IJBFC starts Video Library

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.

How do I order?

Select the titles you want from the video library. In a single order, you can select up to 5 DVDs with your hand-picked titles or up to 10 special collections.
Send the list of your wants plus the requisite number of DVDs (can be DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW) to: IJBFC, P.O. Box 11288, Piedmont, CA 94611. A donation to the IJBFC of $10 per DVD is recommended, please include return postage at a minimum.
I will copy your request onto the DVDs and return it to you.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing (sorry folks...I'm one person with one DVD burner)

IJBFC Video Library Holdings

Movies

Chasing Rainbows (1929) - 88 minutes
Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) - 120 minutes
The Song Writers' Revue (1929) - 20 minutes
Taxi Tangles (1931 short) - 10 minutes
A Broadway Romeo (1933 short) - 15 minutes
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Rount (1934) - 80 minutes
This Way Please (1937) - 73 minutes (note: Mary Livingstone, no Jack - poor sound)
Man About Town (1939) - 90 minutes
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) - 84 minutes
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) - 81 minutes (some video degradation)
Charley's Aunt (1941) - 80 minutes
To Be Or Not To Be (1942) - 99 minutes (cannot be combined with other shows)
George Washington Slept Here (1942) - 94 minutes
The Meanest Man in the World (1943) - 90 minutes
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) - 78 minutes
It's In the Bag (1945) - 90 minutes (plus Fred Allen in O. Henry's Full House - 30 minutes)

Television programs

Note: Programs with a number in parentheses by the date are part of special collections and cannot be combined with other programs.

10/28/50 - Ken Murray, Dinah Shore - 46 minutes
11/4/51 - Dorothy Shay
1/27/52 - Barbara Stanwyck (Gaslight), includes original commercials! (occasional video lines) - 30 minutes
11/30/52 - Beverly Washburn, Bob Crosby
6/13/53 (3) - Guest Marilyn Monroe
11/15/53 (1) - Guest Johnny Ray
12/6/53 - Irene Dunne, Vincent Price
12/27/53 - Reminiscing about New Year's Eve
1/7/54 - Liberace
2/754 - Jack dreams he's married to Mary
4/11/54 - Jack dresses up like Gracie
10/17/54 (1) - Guest Kirk Douglas, Dan Dailey, Fred MacMurray, Tony Martin, Dick Powell
10/31/54 (10) - How Jack met Mary
1/9/55 (10) - Jack is visited by burglars
2/6/55 (2) - Jack is awakened by a 4:00AM disc jockey
3/6/55 (10) - Jack takes the Beavers to the fair
4/3/55 - Guest Groucho Marx
10/9/55 (3, 10) - Jack gets a massage
11/6/55 (4) - Guest Isaac Stern
12/4/55 (5) - Jack hunts for uranium
1/1/56 - New Year's Show
1/15/56 (5) - Jack catches a cold at Don's/Your money or your life
2/26/56 (3) - Rochester sleeps through Jack's program
3/11/56 (1) - Palm Springs Vacation
12/2/56 (3) - Jack is lost in the Tower of London
1/13/57 (3) - Jack and Mary in Rome
1/27/57 (3) - Jack plays "The Fiddler"
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 (10) - Guest Hal March - $64.00 Question
11/3/57 - Ginger Rogers (slight loss at end)
12/1/57 (4) - Guest Van Johnson
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
3/23/58 (6) - Train station for New York
4/6/58 (10) - Guest Ronnie Burns
4/20/58 - Kitzel visits - 15 minutes (excerpt)
11/30/58 - Oscar Levant
1/25/59 (1) - Guest Ernie Kovacs
2/8/59 - Danny Thomas (credits clipped)
3/22/59 - Edgar and Frances Bergen
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
2/19/61 (9) - Jack recalls musicales of his youth
2/26/61 (9) - Jack dreams he is a surgeon
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
1/7/62 - Guest Roberta Peters (no title card)
1/14/62 - Dennis' birthday party
2/4/62 - Jack's Maxwell is stolen
2/11/62 (9) - Guest Gisele MacKenzie - The Cactus Kid
3/4/62 - Julie London, Toni Marcus - 30 minutes
3/11/62 - Jack dreams he is Alexander Hamilton - 30 minutes
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
10/30/62 - Darla Hood (Our Gang) - 30 minutes
11/13/62 - Carol Burnett (Tarzan) - 30 minutes
11/27/62 - Jack Soo, Romi Yamada - 30 minutes
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
1/22/63 - Peter Lorre, Joanie Sommers
2/5/63 - Jack rents his house
2/12/63 (8) - Guest Rita Moreno
2/19/63 (2) - Connie Francis (Stephen Foster) - 30 minutes
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
10/15/63 - Clint Walker - 30 minutes
10/22/63 (6) - Guest Johnny Carson
10/29/63 (4) - Guest Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart - Jack wants to be in a movie
11/5/63 - Ed Sullivan, Monique La Mer - 30 minutes
11/26/63 (6) - Guest Jayne Mansfield
12/24/63 - Guest George Jessel, amateur night
1/7/64 (5) - Guest George Burns - Jack and George as a vaudeville team
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
4/21/61 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
12/18/64 (8) - Talent show
1/8/65 (9) - Guest Jack Jones (skit only)
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)
2/12/65 - Stuart Canin - 30 minutes
4/16/65 (2) - Guest The Smothers Brothers

