The Jack Benny Program Season 13 Episodes

Episode 1

Sammy Davis Jr. Show

Tue, Sep 25, 196230 mins

Episode 2

Frank Sinatra Jr. Show

Tue, Oct 2, 196230 mins

Episode 3

The Phil Silvers Show

Tue, Oct 9, 196230 mins

In a flashback sketch, Silvers comes to the Benny house with letters from Jack's aunt, asking him to take care of young Phil while he's in Hollywood. That he arrived with someone else's luggage should have tipped Jack off that Phil has no problem with lying, cheating or stealing.

Episode 4

Air Force Sketch

Tue, Oct 16, 196230 mins

Raymond Burr wants to be a comedian, so Jack allows him to host the show.

Episode 5

The Lawrence Welk Show

Tue, Oct 23, 196230 mins

Jack praises Mr. Welk but insists anyone (in particular himself) can lead an orchestra-the results of his attempt to do so are classic.Later, he browbeats Lawrence into orchestrating his song "When You Say "I Beg Your Pardon Then I'll Come Back to You" A.K.A. "When the Swallows Return to Capistrano" which ends up as a polka.

Episode 6

The Story of My Gang Comedy

Tue, Oct 30, 196230 mins

Darla Hood sings a song and appears in a sketch spoofing the Our Gang series.

Episode 7

Jack Plays Tarzan

Tue, Nov 13, 196230 mins

Carol Burnett plays Jane to Jack's Tarzan. She also sings The Trolley Song.

Episode 8

Jack Gives a Dinner Party

Tue, Nov 20, 196230 mins

Episode 9

Jack Meets Japanese Agent

Tue, Nov 27, 196230 mins

After a run in with a crabby cameraman, Jack introduces a young Japanese girl singer, Romi Yamada. He expresses his interest in having her do a further show, but her agent drives a hard bargain, and recalls Jack's appearance on an Ed Sullivan-like show in Tokio, where Jack inserted himself into a rock-and-roll children's group.

Episode 10

The Bob Hope Show

Tue, Dec 4, 196230 mins

Jack and Bob do a skit about the time they auditioned their vaudeville act.

Episode 11

The Story of Jack Referees Wrestling Match

Tue, Dec 11, 196230 mins

Several stars' wives are planning a charity benefit in Beverley Hills, trying hard not to invite Jack, but he insinuates himself, unasked, into the event. He wanted to play his violin, but the only spot open is to referee a championship wrestling match, which he takes, but bungles it up so he gets involved in the wrestling, too.

Episode 12

Jack and the Crying Cab Driver

Tue, Dec 18, 196230 mins

Jack's attempt to fly to New York City is frustrated by a cabdriver who can't bear to say goodbye to his passengers, surreal airport announcements, and a sarcastic ticket agent

Episode 13

The Story of the New Talent Show

Tue, Dec 25, 196230 mins

In Jack's talent show, the first contestant is Mr. Finque,(Blanc) who impersonates dogs and a British horse. Don Wilson and "son" Harlow do another impersonation, this time of Ted Lewis in his "Me and My Shadow" routine. The "Renaldi brothers" do a bullet dodging act that ends badly. Jack's fan club of old ladies from Pasedena form an amateur orchestra.

Episode 14

Jack Attends the Rose Bowl

Tue, Jan 1, 196330 mins

Episode 15

Jack Meets Max Bygraves

Tue, Jan 8, 196330 mins

Jack's guest is British comedian/singer Max Bygraves. After Jack claims to have discovered Max and introduced him to U.S. audiences, there's a flashback to Jack first seeing Max perform in London. Jack loves Max's performance, but is aghast with Max's dead-on impersonation of Jack.

Episode 16

Twilight Zone Sketch

Tue, Jan 15, 196330 mins

Jack hires Rod Serling to improve his show but he winds up trapped in the Twilight Zone himself.

Episode 17

The Peter Lorre/Joanie Sommers Show

Tue, Jan 22, 196330 mins

Jack is thrilled to introduce his guest, actor Peter Lorre, who seems very modest and timid - until Jack congratulates him on his ability to personify evil, spurring Lorre to pull a knife from his jacket pocket. Jack has a nightmare involving Lorre, in which Jack visits a new doctor, because the doctor takes coupons and validates parking. Also waiting for the doctor is Lorre, hiding behind a newspaper blaring the headline "Fiendish Murderer Escapes."

Episode 18

The Murder of Clayton Worthington

Tue, Jan 29, 196330 mins

Dick Van Dyke takes on different characters with Jack in an English murder mystery.

Episode 19

Return to Broadway

Tue, Feb 5, 196330 mins

Jack's monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. Jack and Rochester are leaving on a personal appearance tour, so Jack rents his house while he is gone.

Episode 20

The Spanish Sketch

Tue, Feb 12, 196330 mins

Rita Moreno sings and guest stars in a skit about a little Spanish town.

Episode 21

The Connie Francis Show

Tue, Feb 19, 196330 mins

The cast do a skit spoofing the songwriting of Stephen Foster.

Episode 22

Jack Does the U.S.O. Show

Tue, Feb 26, 196330 mins

Having Martha Tilton as a guest causes him to reminisce about when they worked together with the USO during World War Two, on the island of New Guinea. During the show, Jack performs his stand-up, then starts playing his violin, when the sirens sound and enemy planes start bombing, everyone runs off but jack keeps playing. Eventually two Japanese soldiers, all that's left after a hari-kiri wave, surrender if he'll stop playing.

Episode 23

The Frankie Avalon Show

Tue, Mar 5, 196330 mins

Jack attends Frankie Avalon's record session, but constantly interrupts the takes. Eventually, he's given a role in the recording.

Episode 24

Jack Is Kidnapped

Tue, Mar 12, 196330 mins

Jack is kidnapped and forced to make a $10,000 withdrawal from the bank.

Episode 25

Jack Fires Don

Tue, Mar 19, 196330 mins

Jack fires his announcer, Don Wilson, over a trivial argument.

Episode 26

The Mikado #2

Tue, Mar 26, 196330 mins

Episode 27

A Dummy Replaces Jack

Tue, Apr 2, 196330 mins

Episode 28

Jack Answers Request Letters

Tue, Apr 9, 196330 mins

For a change of pace, Jack does a plot-less revue instead of a scripted play, by supposedly responding to questions culled from fan mail. The acts include an over the top radio sound effects man, Don and Dennis impersonate Laurel and Hardy repairing a Model T tire, and Jack playing his violin with an eccentric pianist accompanying.