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Josefsberg was to remain with Jack Benny for twelve years, [1] until the closure of Benny's radio program in 1955. During his long association with Benny, Josefsberg would collaborate with all of Benny's other writers, although he tended to work most closely with John Tackaberry.
Introduction. The Milt Josefsberg Collection of the American Radio Archives at the Thousand Oaks Library consists of ca. 8 linear feet of papers and ca. 25 hours of sound recordings, documenting the later part of the career of radio and TV comedy writer and producer J. Milton Josefsberg.
In the classic episode, “Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye” (co-written by veteran Jewish humorist Milt Josefsberg), Archie is forced to come to terms with his anti-Semitism after agreeing to deliver a eulogy for his pal Stretch (a.k.a. Jerome), only to discover that his longtime co-worker at the loading dock was Jewish.
- Arie Kaplan
Jul 26, 2020 · Blanc was such a virtuoso of melting pot sound effects that Milt Josefsberg, a writer on the Jack Benny Program, Blanc’s longtime employer, told his biographer that scripts routinely challenged...
Milt Josefsberg had a highly successful career as a comedy writer and television producer. He wrote a book on comedy writing and a biography of Jack Benny. This collection includes: correspondence; radio and television scripts; book manuscripts; sound recordings; press clippings
Nov 2, 2022 · Milt Josefsberg. Recorded September 04th, 1981 - 60 min. Writer for Jack Benny on both radio and TV, he also wrote for Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle and Danny Thomas. He was born June 29, 1911 and was 70 at the time of our conversation in his office at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood, California. He died December 14, 1987 at age 76.
Jul 25, 2021 · MILT JOSEFSBERG, 76, an Emmy Award-winning television producer and comedy writer for Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, died Monday.
