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Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly.
Benny was known for his comic timing and his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio and television programs, tremendously popular from the 1930s to the 1960s, were a foundational influence on the situation comedy genre. Dean Martin, on the celebrity roast for Johnny Carson in November 1973, introduced Benny as "the Satchel Paige of the world of comedy."
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31 May 1940
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch.
30 July 1928
Jack Benny performs his violin, prompting the accompanying pianist to walk out. He then does a comedy sketch, interrupted by a daffy "Marie", in Vitaphone #2597.
03 December 2001
The early days of The Beatles are captured in this fascinating film. Featuring behind the scenes clips, it traces the Fab Four's start as Liverpool lads playing the local clubs to 'making it' in Germany.
27 December 1940
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
07 June 1957
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
16 April 1986
A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television.
24 October 1975
A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting with his first special that aired in 1950.
18 December 1931
Caught in a 5th Avenue traffic jam, as they are riding in side-by-side taxicab and limousine, Jack Benny (Jack Benny) and Helen Hunt (Francetta Malloy), engage in conversation that leads to a hasty marriage.
26 July 2019
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures.
03 January 1954
Bing Crosby's first television special with Jack Benny, Sheree North dropping by to provide a few pointers.
13 October 2015
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a generation of women to become more independent and to pursue successful and fulfilling careers.
22 February 2001
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 5
07 April 1970
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions.
20 March 1968
Jack Benny presents a variety hour with a carnival theme that stars Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Ben Blue, and Paul Revere and The Raiders.
26 April 1930
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
05 October 1992
Co-stars and celebrity admirers go through Benny's entire career
01 November 1962
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star.
17 December 1974
The first of Perry Como's Christmas specials includes appearances by Rich Little and figure skater Peggy Fleming as well as performances by the Carpenters and by Perry Como himself.
02 September 2021
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables.
23 November 1949
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys.
22 February 2001
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 5
07 November 1963
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California.
06 August 1975
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
19 July 1972
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office.
11 November 2011
A big fan of The Beatles growing up in the 60s, Seth Swirsky noticed that whenever he heard someone relating a story about themselves and The Beatles, he was "all ears".
18 September 1935
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent.
10 January 1930
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production.
27 November 1929
This short showcases composers and lyricists of songs that are now considered standards of American popular music.
01 January 1982
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
18 January 1930
A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
03 April 1959
In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin playing ability lives, along with a mouse version of Benny's valet, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, in a hole in a wall of Jack Benny's own home.
09 May 1973
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
30 November 1995
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny
24 September 1952
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
21 May 1967
In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.
05 October 1936
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
13 March 1987
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
13 May 1946
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes.
01 January 2010
This collection features the most memorable and iconic personality in all of late night television. It includes 21 rare episodes from favorite television classics The Johnny Carson Show, The Johnny Carson Morning Show and Sid Caesar's Hour!
23 July 1958
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.
06 March 1942
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
12 February 1943
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel.
10 October 1935
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
19 December 1936
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
19 December 1968
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
25 May 1967
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
18 April 2016
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.
28 February 1930
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.
23 November 1929
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
04 July 1970
Bob Hope's 2 1/2 hour star-spangled salute to America... "Honor America Day" as aired on July 4, 1970 on WTOP Channel 4 Washington.
15 December 1944
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas.
02 November 1934
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer.
31 December 1982
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare.
21 May 1943
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
17 February 1969
A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several celebrity guest stars.
01 August 1941
Promotional short to advertise Charley's Aunt (1941)
08 April 1960
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent.
01 January 1970
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
30 October 1942
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsylvania, where George Washington was supposed to have actually slept during the American Revolution.
01 August 1941
In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.
