The Jack Benny Program (Season 12)

Season Premiere (Episode 1)

Air date: 1961-10-15

Runtime: 30 min

Waukegan Show (Episode 2)

Air date: 1961-10-22

Runtime: 30 min

Jack on Trial for Murder (Episode 3)

Air date: 1961-11-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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 !"

Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play (Episode 4)

Air date: 1961-11-12

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (Episode 5)

Air date: 1961-11-19

Runtime: 30 min

Jack Plays Golf (Episode 6)

Air date: 1961-11-26

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

Jack Is Followed Home (Episode 7)

Air date: 1961-12-03

Runtime: 30 min

Jack Goes to the Cafeteria (Episode 8)

Air date: 1961-12-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch.

Jack Writes a Song (Episode 9)

Air date: 1961-12-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Jack asks Dmitri Tiomkin to polish an song he wrote.

Christmas Party (Episode 10)

Air date: 1961-12-24

Runtime: 30 min

New Year's Eve (Episode 11)

Air date: 1961-12-31

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Jack Does Opera (Episode 12)

Air date: 1962-01-07

Runtime: 30 min

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

Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party (Episode 13)

Air date: 1962-01-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Jack Gets a Passport (Episode 14)

Air date: 1962-01-21

Runtime: 30 min

How Jack Met Rochester (Episode 15)

Air date: 1962-01-28

Runtime: 30 min

Police Station Show (Episode 16)

Air date: 1962-02-04

Runtime: 30 min

Ghost Town Western (Episode 17)

Air date: 1962-02-11

Runtime: 30 min

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

Rock Hudson Show (Episode 18)

Air date: 1962-02-18

Runtime: 30 min

Julie London Show (Episode 19)

Air date: 1962-03-04

Runtime: 30 min

Alexander Hamilton Show (Episode 20)

Air date: 1962-03-11

Runtime: 30 min

Shari Lewis Show (Episode 21)

Air date: 1962-03-18

Runtime: 30 min

Crazy Airport (Episode 22)

Air date: 1962-03-25

Runtime: 30 min

Jack Goes Back Into Pictures (Episode 23)

Air date: 1962-04-01

Runtime: 30 min

Jack Is a Violin Teacher (Episode 24)

Air date: 1962-04-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: 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.

Modern Prison (Episode 25)

Air date: 1962-04-15

Runtime: 30 min

Jack Takes in a Boarder (Episode 26)

Air date: 1962-04-22

Runtime: 30 min