JACK BENNY PROGRAM, THE: THE NEW TALENT SHOW (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series starring Jack Benny. On this program, Benny decides to hold a talent show where amateur performers can show off their wide variety of talents. Highlights include: the first performer, Mr. Finque (played by Mel Blanc), specializes in imitations of animals, especially dogs and horses; the next performer, to Benny's surprise, is the show's announcer Don Wilson; Wilson does his impression of Ted Lewis's "Me and My Shadow" with his son Harlow (played by Dale White), acting as his shadow; next up are the Renaldi Brothers, who perform a sharp-shooting act in which one brother shoots bullets at the other, who then dodges them; the final performers are the Sentimental Sweethearts Orchestra, a group of elderly ladies who are all members of Benny's fan club; they ask Benny to play the violin for their rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown," and he obliges. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 25, 1962 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:41
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T91:0069
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Music, popular (songs, etc.)
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1950-1964
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Irving Fein … Executive Producer
- De Cordova, Frederick … Producer, Director
- Sam Perrin … Writer
- George Balzer … Writer
- Hal Goldman … Writer
- Al Gordon … Writer
- Mahlon Merrick … Music by, Conductor
- Jack Benny … Cast, Himself
- Don Wilson … Cast, Himself
- Mel Blanc … Cast, Mr. Finque
- Jesslyn Fax … Cast, Emma
- Madge Blake … Cast, Clara
- Dale White … Cast, Harlow Wilson
- Bobbee Tremain … Cast
- Bernie Kopell … Cast
- Larry Alderette … Cast