IJBFC Video Library
After decades of requests, the IJBFC has a video library. Jack Benny's work in television and movies has often been extremely elusive, and we hope to be able to make this material more readily available for our members to discover and enjoy. We offer a variety of Jack Benny titles, and are continuously expanding our listing through the help of the IJBFC membership.
These titles are available on DVD only.
Apologies to people who only have tape capabilities, but the cost of high-speed video duplicating equipment is beyond the finances of the IJBFC (and getting speedily antiquated). But you can get a DVD player for under $50 now, and enjoy Benny titles and lots more.
NOTE: These materials are released for educational or research purposes ONLY according to Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright code. They may not be used for resale, publication, production or public display.
How do I order?
Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing (sorry folks...I'm one person with one DVD burner)
IJBFC Video Library Holdings
Movies
Television programs
Note: Programs with a number in parentheses by the date are part of special collections and cannot be combined with other programs.
Programs with (A) in parentheses by the date are sourced from the Jack Benny Collection, Boxes 1-3, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. These may be ordered individually and/or combined with other programs.
9/13/53 (3) - Guest Marilyn Monroe
10/25/53 - Humphrey Bogart - Requires 1 full DVD, comes with 10/23/55
11/15/53 (1) - Guest Johnny Ray
12/6/53 - Guests Irene Dunne, Vincent Price
12/27/53 - Reminiscing about New Year's Eve
1/17/54 - Guest Liberace
2/7/54 - Jack dreams he's married to Mary
4/11/54 - Jack dresses up like Gracie
5/23/54 - Guest Bob Hope, The Road to Nairobi
10/17/54 (1) - Guest Kirk Douglas, Dan Dailey, Fred MacMurray, Tony Martin, Dick Powell
10/31/54 (10) - How Jack met Mary
12/12/54 (A) - Cleaning and grocery shopping
12/26/54 (A) - San Diego Naval Base
1/9/55 (A) - Jack is visited by burglars
2/6/55 (2) - Jack is awakened by a 4:00AM disc jockey
2/20/55 (A) - Death Across the Lunch Counter with George Raft
3/6/55 (10) - Jack takes the Beavers to the fair
3/20/55 (A) - Gary Crosby
4/3/55 (A) - Guest Groucho Marx
4/17/55 (A) - Going to Union Station, Mel Blanc is crying cab driver
5/1/55 (A) - Guest Jackie Gleason
9/25/55 (A) - Everyone drives Jack nuts before the first show of the season
10/9/55 (3, 10) - Jack gets a massage
10/23/55 (A) - Art Linkletter, Peggy King
11/6/55 (4) - Guest Isaac Stern
11/20/55 (A) - Johnny Carson
12/4/55 (5) - Jack hunts for uranium
12/18/55 (A) - Edgar Bergen
1/1/56 - New Year's Show
1/15/56 (5) - Jack catches a cold at Don's/Your money or your life
1/29/56 (A) - Guest Sarah Churchill
2/12/56 (A) - Guests Frances Bergen and William Holden
2/26/56 (3) - Rochester sleeps through Jack's program
3/11/56 (1) - Palm Springs Vacation
3/25/56 (A) - Guest Dore Schary
4/22/56 (A) - Jack gets a passport
6/17/56 (A) - Rerun of 3/21/54 with additional original material
11/18/56 - Jack's Maxwell is stolen
12/2/56 (3) - Jack is lost in the Tower of London
12/30/56 - Jayne Mansfield, Talent Show - Requires 1 full DVD, comes with 1/1/56
1/13/57 (3) - Jack and Mary in Rome
3/10/57 (3) - Jack and Mary in Venice
3/24/57 (3) - Guest Maurice Chevalier - Jack and Mary in Paris
4/7/57 - Mary has a May Company Reunion
10/20/57 - Guest Hal March - $64.00 Question
12/1/57 - Guest Van Johnson - Requires 1 full DVD
1/12/58 (7) - Jack takes the Beavers to the dentist
1/26/58 (1) - Guest Audrey Meadows - The Honeymooners
2/9/58 (1) - Day at the Races
2/23/58 - Guest Gisele MacKenzie
3/23/58 (6) - Train station for New York
4/6/58 (10) - Guest Ronnie Burns
1/25/59 (1) - Guest Ernie Kovacs
12/13/59 (10) - Jack visits the Jack Benny Fan Club
1/10/60 - Ben Blue
2/21/60 (4) - Jack plays his violin to cure insomnia
11/6/60 - Guest Gisele MacKenzie - Jack's Hong Kong suit
12/4/60 - Guest Dan Duryea
12/11/60 (4) - Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart - Jack goes to a concert
12/18/60 (6) - Jack goes Christmas shopping
1/1/61 (10) - Jack casts his life story
1/8/61 - U.S. Treasury Agents want to see Jack's vault
1/15/61 (9) - Don Wilson's 27th anniversary
1/22/61 (1) - Grocery Shopping
2/5/61 (7) - Jack and Don go to a health club
2/12/61 - Mamie Van Doren, death row sketch
2/19/61 (9) - Jack recalls musicales of his youth
2/26/61 (9) - Jack dreams he is a surgeon
3/5/61 - Detective story with Frankie Fontaine
3/19/61 - Guest Mills Brothers, Jack in Vegas