Specials

The Jack Benny Hour - 3/18/59 - with Bob Hope and Mitzi Gaynor - 60 minutes (Note: Some video distortion/flashing) NEW!
The Jack Benny Hour - 11/7/59 - 60 minutes
Carnival Nights - 3/20/68 - 60 minutes (Note: File requires about 90 minutes of a DVD due to sample rate)
Jack Benny's New Look- 12/3/69 - 60 minutes
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special - 11/16/70 - 60 minutes
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jack Benny But Were Afraid To Ask - 3/10/71 - 60 minutes
Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special - 1/24/74 - 60 minutes
A Love Letter to Jack Benny - 2/5/81 - 120 minutes

Other items

Broadway Highlights - 1935 - 11 minutes
Malibu Beach Party (Jack) and Hollywood Steps Out (no Jack) - 1940 - 19 minutes
Weekend in Hollywood - circa 1947 - 20 minutes
Screen Snapshots Series 27 -1947 - 20 minutes (paired with 1951 Screen Snapshots) Jack emcees Photoplay awards
Jack and Fred Allen at the Roxy clip - circa 6/1/47 - 2 minutes
Screen Snapshots Series 31 - 1951 - 20 minutes (paired with 1947 Screen Snapshots) Memorial to Al Jolson, narrated by Jack Benny
The Dennis Day Show - 1953 - 30 minutes
The Bing Crosby Show - 1/3/54 (specify PAL or NTSC format) - 30 minutes
General Electric Theatre - 11/21/54 The Face is Familiar - 30 minutes
What's Going On - 12/54 - 30 minutes
The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show - 12/54 - 5 minutes
What's My Line with Dennis Day and Fred Allen (excerpt) - 1955 - 1 minute
Easter Seals Teleparade of Stars - 1955 - 30 minutes
The Gisele MacKenzie Show - 1957 - Guest Jack Benny - Cannot be combined with other shows, disc includes a separate GM Show with guest Ronald Reagan
The Mouse That Jack Built (cartoon) - 1958 - 7 minutes
The 11th Annual Emmy Awards - 5/6/1959 - 75 minutes (requires 1 full DVD)
To Tell the Truth with Larry Kurkdjie (Phil Harris orchestra violinist) - circa 1961 (no Jack) - 10 minutes
Carnegie Hall Salutes Jack Benny - 9/27/61 - 60 minutes (requires 1 full DVD)
The Bob Hope Special - 12/13/63 - with Bing Crosby - 30 minutes
Jack Benny in Australia - 1964 - 60 minutes (specify PAL or NTSC format)
The Lucy Show - 9/28/64 - Lucy and the Plumber (excerpt) - 17 minutes
The Bob Hope Special - 12/15/65 - "Fugitive" sketch and close - 15 minutes
Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at Jack Benny - 1966 - 52 minutes
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - 2/19/67 - 30 minutes
The Lucy Show - 10/16/67 - Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account - 30 minutes
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour- 12/24/67 - Guest Jack Benny (excerpts) - 8 minutes
Texaco Commercial - 1968 - with Dennis Day - 1 minute
Jack introduces The Blue Magoos on KMH TV - 1968 (specify PAL or NTSC format) - 6 minutes
Rowan and Martin's Laugh In - 2/2/70 - 60 minutes
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters - 2/14/70 - 10 minutues
The David Frost Show - 5/18/70 - 93 minutes
The Bob Hope Special - 1971 - "Carnal College" sketch with Debbie Reynolds - 15 minutes
The Flip Wilson Show - 3/23/72 - Guest Jack Benny - 30 minutes
The Julie Andrews Hour - 12/20/72 - No Jack, Rich Little does Scrooge as Jack - 60 minutes
Warner Bros. Movies - A Fifty-Year Salute - 1973 - 68 minutes
The Bob Hope Special - 1973 - "Let's Make a Deal" sketch with Steve Allen - 10 minutes
The Tonight Show - 1/23/74 - 90 minutes
The Dean Martin Roast - 2/21/74 - Guest Jack Benny - 60 minutes
CBS Tribute to Jack Benny - 12/29/74 - (poor video) - 60 minutes
Dick Cavett Remembers Jack Benny - (various dates) - 30 minutes
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1991) - 60 minutes
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1997) - 47 minutes
A&E Biography: Jack Benny - 60 minutes

We will be providing additional titles in the coming months, so please recheck this page for updates.

NOTE: These videos are being made available for the private use of IJBFC members only. They may not be used for public exhibition, duplicated, or resold.

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?"