Season 12

1. Season Premiere

1961-10-15 • 30 min

2. Waukegan Show

1961-10-22 • 30 min

3. Jack on Trial for Murder

1961-11-05 • 30 min

4. Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

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.

1961-11-12 • 30 min

5. Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

1961-11-19 • 30 min

6. Jack Plays Golf

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

1961-11-26 • 30 min

7. Jack Is Followed Home

1961-12-03 • 30 min

8. Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch. Jane Morgan: Herself. Bus Driver: Benny Rubin. Passenger: Dave Willock. Waitress: Shirley Mitchell. Announcer: Don Wilson.

1961-12-10 • 30 min

9. Jack Writes a Song

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.

1961-12-17 • 30 min

10. Christmas Party

1961-12-24 • 30 min

11. New Year's Eve

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.

1961-12-31 • 30 min

12. Jack Does Opera

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

1962-01-07 • 30 min

13. Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

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.

1962-01-14 • 30 min

14. Jack Gets a Passport

1962-01-21 • 30 min

15. How Jack Met Rochester

1962-01-28 • 30 min

16. Police Station Show

1962-02-04 • 30 min

17. Ghost Town Western

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

1962-02-11 • 30 min

18. Rock Hudson Show

1962-02-18 • 30 min

19. Julie London Show

1962-03-04 • 30 min

20. Alexander Hamilton Show

1962-03-11 • 30 min

21. Shari Lewis Show

1962-03-18 • 30 min

22. Crazy Airport

1962-03-25 • 30 min

23. Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

1962-04-01 • 30 min

24. Jack Is a Violin Teacher

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.

1962-04-08 • 30 min

25. Modern Prison

1962-04-15 • 30 min

26. Jack Takes in a Boarder

1962-04-22 • 30 min