The Jack Benny Program
Season 11
1960 • 26 Episodes
Episodes
1. Nightbeat Takeoff
October 16, 1960
No overview available.
2. Dick Clark Show
October 23, 1960
No overview available.
3. Milton Berle Show
October 30, 1960
No overview available.
4. Jack's Hong Kong Suit
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.
5. John Wayne Show
November 20, 1960
No overview available.
6. Joey Bishop Show
November 27, 1960
No overview available.
7. Lunch Counter Murder
December 4, 1960
A heavy holds up a cafeteria where Jack is eating. Heavy: Dan Duryea. Announcer: Don Wilson.
8. Jack Goes to a Concert
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.
9. Jack Goes Christmas Shopping
December 18, 1960
Jack goes Christmas shopping with Rochester and drives the staff of the department store crazy.
10. Amateur Show
December 25, 1960
No overview available.
11. Jack Casting For Television Special
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.
12. Jack Goes to the Vault
January 8, 1961
No overview available.
13. Don's 27th Anniversary With Jack
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"
14. Jack at the Supermarket
January 22, 1961
No overview available.
15. Jack Is Hypnotized
January 29, 1961
No overview available.
16. Jack Goes To a Gym
February 5, 1961
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
February 12, 1961
No overview available.
18. Musicale
February 19, 1961
Jack tells how he developed his thrifty habits as a child in Waukegan, Ill. Eddie Anderson.
19. Jack Becomes a Surgeon
February 26, 1961
Rochester imagines that a crazy doctor is operating on him. Rochester: Eddie Anderson. Don Wilson is the announcer.
20. Detective Story
March 5, 1961
No overview available.
21. Children's Version of the Show
March 12, 1961
No overview available.
22. Jack Goes to Las Vegas
March 19, 1961
No overview available.
23. Dance Contest
March 26, 1961
No overview available.
24. Variety Show
April 2, 1961
No overview available.
25. Main Street Shelter
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.
26. English Sketch
April 16, 1961
No overview available.