The Jack Benny Program - Season 12

The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
Seasons: 15, episodes: 261
Episode runtime: 30 min
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#NameRelease dateTiming
1 Season Premiere 1961-10-15 30 min.
2 Waukegan Show 1961-10-22 30 min.
3 Jack on Trial for Murder
Jack goes on trial for murder, defended by superstar lawyer Perry Mason (Raymond Burr). The women in the courtroom swoon over Perry, but his defense of Jack is feeble. When Jack asks how Perry always wins on his own show, Perry Mason sneers "because my writers are better than yours !"
1961-11-05 30 min.
4 Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play
Jack has four tickets to a new play. He and his new girlfriend were originally going to go with Don Wilson and his wife, but Don called to cancel. Jack's girlfriend gets him to call and invite Jimmy and Gloria Stewart. Jimmy accepts the invitation thinking he's talking to Jack Lemon. He and Gloria panic when they realize that it's Jack Benny instead.
1961-11-12 30 min.
5 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show 1961-11-19 30 min.
6 Jack Plays Golf
Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
1961-11-26 30 min.
7 Jack Is Followed Home 1961-12-03 30 min.
8 Jack Goes to the Cafeteria
Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch.
1961-12-10 30 min.
9 Jack Writes a Song
Jack asks Dmitri Tiomkin to polish an song he wrote.
1961-12-17 30 min.
10 Christmas Party 1961-12-24 30 min.
11 New Year's Eve
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.
1961-12-31 30 min.
12 Jack Does Opera
Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.
1962-01-07 30 min.
13 Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party
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.
1962-01-14 30 min.
14 Jack Gets a Passport 1962-01-21 30 min.
15 How Jack Met Rochester 1962-01-28 30 min.
16 Police Station Show 1962-02-04 30 min.
17 Ghost Town Western
An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.
1962-02-11 30 min.
18 Rock Hudson Show 1962-02-18 30 min.
19 Julie London Show 1962-03-04 30 min.
20 Alexander Hamilton Show 1962-03-11 30 min.
21 Shari Lewis Show 1962-03-18 30 min.
22 Crazy Airport 1962-03-25 30 min.
23 Jack Goes Back Into Pictures 1962-04-01 30 min.
24 Jack Is a Violin Teacher
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.
1962-04-08 30 min.
25 Modern Prison 1962-04-15 30 min.
26 Jack Takes in a Boarder 1962-04-22 30 min.

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