cordova, Ralph Levy, Norman Abbott, Seymour Berns, Don Weis, James V. Kern, Dick Linkroum

Screenwriter

Harry Conn, Al Boasberg, Edmund Beloin, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, George Balzer, Sam Perry, Milt Josefsberg, John Tackaberry, Ronald R. Rondell, Al Gordon, Hal GoldmanSee 8 More

Cast

Music

Mahlon Merrick

Cinematography

Nicholas Musuraca, Robert De Grasse, John MacBurnie, Henry Cronjager Jr., Philip Tannura, Stanley Pavey, Mack Stengler, John L. Russell, Sidney Hickox (B&W)See 6 More

Producer

J&M Entertainment, McCadden Productions, Universal Pictures Television, NBC, Revue Studios. Broadcast by: CBS

Genre

TV Series. Comedy

Synopsis

The Jack Benny Program evolved from a variety show blending sketch comedy and musical interludes into the situation comedy form we know even now, crafting particular situations and scenarios from the fictionalization of Benny the radio star. Anything, from hosting a party to income tax time to a night on the town, was good for a Benny show situation, and somehow the writers and star would find the right ways and places to insert musical interludes from Phil Harris and Dennis Day. With Day, invariably, it would be a brief sketch that ended with Benny ordering Day to sing the song he planned to do on that week's show.

Awards: 1963: Emmy: Nominated for Best Direction in Comedy and Writing

1961: Emmy: Best Series of Comedy

1960: Emmy: Best Direction in Comedy and Writing. 3 Nominations

1959: Emmy: Best Series of Comedy, Actor (Benny) and Writing. 4 Nominations

1958: Emmy: Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Jack Benny). 3 Nominations

1957: Emmy: 3 Nominations, including Best Comedy Series

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The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)

1950

Frederick de Cordova ...