Theater of the Mind
Dennis Day
Cast, Host
Born May 21, 1916.
412 episodes in 10 shows · 1939–1959
Tenor Dennis Day joined The Jack Benny Program in 1939, taking over from Kenny Baker and playing a naive young singer, a character he kept throughout his career. From 1946 to 1951 he starred in his own NBC show, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, set in the fictional town of Weaverville. He stayed on as a regular when Benny's program moved to television, through its end in 1965.
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The Jack Benny Program344 · Cast
1939
- Introducing Dennis Day
- Dennis's Mother Interferes with the Show
- Stanley and Livingstone
- Masquerade Party
- The Women
- Jack Has a Toothache
- An Ostrich for Thanksgiving
- Jack Goes Duck Hunting
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part One
- Murder on the Gridiron, Part Two
- Christmas Shopping for Perfume and a Necktie
- Christmas Open House at Jack's
- Gladys Zybysko Stands Jack Up
1940
- Golden Boy
- Intermezzo
- Gladys Zybysko Is Discussed
- Murder on the Bay Bridge
- Leaving for Yosemite
- Arriving at Yosemite
- Skiing at Yosemite
- Jack's Birthday in Bed
- Gracie Allen for President
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Trailer on Pinocchio
- Pinocchio
- Buck Benny Rides Again, Episode 24
- Leaving for New York by Train
- In New York for the Premiere
- Buck Benny at the Paramount Theater
- Clown Hall Tonight (1940)
- Flying Home
- Northwest Passage
- Dinner for the Sponsor
- Hillbilly Feud
- Vacation Plans
- Father's Day (1940)
- Jack Tells His Childhood Story
- Phil Tries to Collect a World Series Bet
- Jack Tries to Trade In the Maxwell
- Hold That Line (1940)
- Jack's Halloween Party
- Dogcatcher of Beverly Hills
- Jack Waits to See a Movie Producer
- Jack Is Held Up on His Way to Don's House
- Jack Catches Cold at Don's House
- Don Is Mad and Walks Out
- Jack Has a Bodyguard
- Christmas Shopping (1940)
- Father Time Rides Again
1941
- At the Rose Bowl
- Jack Is Late, with No Script
- City for Conquest
- Jack Packs for New York
- Herbert Marshall Hosts the Show
- The Sponsor Likes Herbert Marshall
- Surprise Birthday Party
- Teepee Hotel
- Climb to Tahquitz Falls
- Murder at the Racquet Club
- Palm Springs Prices
- Tobacco Road
- Jack Works in His Garden
- Quiz Kids versus Jell-O Kids
- Jack Prepares for The Quiz Kids
- Jack's Upset about The Quiz Kids
- Murder at the Movies
- Jack's Tenth Anniversary on Radio
- NBC Tribute to Jack's Tenth Anniversary
- Charley's Aunt
- The Life of Philbert Harris
- From San Diego Naval Base
- From New York (1941)
- Columbus Day
- Returning to Hollywood (1941)
- Dive Bomber
- Halloween Celebration
- Guest Leo Durocher
- He Fumbled the Ball
- Thanksgiving Dinner
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part One
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part Two
- Horseradish
- The Christmas Tree
- Goodbye '41, Hello '42
1942
- New Year's Eve at the Biltmore Bowl
- From March Field
- The Show Without Jack
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part One
- The Frightwig Murder Case, Part Two
- Fred Allen Moves to Sundays
- Jack's Birthday Party
- At the San Francisco Presidio
- Jack Starts a Campaign for an Oscar
- From San Diego Marine Base
- Jack Lends Fred Allen Ten Dollars
- Jack Plays Golf with Phil
- Doc Benny's Minstrel Show
- Don's Commercial
- Try and Get It
- Don's Play
- Jack Hawkins' Revenge
- Visiting Jack at Warner Brothers
- Jack's Last Season for Jell-O
- I Am an American Day
- Phil Becomes a Father
- Cavalcade of Eight Years for Jell-O
- Jack Rounds Up the Gang in the Maxwell
- Jack Gives the Maxwell for Scrap
- Tales of Manhattan
- Jack and Phil Go Target Shooting
- The Twink Family, Part One
- The Twink Family, Part Two
