{"id":6175,"date":"1962-10-09T21:01:39","date_gmt":"1962-10-09T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&#038;p=6175"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:16:53","slug":"the-jack-benny-program-phil-silvers","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/classic-tv\/the-jack-benny-program-phil-silvers\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH The Jack Benny Program &#8211; Phil Silvers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"linco-3676647142\" class=\"linco-before-content linco-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7218081052625257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7218081052625257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2982622224\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>While Jack is getting a haircut in his dressing room, Silvers swipes Jack&#8217;s pants and opens the show, going through Jack&#8217;s pants pockets on stage. Jack finally makes it out wearing Don&#8217;s huge pants. (This gag was originally done with Bob Hope in episode <a title=\"The Jack Benny Program season 4\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Jack_Benny_Program_season_4#ep31\">N\u00ba 31<\/a>, &#8220;Road to Nairobi.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>In the sketch, Jack recalls when he first met Phil: Silvers shows up at Jack&#8217;s house with a note pinned on him from Jack&#8217;s Aunt Sudie, asking Jack to help the young man get a break in show business. Phil proceeds to mooch off Jack, play the clarinet at 4 a.m., and sell Jack&#8217;s violin for poker money. 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(This gag was originally done with Bob Hope in episode N\u00ba 31, &#8220;Road to Nairobi.&#8221;) In&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/classic-tv\/the-jack-benny-program-phil-silvers\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"aiovg_categories":[39],"aiovg_tags":[],"class_list":["post-6175","aiovg_videos","type-aiovg_videos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","aiovg_categories-the-jack-benny-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WATCH The Jack Benny Program - Phil Silvers - Classic TV - LincOn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While Jack is getting a haircut in his dressing room, Silvers swipes Jack&#039;s pants and opens the show, going through Jack&#039;s pants pockets on stage. 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