Jack Benny TV show on Antenna TV.

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Antenna TV (an over the air "network" on digital tv sub channels- for affiliate list see http://www.antennatv.tv/affiliates/ )
is adding Jack Benny 3-4 am Eastern Sun - Thur this fall. Full schedule here.
http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2011 ... 091531.pdf

[Jack Benny]

Oh yeeeeeeeeessssssssssss! Jack Benny 8 times a week starting October 4! My DVR is all set! Thanks fo the heads up!

[Shemp]

Be very careful in setting your recording timers. The AntennaTV schedule linked above displays a 6AM - 6AM broadcast day, not a 12AM - 12AM day like the rest of the world. Adjust your point-of-view for that 6-hour time differential.

If setting a timer, or simply staying up late...
THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM will be on weekday mornings @ 3AM Eastern, Monday - Friday, beginning October 3. 10 episodes per week.

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S06 e12 The Jack Benny Program "Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show"
S06 e13 The Jack Benny Program "Jack Drives to Palm Springs"
S06 e02 Tuesday, October 4 Massage and Date With Gertrude
S06 e06 Tuesday, October 4 Jack Hunts for Uranium
S07 e15 Wednesday, October 5 Mary's May Company Reunion
S06 e09 Wednesday, October 5 Don Invites Gang to Dinner
S06 e04 Thursday, October 6 Isaac Stern Boosts Jack's Morale
S07 e14 Thursday, October 6 Jack in Paris
S07 e06 Friday, October 7 Jack Locked in the Tower of London
S07 e13 Friday, October 7 Jack Falls Into Canal in Venice
S07 e09 Monday, October 10 Jack and Mary in Rome
S08 e04 Monday, October 10 Ginger Rogers Show
S08 e16 Tuesday, October 11 Hillbilly Act
S08 e11 Tuesday, October 11 Jack Goes to the Races
S08 e06 Wednesday, October 12 Jack's Life Story
S08 e09 Wednesday, October 12 Jack Takes a Beaver to the Dentist
S08 e14 Thursday, October 13 Railroad Station Program
S06 e07 Thursday, October 13 Frances and Edgar Bergen
S10 e06 Friday, October 14 Jack Goes to a Pasadena Fan Club Meeting
S10 e11 Friday, October 14 Jack Is Arrested

[TheSportsmenQuartet]

I'm assuming the original commercials are cut out of these shows?

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yes original commercials are gone - however, in these filmed shows, did they still integrate the sponsor into the show? If they just ran filmed commercials also, those are around. I need to recheck the scripts to double check how much are missing.

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The show of March 10,1957 (Venice Show) compared to "as aired" on Antenna TV.
Totally missing the opening billboard and light up time theme.
The original film commercial was #134 Midnight Snack.
There are a few instances where the dialog is not exactly as in the script.

p11 less than in script - missing a gag about being 6 years old in Waukegan and his dad taking him to a shop like that.

p12 a little more than in scrpt however, mention of lucky strike is cut and in fact, if you watch carefully or recorded it, look for Rochester saying "works everytime", which originally refered to handing Jack a cigarette, but now really makes no sense. After that line, now that the prints are really sharp, you can see Jack has a cigarette, before he didn't, so there really is a Lucky Strike reference cut.
Oddly enough, on page 14, the routine were Jack asks for a match, without mentioning Lucky Strike, is complete.
p18 has a little more dialog than in the script when they walk in, but there is a wallet gag in the script that is not in the show.
(the copy of the script I have is missing page 30)
The closing film commercial was #112 Happy Joe Lucky Banjo.

the cloasing cards contents are correct up to a missing card #10 - Ann Southern Memo with Don Wilson saying to watch private secretary next week, which is around.

The modern commercials are in the correct spots and no (noticeable) program content has been edited around the commercial breaks. The sound, in spots is a bit choppy or over compressed, but this episode is that way on every copy I've seen, so it might be a weaker source material.

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Where the original comercials were...
Rome show
1st modern comercial break wrong spot
The scene on page 14 strting with Don and Lois in the living room again going into talk about lucky stike is missing, program
resuming on page 16.
Jack at fountain.
closing tv film commercial #105 all night diner. Moidern commercial is in the right spot.
missing closing ann southern card and teryton hitchike #338 audio
and Don's closing.


Nov 3 1957 Ginger Rogers...
original film commercial #148 Happy Joe Lucky Cowboy
first modern commercial after candy magazine gag - wrong spot
but nothing is cut
2nd modern comerciial wrong spot
nothing cut
on page 15, when the phone rings, it's Don
on the film its someone else and Jack says to get off the line.
When Jack and Joe walk out of the room in the script there is Don's voice doing a commercial and smoke from the receiver.
In the film Rochester picks up the phone and a survey asks wha show he's watching.
Both are the same at page 17, Ginger Rogers 42.
closing film commercial #151 Happy Joe Lucky Banjo
No Bachelor Father card (too bad antenna tv runs the show)
no Trackdown ad.
No Tareyton #341
No Don Wilson good night.