4/2/61 - Guest George Burns, Ann Margret
4/9/61 (7) - Rochester gives away Jack's coat
11/5/61 (7) - Guest Raymond Burr - Jack on trial
11/12/61 - Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart - Jack and the Stewarts go to an auction
11/19/61 (2) - Guest Tennessee Ernie Ford
11/26/61 (7) - Guest Eric Monte
12/3/61 (7) - Guest Bobby Rydell - Jack is being followed
12/10/61 - Jane Morgan - Jack goes to a cafeteria
12/17/61 (7) - Guest Dimitri Tiomkin
12/31/61 - New Year's Eve show - Requires 1 full DVD, comes with 10/20/57
1/7/62 - Guest Roberta Peters (no title card)
1/14/62 - Dennis' birthday party
2/11/62 (9) - Guest Gisele MacKenzie - The Cactus Kid
4/1/62 (10) - Guest Billy Wilder
4/8/62 (4) - Jack fantasizes about being a violin teacher
4/15/62 - Mickey Rooney
10/9/62 - Guest Phil Silvers
10/16/62 - Guest Raymond Burr, Air Force sketch
10/23/62 - Guest Lawrence Welk
12/4/62 (5) - Guest Bob Hope - Jack and Bob as a vaudeville team
12/11/62 (8) - Jack referees a wrestling match
12/18/62 (5) - Jack goes to the airport - Louis Nye is an emotional cab driver
12/25/62 - Talent Show with Jack Benny Fan Club
1/8/63 - Guest Max Bygraves
1/15/63 (7) - Guest Rod Serling
2/12/63 (8) - Guest Rita Moreno
2/26/63 (8) - Guest Martha Tilton - WW2 USO show
3/5/63 - Frankie Avalon
3/12/63 (6) - Guest George Burns - Jack is kidnapped
3/19/63 (9) - Jack fires Don
4/9/63 (8) - Jack reads letters - Laurel and Hardy
10/1/63 - Guest Robert Goulet
10/8/63 (8) - Guest Carol Burnett - Riverboat Gambler
10/22/63 (6) - Guest Johnny Carson
10/29/63 (4) - Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart - Jack wants to be in a movie
1/14/64 (2, 7) - Guest Peter Paul and Mary
1/21/64 - Guest Nat King Cole
1/28/64 (5) - Guest Bobby Darin
2/4/64 (5) - Don breaks his leg
2/11/64 (8) - How Jack found Dennis Day
2/18/64 (4) - Professor LeBlanc goes insane
3/24/64 (9) - Jack renews his driver's license
3/31/64 (7) - Guest The Lettermen
4/7/64 (8) - Jack visits doctor about a rash
4/14/64 (5) - Harlow gets a date
4/21/64 - The Fiddler
10/2/64 (6) - Guest Lucille Ball
10/9/64 (2) - Guest Andy Williams
10/16/64 (6) - Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart - IRS show
10/23/64 (2) - Guest Bob Hope - Jack and Bob make a comedy record
10/30/64 - Connie Francis - Lem-Shem sketch
12/4/64 (2) - Guest Wayne Newton
1/8/65 - Guest Jack Jones
1/22/65 (6) - Guest Milton Berle
1/29/65 (5) - Guest Kingston Trio - Tijuana Jail
2/5/65 - Lorrae Desmond and Marquis Chimps (partial - specify PAL or NTSC format)
All the specials listed below are professional transfers direct from the original color master tapes. Better quality cannot be found anywhere! These are provided with the permission of the Jack Benny Estate, who owns the copyrights to these programs.
Due to the professional grade of the transfer, an hour show occupies more than the usual space on a DVD. Please see the individual show for an estimate of how much DVD space each show requires.
"But I want them all...do I have to only order five at a time?" Sure, you can order all of these at the same time. Just be nice and know that this takes up a good chunk of my time to copy them individually, so please send a reasonable donation with your request (a few people requesting enormous orders and sending no donation at all was why we originally created the limit). Thanks!
Other items
Shower of Stars with (A) in parentheses by the date are sourced from the Jack Benny Collection, Boxes 123-124, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
We will be providing additional titles in the coming months, so please recheck this page for updates.
NOTE: These materials are released for educational or research purposes ONLY according to Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright code. They may not be used for resale, publication, production or public display.
How do I know how many DVDs to send?
We will try to combine as many titles as possible on a single DVD for you, which can hold 2 hours of material. However, titles cannot be broken across DVDs. (Note: Many television programs are part of special collections and cannot be combined with other programs.) Here are some examples of calculating the proper number of DVDs:
1 90-minute title (total 90 minutes) -> 1 DVD
1 90-minute title and 1 30-minute title (total 120 minutes) -> 1 DVD
4 30-minute titles (total 120 minutes) -> 1 DVD
2 90-minute titles (total 180 minutes) -> 2 DVDs
3 90-minute titles (total 270 minutes) -> 3 DVDs
If you are not sure how many DVDs to send, E-mail your want list to president@jackbenny.org with the subject line of "How many DVDs?"