The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program: Season 11

Air Date

October 16, 1960

Episodes

26 episodes

The Jack Benny Program

Season 11

Episodes

1. Nightbeat Takeoff

October 16, 1960
30 min

2. Dick Clark Show

October 23, 1960
30 min

3. Milton Berle Show

October 30, 1960
30 min

4. Jack's Hong Kong Suit

November 6, 1960
30 min

Jack gets a haircut between the dress rehearsal and the show; none of the barbers want to do it because his tips are so small. Don and Oscar the seal do the State Farm commercial. Gisele sings 'Smile'. Jack asks her for a date, but she is busy giving a party to which she has not invited Jack. They do their violin duet, during which Jack's ten dollar suit from Hong Kong comes to pieces.

5. John Wayne Show

November 20, 1960
30 min

6. Joey Bishop Show

November 27, 1960
30 min

7. Lunch Counter Murder

December 4, 1960
30 min

A heavy holds up a cafeteria where Jack is eating. Heavy: Dan Duryea. Announcer: Don Wilson.

8. Jack Goes to a Concert

December 11, 1960
30 min

Jack takes his girlfriend Mildred to a violin concert, even though she would prefer to go to the fights. Jack spots the Stewarts in the audience and tries to get their attention by tossing peanuts at them, eventually driving them out. When Mildred turns on her transistor radio to listen to the fight, the entire audience leaves.

9. Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

December 18, 1960
30 min

Jack goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and drives the staff of the department store crazy.

10. Amateur Show

December 25, 1960
30 min

11. Jack Casting For Television Special

January 1, 1961
30 min

Jack has written his life story for television, and has his agent hire a child actor who is just as cheap as he is to play himself. Remake of the sketch originally done on November 20, 1954.

12. Jack Goes to the Vault

January 8, 1961
30 min

13. Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

January 15, 1961
30 min

Jack honors Don Wilson on the occasion of his 27th year working with Jack. The sketch relates how Don and Jack met: Jack's radio sponsor, the Universal Corset Co., holds auditions for an announcer for Jack's program, and Don is the only one who laughs at Jack's bad jokes. John Daly presents Don with a plaque; Jack disagrees with Daly's statement that Don came to his show when it was "down," and ends by breaking the plaque over Don's head. The Sportsmen sing "Down Yonder"

14. Jack at the Supermarket

January 22, 1961
30 min

15. Jack Is Hypnotized

January 29, 1961
30 min

16. Jack Goes To a Gym

February 5, 1961
30 min

Jack goes to a gym so that he can improve his physique and impress a young lady; Don goes with him.

17. Death Row Sketch

February 12, 1961
30 min

18. Musicale

February 19, 1961
30 min

Jack tells how he developed his thrifty habits as a child in Waukegan, Ill. Eddie Anderson.

19. Jack Becomes a Surgeon

February 26, 1961
30 min

Rochester imagines that a crazy doctor is operating on him. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Don Wilson is the announcer.

20. Detective Story

March 5, 1961
30 min

21. Children's Version of the Show

March 12, 1961
30 min

22. Jack Goes to Las Vegas

March 19, 1961
30 min

23. Dance Contest

March 26, 1961
30 min

24. Variety Show

April 2, 1961
30 min

25. Main Street Shelter

April 9, 1961
30 min

Rochester gives away Jack's old clothes, not knowing that money is hidden in a lining. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Watson: Grandon Rhodes. Don Wilson is the announcer for the program.

26. English Sketch

April 16, 1961
30 min