“Isaac Stern Boosts Jack’s Morale,” an episode of The Jack Benny Program originally telecast by CBS on November 6, 1955. Mel Blanc plays Benny’s violin teacher and Isaac Stern plays himself. The violin piece heard in the episode is Jules Massenet’s “Méditation” from Thaïs:
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