Jack Benny and Bob Crosby in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

"The Jack Benny Show," CBS circa 1964. Johnny Carson

"The Jack Benny Show," CBS circa 1964. Johnny Carson and Jack Benny

Humphrey Bogart and Jack Benny behind the scenes of "The Jack Benny Show," circa 1955. (Bogart's first TV appearance)

Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Jack Benny c.1955

Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and Mary Livingstone in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny, Carol Burnett, and Raymond Burr in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Johnny Carson and Jayne Mansfield in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

James Stewart, Jack Benny, and Milton Berle in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, and George Burns in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Peter Lorre, Jack Benny, Dick Smothers, and Tom Smothers in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, and Bob Hope in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny and Johnny Carson in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny, Nat 'King' Cole, and James Bradley Jr. in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Mel Blanc and Jack Benny in The Jack Benny Program (1950)

Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Dennis Day, Jack Paar, and Margaret Truman in The Jack Benny Program (1950)