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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 to 1965 on television. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television.
2 January – The Jack Benny Program first appears on CBS after 16 years on NBC – one of the most visible results of CBS' "talent raids." [1]1 April – The facilities and staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland are transferred to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the former British colony joining Canada as its 10th province.
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.
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.
Allen announced during the summer of 1949 that he would not return to radio the following fall due to health issues and on June 26, 1949, The Fred Allen Show ended for good. Ironically, his last guest was Jack Benny. Shortly after the end of his program, he signed a contract stating that in the future he could only perform on NBC radio programs.
We also have audio recordings of performers who performed at various local nightclubs and audio recordings of the classic Jack Benny radio shows from the 1940s and '50s, which were recorded at the ...
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting , remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television".
The first season of The Jack Benny Program consisted of four episodes, during 1950 and 1951. This premiere television season of The Jack Benny Program overlapped with his radio program of the same name, which would continue until 1955, whereas this television program would last until 1965. Jack Benny was the show's