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after performing with Benny for 20 years. Hence, Livingstone appeared rarely if at all on the television show. In fact, for the last few years of the radio show, she pre-recorded her lines and Jack and Mary's daughter, Joan, stood in for the live taping, with Mary's lines later edited into the tape replacing Joan's before broadcast. Mary Livingstone finally retired from show business permanently in 1958, as her friend
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mutters, "Imagine, me and Mary as little mice." Then, he glances toward the cat lying on a throw rug in a corner and sees his and Livingstone's cartoon alter egos scampering out of the cat's mouth. The cartoon ends with a classic Benny look of befuddlement. It was rumored that Benny requested that, in lieu of monetary compensation, he receive a copy of the finished film.
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fell for her. They married the following year. She was working in the hosiery section of the downtown LA Broadway Boulevard May Company, this was across the street from the Orpheum Theater. Jack was playing at the theater. Called on to fill in for the "dumb girl" part in a Benny routine, Sadie proved to be a natural comedienne. Adopting the stage name
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at the residence where he met 17-year-old Sadie Marks (whose family was friends with, but not related to, the Marx family). Their first meeting did not go well when he tried to leave during Sadie's violin performance. They met again in 1926. Jack had not remembered their earlier meeting and instantly
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who had emigrated to the United States of America from Poland. Emma had emigrated from Lithuania. At his father's behest, Benny began taking violin lessons at the age of six and was soon considered to be a child prodigy. He loved the instrument but hated to practice. His music teacher was Otto Graham
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was added to "sweeten" the soundtrack, as when the studio audience missed some close-up comedy because of cameras or microphones obstructing their view. Television viewers became accustomed to live without Mary Livingstone, who was afflicted by a striking case of stage fright that didn't lessen even
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Stamp Title: 29c Jack Benny. Comedians Issue 1991 Issue Year: 1991 Date of Issue: August 29, 1991 Face Value: 29c Stanley Gibbons Catalogue No: 2607 Scott Catalogue No: 2564 Printer: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issue Copies: 139,995,600 Designer(s): Al Hirshfeld Theme(s): Cartoon/Animation
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When Benny moved to television, audiences learned that his verbal talent was matched by his controlled repertory of dead-pan facial expressions and gesture. The program was similar to the radio show (several of the radio scripts were recycled for television, as was somewhat common with other radio
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When the price of a standard first-class U.S. postal stamp was increased to 39 cents in 2006, fans petitioned for a Jack Benny stamp to honor his stage persona's perpetual age. The U.S. Postal Service had issued a stamp depicting Benny in 1991 as part of a booklet of stamps honoring comedians;
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away from collapse. In the cartoon, Benny and Livingstone agree to spend their anniversary at the Kit-Kat Club, which they discover the hard way is inside the mouth of a live cat. Before the cat can devour the mice, Benny himself awakens from his dream, then shakes his head, smiles wryly, and
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ran from October 28, 1950, to 1965, all but the last season on CBS. Initially scheduled as a series of five "specials" during the 1950–1951 season, the show appeared every six weeks for the 1951–1952 season, every four weeks for the 1952–1953 season and every three weeks in 1953–1954. For the
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In October 1974, Benny cancelled a performance in Dallas after suffering a dizzy spell, coupled with numbness in his arms. Despite a battery of tests, Benny's ailment could not be determined. When he complained of stomach pains in early December, a first test showed nothing, but a subsequent
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ambivalence about television, though not quite to Allen's extent. "By my second year in television, I saw that the camera was a man-eating monster ... It gave a performer close-up exposure that, week after week, threatened his existence as an interesting entertainer."
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leading the band, Benny stayed on CBS until January 26, 1933, when Canada Dry opted not to renew Benny's contract after it attempted to replace Conn with Sid Silvers, who would have also gotten a co-starring role. Unlike later incarnations of the Benny show,
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In trying to explain his successful life, Benny summed it up by stating: "Everything good that happened to me happened by accident. I was not filled with ambition nor fired by a drive toward a clear-cut goal. I never knew exactly where I was going."
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1953–1954 season, half the episodes were live and half were filmed during the summer, to allow Benny to continue doing his radio show. From the fall of 1954 to 1960, it appeared every other week, and from 1960 to 1965 it was seen weekly.
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between March 17, 1933, until April 1, 1934, initially airing on Fridays (replacing Al Jolson), moving to Sunday nights in the fall. The show, which featured Benny and Livingstone alongside Frank Black's orchestra and vocalists
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twice: Once as a plumber who resembles Jack Benny and in 1967 "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's account" where Lucy takes Jack on a tour of his new money vault. In the late 1960s, Benny did a series of commercials for
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for his friends and one for his wife, but later in the show Disney apparently sent his pet tiger after Benny as revenge, at which point Benny opened his umbrella and soared above the stage like Mary Poppins.
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Benny's television program relied more on guest stars and less on his regulars than his radio program. In fact, the only radio cast members who appeared regularly on the television program as well were
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and his orchestra. After a few shows, Benny hired Harry Conn as writer. The show continued on Blue for six months until October 26, moving to CBS on October 30, now airing Thursdays and Sundays. With
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Benny had some romantic encounters, including one with dancer Mary Kelly, whose devoutly Catholic family forced her to turn down his proposal because he was Jewish. Benny was introduced to Kelly by
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Sky Chief gasoline, using his "stingy" television persona, always telling the attendant, played by Dennis Day, after being implored, "Mr. Benny, won't you please fill up?", "I'll take a gallon."
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during World War I, often entertaining fellow sailors with his violin playing. One evening, his violin performance was booed by the sailors, so with prompting from fellow sailor and actor
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Jack Benny Middle School in Waukegan is named after Benny. Its motto matches his famous statement as "Home of the '39ers." A statue of Benny with his violin stands in downtown Waukegan.