- George Washington Slept Here Premiere
- Going After Rommel
- Liberty Ship
- From New York (1942)
- George Washington Slept Here
- New Year's Eve Skit
1943
- Bear Hunting
- The Sixty-Four Dollar Question
- Information Please Spoof
- Mr. Benny Goes to Washington (1943)
- From Quantico, Virginia
- Jack Is Late for the Program
- From Toronto
- A Monument for Jack
- Kit Carson Benny
- Hosts George Burns and Gracie Allen
- Host Orson Welles
- Orson Welles Takes the Cast to His Movie Lot
- Orson Welles: Death at Midnight
- Orson Welles: Little Red Riding Hood
- Jack Returns after Illness
- Jack Opens His Swimming Pool
- Rochester's Horse in the Kentucky Derby
- Renting Eddie Cantor's House
- Jack Jams with Louis Armstrong
- Rancho Benny
- Parachute Jump
- Guest Deanna Durbin
- Jack Recalls His African Trip
- Casablanca
- Algiers (1943)
- Jack in Brazil
- From the Mojave Desert
- The Lone Palm
- Jack Dreams He Is a Turkey
- Dennis Wants a Raise
- Jack Gets a Driver's License
- Dennis's Mother Visits
- Jack and Mary Go Christmas Shopping
- Christmas at Jack's House
1944
- The New Tenant (1944)
- Jack Has a Pet Camel
- From Camp El Toro
- From Muroc Army Air Base
- The Horn Blows at Midnight
- From Terminal Island
- From March Field (1944)
- Guest Groucho Marx
- Hollywood Canteen
- From Lemoore Air Base
- From Livermore Air Base
- Dennis Dreams He Has a Radio Program
- Dennis Leaves for the Navy
1946
- State Fair
- Dennis Returns from the Navy
- I Stand Condemned
- A Sad Soldier Is Discharged
- Weekend at the Acme Plaza
- Jack Practices Next Door to Ronald Colman
- Aboard the Saratoga
- The Kid from Brooklyn
- Leaving for Chicago on the Train
- Quiz Kids Contest
- Fred Allen Asks Jack to Be on His Show
- Ed Sullivan Gives Jack an Award
- Phil and Dennis Have Their Own Shows
- Jack Listens to the World Series (1946)
- Jack and Mary Walk to the Studio
- Jack Tries to Break His Contract with the Sportsmen
- Rochester Gives Jack a Haircut
- Guests Ronald and Benita Colman
- The Killers
- Phil Baker Wants a Room
- Shoelaces for Don
- Jack Exchanges Don's Gift
- A Night at the Nightclub
1947
- Guests Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
- Gracie Wants to Listen to Jack
- I Was Condemned
- Jack Fires the Sportsmen
- Jack Tries to Rehire the Sportsmen
- Jack Looks for a New Quartet
- The Sportsmen's Replacements
- The Sportsmen Are Hired Back
- From San Francisco (1947)
- Jack Wants Goldwyn to Film His Life
- Jack Buys a Baseball Team
- The Egg and I
- Leaving for Chicago
- To the Train Station for Chicago
- From Chicago
- Benny's Boulevard
- Back from Sun Valley
- Jack Goes for a Physical
- Golf at Hillcrest
- The Seventh Hole at Hillcrest
- Dark Passage
- Corner Drugstore
- Jack Renews His Driver's License
- The Movie of Jack's Life
- Turkey Dream
- Violin Lesson and the Vault
- The New Tenant (1947)
1948
- Going to Denver
- On the Train to Hollywood
- Nightmare Alley
- Jack's Thirty-Ninth Birthday
- Jack's New House in Palm Springs
- Gladys Comes to Rehearsal
- The Walking Man
- Winner of the Walking Man Contest
- Jack Lectures the Beavers
- Your Money or Your Life
- From Palm Springs (1948)
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1948)
- Charley's Aunt (1948)
- Ronald Colman's Oscar
- Robert Taylor Subs for Jack
- The Egg and I (1948)
- I Was Framed
- Jack Leaves for Detroit
- From Detroit
- From New York (1948)
- Back from Europe
- World Series at Jack's
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- The Colmans Have Dinner at Jack's
- Jack Goes Trick-or-Treating
- Jack Sees a Psychiatrist
- Mary Is Late
- Jack Calls the Ad Agency
- Thanksgiving at Mary's
- Professor LeBlanc's Lesson
- Jack Tries to Relax at Home
- A Wallet for Don
- Last Show for NBC
1949
- First Show for CBS
- Lunch at the Brown Derby
