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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 ...
Benny's career lasted from the early 20th century until his death in 1974. 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 ...
Jack Benny was a 20th-century American violinist and comedic entertainer who achieved success in vaudeville, radio, television and film.He played one role throughout his radio and television careers, a caricature of himself as a minimally talented musician and penny pincher who was the butt of all the jokes.
This is a list of the 260 episodes for the television version of The Jack Benny Program, as opposed to the radio program of the same name. Series overview Season ...
Articles relating to the actor and comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. J. The Jack Benny Program seasons ...
Jack Benny was the show's host, creator and star. Because he was unwilling to commit to the still-new technology of television on a weekly basis, the first television season of The Jack Benny Program did not include any more than these four sporadically scheduled special episodes; each was broadcast live as was typical during the Golden Age of ...
Jack Paar asks Benny to fill in for him as host of The Tonight Show while Paar goes to Honolulu. Benny is hesitant, so Paar offers to show Jack how it's done. Dennis imitates Paar's frequent guest Charlie Weaver. In a running gag, every time someone says anything interesting, Paar interrupts for a commercial.