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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
Benny was known for comic timing and the ability to create laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, were a major influence on the sitcom genre.
Benny was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in neighboring Waukegan, Illinois. He was the son of Meyer Kubelsky and Emma Sachs Kubelsky. His parents were Jewish. Meyer was a saloon owner, and later a haberdasher, who had emigrated to America from Poland. Emma had emigrated from Lithuania. Benny began studying violin, an instrument that became his trademark, at the age of six, his parents hoping for him to become a professional violinist. He loved the instrument, but hated practice. His music teacher was Otto Graham Sr., a neighbor and father of Otto Graham of NFL fame. At 14, Benny was playing in dance bands and his high school orchestra. He was a dreamer and poor at his studies, and was ultimately expelled from high school. He did poorly in business school later, and at attempts to join his father's business. At age 17, he began playing the violin in local vaudeville theaters for $7.50 a week. He was joined by Ned Miller, a young composer and singer, on the circuit.
The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.
"The Jack" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the third track of their Australian album T.N.T, released in December 1975, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott. It is also the third track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976.
"The Jack" has been included on all of the band's official live albums: If You Want Blood You've Got It (sung by Bon Scott, 1978), Live and its 2 CD Collector's Edition (sung by Scott's replacement Brian Johnson, 1992), Live from the Atlantic Studios (Scott, 1977), and Let There Be Rock: The Movie (Scott, 1979), with the last two being released in 1997 as part of the Bonfire box set. ("Whole Lotta Rosie" is the only other AC/DC song to appear on all five.)
The live recordings of "The Jack" have very different lyrics than the original LP versions. Whereas the LP version of the song uses poker metaphors as sexual innuendo, the live version tells the story in a literal manner.
Jack may refer to:
Benny or Bennie is a given name or a shortened version of the given name Benjamin, or less commonly, Benedict, Bennett, Bernice, Ebenezer or Bernard.
Actors: Rusty Wescoatt (actor), Herb Vigran (actor), Frank Sully (actor), Harry Shannon (actor), Jack Benny (actor), William Fawcett (actor), Harvey Korman (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Ben Frommer (actor), Karl Malden (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Parley Baer (actor), Thomas E. Jackson (actor), Gail Bonney (actress), Dick Winslow (actor),
Plot: Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, ambition, audition, backstage, based-on-book, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-stage-musical-based-on-book, boy, burlesqueActors: William Forrest (actor), Jimmy Durante (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), James Flavin (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), Paul Douglas (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Walter Catlett (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Willis Bouchey (actor), Russ Bender (actor), Sam Harris (actor),
Plot: The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s. Used by professional politicians and money-grabbers, Walker himself was "stupid but clean", although his open affair with Betty Compton cost him dear.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, actress, albany-new-york, audition, banquet, baseball, based-on-book, break-up, broadway-manhattan-new-york-cityActors: Carole Landis (actress), Ralph Staub (producer), Ralph Staub (writer), Edgar Bergen (actor), Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (actor), James Gleason (actor), Phil Harris (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Groucho Marx (actor), Alice Faye (actress), Ken Murray (actor), Roy Rogers (actor), Jerome Thoms (editor), Ralph Staub (actor), James Stewart (actor),
Plot: James Gleason drops by to visit Ralph Staub at the Columbia lot and Staub, as he was inclined to do, pulls out a few reels of World War II "Screen Snapshots", and he and Gleason reminisce about the footage, while the camera turns and, presto, yet another Screen Snapshots entry comprised of about 90% stock footage. This one shows movie-and-radio stars and names around Hollywood entertaining the troops at various California Army/Navy/Marine camps. Faces seen and voices heard (again) include Carole Landis, Groucho Marx and Jack Benny.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, actor, actress, american-flag, archive-footage, army-air-corps, army-base, broadcast, cigar-smokingActors: Kernan Cripps (actor), Jerry Colonna (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Don Ameche (actor), Johnny Arthur (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Steve Brodie (actor), Robert Benchley (actor), William Bendix (actor), John Carradine (actor), George Chandler (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Jay Eaton (actor),
Plot: Wealthy Frederick Trumble makes an eccentric new will, secretes much of his wealth in a chair, then, within seconds, is murdered. The new heir, Fred Floogle, runs a flea circus. Of course, the reputed $12 million inheritance goes to his family's heads...then proves to consist of five chairs, which the disgusted Floogle sells just before discovering their secret. Packed with wisecracks, strange cameos, and nothing-sacred, anything-goes digressions.
