The Jack Benny Program Season 11 Episodes

Episode 1

Nightbeat Takeoff

Sun, Oct 16, 196030 mins

George Burns, Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis, and Johnny Green are at Hillwood Country Club waiting for Jack to join them for golf. They all question whether Jack has the stamina to do a new episode each week this season. Their scoffing cause him to have a nightmare where he's grilled by Mike Wallace on "Night Beat." His doctor, Frank Nelson, also shows up in his dream to harass him. Back at home, Jack's windows are knocked out by his "fans" throwing rocks.

Episode 2

Dick Clark Show

Sun, Oct 23, 196030 mins

Jack consults "American Bandstand" host Dick Clark on how to get teens to watch his program. Dick's suggestion is to book rock and roll bands like The Sabres, who perform "Flip, Flop and Fly." Cheapskate Jack refuses to pay their fee of $5,000 fee and puts together his own band on the cheap. Dennis, Don and Jack dress like The Sabres and perform the same song on the show.

Episode 3

Milton Berle Show

Sun, Oct 30, 196030 mins

Jack and Milton Berle talk comedy at a restaurant with Miltie offering his input on what it takes to do a weekly series. In no time, Berle had remade Benny into a slapstick, baggy-pants comic. They perform on the show with Berle as the straight man and Jack, in a clown suit, delivering cornball punchlines and getting hit with a pie.

Episode 4

Hong Kong Suit

Sun, Nov 6, 196030 mins

Jack can't stop bragging about his new suit, which he bought from a Hong Kong tailor and cost him only $12. However, during a furious violin competition with Gisele MacKenzie, it starts to become painfully obvious just how cheap the suit really is.

Episode 5

John Wayne Show

Sun, Nov 20, 196030 mins

Jack tells of the big holiday parties celebrities throw but he did his party in an Automat. Jack handles an overenthusiastic fan. The writer of the jingle of the new sponsor, a major insurance company, joins Jack on stage and unintentionally reveals he just always talks in the same range and cadence of the jingle. Jack learns girl singer Jaye P. Morgan expects to be taken out for dinner as part of being on the show. When Jack balks at this, John Wayne steps up and she is delighted at the offer. Jack decides to do pick up work as the violinist at a gypsy restaurant and - mayhem naturally follows.

Episode 6

Joey Bishop Show

Sun, Nov 27, 196030 mins

Episode 7

Lunch Counter Murder

Sun, Dec 4, 196030 mins

Jack is the manager of a roadside hamburger stand that is taken over by a gang of tough criminals led by a scar-faced crook who likes to eat sardines, including the can--and even Dennis Day gets into the act.

Episode 8

Jack Goes to Concert

Sun, Dec 11, 196030 mins

Jack insists on taking Mildred to a violin concert even though his girlfriend would prefer to attend the boxing arena. Jack spies Jimmy Stewart and his wife in the crowd and tries to attract their attention by pelting him with peanuts, which only results in driving them from the theater. Bored, Mildred tries to get the radio station carrying fights on her transistor radio, which drives the remaining audience members out.

Episode 9

Christmas Show

Sun, Dec 18, 196030 mins

It's the week before Christmas and Jack drops by Edgar Bergen's house to go over the upcoming show's script with his guest star. When Edgar is detained rehearsing his radio show, his wife Frances entertains Jack. Jack is amazed when Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd walk into the room and are introduced. Jack always assumed they were merely ventriloquist's dummies. Edgar finally returns and is ready to present his ideas for a sketch to Jack, but insists on Jack sitting on his knee to hear them.

Episode 10

Amateur Show

Sun, Dec 25, 196030 mins

Jack consents to an episode of the show to be opportunity for new acts to showcase their talents but then he starts to regret deciding to do it when things don't go as he thinks they should.

Episode 11

Jack Casting for TV Special

Sun, Jan 1, 196130 mins

Auditioning actors for a 1 hour show recounting his thrilling life provokes many emotions in Jack: lust for a young actress, vanity when an elderly woman from his hometown shows up, and especially greed. A young actor is perfect for Jack as a child, which the actor's 10 year old agent takes every advantage of.

Episode 12

Jack Goes to the Vault

Sun, Jan 8, 196130 mins

Jack takes two men from the Treasury Department into his mysterious vault, full of hilarious security features.

Episode 13

Don's Anniversary

Sun, Jan 15, 196130 mins

On the anniversary of Don Wilson's 27 years of service with Jack, he and Jack recall the first day they met, when Don showed up for an audition and Jack put him through dance and elocution classes to "whip him into shape".

Episode 14

Jack at Supermarket

Sun, Jan 22, 196130 mins

Jack goes grocery shopping after losing in cards to Rochester. Before being stuffed in a shopping cart and removed from the store, Jack's demands irritate the produce man, the butcher, and especially clerk Frank Nelson. He also makes off with a whole cake, plate and the silverware from a free sample display.

Episode 15

Jack Is Hypnotized

Sun, Jan 29, 196130 mins

Episode 16

Jack Goes to the Gym

Sun, Feb 5, 196130 mins

Jack is infatuated with the new pretty receptionist, but she prefers rugged men, so Jack joins a gym to beef up his body.

Episode 17

Death Row Sketch

Sun, Feb 12, 196130 mins

Mamie Van Doren and Dennis Day sing a duet of "You Make Me Feel so Young." Later, they play the roles of a condemned prisoner's wife and son. Of course, Jack plays the condemned man, who is about to be executed.

Episode 18

Musicale

Sun, Feb 19, 196130 mins

Jack answers a reporter's questions in his dressing room, with Rochester to heckle him. In a flashback, we see some of Jack's childhood. In a well furnished Victorian home, Jack was a money hungry brat, and his father loved getting the family together to play their instruments together, despite his ineptness with a violin.

Episode 19

Jack Becomes Surgeon

Sun, Feb 26, 196130 mins

Rochester imagines what kind of surgeon Jack would have been, if he had gone to medical school as he planned during his youth.

Episode 20

Detective Story

Sun, Mar 5, 196130 mins

Episode 21

Children's Version of the Show

Sun, Mar 12, 196130 mins

Episode 22

Jack Goes to Las Vegas

Sun, Mar 19, 196130 mins

After trying to get by with hiring only two of the Mills Brothers, Jack maintains a cheapskate theme with a flashback to his first trip to Las Vegas, where he shows up with baggage including his ironing board, argues over the price of his room, and hits the jackpot on a nickle slot machine.

Episode 23

Dance Contest

Sun, Mar 26, 196130 mins

Episode 24

Variety Show

Sun, Apr 2, 196130 mins

'George Burns' crashes Jack's variety show, which features two songs sung by Ann-Margret and juggler extraordinaire, Francis Brunn.

Episode 25

Main Street Shelter

Sun, Apr 9, 196130 mins

Jack refuses to leave a homeless shelter until they give him back an ancient jacket Rochester donated, which had $200 sewed in the lining. Jack's just returned from a desert hike with the Beverly Hills Beavers, so due to his dirty clothes & 3 day beard, everyone at the shelter believes he's an extraordinarily picky homeless person, not the most generous man in show business.

Episode 26

English Sketch

Sun, Apr 16, 196130 mins