S8 E1 • First Show of the Season

Show opens with the audience in line to see the show, telling each other how their tickets were forced on them. In his opening monologue, Jack analyzes his own humor. Dennis sings 'Around the world in 80 days.' Don does the Lucky Strike commercial as a calypso number; Jack won't let him finish it. He introduces Mel Blanc as Otto Ketzler, a novelty music act from Vienna; Ketzler plays bottles filled with alcohol--as he tunes them, he becomes more and more inebriated. Don's wife makes Jack call the sponsor to explain that the curtailed commercial was Jack's fault, not Don's.

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 1957

S8 E2 • The Airport

Jack goes to the airport and encounters Leonard as the racetrack tout, Blanc in the Mexican routine, Nelson as the obnoxious ticket taker.

Première diffusion : 6 octobre 1957

S8 E3 • Hal March Show

During the monologue, the President and Secretary of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena Chapter, come onstage. Don and Harlow Wilson do a soft shoe to 'Me and my shadow' for the Lucky commercial. Hal March, host of The $64,000 Question quiz show, is the guest; Jack asks him questions, and he tries to answer them for prizes.

Première diffusion : 20 octobre 1957

S8 E4 • Ginger Rogers Show

Jack and his producer decide to do a musical for the show, and Jack wants to invite Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire to appear as guests. When he visits Ginger to invite her to appear, she is getting ready to give a party, and tries to conceal the fact from him. She agrees to do the show, but Fred Astaire is unable to make it, so Jack dances with her instead.

Première diffusion : 3 novembre 1957

S8 E5 • John Forsythe Show

Jack's monologue is interrupted by Lassie walking across the stage. Soon Jon Provost follows, and Lassie has to rescue him from Jack's invitation to join the Beverly Hills Beavers, once he learns Provost makes $500 a week. Benny introduces John Forsythe in the audience. Don does the Lucky Strike commercial as a man-on-the-street interview. Mel Blanc plays a passerby who is insulted when it turns out he is not being featured on This is your life. Mary Costa sings 'One fine day' from Madame Butterfly. Jack has forgotten that he asked her to dinner, and has made another date. John Forsythe asks her out instead. They go to a gypsy restaurant where they discover Jack masquerading as a gypsy violinist.

Première diffusion : 17 novembre 1957

S8 E6 • Jack's Life Story

Twentieth Century Fox is planning to film Jack's life story, and he has become unbearably conceited. Don looks for a Lucky Strike at Jack's house, and a series of treasure hunt notes end with his being locked out of the house. At the Fox studios, Jack encounters the director of The Horn Blows at Midnight working as a parking lot attendant. Buddy Adler informs Jack that he is not going to star in the picture, Van Johnson is; Jack is going to play his own father.

Première diffusion : 1 décembre 1957

S8 E7 • Christmas Shopping Show

Jack goes Christmas shopping in a large deptartment store and has trouble making up his mind. Dennis Day sings ""Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"". Jack encounters Nelson as the floor manager, Blanc and Pepper as salespeople, Rubin as a bandit. The Sportsmen Quartet sing the Lucky commercial in the elevator.

Première diffusion : 15 décembre 1957

S8 E8 • Jack Goes To The Rose Bowl

Jack takes Zelda to the Rose Bowl game, but can't resist scalping his ticket at the last minute, leaving her to sit next to the stranger who bought it. The Sportsmen Quartet sing the Lucky commercial on a Rose Parade float.

Première diffusion : 29 décembre 1957

S8 E9 • Jack Takes a Beaver To The Dentist

Rochester does an imitation of Louis Armstrong singing I can't give you anything but love, Baby. In the sketch, Jack has to persuade a young member of the Beverly Hills Beavers that getting a tooth pulled doesn't hurt. At the dentist's office, Jack runs into his old friend, Mr. Kitzel. Jack and the dentist pretend to pull one of Jack's teeth to prove to the kid that it doesn't hurt. Unfortunately, inspection of Jack's teeth reveals he really does need to have a tooth pulled.

Première diffusion : 12 janvier 1958

S8 E10 • Honeymooners Show

Dennis sings 'The 12th of never.' In the sketch, Jack plays Ralph Kramden in a take-off of The Honeymooners, with Meadows as Alice and Dennis as Ed Norton.

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 1958

S8 E11 • Jack At The Races

Dennis sings 'If I loved you.' Jack takes Mary to the races. Dennis tags along, much to Jack's dismay. Dennis tells Jack his system for betting. Don tells racetrack tout Leonard to buy Luckies. Leonard tells Jack what table to eat at. Jack meets his sponsor and convinces him to bet on the horse that Jack likes. Jack, though, is convinced by the sponsor to bet on his horse.

Première diffusion : 9 février 1958

S8 E12 • Violin Competition With Gisele MacKenzie

Première diffusion : 23 février 1958

S8 E13 • Academy Awards

Jack introduces George Seaton, President of the Motion Picture Academy. Jack is upset because he has not been asked to be an emcee at the Academy Awards. He visits producer Jerry Wald to ask why he was not chosen as an emcee; Wald promises that if one of the five emcees can't make it, Jack will be the first to be called to substitute. Jack visits Jimmy Stewart, one of the five emcees, on the set of his latest picture, and ruins take after take, then plays Stewart's scene as he thinks it should be done.

Première diffusion : 9 mars 1958

S8 E14 • Railroad Station Show

Jack is going to New York to talk with his sponsor; he will stay at his usual fleabag, the Acme Plaza. A plumber (Mel Blanc) is working on Jack's pipes. A girl keeps phoning Chuck, making arrangements for her elopement; Jack never tells her it's the wrong number. Don unpacks all the suitcases, making sure they packed the Luckies. At Union Station, Mel Blanc announces trains to Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga, Rubin plays an information clerk, and Frank Nelson as the ticket agent has placed his own daughter in Jack's compartment. Mr. Kitsel turns up and talks with Jack. The eloping girl turns out to be Frank Nelson's daughter, and her boyfriend turns out to be the plumber.

Première diffusion : 23 mars 1958

S8 E15 • Ronnie Burns Show

The Easter Sunday show. In the monologue, Jack tells the audience that Rochester bought him a live bunny rabbit, and he is planning to eat it. He describes the Hollywood Easter Parade. He introduces his guest, Ronnie Burns, son of George Burns; it turns out Jack and George each claim to have given the other their first break in show business. Ronnie Burns sings She's kinda cute. Don, angry because his son Harlow was not given the featured spot, reveals that Jack pays George to be his friend, does the Lucky commercial in an angry voice, and walks off the show. A phone call from Rochester reveals Jack's new suit has arrived on the back of the store owner; at the price Jack paid, the owner could not afford a box. Jack arrives at Don's house to demand an apology for Don's walk-out; he agrees to help Harlow if Harlow will show him what he can do. Harlow and Don sing 'Sonny Boy' together.

Première diffusion : 6 avril 1958

S8 E16 • Hillbilly Act

Instead of going out to play golf as he had planned, Jack has to go to the office because there is no script for his next show yet. He harangues his writers, and then finds an old script for them to rework. Then he tells his manager he won't work with the writers or come in for the first few rehearsals because he has been working too hard; he is going to play golf instead. His manager reminisces about the days before Jack became a difficult star, and tells Jack's secretary how he discovered Jack in Arkansas playing the fiddle as Zeke Benny and his Ozark Hillbillies. In a flash-back, they play 'You are my sunshine,' 'Fascinatin' rhythm,' and 'Puttin' on the Ritz.'

Première diffusion : 20 avril 1958