October 28, 1950 –
The eternally 39-year old Benjamin Kubelsky (who was actually 56 at the time,) transitioned his successful radio program to television on this date when The Jack Benny Show premiered on CBS-TV.
In the early years, the program was originally titled The Lucky Strike Program after the show’s sponsor, Lucky Strike cigarettes, which had also sponsored Jack Benny’s radio program.
The Haus of Dcaligari 