Episodes (26)

Season Premiere
S12E01 · Season Premiere

Oct 15, 1961

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Waukegan Show
S12E02 · Waukegan Show

Oct 22, 1961

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Jack on Trial for Murder
S12E03 · Jack on Trial for Murder

Nov 05, 1961

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
S12E04 · Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

Nov 12, 1961

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
S12E05 · Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

Nov 19, 1961

Tennessee Ernie Ford appears from a remote location via split screen television.

Jack Plays Golf
S12E06 · Jack Plays Golf

Nov 26, 1961

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

Jack Followed Home
S12E07 · Jack Followed Home

Dec 03, 1961

Inside the studio, Bobby Rydell sings two songs. Outside the studio, Jack is haunted by a mysterious stalker.

Jack Goes to Cafeteria
S12E08 · Jack Goes to Cafeteria

Dec 10, 1961

Jack tries to wow guest songstress Jane Morgan by taking her to - a cafeteria? That's bad enough, but for Jack it's a war zone, with hostile attendants & personalized land mines at each counter awaiting their pickiest, least favorite diner. Will the hash slingers go easier on finicky Jack because he's with beautiful, blonde Jane?

Jack Writes a Song
S12E09 · Jack Writes a Song

Dec 17, 1961

Jack has written a song, and he asks composer Dimitri Tiomkin to write an arrangement for it.

Christmas Party
S12E10 · Christmas Party

Dec 24, 1961

Jack and Rochester give gifts to the cast. First TV appearance of Mel Blanc following his near fatal car accident in January of 1961.

New Year's Eve
S12E11 · New Year's Eve

Dec 31, 1961

Near the end of a New Year's Eve interview with a female reporter, Jack tells her the tale of that same night in 1953, when his plans for the evening did not go as expected. Leaving him with no one to be with at midnight and personal regrets.

Jack Does Opera
S12E12 · Jack Does Opera

Jan 07, 1962

Opera star Roberta Peters joins Jack for fun and song.

Dennis' Surprise Birthday
S12E13 · Dennis' Surprise Birthday

Jan 14, 1962

Jack plans to throw a surprise birthday masquerade party for Dennis Day.

Jack Gets Passport
S12E14 · Jack Gets Passport

Jan 21, 1962

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How Jack Met Rochester
S12E15 · How Jack Met Rochester

Jan 28, 1962

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Police Station Show
S12E16 · Police Station Show

Feb 04, 1962

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Ghost Town Western Sketch
S12E17 · Ghost Town Western Sketch

Feb 11, 1962

Jack and Gisele are returning from a show in Phoenix and get lost. They stumble into a café in what appears to be a Western ghost town and ask directions. While they sup on peanut butter sandwiches, the owner spins a story from the town's history, where a black-hearted villain called Tombstone Harry tries to force a beautiful saloon girl to marry him, or he'll foreclose on her mortgage. A black-garbed hero, the Cactus Kid, attempts to stop the villain.

Rock Hudson Show
S12E18 · Rock Hudson Show

Feb 18, 1962

Jack debates sex appeal with Rock Hudson. Jack wants to do a show like the Tonight Show.

Julie London Show
S12E19 · Julie London Show

Mar 04, 1962

Jack is upstaged by a 12-year-old violinist and has Julie London as his guest star.

Alexander Hamilton Story
S12E20 · Alexander Hamilton Story

Mar 11, 1962

Jack imagines himself as Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

Shari Lewis Show
S12E21 · Shari Lewis Show

Mar 18, 1962

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Crazy Airport
S12E22 · Crazy Airport

Mar 25, 1962

In this episode, Jack becomes aware of the high cost of low cost traveling. Indeed Jack's stinginess made him opt for a cut-rate airline and ... for trouble! The pilot is crazy, the plane lands on a meadow instead of an airport, and the farmer owning the pasture end the baggage handler are pains in the neck! Of course, Jack arrives late for the show and Dennis has already taken it over!

Jack Going Back Into Pictures
S12E23 · Jack Going Back Into Pictures

Apr 01, 1962

Jack's all excited because he's going to make his first film in many years, directed by Billy Wilder. It's supposed to be a secret yet he calls Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons right away, and soon even the mailman and a house painter know. Dennis comes over in a raincoat that Jack talks him out of. When Wilder arrives he's not too keen on the whole movie project.

Jack Is Violin Teacher
S12E24 · Jack Is Violin Teacher

Apr 08, 1962

Jack wonders how his life would have turned out, if he had never left his hometown Waukegan, Illinois. He imagines he would have been a violin teacher.

Modern Prison Sketch
S12E25 · Modern Prison Sketch

Apr 15, 1962

Jack tries to trick Mickey Rooney into appearing for free as a guest star on his show. Jack and Mickey are in a sketch depicting a prison in the future year 1985, wherein all the prisoners are pampered.

Jack Takes in a Boarder
S12E26 · Jack Takes in a Boarder

Apr 22, 1962

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About

The Jack Benny Program Season 12 (1961) is released on Oct 15, 1961 and the latest season 15 of The Jack Benny Program is released in 1964. Watch The Jack Benny Program online - the English Comedy TV series from United States. The Jack Benny Program is directed by Frederick De Cordova,Ralph Levy,Norman Abbott,Seymour Berns and created by George Balzer with Jack Benny and Don Wilson.

As know as:

The Jack Benny Show, The Jack Benny Program

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

CBS, J&M Productions, McCadden Productions

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