Jack Benny

A classic Jack Benny routine, performed with a v. young Johnny Carson

Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | yesterday

Jack Benny and Friends From Life

BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

From the LIFE archives, here's Jack Benny and a few close personal friends. I recognize Van Johnson and Paul Douglas along with Dennis Day, Mel Blanc , Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and Don Wilson. Might be the Sportsmen Quartet in there, too, and maybe Phil's band (which wasn't really Phil's band exactly but that's another story.) Hard to estimate the date of the pic, however, as it seems to have...

Mel Blanc: Man of a Thousand Voices

The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Although you may have never seen Mel Blanc’s face, you’ve definitely heard his voice — he voiced hundreds of classic cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Barney Rubble, Foghorn Leghorn, and bunches more. Known as the “man of a thousand voices,” he actually claims roughly 400 voices in the video below [...]

Jack Benny, Scrooge McDuck, and You

lewrockwell.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Gary North on hoarding money.

It's in the Bag! (1945)

The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

USA Feature Film Director: Richard Wallace Writers: Jay Dratler, Alma Reville, Fred Allen, Lewis R. Foster Cinematographer: Russell Metty Composer: Werner Heymann Cast: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, William Bendix, Binnie Barnes, Robert Benchley, Jerry Colonna, John Carradine, Gloria Pope, William Terry, Minerva Pious, Dickie Tyler, Sidney Toler An eccentric former-millionaire, just before being murdered,...

Links: A Night At The Mic

SLAM Online (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

by Lang Whitaker Just a quick post before we all bounce for the weekend… (I’m writing one-sentence paragraphs in order to avoid the dreaded “Related Posts” box on the left.) (Ryne put that box there to make sure I write longer posts.) (Jerk.) Anyway, on Wednesday night I had another stint doing color commentary on an NBA game, this time my Hawks here in NYC against the Knicks....

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oyvayblog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Soccer Dad points out similarities between Obama and Jack Benny . (Those of us who understand the reference liked Jack Benny a whole lot better than Obama!)

Obama Channels Jack Benny

Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Is anyone else reminded of the old Jack Benny routine when they read this:'Obama must choose - Israel or Iran' Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media. Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the Islamic...

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Obama Channels Jack Benny

Daled Amos (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

Is anyone else reminded of the old Jack Benny routine when they read this:'Obama must choose - Israel or Iran'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media.Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the

Jack Benny and Mel Blanc-1974

BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

The great Jack Benny and the equally great Mel Blanc worked together intermittently for more than thirty-five years. This TONIGHT SHOW appearance with Jack's number one fan (before Karen Hughes anyway) Johnny Carson from 1974 was probably their final appearance together It was certainly one of Jack's final TV appearances as he died at he end of that year. Ya gotta love YouTube.

Leaving Thrift

Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

Writing in The Wilson Quarterly , Daniel Akst looks how how we moved away from a national culture of thrift. An excerpt: I’m talking here about real thrift, which for the most part involves not spending money. It’s not to be confused with the smug species of faux thrift that’s been in vogue for a while. You see it in shelter magazines and newspaper home sections, where rich people...

Happy Birthday, Kim

Linda's Backroad Musings (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

I’m not saying how old. But, for people who know, Jack Benny and Kim would be the same age. She is celebrating with her boys today.

The Guy That Says Yes. Obscure Simpsons Characters. Frank Nelson.

That Blue Yak (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

I wish the Simpsons would have more scenes featuring "The Guy Who Says Y-E-E-E-E-S?" You know how he does it..it's like, "YEEESSSSS?" Go ahead, lets hear your imitation... ...uh. What the hell was that? Well, at least you tried. Keep practicing though*. The character was based off of Frank Nelson. He was on the Jack Benny show. I never really saw The Jack Benny show except in clips...

Jack Benny

shubsthoughts (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago on Valentine’s Day, 1894. His parents lived in nearby Waukegan. Jack worked there as a violinist in the pit band of a local Vaudeville house and that was his beginning in show business. He toured working with a female pianist in an act known as "Salisbury and Kubelsky - From Grand Opera to Ragtime", but when concert violinist Jan Kubelik’s...

Voice Acting: The Stan Freberg Show 1957

ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 4 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great biographies of important artists. Daws Butler and Stan Freberg accept the Grammy Award for "St. George and the Dragon-net". Archive supporter, Rich Borowy has been contributing some wonderful material to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Here's another...