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Jack Benny didn't care who was getting the laughs so long as the audience was laughing. After 23 years in Radio, Benny launched many great gags.

Jack Benny 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. Born: February 14, 1894, Chicago, Illinois, United States Died: December 26, 1974, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse: Mary Livingstone (m. 1927–1974) Children: Joan Benny

Jack Benny The date was December 20, 1947. Radio’s popular quiz program, Truth or Consequences , recently concluded another Miss Hush ...

Jack Benny and Ed Sullivan knew each other from way back: Sullivan gave Benny his first chance on radio in 1931. Benny eventually ruled radio on Sunday nights and when he finally decided to tackle television in 1950, he shared Sunday nights on CBS with Sullivan, who’s Toast of the Town program eventually became The Ed Sullivan Show – for twenty-three years, television’s most successful variety show.

Famous comedians and famous BFF duo: Jack Benny and George Burns "People have often asked me if Fred Allen and I were really friends in real life. My answer is always the same. You couldn't have such a long-running and successful feud as we did, without having a deep and sincere friendship at the heart of it." -Jack Benny "The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no…

The Jack Benny Program, first a radio comedy series, made its television debut in 1949 and ran until 1965.

Jack Benny was a great actor. People listened to his radio show and some of them believed it was a documentary, the real life Jack Benny. I...

One of Jack Benny’s most famous bits began with a mugger demanding of the notoriously tight-fisted comic, “Your money or your life.��� After a