Season 12
The Jack Benny Program
26 EPISODES • 1961
Season 12 of The Jack Benny Program was released on October 15 and consists of 26 episodes.

Season 11

Episodes

1: Season Premiere
Oct 15, 1961
2: Waukegan Show
Oct 22, 1961
3: Jack on Trial for Murder
Nov 5, 1961
4: Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play
Nov 12, 1961
5: Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Nov 19, 1961
6: Jack Plays Golf
Nov 26, 1961
Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
7: Jack Is Followed Home
Dec 3, 1961
8: Jack Goes to the Cafeteria
Dec 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
Dec 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
Dec 24, 1961
11: New Year's Eve
Dec 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
Jan 7, 1962
Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.
13: Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party
Jan 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
Jan 21, 1962
15: How Jack Met Rochester
Jan 28, 1962
16: Police Station Show
Feb 4, 1962
17: Ghost Town Western
Feb 11, 1962
An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.
18: Rock Hudson Show
Feb 18, 1962
19: Julie London Show
Mar 4, 1962
20: Alexander Hamilton Show
Mar 11, 1962
21: Shari Lewis Show
Mar 18, 1962
22: Crazy Airport
Mar 25, 1962
23: Jack Goes Back Into Pictures
Apr 1, 1962
24: Jack Is a Violin Teacher
Apr 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
Apr 15, 1962
26: Jack Takes in a Boarder
Apr 22, 1962
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