The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program: Season 12

Air Date

October 15, 1961

Episodes

26 episodes

The Jack Benny Program

Season 12

Episodes

1. Season Premiere

October 15, 1961
30 min

2. Waukegan Show

October 22, 1961
30 min

3. Jack on Trial for Murder

November 5, 1961
30 min

4. Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

November 12, 1961
30 min

5. Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

November 19, 1961
30 min

6. Jack Plays Golf

November 26, 1961
30 min

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

7. Jack Is Followed Home

December 3, 1961
30 min

8. Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

December 10, 1961
30 min

Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch. Jane Morgan: Herself. Bus Driver: Benny Rubin. Passenger: Dave Willock. Waitress: Shirley Mitchell. Announcer: Don Wilson.

9. Jack Writes a Song

December 17, 1961
30 min

The guest is composer Dmitri Tiomkin, whom Jack asks to polish an song he wrote. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Workman: Benny Rubin. Don Wilson is the announcer.

10. Christmas Party

December 24, 1961
30 min

11. New Year's Eve

December 31, 1961
30 min

In a flashback, Jack remembers his last New Year's Eve. The sketch is very similar to the one done on December 27, 1953. In Jack's dressing room, Dennis sings "An Irishman will steal your heart away." Dennis and Don, playing the tuba, do the State Farm commercial.

12. Jack Does Opera

January 7, 1962
30 min

Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.

13. Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

January 14, 1962
30 min

In planning a party for Dennis Day, Jack gets on the phone to find a cheap caterer, not realizing that Dennis is eavesdropping. Mrs. Day: Verna Felton. Mrs. Wilson: Ann Doran. Henry: Bill Walker. Caterer: Russell Trent.

14. Jack Gets a Passport

January 21, 1962
30 min

15. How Jack Met Rochester

January 28, 1962
30 min

16. Police Station Show

February 4, 1962
30 min

17. Ghost Town Western

February 11, 1962
30 min

An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.

18. Rock Hudson Show

February 18, 1962
30 min

19. Julie London Show

March 4, 1962
30 min

20. Alexander Hamilton Show

March 11, 1962
30 min

21. Shari Lewis Show

March 18, 1962
30 min

22. Crazy Airport

March 25, 1962
30 min

23. Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

April 1, 1962
30 min

24. Jack Is a Violin Teacher

April 8, 1962
30 min

Dennis sings 'On the First Warm Day.' After being interviewed for an article on his life story, Jack daydreams about what he would have done had he not left home to go into show business: he would have given violin lessons.

25. Modern Prison

April 15, 1962
30 min

26. Jack Takes in a Boarder

April 22, 1962
30 min