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Starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, and Don Wilson. The Jack Benny Show AKA The Jello Program AKA The Lucky Strike Program aired from the 1930’s right through to the 1950’s. Each week your host, John Henderson, brings an episode from that week 60-80 years ago. It’s old, yet still as funny as ever.
From 1950 to 1965, he had his own television show "The Jack Benny Show," which was a hit throughout its run. In 1962, Jack appeared on the game show "The $64,000 Question" when after answering the first question (worth $64), he quit and took home the money, rather than risk losing it on a second question (his category was violins).
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Edmund Lincoln Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American actor and comedian. To a generation of early radio and television comedy he was known as " Rochester ". Anderson entered show business as a teenager on the vaudeville circuit. In the early 1930s, he transitioned into films and radio.
Feb 16, 2003 · Forever 39, Jack Benny Lives On. By Steve Hymon . Feb. 16, 2003 12 AM PT . Facebook; ... “Jack Benny was a man trying to regain his composure while the world falls apart around him,” said Stan ...
Feb 18, 2021 · The Jack Benny Show excelled in subtle, sophisticated comedy. Benny’s genius was that, unlike many stars who hoarded all the good punchlines and never let themselves be seen in an unflattering ...
A: Jack claimed on one of the radio shows to be 36. It got a laugh, so they continued using it. Later he became 37, then 38, then 39. There were plans to have a big production for Jack's 40th birthday show, but people started contacting him that he shouldn't turn 40, as it was too big of a milestone.
In Jack Benny's first film he starred along with Conrad Nagel as master of ceremonies in The Hollywood Revue of 1929, which was a big role for Jack at the time. Benny wouldn't start getting well known until his own radio program in 1934. The Hollywood Revue is also the oldest known form of Jack Benny in color with the last sequence being filmed ...
