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Season 5, Episode 8 – Aired: 1/9/1955
Burglar Tries To Break Into The Vault
Jack comes home after a hard day at work and tries to wind down. Once in bed, he encounters a dripping faucet. Once asleep, 2 burglars try to rob Jack, but encounter numerous obstacles along the way.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957)
Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones
Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself

Recurring Roles
Benny Rubin - Burglar 2 / Mel Blanc - Burglar 1 / Ralph Levy - Director / Hillard Marks - Producer
Milt Josefsberg - Writer George Balzer - Writer

Season 5, Episode 9 – Aired: 1/23/1955
Jack And Gisele Mackenzie's Violin Duet
Jack reads a public service announcement on behalf of the IRS, and jokes about the Band's deductions. Gisele MacKenzie comes out, and she and Jack talk about funny names: Snooky Lanson, Gisele, and Jack's middle name, Tecumseh. Gisele gives him a kiss from Dorothy Collins. Then Gisele sings a comic medley about Paris. Don, his wife Lois, and his son Harlow come out to beg for one more chance for Harlow as an announcer; Harlow attempts the Lucky Strike ad, but flubs it to the point that even his mother yells at him, and breaks Jack's violin over his head. Jack and Gisele play 'Getting to know you' as a violin duet.

Stars
Jack Benny - Himself / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965) / Don Wilson - Himself

Guest Cast
Tom D'Andrea - Guest Star

Recurring Roles
Gisele MacKenzie - Herself / Lois Corbet - Lois Wilson / Dale White - Harlow Wilson

Ralph Levy - Director / John Tackaberry - Writer

Season 5, Episode 10 – Aired: 2/6/1955
Four O'Clock In The Morning Show
Jack is awakened by a 4 AM phone call from Hank, the all-night DJ, asking an inane trivia question. Unable to sleep, he goes for a walk and drops by Don Wilson's house, where the Sportsmen Quartet sing "When the Red Red Robin." Sleepy by the afternoon, Mary drags Jack off to a to buy a new suit at a clothing store managed by Frank Nelson. Benny falls asleep on his feet and is mistaken by store employees for a mannequin. When he wakes up, he's been redressed and is standing in the window display holding a fishing pole. Jack goes for Nelson's throat when he learns he advertises on Hank's all-night radio show.

Stars
Jack Benny - Himself / Mary Livingstone - Herself / Don Wilson - Himself

Guest Cast
John Frederick - Guest Star / Robert Spencer - Guest Star / Bea Benaderet - Operator / Stephen Downer - Guest Star

Recurring Roles
Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957)
Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965) / Frank Nelson - Mr. Nelson, Clothing Store Manager / Herb Vigran - Hank, the All-Night DJ

Ralph Levy - Director - Sam Perrin - Writer / George Balzer - Writer / Milt Josefsberg - Writer

Season 5, Episode 11 – Aired: 2/20/1955
Jack's Lunch Counter
In his monologue Jack discusses guitarist Frank Remley's drunken birthday party. Dennis interrupts, upset that George Raft got the star dressing room. After a loud crash, Dennis mother walks out to say the dressing room is now his; she just threw Raft out of it. Dennis sings "Young and Foolish". In the "dramatic" sketch ("Death Across the Lunch Counter," or "Dial 'M' For Mustard") Jack plays Charleston T. Gundlefinger, a diner owner. He's nervous because murderers are on the loose in the area. Three suspicious men come in at closing and two of them (Raft and Day) start to intimidate Jack. They also dance when the jukebox plays "Papa Loves Mambo." Benny shoots Raft, who does a hammy death scene, and Day. The third man isn't a thug; he's the interior decorator Charleston had hired.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Jack Benny - Himself / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet

Guest Cast
Dan Duryea - Gang Leader

Season 5, Episode 12 – Aired: 3/6/1955
Jack Takes Beavers To The Fair
Jack takes The Beverly Hills Beavers to the fair. The boys want balloons, so Jack buys some, but gets carried away, literally. After being shot down, Jack buys the boys hot dogs from Mr. Kitzel, and then tries to knock down milk bottles to win the boys prizes. But Jack does it the hard way. While playing ring the bell, Jack knocks the bell right off the pole. After coming face to face with Gorgo the gorilla, Jack finds out its only Mr. Kitzel in disguise. Later, they watch the Sportsmen sing, and Jack steps into a cage with a lion, thinking the lion is Mr. Kitzel, he's wrong. On the way out, they pass a dancing hula girl, the boys want to go in, but Jack says no. Until he learns the dancing girl is Mr. Kitzel.

