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Episode 1: Season Premiere
1961-10-1530 min
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Season guide
The Jack Benny Program Season 12 — Episodes and Where to Watch
26 episodes · first aired 1961-10-15
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Episode 2: Waukegan Show
1961-10-2230 min
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Episode 3: Jack on Trial for Murder
1961-11-0530 min
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 !"
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Episode 4: Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play
1961-11-1230 min
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.
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Episode 5: Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1961-11-1930 min
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Episode 6: Jack Plays Golf
1961-11-2630 min
Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.
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Episode 7: Jack Is Followed Home
1961-12-0330 min
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Episode 8: Jack Goes to the Cafeteria
1961-12-1030 min
Jack treats Jane Morgan to lunch.
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Episode 9: Jack Writes a Song
1961-12-1730 min
Jack asks Dmitri Tiomkin to polish an song he wrote.
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Episode 10: Christmas Party
1961-12-2430 min
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Episode 11: New Year's Eve
1961-12-3130 min
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.
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Episode 12: Jack Does Opera
1962-01-0730 min
Jack develops aspirations when soprano Roberta Peters performs. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Announcer: Don Wilson.
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Episode 13: Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party
1962-01-1430 min
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.
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Episode 14: Jack Gets a Passport
1962-01-2130 min
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Episode 15: How Jack Met Rochester
1962-01-2830 min
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Episode 16: Police Station Show
1962-02-0430 min
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Episode 17: Ghost Town Western
1962-02-1130 min
An Old West spoof featuring Gisele MacKenzie. Tombstone: Gerald Mohr. Don Wilson is the announcer.
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Episode 18: Rock Hudson Show
1962-02-1830 min
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Episode 19: Julie London Show
1962-03-0430 min
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Episode 20: Alexander Hamilton Show
1962-03-1130 min
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Episode 21: Shari Lewis Show
1962-03-1830 min
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Episode 22: Crazy Airport
1962-03-2530 min
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Episode 23: Jack Goes Back Into Pictures
1962-04-0130 min
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Episode 24: Jack Is a Violin Teacher
1962-04-0830 min
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.
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Episode 25: Modern Prison
1962-04-1530 min
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Episode 26: Jack Takes in a Boarder
1962-04-2230 min
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