The Jack Benny Program
US radio–TV comedy series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th century American comedy.[1] He played one role throughout his radio and television careers, a caricature of himself as a minimally talented musician and penny pincher who was the butt of all the jokes. Producer Hilliard Marks was the brother of Benny's wife Mary Livingstone.
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| Other names | The Jack Benny Show The Canada Dry Program The Chevrolet Program The General Tire Revue The Jell-O Program The Grape Nuts Flakes Program The Lucky Strike Program |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | NBC (Blue) (05/02/32–10/26/32) CBS (10/30/32–1/26/33) NBC (Red) (03/03/33–09/28/34) NBC (Blue) (10/14/34–06/21/36) NBC (Red) (10/04/36–12/26/48) CBS (01/02/49–05/22/55) |
| TV adaptations | The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965) |
| Starring | Jack Benny Mary Livingstone Eddie Anderson Phil Harris Dennis Day Kenny Baker Mel Blanc Frank Nelson Artie Auerbach Bea Benaderet Sara Berner Joseph Kearns Sheldon Leonard |
| Announcer | Don Wilson |
| Written by | Harry Conn Al Boasberg William Morrow Edmund Beloin Hugh Wedlock Jr. Howard Snyder George Balzer Sam Perrin Milt Josefsberg John Tackaberry Al Gordon Hal Goldman |
| Produced by | Hilliard Marks (1946–'55) |
| Original release | May 2, 1932 – May 22, 1955 |
| No. of episodes | 931 |
| Opening theme | Love in Bloom/The Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Ending theme | Hooray for Hollywood "The J & M Stomp" |