The Jack Benny Program - Season 12

1. Season Premiere

Aired: 10/15/1961

2. Waukegan Show

Aired: 10/22/1961

3. Jack on Trial for Murder

Aired: 11/5/1961

4. Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

Aired: 11/12/1961

5. Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Aired: 11/19/1961

6. Jack Plays Golf

Aired: 11/26/1961

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

7. Jack Is Followed Home

Aired: 12/3/1961

8. Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

Aired: 12/10/1961

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

Aired: 12/17/1961

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

Aired: 12/24/1961

11. New Year's Eve

Aired: 12/31/1961

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

Aired: 1/7/1962

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

13. Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

Aired: 1/14/1962

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

Aired: 1/21/1962

15. How Jack Met Rochester

Aired: 1/28/1962

16. Police Station Show

Aired: 2/4/1962

17. Ghost Town Western

Aired: 2/11/1962

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

18. Rock Hudson Show

Aired: 2/18/1962

19. Julie London Show

Aired: 3/4/1962

20. Alexander Hamilton Show

Aired: 3/11/1962

21. Shari Lewis Show

Aired: 3/18/1962

22. Crazy Airport

Aired: 3/25/1962

23. Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

Aired: 4/1/1962

24. Jack Is a Violin Teacher

Aired: 4/8/1962

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

Aired: 4/15/1962

26. Jack Takes in a Boarder

Aired: 4/22/1962