The Jack Benny Program (season 13)
This is a list of episodes for the thirteenth season (1962–63) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program.
The Jack Benny Program | |
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Season 13 | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 27 |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 25, 1962 – April 9, 1963 |
Season chronology | |
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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178 | 1 | "Sammy Davis, Jr. Show" | September 25, 1962 | |
Special guest: Sammy Davis, Jr. | ||||
179 | 2 | "Frank Sinatra, Jr. Show" | October 2, 1962 | |
Special guest: Frank Sinatra, Jr. | ||||
180 | 3 | "Phil Silvers Show" | October 9, 1962 | |
Special guest: Phil Silvers. | ||||
181 | 4 | "Air Force Sketch" | October 16, 1962 | |
Special guest: Raymond Burr. | ||||
182 | 5 | "Lawrence Welk Show" | October 23, 1962 | |
Special guest: Lawrence Welk. | ||||
183 | 6 | "My Gang Comedy" | October 30, 1962 | |
Special guest: Darla Hood. | ||||
184 | 7 | "Jack Plays Tarzan" | November 13, 1962 | |
Special guest: Carol Burnett. | ||||
185 | 8 | "Jack Gives a Dinner Party" | November 20, 1962 | |
Special guests: James Stewart and Gloria Stewart. | ||||
186 | 9 | "Jack Meets a Japanese Agent" | November 27, 1962 | |
Special guest: Jack Soo and Romi Yamada. | ||||
187 | 10 | "Jack and Bob Hope in Vaudeville" | December 4, 1962 | |
Special guest: Bob Hope. | ||||
188 | 11 | "Jack Referees a Wrestling Match" | December 11, 1962 | |
Special guests: Mrs. Milton Berle, Mrs. Groucho Marx, Mrs. Kirk Douglas, Mrs. Phil Silvers, Billy Varga, and Gene LeBell. | ||||
189 | 12 | "Jack and the Crying Cab Driver" | December 18, 1962 | |
Jack encounters nothing but headaches trying to make a flight to New York. He catches a taxi from his home and contends with an emotional cabbie (Louis Nye), who cries uncontrollably because he always hates saying goodbye at the airport. Once inside, he encounters the Mexican Sy (the one with a sister named Sue who sews), a painter who can't spell the sponsor's name correctly, outrageous announcements on the P.A. system, and the always-sarcastic Frank Nelson behind a counter. This is a remake of episode Nº 46, "Preparing for New York Trip." | ||||
190 | 13 | "The Story of the New Talent Show" | December 25, 1962 | |
Jack conducts another of his new talent shows. Mel Blanc appears as Frenchman Franque Finque who does animal impressions. Don Wilson does his impression of Ted Lewis by performing "Me and My Shadow" with his son Harlow. The Renaldi Brothers, one a sharpshooter and the other who claims to be the fastest man in the world, do their amazing act; the "fastest man" dodges three bullets fired by his brother -- before being killed by the last five. Also performing are the Sentimental Sweethearts, an orchestra made up of the little old ladies of the Jack Benny Fan Club, Pasadena chapter. | ||||
191 | 14 | "Jack Attends the Rose Bowl" | January 1, 1963 | |
When inviting his sponsors to his New Year's Eve party, Jack recalls the year he invited his gal friend, Zelda, to attend the party. The next day, cheapskate Jack takes her to the Rose Bowl Game and watches every penny he spends. This insures problems with the hot dog vendor and the man at the ticket booth. | ||||
192 | 15 | "Jack Meets Max Bygraves" | January 8, 1963 | |
Special guest: Max Bygraves. | ||||
193 | 16 | "Twilight Zone Sketch" | January 15, 1963 | |
Special guest: Rod Serling. | ||||
194 | 17 | "Peter Lorre / Joanie Sommers Show" | January 22, 1963 | |
Special guests: Peter Lorre and Joanie Sommers. | ||||
? | ? | "The Murder of Clayton Worthington" | January 29, 1963 | |
Special guests: Dick Van Dyke. | ||||
195 | 18 | "Jack Rents His House" | February 5, 1963 | |
Jack's is discussing his shows in New York and Toronto when the Larsons interrupt to get a picture with Jack. They keep inviting relatives to be in the shot until Jack is stuck behind the camera for a family photo. | ||||
196 | 19 | "Spanish Sketch" | February 12, 1963 | |
Special guest: Rita Moreno. | ||||
197 | 20 | "Connie Francis Show" | February 19, 1963 | |
Special guest: Connie Francis. In the sketch, Stephen Foster is a lousy hack songwriter, starving in a small cabin. His wife, Connie, pines for her old folks at home who live way down along the Suwanee River near the Camptown racetrack. A neighbor, Susanna, offers sympathy but is told "Don't you cry for me." Meanwhile, Jack is wasting time improvising a song that begins "apples are red" and tells them to shut up while he is concentrating. She gets an idea on how to inspire him when the butcher comes by to collect on an unpaid bill. It involves a shotgun. | ||||
198 | 21 | "Jack Does the U.S.O. Show" | February 26, 1963 | |
Special guest: Martha Tilton. | ||||
199 | 22 | "Frankie Avalon Show" | March 5, 1963 | |
Special guest: Frankie Avalon. | ||||
200 | 23 | "Jack Is Kidnapped" | March 12, 1963 | |
Special guest: George Burns. | ||||
201 | 24 | "Jack Fires Don" | March 19, 1963 | |
After Jack and Don argue over who said "Don't give up the ship," Jack fires Don and holds auditions for a new announcer. Dennis does the Jell-O commercial as a series of imitations, including James Cagney and John F. Kennedy. Dennis rehearses a sentimental song for Jack, while Don walks back and forth across the set clearing out his office. | ||||
202 | 25 | "The Mikado" | March 26, 1963 | |
Jack talks about raising the standards of television programming, so he's staging a condensed version of the opera The Mikado. Rather than singing the Japanese love song that's planned, Dennis is determined to do an Irish jig. Don has his son Harlow, who's been taking elocution lessons, do the State Farm commercial. | ||||
203 | 26 | "A Dummy Replaces Jack" | April 2, 1963 | |
Jack returns from Hong Kong and enters via a rickshaw pulled by Dennis. Day sings "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." | ||||
204 | 27 | "Jack Answers Request Letters" | April 9, 1963 | |
The premise for this episode is to have Jack answer viewers' letters. One asks about the sound effects on his old radio program, so Ray Erlenborn demonstrates how he made several of them. In the State Farm Insurance commercial, a serviceman from the audience (Dave Willock) claims State Farm insured his tank in the Battle of the Bulge. Jack's sister Florence asks why Dennis or Don never get to work without Jack, so the pair impersonate Laurel and Hardy in an original sketch. The final request is for Jack play a piece of music seriously; the last-minute accompanist (Ben Lessy) sent by Musicians' Union, however, completely upstages Jack with his antics. |