Keywords: 1940s, accent, antique-dealer, balcony, based-on-novel, bookie, brother-sister-relationship, butler, cameo-appearance, cigarette-smokingActors: Jonathan Hale (actor), Paul Henreid (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Richard Erdman (actor), Alan Hale (actor), Victor Francen (actor), John Garfield (actor), James Flavin (actor), Dane Clark (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Jack Benny (actor), John Dehner (actor), Eddie Cantor (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Robert Hutton (actor),
Plot: Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty. With a little friendly help from John Garfield, Slim gets to kiss Joan Leslie, who he has been dreaming about while in the Pacific. He meets her later at the Farmer's Market. On the third night, Slim is the millionth man into the Canteen, earning him a date with Joan. Slim thinks he's been duped when she doesn't show up at his train. Slim's buddy Sergant dances with Joan Crawford. Canteen President Bette Davis praises the canteen and the war effort. Virtually everyone Warners could spare entertains.
Keywords: dancing-horse, hollywood, hollywood-sign, hollywoodland, horse, kiss, obsessed-fan, purple-heart, shore-leave, soldierActors: Edgar Dearing (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Jean De Briac (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Ward Bond (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), James Burke (actor), George Barrows (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Monte Collins (actor), Andy Devine (actor),
Plot: Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, boast, bound-and-gagged, character-name-in-title, dude-ranch, nevada, new-york-city, rival, singer, sister-sister-relationshipActors: Russell Hicks (actor), Walter Fenner (actor), Eddie Hall (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Frank Coghlan Jr. (actor), Richard Denning (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Robert Homans (actor),
Plot: Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister Barbara are also en route to the dock to meet Barbara's daughter Mary, returning from a personal appearance tour in South America. Josephine is her maid. Their cars get involved in an accident and, in a bumping contest, Fred reduces Jack's old Maxwell to junk, and is taken to jail. Mary loses her dress in an accident and Jack offers to get her another one, but winds up being arrested for stealing. Barbara tells Mary that Fred is a nervous wreck because of Jack's continual slander of him on Jack's radio program. Jack hires the Merry Macs away from Fred and Fred decides to go to Miami for a rest. Jack decides to open his radio program from Miami. They meet, have another brawl, and end up in jail again. The two are in a motorboat accident where both are knocked unconscious and Mary, in an effort to end the feud, tells Fred that Jack saved his life. They have dinner together at Fred's apartment and Rochester, whom Fred has hired away from Jack, appears and the feud is on again.
Keywords: title-from-bibleActors: Bert Lahr (actor), Johnnie Walker (actor), Ed Sullivan (writer), Ernst Lubitsch (actor), Ed Sullivan (actor), Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom (actor), Lupe Velez (actress), Jack Benny (actor), William Desmond (actor), Jack Dempsey (actor), Jack Haley (actor), Ted Husing (actor), Tom Moore (actor), Edgar G. Ulmer (director), Ed Sullivan (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Paul Girard Smith (writer), Jack Benny (actor), Tammany Young (actor), Mort Blumenstock (director), Estelle Brody (actress), Max E. Hayes (miscellaneous crew), Walter Wilson (actor), E.K. Nadel (writer),
Plot: While watching a friend's news stand, Jack meets and woos a lonely out-of-towner. When they read that his girl and her fiance are getting married, they decide to pair up.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Norman Taurog (director), Jack Benny (actor), Paul Girard Smith (writer), Max E. Hayes (miscellaneous crew), Walter Wilson (actor), E.K. Nadel (writer), June O'Dea (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack goes to an Auction. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
From Season 14 (1963-1964) broadcast March 24, 1964: Jack rehearses some Dixieland music with members of his band at the studio. He does a public service announcement for safe driving and finds out his driver's license has expired. On the way to the golf course, Jack and Don drop by the DMV to have it renewed. Renewing should be simple, but Jack has trouble with everyone: A man who doesn't work there accepts his $3 fee and runs, a grumpy guard accuses him of cheating, and the man giving the eye exam can't see. Getting his photo taken is an ordeal as the photographer thinks he's Erich von Stroheim directing a film.
Jack goes to a psychiatrist because he keeps seeing the same annoying man everywhere. Now, who could he be talking about? The guest star is the rapier-witted pianist Oscar Levant.
This is another Jack Benny special entitled Jack Benny's New Look from 12/3/1969.
