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Best of Jack Benny
Best of Jack Benny
Actors: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Mary Livingston
Genres: Comedy
NR     2007     21hr 0min

Studio: Digital1stop Release Date: 09/25/2007 Rating: Nr
     
     

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Actors: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Mary Livingston
Genres: Comedy
Sub-Genres: Comedy
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Format: DVD - Full Screen - Best of
DVD Release Date: 09/25/2007
Release Year: 2007
Run Time: 21hr 0min
Screens: Full Screen
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaDVD Credits: 4
Total Copies: 8
Members Wishing: 0
Edition: Box set
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 6/16/2023...
Horrible audio that makes the show unwatchable.
Larry N. from BEALETON, VA
Reviewed on 3/14/2018...
This set contains the following Jack Benny Program episodes:

1951 - Dorothy Shay (plus Bob Crosby)
1952 - Jack Gets Robbed
1952 - New Year's Eve
1953 - Reminiscing About Last New Year's Eve
1953 - Fred Allen Show (plus Eddie Cantor)
1953 - Honolulu Trip (Marilyn Monroe's first television appearance)
1953 - Humphrey Bogart Show
1953 - Johnnie Ray Show (plus Danny Thomas)
1953 - Irene Dunn Show (plus Vincent Price)
1954 - Liberace Show
1954 - Jack Dreams That He's Married to Mary (the first of 2 episodes that Jack's daughter Joan appears on)
1954 - Goldie, Fields and Glide (features guests George Burns and Bing Crosby)
1954 - The Road to Nairobi (Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis crash the set)
1954 - The Jam Session Show (featuring Dan Daily, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, Tony Martin & Dick Powell)
1954 - How Jack Found Mary
1954 - Jack Does Christmas Shopping (excellent episode showcasing Mel Blanc's talent)
1955 - Peggy King & Art Linkletter (Art does a rendition of his famous Kids Say the Darndest Things)
1955 - Four O'clock in the Morning Show (Jack is awoken by a radio DJ at 4 AM)
1956 - New Year's Day, 1956
1956 - Talent Show (Jayne Mansfield makes a brief appearance and Mel Blanc does more impressions)
1956 - Jack's Maxwell is Stolen (and you find out what the Beverley Hills Police station is "really" like)
1957 - Hal March Show (Benny and Hal spoof the $64,000 Question game show)
1958 - Honeymooners Show (featuring Audrey Meadows)
1959 - Ernie Kovacs Show (Ernie shows off his mustache collection)
1960 - Hong Kong Suit
1960 - Lunch Counter Murder (skit featuring Dan Duryea)
1960 - Christmas Show (with Edgar and Frances Bergen)
1960 - Jack Goes to a Concert (with Jimmy Stewart)
1961 - Jack Casting for a TV Special (features stunning actress Jackie Russell)
1961 - Don Wilson's 27th Anniversary
1962 - Ghost Town Western Sketch
1963 - Return to Broadway

Also included are these other show episodes and specials:
1943 - March of Time: Show Business at War (documentary on how Hollywood is helping the WWII war effort)
1950 - You Can Change the World (McCarthy era documentary)
1952 - George Burns and Gracie Allen Show episode: Jack Benny Steals George's Joke
1954 - General Electric Theater: The Face is Familiar (funny episode where Jack plays a man with a very forgettable face)
1954 - The Bing Crosby G.E. Show (Bing Crosby's first TV special with Sheree North)
1955 - Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars
1956 - General Electric Theater: The Honest Man (featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor, Barbara Lawrence & Charles Bronson)
1965 - The Jack Benny Hour (special with Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, The Beach Boys & Walt Disney)
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Movie Reviews

Absolutely delightful
Roger Long | Port Clinton, OH USA | 11/11/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I ordered this, I was expecting excerpts from Jack Benny programs. Instead, to my surprised delight, there are entire programs, most complete with Lucky Strike cigarette commercials. LSMFT. Young people don't know what those letters stand for (thank goodness), but if you are old enough to be a Benny fan, the letters are indelible in your brain.

There are some very funny bits and the great characters associated with Benny: Rochester, Mary Livingston, Don Wilson, Mr. Kietzel, Mel Blanc, the race track tout, etc. etc. And then there are the guests, Fred Allen, Eddie Cantor, Johnny Ray singing "Cry," Marilyn Monroe, Vincent Price, Liberace, Humphrey Bogart--a veritable who's who of show business stars in the 1950s.

The programs hold up very well. They are still funny. They are still warm and wonderful."
Best of Jack Benny
Mr. K. Campbell | United Kingdom | 11/24/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"An excellent collection. Although some of the episodes are available elsewhere, about half aren't, including some real rarities. I hadn't seen the HONEYMOONERS sketch before, with both Jack and Dennis Day doing credible impressions of Ralph and Ed. Besides Jack's own shows, there are other appearances like 2 TV plays he starred in, an TV special TELEPARADE OF STARS and a BING CROSBY SHOW he guested on. At it's very reasonable price, it is worth getting for the more unusual items, even if you have the more common ones. For the newcomer, this is the perfect introduction to Jack, with classics like HOW JACK MET MARY and the CHRISTMAS SHOPPING show, which has a wonderful performance from Mel Blanc.
Having said this of course, what we really need for all 50's U.S. comedy classics like Jack, BURNS AND ALLEN, BOB CUMMINGS and BILKO are complete season by season sets like has been done so well with I LOVE LUCY...and how about a complete collection of Jack's later hour specials, like the George Burns one brought out recently? In the meantime, this is probably the best collection to be going on with."
Classic, if Scratchy, Television
J. Stickney | 04/14/2008
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Jack Benny, America's greatest radio comedian, dipped his toes into the television waters in 1949 for his new bosses at CBS. He must have liked the medium because he stayed until 1965. While never the top television comic, his legendary status as both a performer and a human being helped CBS to gain stature as the top network in TV's early days.
Unlike his friend Lucille Ball, his television shows were only sporadically recorded and not always in the best quality. They tend to be similar to the "Honeymooners' Lost Episodes" kinoscope recordings in video quality. The shows that did have a better look remain under copy write to NBC by way of MCA, ironic for a CBS show, eh? So what we are left with in this collection are unrestored kinoscope to vhs quality recordings whose rights were allowed to lapse because the rights holders figured they were unsaleable. If you get the idea they don't look like a lovingly retouched HD-DVD set of "Heroes", then you are on the right track.
The set has two major redeeming qualities. The first is value. At 5 to 8 bucks depending on where you shop its hard to argue the price on a 4 DVD box set. The second is the show. Jack Benny was a master of comic timing whose much ballyhooed cheapness and vanity were a wink wink, nudge nudge disguise for one of the best loved men in the country. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, while playing the somewhat demeaning role of valet, was a virtual costar for much of the shows run. His amazing voice, at once gravelly and expressive, and tremendous chemistry with Benny made him the best second banana in early television. Rotund announcer Don Wilson appeared in most every show, while other Benny radio vets like Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day and Mel Blanc made sporadic visits to the show. With a stripped down cast that no longer included Phil Harris and only occasionally Mary and Dennis, Jack began to feature a plethora of guest stars. Because of his friendship with many Hollywood stars, big names from Bob Hope to Jimmy Stewart to Humphrey Bogart were seen on the Jack Benny shows across the years.
While not as strong as his radio shows and despite the video quality, getting sixteen plus hours of Jack Benny is definitely a bargain at this price. See the inspiration for all the great comedians from Cosby to Seinfeld in quite often watchable grainy black and white, its the most fun you will ever have courting eye strain."