"The Jack Benny Program" Honolulu Trip (1953)

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Director:

Ralph Levy

Writers:

Sam Perrin (written by) and
George Balzer (written by) ...

TV Series:

"The Jack Benny Program" (1950)

Original Air Date:

13 September 1953 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Breaking The Fourth Wall | Based On Radio Show | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jack Benny	...	Jack Benny
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Rochester Van Jones
Don Wilson	...	Don Wilson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Artie Auerbach	...	Mr. Kitzel
Dorothy Collins	...	Lucky Strike Commercials
Dennis Day	...	Dennis Day
Maxine Gates	...	Fat Woman
Joseph Kearns	...	Passenger Reading Book
Tyler McVey
Marilyn Monroe	...	Herself
Frank Nelson	...	Deli Manager
Ralph Reed
Kay Stewart
Jack Taylor

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Gurney Bell		(as The Sportsmen Quartet)
Bill Days		(as The Sportsmen Quartet)
Jay Meyer		(as The Sportsmen Quartet)
Martin Sperzel		(as The Sportsmen Quartet)

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Movie Connections:

References The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

Soundtrack:

Bye Bye Baby

Television glamor

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was pretty early in Monroe's career, and Jack was very excited about having her. He did a little bit about a dream on a cruise, which he later repeated with Jayne Mansfield, about some great dreams and waking up to fat girls--you have to realize, he did a lot of fat jokes. Monroe is luminous: a stunning beauty at that time, and she does a good job with the comedy too. This was her first television show, and when Jack asked her what she wanted to do it, she said, "Oh, I don't want money. But nobody has ever given me a car."

He gave her a Cadillac. It was not widely known at the time, because of his cheap image, and probably no one at the time would have believed it anyway.