Many celebrity guests appear for Jack Benny's NBC birthday special. Airdate: 2/17/69
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack gets a Cold and Your Money or your Life. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
tijuana strings
Liberace has some funny moments with legendary comedian Jack Benny in this clip from Liberace: The Ultimate Entertainer, now available on DVD: http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/217578
Here is Liberace and Jack Benny performing on Liberace's 1969 television Series. The 3 DVD set will be released on September 18th. Titled Liberace Ultimate Entertainer.
Fan page at: http://www.megaloradio.com/jackbennyprogramradio.html This is a rare insight into the production of radio shows back in the days before television! Luckily, someone decided that at least parts of the April 12, 1942 episode of the Jack Benny Radio Program from Camp Haan near Riverside, California should be recorded on 16mm film for posterity!
The guest star is Gisele Mackenzie...with yet another violin duet...but this time, Jack has a surprise in store.
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Here's my remastered Bubblerock video of The Beach Boys performing live on The Jack Benny show of their smash 1965 hit , Barbara Ann. Also check out my remastered studio version View Video on this channel link below - of the same video but with (Studio Track) on my other channel https://my.mail.ru/mail/danbanic/video/_myvideo/174.html All you beach baby's enjoy my video , Ha Ha !!! Come and subscribe to my Youtube channel - - danbanrock1 and view over 400 Bubblerock videos I made of classic music artists from the 50's , 60's and 70s. It's Out Of Sight , Peace , Dan
Today being Jack Benny's birthday, what better way to mark the occasion than watching this very rare special where he actually TURNED FORTY in character! (A fact which was conveniently forgotten for the next 16 years of his career.) On Feb 13, 1958, "Shower of Stars" presented this gala celebration of Jack Benny's (gasp) 40th birthday. Despite the fact that it's all a gag, the list of performers who turned out to pay tribute to Jack is astounding, including most of the major performers who had been part of his program going all the way back to his debut on radio. Even Mary Livingstone shows up, in what I believe is her only appearance ever on a live television broadcast (by this point in her life, Mary was terrified of appearing in front of live audiences and only appeared in occasiona...
Benny Cortez out front, backed up by one of the tightest bands around. This was the So Cal Blues Society's IBC competition 2010. We'll see this band again, you can bet on it. Jumpin Jack Benny is: TONY FINGERS - GUITAR BENNY CORTEZ - VOCALS/ HARP LEO "THUNDER" HOPKINS - BASS DRAKE SHINING - KEYBOARDS GEORGE LUNA - DRUMS
Jack Benny welcomes the Kingston Trio to his television program. Jan. 29, 1965. They sing and wind up in the Tijuana Jail.
From a few shows...w/Jack Benny, Penny Lipton, Louie Belson 1. The Lady is a Tramp 0:00 2. What Kind of Fool Am I 4:22 3. The Birth of the Blues 7:00 4. Talk to the Animals 9:10 5. Jack Benny and Dancing Fascinating Rhythm 11:17 6. I've Gotta Be Me 12:50 7. Little Green Apples w/Peggy Lipton 16:07 8. Sammy Taps 19:09 9. Ol' Man River 24:19
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Bob Hope and Jack make a record from s15e05. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
Marilyn Monroe made her official television debut on Jack Benny's 1953 season premiere, Sept. 13, 1953. High Quality footage.
This is Jack Benny's Birethday Special from 2/17/1969.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack goes to an Auction. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
This is another Jack Benny special entitled Jack Benny's New Look from 12/3/1969.
From Season 14 (1963-1964) broadcast March 24, 1964: Jack rehearses some Dixieland music with members of his band at the studio. He does a public service announcement for safe driving and finds out his driver's license has expired. On the way to the golf course, Jack and Don drop by the DMV to have it renewed. Renewing should be simple, but Jack has trouble with everyone: A man who doesn't work there accepts his $3 fee and runs, a grumpy guard accuses him of cheating, and the man giving the eye exam can't see. Getting his photo taken is an ordeal as the photographer thinks he's Erich von Stroheim directing a film.
Jack goes to a psychiatrist because he keeps seeing the same annoying man everywhere. Now, who could he be talking about? The guest star is the rapier-witted pianist Oscar Levant.
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013. The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by the University of California, or by the UCLA Communication Studies Department.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack gets a Cold and Your Money or your Life. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
This is Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special which aired on 11/16/1970.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled A Trip to the Vault. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
One of Jack Benny's final TV appearances,being interviewed by Michael Parkinson.Sorry about the tape quality.
