Theater of the Mind
Milt Josefsberg
Cast, Writer
231 episodes in 2 shows · 1938–1953
Comedy writer Milt Josefsberg got his first big break in 1938, when he was hired to write for Bob Hope's radio program. In 1943 he moved over to The Jack Benny Program, staying twelve years until the radio show ended in 1955 and also writing for Benny on television. He later wrote for sitcoms such as The Lucy Show and All in the Family.
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The Jack Benny Program225 · Cast, Writer
1943
1944
- Jack Looks for a Replacement Singer
- Frank Sinatra
- From Gardner Field (1944)
- Captain O'Benny
- Allen's Alley
- Guests Amos 'n' Andy
- Jack Hires Larry Stevens
- From Corona Naval Hospital
- How the Gang Spent Thanksgiving
- Jack Gets Mad and Goes Home
- From San Bernardino
- Trimming the Tree
- Jack Resolves to Be Friends with Fred Allen
1945
- Leaving for New York City
- Mrs. Nussbaum's Restaurant
- Ice Skating in Central Park
- From Mitchell Field
- From St. Albans Naval Hospital
- From Glenview Naval Air Station
- From St. Joseph, Missouri
- From Fitzsimons Hospital, Denver
- The Train Station
- How Jack Found Rochester
- How Jack Found Mary
- The Woman in the Window
- How Jack Found Phil
- From Torney Hospital, Palm Springs
- Professor LeBlanc's First Lesson
- How Jack Found Don
- Jack Is Going to San Francisco
- From San Francisco
- Steve Bradley Wants to Be Jack's Publicity Man
- Jack Listens to the World Series
- Gaslight
- Texas Sandman
- The Robbery
- From Birmingham General Hospital
- Tire Trouble
- The I Can't Stand Jack Benny Contest
- Dinner at the Colmans'
- Hello, Louella
- The English Butler
- End of the Contest
1946
- The Rose Bowl Game
- State Fair
- Contest Winners
- The Winning Letter
- From Palm Springs (1946)
- Rochester Lost at Sea
- Guest Gilbert Seldes
- Murder at Lone Palm
- Lost Weekend
- 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
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
- From New York (1947)
- Back from Sun Valley
- Jack Goes for a Physical
- Golf at Hillcrest
- The Seventh Hole at Hillcrest
- Dark Passage
- Corner Drugstore
- The Movie of Jack's Life
- Turkey Dream
- Violin Lesson and the Vault
- The New Tenant (1947)
1948
- Rose Bowl Tickets
- In Denver for the March of Dimes
- On the Train to Hollywood
- Jack and Mary See the Colmans' Movie
- Nightmare Alley
- Jack's Thirty-Ninth Birthday
- Jack's New House in Palm Springs
- The Walking Man
- Jack Lectures the Beavers
- Your Money or Your Life
- Jack Wants to Borrow Bing's Oscar
- From Palm Springs (1948)
- Murder at the Racquet Club (1948)
- Charley's Aunt (1948)
- Guest Frank Sinatra
- Ronald Colman's Oscar
- The Egg and I (1948)
- I Was Framed
- Jack Leaves for Detroit
- From Detroit
- From Cleveland
- 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
- The Horn Blows at Midnight (1949)
- 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
- 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
- Allen's Alley Spoof
- Gin Rummy on the Super Chief
- The Fiddler
- Buck Benny Rides Again (1950)
- Sagebrush Soap Contest
- The Champion
- 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
- Back from London
- The Gold Rush of '49
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and Murder
- USC-UCLA Game
- Grass Reek
- 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 Watches TV
- 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
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