Stars
Jack Bemmy - Himself

Guest Cast
Stephen Wootton - Stevie Beaver / Jerry Hausner - Guest Star / Jack Lomas - Guest Star / Dick Elliott - Guest Star / Johnny Silver - Guest Star
Tani Marsh - Guest Star / Harry Shearer - Harry Beaver / Ted Marc - Ted Beaver / Jimmy Baird - Jimmy Beaver / Harry Antrim - Guest Star
Dick Ryan - Guest Star / James Flavin - Guest Star

Recurring Roles
Artie Auerbach - Mr. Kitzel / Herb Vigran - carnival barker / Mel Blanc - carnival barker

Season 5, Episode 13 – Aired: 3/20/1955
Gary Crosby Show
At a rehearsal of Jack's monologue, he discusses how good his blue eyes looked last week in color and whines about losing the Emmy to George Gobel. Jack goes to Bing Crosby's mansion to see if he's going to be on his show, even though Benny won't pay his $10,000 fee. Bing's son Gary Crosby is at home and he performs "I've Got the World on a String." Jack is impressed and wants him for the show, especially since he'll work for 150 bucks. Papa Bing calls the house, hears about Benny's scheme, and puts a quick end to it. Desperate, Jack grabs their butler and takes him to the studio.

Stars
Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Don Wilson - Himself
Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Gary Crosby - Himself
Director - Ralph Levy / Producer - Hilliard Marks

Season 5, Episode 14 – Aired: 4/3/1955
You Bet Your Life

Jack's in a terrible dilemma. He has to decide whether to go to a fancy-dress ball or try to appear on the Groucho Marx quiz show. He's heard that the jackpot is worth 3000 dollars. And who'll be there to give it out? None other than 'that's me—Groucho Marx,' in person.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Don Durand - Guest Star / Jean Mahoney - Guest Star / Groucho Marx - Himself / Irene Tedrow - Guest Star

Ralph Levy - Director / John Tackaberry - Writer

Season 5, Episode 15 – Aired: 4/17/1955
Preparing For New York Trip
Jack and Rochester are driven to the train station by a crying cab driver who can't bear to say goodbye. He even follows Jack inside and buys him flowers and candy. Once in the station, Jack runs into Mr. Kitzel in a kilt, a young couple who won't stop kissing, and the racetrack tout who gives him tips on which train to take. Besides being interrupted by a PA announcer making ridiculous announcements, Jack has trouble at the ticket counter because Frank Nelson is working the window. In the epilogue, Jack brings out Mel Blanc and gives him his pay check. Mel starts crying again.

Stars
Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Jack Benny - Himself
Don Wilson - Himself / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself

Guest Cast
Dolores Donlon - Girl

Season 5, Episode 16 – Aired: 5/1/1955
Jackie Gleason Show
Jack and Rochester are in New York, relaxing in the penthouse suite of the luxurious St. Regis Hotel. They're staying for free, masquerading as painters. Whenever the doorbell rings, they put on painters' caps and toss drop cloths around the room. Jack's awaiting Jackie Gleason for a business meeting. Before Gleason enters the room, the June Taylor Dancers prance in and give him an huge introduction. Gleason and Benny are forming a production company to make movies. Jack thinks the films will star him; Jackie has heard about The Horn Blows at Midnight and has different ideas. When the hotel manager calls to say he's coming up, Rochester starts throwing out the drop cloths and paint buckets. Benny puts a cap on Gleason and tells him he's the foreman.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Jackie Gleason - Himself

Season 6, Episode 1 – Aired: 9/25/1955
Jack Goes To Dennis' House
Jack introduces Dennis Day, who proceeds to irritate him before singing "Yellow Rose of Texas." Jack flashes back to yesterday; he's relaxed about starting another television season until everybody begins badgering him with suggestions. Don Wilson's wife demands Jack stop making fat jokes at her husband's expense. More headaches await when Jack drops by Dennis Day's home do discuss his song for the show. The young man's mother believes Benny isn't giving her golden boy the treatment and exposure he deserves.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965) / Mary Livingstone - Herself
Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957)

Guest Cast
Verna Felton - Dennis' mother / Dick Ryan - Dennis' father

Recurring Roles
Lois Corbet - Lois Wilson / Herb Vigran - Recurring Role

Season 6, Episode 3 – Aired: 10/23/1955
Peggy King and Art Linkletter
The monologue is interrupted by Don Wilson to show Jack that he's on the cover of the new "Look" magazine and to launch into a pitch for Lucky Strike. He's also heckled by a Mr. Fink (spelled "Finque") in the audience (Blanc) who wants to win a refrigerator. Jack introduces Peggy King of The George Gobel Show who insults Jack by saying Gobel is funnier. She performs "When Love Walks Out, Brother." Art Linkletter leads the sketch, a segment from his daytime show House Party where he interviews several children. After the first group, he brings out more kids: Wilson, King, Benny (with golden locks), and Rochester. The sketch ends when Franque Finque takes the stage demanding his refrigerator. In the closing comments, Jack plugs his next show in two weeks with Mary and violinist Isaac Stern.