- Jack's Scrapbook
- Don Won't Sign His Contract
- Don Still Won't Sign
- Don Signs a New Contract
- Jack's Birthday Is Tomorrow
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1949)
- A Day at the Races
- After the Races
- Mary and Van Are Late
- Spring Cleaning
- Flying to New York
- Jack Shops for a New Car
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- Jack Is Upset with the Cast
- Mary Is Sick
- Bus Tour of Beverly Hills
- Jack Meets the Stars of CBS
- Jack Becomes Generous
- Jack's Memory Is Lost and Found
- Recovering from a Cold
- Jack Rides in a Yacht
- Last Week's Mistakes
- Texas Benefit
1950
- Stood Up on New Year's Eve
- Drear Poosen
- How Jack and Fred Allen Met
- I Was Betrayed
- To New York for the Heart Fund
- From New York for the Heart Fund
- Gin Rummy on the Super Chief
- The Fiddler
- Buck Benny Rides Again (1950)
- Sagebrush Soap Contest
- The Champion
- From Palm Springs (1950)
- From Palm Springs, with Al Jolson
- Fifty Cents to a Bum
- Jack Gets the House Painted
- The Beavers Do the Show
- Jack Buys a New Suit
- Mother's Day Gags
- Back from London
- The Gold Rush of '49
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and Murder
- USC-UCLA Game
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1950)
- Christmas Shopping for Golf Tees
1951
- King Solomon's Mines, Part One
- Jack Goes to the Doctor
- How Palm Springs Was Founded
- Jack Goes to the Dentist
- Jack Is Sick in Bed
- Sunset Boulevard
- Jack Leaves for New York to Do a TV Show
- The Tax Men Visit Jack
- The Tax Men Come Back
- The Tax Men and the Circus
- From Nellis Air Force Base
- I Was Shanghaied
- Jack Plans to Drive to New York
- The Cast Is Unhappy with Their Contracts
- Speed Riggs at the Doctor's
- The Cast Sings the Commercial
- Back from Korea
- At a Nightclub to Hear the Sportsmen
- Jack Loses His Song
- Saturday's Hero
- Golden Girl
- Cuff Links for Don
- The Guadalajara Trio Sings Jack's Song
- Decorating the Christmas Tree
1952
- George Burns Sings Jack's Song
- Wolfe Gilbert to Publish Jack's Song
- Sinatra, Kaye and Burns Sing Jack's Song
- My Career as a Hospital Nurse
- The Easter Parade
- Bend in the River
- Jack Prepares for London
- Last Show with Phil Harris
- The Happy Time
- A Gopher Trap for Don
- Setting Up the Christmas Tree
1953
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day52 · Cast
About A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
1946
1947
- The Ladies Aid Meeting
- Mistaken for a Missing Heir
- Irresistible to Women
- Dennis Looks for a New Job
- Mistaken for a Bank Robber
- The Photographer's Assistant
- The Old Burnside House
- The Spanish Nobleman
- The Marriage Counselor
- True Story Magazine
- Dennis the Drama Critic
- Dennis Runs for Mayor
- Selling to the Railroad
- A New Jail for Weaverville
- The Dress Shop
- Dennis Sells Insurance
- The Society Column
- Kismet
- Mrs. Anderson and the Ladies Club
1948
- Stealing the Painting
- The Post Office Job
- Dennis Gets a Radio Show
- The Baby Picture Contest
- Dennis Drives a Cab
- Keeping the Radio Station on the Air
- Misquoted in the Newspaper
- Star of the Musical Stage
- The Great Gambini
- Dennis Bets on a Horse
- The New Gym
- The Pearl Thieves
- The Stag Party
- The New Boarder
- The Runaway
- Stealing Football Plays
- The Oil Property
- Dennis Thinks Mildred Has a New Boyfriend
- The Diamond Earring
- Dennis the Advice Columnist
- Miraculo, the Mental Marvel
1949
- Dennis Becomes City Manager
- The Dinner Party
- Father and Son Dinner
- The Plan to Elope
- The High School Reunion
- Dennis Day for Assemblyman
- Mrs. Anderson Wants a Role in a Play
- Dennis Joins the Police
- The Morgan Treasure
1950
Command Performance4 · Cast
Kraft Music Hall3 · Cast
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