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1958-04-20
Film Commercial #160 Animated Cigarettes
the lucky strike routine 6a-7 pg 10-11 Rochester talking to mailman missing.
Here is the first modern commercial break. The next is at 14A. pg 21
No announcer voice over 14c.
Original commercial was #168 Umbrellas
At end, from card 11 on, cut (tareyton ad 345 (girl))

1958-02-09
Jack goes to the races
Opening commercial 30 sec #171? Theater alley
modern commerciall in scene 7 after Dennis's song
nothing cut
pg 18 after omitted 13, 14 Don and Tout Lucky Strike ad omitted.
resumes scene 17 pg 19
no Don's "jack will be back"
closing commercial #1161 Happy Joe Lucky South of the border
card 10 on cut (tareyton ad 346 (living room))

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1957-12-01 Filming Jack's life story
opening film commercial #148 Happy Joe Lucky Cowboy

A rather long gag about Sydney's teeth is in the film, not in the script in scene 1 pg 1 before Mary says going to the movie studio.

Scene 12 pg 9 Don's commercial is cut.
So it's after Rochester leaves the living room and before the trip to fox is where the ad was.

Resuming pg 12 scene 13
Modern ad break before scene 18, nothing otherise cut.

scene 32 Don in front of curtains deleted.
closing film commercial is #108 Christmas Carton
from card 10 on cut

Season 8, Episode 9: Jack Takes Beavers to Dentist
Original Air Date—12 January 1958
Opening Film commercial #160 animated cigarettes
Bank gag in scene 5 filmed not in script pg 7
after rochester says ahhh.
The original Lucky ad was in Rochesters song scene 12a pg 16.
Resuming scene 13 pg 17
No Don at curtain
closing commercial #162 Russ Grace and Happy Joe rotoscope
Card 10 on cut

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1958-03-23 Railroad Station
Opening commercial #171 Theatre Alley
First break before scene 7,8 after Jack leaves the plumber.
Nothing cut
In scene 12, on film after the plumber leaves the tae the bags.
In the script, after Jack says lets go Don asks if they packed some Luckys.
rest of scene 12 cut
no don in front of curtains
closing commercial #162 Russ Grace and Happy Joe rotoscope rev.
card 10 on cut


1959-03-22
The Bergens (not a Christmas version)
opening commercial #186 Ship's Engineer - Railroad Mail Loade
The Lucky Strike ad is right aafter the monologue when Don walks back on before the visit to Edgar house scene 1-4 pg 5 all cut.
Resumes scene 7 pg 7
2nd modern commercial in the middle of scene 10-13 page 13 wrong spot but nothing is cut
scene 14 Don in font of curtain cut pg 22
closing commercial #178 Wrecker surf fisherman
card 10 on cut

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1958-11-30 Monday, October 17 Jack Goes to the Doctor
1959-02-08 Monday, October 17 Jack Goes to Nightclub
1960-01-10 Tuesday, October 18 Ben Blue Show
1959-11-15 Tuesday, October 18 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show
1954-10-31 Wednesday, October 19 How Jack Found Mary
1955-01-09 Wednesday, October 19 Bedroom Burglar
1955-03-06 Thursday, October 20 Jack Takes Beavers to the Fair
1955-02--06 Thursday, October 20 Four O'Clock in the Morning Show
1961-02-19 Friday, October 21 Musicale
1961-01-22 Friday, October 21 Jack at Supermarket
1961-01-01 Monday, October 24 Jack Casting for TV Special
1955-02-20 Monday, October 24 Jack's Lunch Counter
1960-11-06 Tuesday, October 25 Hong Kong Suit
1962-02-06 Tuesday, October 25 Jack Goes to a Gym
1961-01-15 Wednesday, October 26 Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack
1960-12-11 Wednesday, October 26 Jack Goes to a Concert
1961-02-12 Thursday, October 27 Death Row Sketch
1961-02-26 Thursday, October 27 Jack Becomes Surgeon

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1958-11-30 Jack goes to the doctor
179 wood lathe operator - frogman
original Lucky Strike ad is in the middle of scene 12 pg 11 after Jack and Mary leave.
resunes with 12 a on page 12 nothing else cut
modern ad before scene 24 pg 24 wrong spot nothing cut
Don's sceneprostse 32 cut
original commercial #194 xmas carton
card 10 on cut

1959-02-08 Jack goes to nightclub
opening original film commercial #187 Bulldogging cowboy

c.o.w. gag not in film scene 8 pg 6
scene 12 after Mary leaves pg 13 cut
resumes pg 15 scene 14

modern commercial after Dannys song wrong spot scene 37 pg 18 nothing cut
scene 46 cut don before curtain
closing film commercial #186
card 10 on cut

[Jack Benny]

Well... Jack's integration of the commercials during the show mast have made a little bit of a head ache for the re-editors of the shows, but in some ways it benefits the modern audience because by having these commercials to cut out of the shows, they could leave more of the storyline intact even when needing to lose quite a bit of show to fit modern commercial needs. Burns and Allen's shows for instance seem to be much more butchered in comparison to Jack's with the punch lines of some jokes being lost entirely.