Season Premiere

S12 E01 • Sunday, Oct 15, 1961 • Oct 15 • 30m

Waukegan Show

S12 E02 • Sunday, Oct 22, 1961 • Oct 22 • 30m

Jack on Trial for Murder

S12 E03 • Sunday, Nov 5, 1961 • Nov 5 • 30m

Jack Takes the Stewarts to a Play

S12 E04 • Sunday, Nov 12, 1961 • Nov 12 • 30m

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

S12 E05 • Sunday, Nov 19, 1961 • Nov 19 • 30m

Jack Plays Golf

S12 E06 • Sunday, Nov 26, 1961 • Nov 26 • 30m

Jack demonstrates why he's an insufferable golf partner.

Jack Is Followed Home

S12 E07 • Sunday, Dec 3, 1961 • Dec 3 • 30m

Jack Goes to the Cafeteria

S12 E08 • Sunday, Dec 10, 1961 • Dec 10 • 30m

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

Jack Writes a Song

S12 E09 • Sunday, Dec 17, 1961 • Dec 17 • 30m

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.

Christmas Party

S12 E10 • Sunday, Dec 24, 1961 • Dec 24 • 30m

New Year's Eve

S12 E11 • Sunday, Dec 31, 1961 • Dec 31 • 30m

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

S12 E12 • Sunday, Jan 7, 1962 • Jan 7 • 30m

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

Dennis Day's Surprise Birthday Party

S12 E13 • Sunday, Jan 14, 1962 • Jan 14 • 30m

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

S12 E14 • Sunday, Jan 21, 1962 • Jan 21 • 30m

How Jack Met Rochester

S12 E15 • Sunday, Jan 28, 1962 • Jan 28 • 30m

Police Station Show

S12 E16 • Sunday, Feb 4, 1962 • Feb 4 • 30m

Ghost Town Western

S12 E17 • Sunday, Feb 11, 1962 • Feb 11 • 30m

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

Rock Hudson Show

S12 E18 • Sunday, Feb 18, 1962 • Feb 18 • 30m

Julie London Show

S12 E19 • Sunday, Mar 4, 1962 • Mar 4 • 30m

Alexander Hamilton Show

S12 E20 • Sunday, Mar 11, 1962 • Mar 11 • 30m

Shari Lewis Show

S12 E21 • Sunday, Mar 18, 1962 • Mar 18 • 30m

Crazy Airport

S12 E22 • Sunday, Mar 25, 1962 • Mar 25 • 30m

Jack Goes Back Into Pictures

S12 E23 • Sunday, Apr 1, 1962 • Apr 1 • 30m

Jack Is a Violin Teacher

S12 E24 • Sunday, Apr 8, 1962 • Apr 8 • 30m

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

S12 E25 • Sunday, Apr 15, 1962 • Apr 15 • 30m

Jack Takes in a Boarder

S12 E26 • Sunday, Apr 22, 1962 • Apr 22 • 30m