Jack Benny interviewed on the Dick Cavett show, 1973
Jack Benny and Phil Silvers appearing on the Dick Cavett show.
* For more Jack Benny, click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrl0CwBTWzDFWcS3HBgVvhHngkImM-wn * For More Radio Binges: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrl0CwBTWzBw_ysqMWM7Gvz9Rn8Tr3uB * For Gunsmoke Binges- Click HERE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrl0CwBTWzDh1KCAY0TNrID23XK6LMpP * "Gunsmoke on the Radio" individual shows, Click Here: : https://youtu.be/_vHuCzho59U?list=PLFrl0CwBTWzAPHD_arDzTaT7uALHu0TKV "Gunsmoke Quick Draws" Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFrl0CwBTWzCSK4ACjpGNH_9l4yVerH8v "Gunsmoke Quick Draws" are some great clips relating to the history of television's Gunsmoke, the best TV western ever - and the longest running prime time show with recurring characters in the history of TV. * "Gunsmoke Documentary" Click He...
Part 2 of my interview with the one and only George Burns, in Las Vegas.
See his full interview at http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/don-knotts
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack goes to an Auction. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
From Season 14 (1963-1964) broadcast March 24, 1964: Jack rehearses some Dixieland music with members of his band at the studio. He does a public service announcement for safe driving and finds out his driver's license has expired. On the way to the golf course, Jack and Don drop by the DMV to have it renewed. Renewing should be simple, but Jack has trouble with everyone: A man who doesn't work there accepts his $3 fee and runs, a grumpy guard accuses him of cheating, and the man giving the eye exam can't see. Getting his photo taken is an ordeal as the photographer thinks he's Erich von Stroheim directing a film.
Jack goes to a psychiatrist because he keeps seeing the same annoying man everywhere. Now, who could he be talking about? The guest star is the rapier-witted pianist Oscar Levant.
This is another Jack Benny special entitled Jack Benny's New Look from 12/3/1969.
Many celebrity guests appear for Jack Benny's NBC birthday special. Airdate: 2/17/69
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack gets a Cold and Your Money or your Life. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
tijuana strings
Liberace has some funny moments with legendary comedian Jack Benny in this clip from Liberace: The Ultimate Entertainer, now available on DVD: http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/217578
Here is Liberace and Jack Benny performing on Liberace's 1969 television Series. The 3 DVD set will be released on September 18th. Titled Liberace Ultimate Entertainer.
This is Jack Benny's Birethday Special from 2/17/1969.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack goes to an Auction. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
This is another Jack Benny special entitled Jack Benny's New Look from 12/3/1969.
From Season 14 (1963-1964) broadcast March 24, 1964: Jack rehearses some Dixieland music with members of his band at the studio. He does a public service announcement for safe driving and finds out his driver's license has expired. On the way to the golf course, Jack and Don drop by the DMV to have it renewed. Renewing should be simple, but Jack has trouble with everyone: A man who doesn't work there accepts his $3 fee and runs, a grumpy guard accuses him of cheating, and the man giving the eye exam can't see. Getting his photo taken is an ordeal as the photographer thinks he's Erich von Stroheim directing a film.
Jack goes to a psychiatrist because he keeps seeing the same annoying man everywhere. Now, who could he be talking about? The guest star is the rapier-witted pianist Oscar Levant.
From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department. Digitized 2013. The views and ideas expressed in these videos are not necessarily shared by the University of California, or by the UCLA Communication Studies Department.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled Jack gets a Cold and Your Money or your Life. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
This is Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special which aired on 11/16/1970.
This is an episode from the Classic TV series The Jack Benny Program entitled A Trip to the Vault. The Jack Benny Program was a continuation of the Jack Benny radio show and aired from 1950 to 1965.
Love come back my way again.
Love, come back and stay again.
Cause without you there's no dream
And my life is like a stream that won't run free.
Love, come back to me again.
And love, make my soul free again.
Cause without you I'll grow old, living out there in the cold.
And people will pass me by look at me see through me
Verse 2
Love, come back my way again
Love, brighten my day again
Cause without you I'm alone, and my heart ain't got a home.
And I feed on self pity; I live in a city of fear.
Love, come back to me again.
Love, let my eyes see again,
All the joy that I once knew, being with you close to you.
Being as free as the wind never feared what tomorrow would bring
Love, come back my way
Oh, Love