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was the sponsor. Benny did his opening and closing monologues before a live audience, which he regarded as essential to timing of the material. As in other TV comedy shows, a
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The network dropped Benny at the end of the season. He continued to make occasional specials into the 1970s, the last one airing in January 1974. Benny also appeared on
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to be delivered to his widow, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. Livingstone died eight and a half years later on June 30, 1983, at the age of 78.
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from the seat of a c. 1908 Maxwell Roadster March 21, 1958) kept the Maxwell familiar in U.S. popular culture for half a century after the brand went out of business.
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and did well, earning a reputation as a comedian and musician. Despite stories to the contrary, no reliable evidence indicates Jack Benny was aboard during the 1915
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engaged Benny and his actual cast (Mary Livingstone, Eddie β€œRochester” Anderson, and Don Wilson) to do the voices for the mouse versions of their characters, with
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circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film. He was known for his
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There are a few things you should know in advance. In the first place, I was not born in Waukegan. I was born at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago...
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and remarks not to worry about Benny on the grounds that anyone who has been 39 years old as long as he has is a citizen of the "Twilight Zone".
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The New York Times, March 16, 1960, p. 75, "Canned laughter: Comedians are crying on the inside about CBS rule that public know of its use"
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Upon his death, Benny's family donated his personal, professional and business papers, as well as a collection of his television shows, to
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features all the main radio characters in a funny Western parody adapted from program skits. The failure of one cinematic Benny vehicle,
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Benny did many television specials after leaving his regularly scheduled show. This is a promotional postcard for one of them, from 1960.
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and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the state's highest honor) by the governor of Illinois in 1972 in the area of the performing arts.
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CBS dropped the show in 1964, citing Benny's lack of appeal to the younger demographic the network began courting, and he went to
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genre. Benny portrayed himself as a miser who obliviously played his violin badly and claimed perpetually to be 39 years of age.
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Shortly after the war, Benny developed a one-man act, "Ben K. Benny: Fiddle Funology". He then received legal pressure from
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and the ability to cause laughter with a long pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated summation "
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first replied, "It looks something like him. That's all I can say." He wrote in a later column, "I think you're right."
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Hilmes, M. (1997). Radio voices American broadcasting, 1922–1952. Minnesota Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Hilmes, M. (1997). Radio voices American broadcasting, 1922–1952. Minnesota Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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in which Benny goes to his own house and finds that no one knows who he is; Jack runs away screaming in panic; Serling
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Benny's long radio career began on April 6, 1932, when the NBC Commercial Program Department auditioned him for the
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was a training vessel during World War I and Benny received his training in the Great Lakes naval base where
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His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the
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gave Benny the prize money out of his own pocket. March made an appearance on Benny's show the same year.
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After his broadcasting career ended, Benny performed live as a violinist and as a standup comedian.
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had left the radio program in 1952, although he did make a guest appearance on the television show (
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Benny was able to attract guests who rarely, if ever, appeared on television. In 1953, both
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disaster or scheduled to be on the excursion; possibly the basis for this report was that
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theaters for $ 7.50 a week (about $ 250 in 2020 dollars). He was joined on the circuit by
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when his health failed later the same year. He prevailed upon his longtime best friend,
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in Los Angeles. Benny signed a five-year contract with MGM, where his first role was in
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Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky on February 14, 1894 in Chicago, and grew up in nearby
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Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
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Benny made one of his final television appearances on January 23, 1974, as a guest on
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Benny had been a minor vaudeville performer before becoming a national figure with
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The New York Times, April 16, 1953, p. 43, "Jack Benny plans more work on TV"
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In the 1960s, Benny was the headlining act at Harrah's Lake Tahoe with trumpeter
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Zolotow, Maurice. "Jack Benny: the fine art of self-disparagement" in Zolotow,
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The show switched networks to CBS on January 2, 1949, as part of CBS president
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When Television Was Young: Live, Spontaneous, and In Living Black and White.
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in 1989. He was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.
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Hollywood: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie L.A.
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It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars in 1950s Television.
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April 4, 1949 Life Magazine article "Benny Tries TV", with photo and review
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Public Domain comedy bit (Jack being shown a secure vault by Lucille Ball)
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Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America's Favorite Redhead
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Tune in yesterday: the ultimate encyclopedia of old-time radio, 1925–1976
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Public Domain comedy bit (Jack as a child interviewed by Art Linkletter)
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General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
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shows that moved to television), but with the addition of visual gags.
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After making his television debut in 1949 on local Los Angeles station
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press book. When asked in his column "Movie Answer Man", film critic
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however, the stamp was issued at the then-current rate of 29 cents.
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Copies of Jack Benny's Radio and TV scripts, with handwritten edits
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That same year, Benny was playing in the same theater as the young
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As a gag, Benny made a 1957 appearance on the then-wildly popular
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The next year, Benny formed a vaudeville musical duo with pianist
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With Canada Dry ginger ale as a sponsor, Benny came to radio on
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The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden Age
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was stationed. Benny achieved the rank of Seaman First Class.
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Despite his failing health, Benny made one last appearance on
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Benny, Mary Livingstone, Hilliard Marks, & Marcia Borie.
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Jack Benny and daughter Joan on the set of his TV show, 1954
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Public Domain comedy bit (Desi Arnaz threatens to sue Jack)
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Well! Reflections on the Life and Career of Jack Benny.
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Well! Reflections on the Life and Career of Jack Benny
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as guest host. Benny also made several appearances on
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was the first award recipient. Benny also donated a
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was a guest, primarily to promote his production of
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Benny in 1933, newly arrived at NBC and the host of
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