Stars
Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Don Wilson - Himself / Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Peggy King - Herself / Art Linkletter - Himself

Recurring Roles
Mel Blanc - Franque Finque

Ralph Levy - Executive Producer / Sam Perrin - Production Supervisor / Buck Henshaw - Set Decorator / Robert Tyler Lee - Art Director
Richard Fisher - Associate Producer / Mahlon Merrick - Musical Director / Al Gordon - Writer / Hal Goldman - Writer / George Balzer - Writer

Season 6, Episode 2 – Aired: 10/9/1955
Relaxing After The Show
After a show, Jack awaits a relaxing massage, but masseuse Frank Nelson gives him nothing but aggrivation. Jack throws him out after discovering he's being rubbed down with chicken fat from a butcher shop. Jack takes his date Gertrude to a dumpy French restaurant that's crowded with sewer workers from Paris. The Sportsmen Quartet perform a number as the restaurant's entertainment. Jack and Gertrude are seated at a tiny table where they're accosted by a pair of violent Apache dancers. Benny literally get pulled into their act by the female who tosses him across the room. The owner, Michel, crams another guest at their table; the Frenchman tells Jack he smells like chicken fat.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself
Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965) / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957)
Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Rolfe Sedan - Mr. Poirot / Bea Benaderet - Gertrude Gearshift / Sara Berner - Mabel Flapsaddle / Dick Curtis - Page

Recurring Roles
Mel Blanc - Monsieur Michelle / Frank Nelson - Masseur

Season 6, Episode 3 – Aired: 11/6/1955
Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale
Jack's latest violin lesson ends badly when Professor LeBlanc attacks him, slits his own wrists and jumps out of the window. Finally realizing he'll never be a good violinist, Jack goes into a funk. To boost his confidence, Rochester pretends to record Benny playing a tune so he can hear how he sounds to listeners. Instead of playback, Isaac Stern, who's hidden in the closet, plays the same song. Delighted with how wonderful he sounds, Jack races to a recording studio to cut a record. The equipment begins smoking and Jack blames the lousy engineer. Benny discovers what Rochester has been doing and thanks him for the effort. For an encore, Stern is joined onstage by pianist Alexander Zakin for Polonaise No. 1 in D Major by Wieniawski.

Stars
Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Jack Benny - Himself / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965)
Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Don Wilson - Himself

Guest Cast
Isaac Stern - Himself / Robert Peterson - Engineer / Grandon Rhodes - Producer

Recurring Roles
Mel Blanc - Professor LeBlanc

Season 6, Episode 4 – Aired: 11/20/1955
Jack Gives Johnny Carson Advice
Jack and Johnny Carson exchange compliments with each other. Johnny says that Jack is his idol, but he has some constructive criticism. He tells Jack his delivery is too slow and accuses him of stealing all of his mannerisms. Jack is insulted! As Johnny begins a monologue, Don interrupts and does a Lucky Strike commercial. In the sketch, a frightened Jack runs home and turns off the lights, telling Rochester he's being followed by a man in a trench coat. A couple of rocks come through the window with notes attached telling him to leave town. The police capture the stalker; it's Dennis Day, angry because he wasn't on the show this week. In the epilogue, Dennis sings "Love and Marriage" with a new verse called "Jack and Money". Jack has one line in the song, forgets it, and starts laughing.

Stars
Don Wilson - Himself / Dennis Day - Himself / Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Jack Benny - Himself

Guest Cast
Johnny Carson - Himself

Jim Brady - Technical Director / Ralph Levy - Director / Robert Tyler Lee - Art Director / Richard Fisher - Associate Producer / Mahlon Merrick - Musical Director
Hilliard Marks - Producer / Ralph Levy - Executive Producer / George Balzer - Writer / Sam Perrin - Writer / Hal Goldman - Writer

Season 6, Episode 5 – Aired: 12/4/1955
Jack's Camping Trip
Jack hears about the big money being made from uranium finds in the desert and wants his share. After renting camping equipment from surly salesman Frank Nelson, Jack takes Mary and Rochester mineral hunting. They give water to thirsty Mexican Mel Blanc, then decide to set up camp. Eavesdropping Jack overhears a group of men with a big map say they were digging at that exact spot in the morning. Believing they're talking about uranium, Jack gets up early and commences digging before they arrive. He's dug a hole six feet deep before he learns they're just repairing a gas pipeline.

Stars
Bill Days - Sportsmen Quartet / Gurney Bell - Sportsmen Quartet / Martin Sperzel - Sportsmen Quartet (1950-1957) / Mary Livingstone - Herself / Dennis Day - Himself
Eddie Anderson - Rochester Van Jones / Robert Garsen - Sportsmen Quartet (1954-1965) / Jack Benny - Himself / Don Wilson - Himself

Guest Cast
Kem Dibbs - 3rd Prospector / Ken Clark - 1st Prospector / Robert Bray - 2nd Prospector

Recurring Roles
Frank Nelson - Clerk / Mel Blanc - Mexican/Polly (voice) / Herb Vigran - Man