The Jack Benny Program (season 12)
The Jack Benny Program | |
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Season 12 | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | October 15, 1961 April 22, 1962 | –
Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the twelfth season (1961–62) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program.
Episodes[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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152 | 1 | "Season Premiere" | October 15, 1961 | |
Special guests: Phil Silvers, Betty Johnson, Jack Paar, Alan King, and Garry Moore. | ||||
153 | 2 | "Waukegan Show" | October 22, 1961 | |
This episode was recorded in Jack's hometown of Waukegan, Illinois during a recent celebration of its famous former citizen. Don Wilson shows the construction of the brand new Jack Benny Junior High School; Dennis Day's not impressed, because there are "day schools" everywhere. The mayor of Waukegan presents Jack Benny items to be sealed into the school's cornerstone, including his first toy — a cash register — and a broken baton from his first violin lesson. A captain from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station reads highlights of Jack's Navy career, discovers Benny was never discharged, and has him hauled away to complete his duty. | ||||
154 | 3 | "Jack on Trial for Murder" | November 5, 1961 | |
Special guest: Raymond Burr. | ||||
155 | 4 | "Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play" | November 12, 1961 | |
Special guests: James Stewart and Gloria Stewart. | ||||
156 | 5 | "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" | November 19, 1961 | |
Special guest: Tennessee Ernie Ford. | ||||
157 | 6 | "Jack Plays Golf" | November 26, 1961 | |
Special guest: Eric Monti. | ||||
158 | 7 | "Jack Is Followed Home" | December 3, 1961 | |
Special guest: Bobby Rydell. | ||||
159 | 8 | "Jack Goes to the Cafeteria" | December 10, 1961 | |
Special guest: Jane Morgan. | ||||
160 | 9 | "Jack Writes a Song" | December 17, 1961 | |
Special guest: Dimitri Tiomkin. | ||||
161 | 10 | "Christmas Party" | December 24, 1961 | |
To prove he's not a cheapskate, Jack throws a Christmas party for his cast and crew, and even hands out surprise gifts. Frank Nelson, suspicious of Jack's sudden generosity, uncovers the secret behind it. | ||||
162 | 11 | "New Year's Eve" | December 31, 1961 | |
This is a remake of episode Nº 24, "Reminiscing About Last New Year's." In this edition, Dennis sings the State Farm jingle as a middle commercial, with Don accompanying him on tuba. | ||||
163 | 12 | "Jack Does Opera" | January 7, 1962 | |
Special guest: Roberta Peters. | ||||
164 | 13 | "Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party" | January 14, 1962 | |
Hiding in one of Benny's closets, Dennis overhears Jack's plans to throw a surprise costume birthday party for him. It's obvious it's not a secret when Dennis arrives at the party dressed as a leprechaun. Dennis' protective mother gives Jack the usual earful. Don's middle commercial consists of impressions he performed at a recent State Farm convention. | ||||
165 | 14 | "Jack Gets a Passport" | January 21, 1962 | |
In the monologue, Jack claims the musicians' union has given him a one-way ticket to Australia to play violin concerts there. Dennis sings "Make Someone Happy". Don enters with the messenger delivering Jack's passport. Jack recalls the trouble he had years earlier trying to get a permit to work in London; he was caught in endless red tape, and his attempts at humor with the British bureaucrats only garnered blank stares. | ||||
166 | 15 | "How Jack Met Rochester" | January 28, 1962 | |
This is a remake of episode Nº 57, also titled "How Jack Met Rochester." | ||||
167 | 16 | "Police Station Show" | February 4, 1962 | |
This is a remake of episode Nº 68, "Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen." | ||||
168 | 17 | "Ghost Town Western" | February 11, 1962 | |
Special guest: Gisele MacKenzie. | ||||
169 | 18 | "Rock Hudson Show" | February 18, 1962 | |
Special guests: Rock Hudson and Hugh Downs. | ||||
170 | 19 | "Julie London Show" | March 4, 1962 | |
Special guests: Julie London and Toni Marcus. | ||||
171 | 20 | "Alexander Hamilton Show" | March 11, 1962 | |
The cast has gathered at Jack's house to read through the show's script, but the mimeograph office has mistakenly sent them the script for The Lone Ranger. Later, Jack falls asleep while reading a history book and dreams that he's Alexander Hamilton. "Alex" has happy feet; every time he hears a minuet from Dolley Madison's party across the street, he breaks into dance with whomever's around. Benjamin Franklin (Don Wilson) drops by because his kite's stuck on the roof, as does Aaron Burr (Dennis Day), who challenges Hamilton to a duel. Burr's first shot sends Hamilton's powdered wig flying into the air. However, as history must be truthful, Hamilton is fatally shot. As he dies, he takes comfort in the fact that when the $10 bill is eventually printed, Burr's picture won't be on it! | ||||
172 | 21 | "Shari Lewis Show" | March 18, 1962 | |
Special guest: Shari Lewis. | ||||
173 | 22 | "Crazy Airport" | March 25, 1962 | |
Dennis takes over the show because Jack hasn't arrived at the studio. He's running late because of his penny-pinching; he flew in on a cut-rate airline that lands its planes in a pasture instead of at an airport. Jack has nothing but trouble with the nutty pilot, a baggage handler and a farmer. | ||||
174 | 23 | "Jack Goes Back Into Pictures" | April 1, 1962 | |
Special guest: Billy Wilder. | ||||
175 | 24 | "Jack Is a Violin Teacher" | April 8, 1962 | |
Dennis Day performs "On the First Warm Day". During a magazine interview about his life, Jack imagines about what would have happened had he never left Waukegan and become a comedian: as a struggling violin teacher in his hometown, he fails to impress his students, all of whom play better than he does. Even offering "bargain rates" on lessons fails to attract much business. With his furniture being repossessed, his shrill wife (Elvia Allman) is threatening to leave him. | ||||
176 | 25 | "Modern Prison Sketch" | April 15, 1962 | |
Special guest: Mickey Rooney. | ||||
177 | 26 | "Jack Takes in a Boarder" | April 22, 1962 | |
Special guest: Cousin Emmy. |
References[]
- 1961 American television seasons
- 1962 American television seasons
- The Jack Benny Program seasons