About this season
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
Episodes (26)
1. Nightbeat Takeoff
Aired 16 October 1960 • 30 min
2. Dick Clark Show
Aired 23 October 1960 • 30 min
3. Milton Berle Show
Aired 30 October 1960 • 30 min
4. Jack's Hong Kong Suit
Aired 6 November 1960 • 30 min
Jack gets a haircut between the dress rehearsal and the show; none of the barbers want to do it because his tips are so small. Don and Oscar the seal do the State Farm commercial. Gisele sings 'Smile'. Jack asks her for a date, but she is busy giving a party to which she has not invited Jack. They do their violin duet, during which Jack's ten dollar suit from Hong Kong comes to pieces.
5. John Wayne Show
Aired 20 November 1960 • 30 min
6. Joey Bishop Show
Aired 27 November 1960 • 30 min
7. Lunch Counter Murder
Aired 4 December 1960 • 30 min
A heavy holds up a cafeteria where Jack is eating. Heavy: Dan Duryea. Announcer: Don Wilson.
8. Jack Goes to a Concert
Aired 11 December 1960 • 30 min
Jack takes his girlfriend Mildred to a violin concert, even though she would prefer to go to the fights. Jack spots the Stewarts in the audience and tries to get their attention by tossing peanuts at them, eventually driving them out. When Mildred turns on her transistor radio to listen to the fight, the entire audience leaves.
9. Jack Goes Christmas Shopping
Aired 18 December 1960 • 30 min
Jack goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and drives the staff of the department store crazy.
10. Amateur Show
Aired 25 December 1960 • 30 min
11. Jack Casting For Television Special
Aired 1 January 1961 • 30 min
Jack has written his life story for television, and has his agent hire a child actor who is just as cheap as he is to play himself. Remake of the sketch originally done on November 20, 1954.
12. Jack Goes to the Vault
Aired 8 January 1961 • 30 min
13. Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack
Aired 15 January 1961 • 30 min
Jack honors Don Wilson on the occasion of his 27th year working with Jack. The sketch relates how Don and Jack met: Jack's radio sponsor, the Universal Corset Co., holds auditions for an announcer for Jack's program, and Don is the only one who laughs at Jack's bad jokes. John Daly presents Don with a plaque; Jack disagrees with Daly's statement that Don came to his show when it was "down," and ends by breaking the plaque over Don's head. The Sportsmen sing "Down Yonder"
14. Jack at the Supermarket
Aired 22 January 1961 • 30 min
15. Jack Is Hypnotized
Aired 29 January 1961 • 30 min
16. Jack Goes To a Gym
Aired 5 February 1961 • 30 min
Jack goes to a gym so that he can improve his physique and impress a young lady; Don goes with him.
17. Death Row Sketch
Aired 12 February 1961 • 30 min
18. Musicale
Aired 19 February 1961 • 30 min
Jack tells how he developed his thrifty habits as a child in Waukegan, Ill. Eddie Anderson.
19. Jack Becomes a Surgeon
Aired 26 February 1961 • 30 min
Rochester imagines that a crazy doctor is operating on him. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Don Wilson is the announcer.
20. Detective Story
Aired 5 March 1961 • 30 min
21. Children's Version of the Show
Aired 12 March 1961 • 30 min
22. Jack Goes to Las Vegas
Aired 19 March 1961 • 30 min
23. Dance Contest
Aired 26 March 1961 • 30 min
24. Variety Show
Aired 2 April 1961 • 30 min
'George Burns' crashes Jack's variety show, which features two songs sung by Ann-Margret and juggler extraordinaire, Francis Brunn.
25. Main Street Shelter
Aired 9 April 1961 • 30 min
Rochester gives away Jack's old clothes, not knowing that money is hidden in a lining. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Watson: Grandon Rhodes. Don Wilson is the announcer for the program.
26. English Sketch
Aired 16 April 1961 • 30 min