Jack Benny
Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly. Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Benny, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Automat
Mike Wallace Is Here
Studio 54
The Last Laugh
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Beatles Stories
The Best of Johnny Carson
Pioneers of Primetime
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Beatles: Big Beat Box
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Vaudeville- KEKelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
That's Entertainment! III
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom- RERemembering Marilyn
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Showbiz Goes to War
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II- TETexaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Perry Como Christmas Show- THThe Great Radio Comedians
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
Honor America Day
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
Swing Out, Sweet Land
The Jack Benny Birthday Special
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Jack Benny's Bag
Carnival Nights
A Guide for the Married Man
The Honey Pot
Bob Hope Christmas Show
The Jack Benny Hour
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
General Foods Opening Night
Gypsy- JAJack Benny Christmas Show
The Slowest Gun in the West
Who Was That Lady?
The Mouse That Jack Built
The All-Star Christmas Show
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Beau James
The Bing Crosby Show- STStars in the Eye
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson
Somebody Loves Me
You Can Change The World
The Great Lover- ISIs Everybody Listening?
Without Reservations
The Horn Blows at Midnight
It's in the Bag!
Hollywood Canteen
Show-Business at War
The Meanest Man in the World
George Washington Slept Here
To Be or Not to Be
Three Of A Kind
Charley's Aunt
Buck Benny Rides Again
Love Thy Neighbor
Man About Town
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Artists and Models Abroad
Artist and Models
College Holiday
The Big Broadcast of 1937
It's in the Air
Broadway Melody of 1936
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round- TATaxi Tangle
A Broadway Romeo- THThe Voice of Hollywood No. 13
The Medicine Man
Children of Pleasure
The Rounder
Lord Byron of Broadway
Chasing Rainbows
The Song Writers' Revue
The Hollywood Revue of 1929- BRBright Moments
