The Jack Benny Program - Season 11

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Nightbeat Takeoff

1 - Nightbeat Takeoff

Air Date: October 16, 1960

Dick Clark Show

2 - Dick Clark Show

Air Date: October 23, 1960

Milton Berle Show

3 - Milton Berle Show

Air Date: October 30, 1960

Jack's Hong Kong Suit

4 - Jack's Hong Kong Suit

Air Date: November 6, 1960

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.

John Wayne Show

5 - John Wayne Show

Air Date: November 20, 1960

Joey Bishop Show

6 - Joey Bishop Show

Air Date: November 27, 1960

Lunch Counter Murder

7 - Lunch Counter Murder

Air Date: December 4, 1960

A heavy holds up a cafeteria where Jack is eating. Heavy: Dan Duryea. Announcer: Don Wilson.

Jack Goes to a Concert

8 - Jack Goes to a Concert

Air Date: December 11, 1960

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.

Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

9 - Jack Goes Christmas Shopping

Air Date: December 18, 1960

Jack goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and drives the staff of the department store crazy.

Amateur Show

10 - Amateur Show

Air Date: December 25, 1960

Jack Casting For Television Special

11 - Jack Casting For Television Special

Air Date: January 1, 1961

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.

Jack Goes to the Vault

12 - Jack Goes to the Vault

Air Date: January 8, 1961

Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

13 - Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack

Air Date: January 15, 1961

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"

Jack at the Supermarket

14 - Jack at the Supermarket

Air Date: January 22, 1961

Jack Is Hypnotized

15 - Jack Is Hypnotized

Air Date: January 29, 1961

Jack Goes To a Gym

16 - Jack Goes To a Gym

Air Date: February 5, 1961

Jack goes to a gym so that he can improve his physique and impress a young lady; Don goes with him.

Death Row Sketch

17 - Death Row Sketch

Air Date: February 12, 1961

Musicale

18 - Musicale

Air Date: February 19, 1961

Jack tells how he developed his thrifty habits as a child in Waukegan, Ill. Eddie Anderson.

Jack Becomes a Surgeon

19 - Jack Becomes a Surgeon

Air Date: February 26, 1961

Rochester imagines that a crazy doctor is operating on him. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Don Wilson is the announcer.

Detective Story

20 - Detective Story

Air Date: March 5, 1961

Children's Version of the Show

21 - Children's Version of the Show

Air Date: March 12, 1961

Jack Goes to Las Vegas

22 - Jack Goes to Las Vegas

Air Date: March 19, 1961

Dance Contest

23 - Dance Contest

Air Date: March 26, 1961

Variety Show

24 - Variety Show

Air Date: April 2, 1961

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

Main Street Shelter

25 - Main Street Shelter

Air Date: April 9, 1961

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.

English Sketch

26 - English Sketch

Air Date: April 16, 1961