{"id":6394,"date":"1957-12-01T23:58:17","date_gmt":"1957-12-01T23:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&#038;p=6394"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:30:32","slug":"watch-the-jack-benny-program-jacks-life-story-with-van-johnson","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/classic-tv\/watch-the-jack-benny-program-jacks-life-story-with-van-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH The Jack Benny Program &#8211; Jacks Life Story with Van Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"linco-890008813\" class=\"linco-before-content linco-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7218081052625257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><insclass=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7218081052625257\" data-ad-slot=\"2982622224\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><i>Special guests:<\/i> <a title=\"Van Johnson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Van_Johnson\">Van Johnson<\/a> and <a title=\"Buddy Adler\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddy_Adler\">Buddy Adler<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhen Jack hears that <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"20th Century Fox\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/20th_Century_Fox\">20th Century Fox<\/a> is making a movie about his life story, he heads to the studio, expecting to produce, direct, and star in the film. At the studio Jack meets the director of his own infamous film, <i><a title=\"The Horn Blows at Midnight\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Horn_Blows_at_Midnight\">The Horn Blows at Midnight<\/a><\/i>; the man is now a parking lot attendant. Buddy Adler, the head of production, tells Jack that what they have in mind doesn&#8217;t involve him. Jack won&#8217;t even play &#8220;Jack&#8221;; Van Johnson will. However, they do offer Jack a role: his own father.<\/p>\n<p>Originally performed on radio, with <a title=\"Danny Kaye\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Danny_Kaye\">Danny Kaye<\/a> (and the studio as <a title=\"Warner Bros.\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warner_Bros.\">Warner Bros.<\/a>), in 1944 and 1955.<\/p>\n<p>December 1, 1957<\/p>\n<div id=\"linco-2002227261\" class=\"linco-bottom linco-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7218081052625257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><insclass=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7218081052625257\" data-ad-slot=\"2982622224\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special guests: Van Johnson and Buddy Adler. When Jack hears that 20th Century Fox is making a movie about his life story, he heads to the studio, expecting to produce, direct, and star in the film. At the studio Jack meets the director of his own infamous film, The Horn&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/classic-tv\/watch-the-jack-benny-program-jacks-life-story-with-van-johnson\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6396,"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-6394","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 v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WATCH The Jack Benny Program - Jacks Life Story with Van Johnson - Classic TV - LincOn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Special guests: Van Johnson and Buddy Adler.When Jack hears that 20th Century Fox is making a movie about his life story, he heads to the studio, expecting to produce, direct, and star in the film. 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