Continueing on the topic of running gags, George tells how running gags came about. Especially how they were unplanned, and ofen ran for longer than expected. He tells about the…
Continueing his presentation, George shares a clip of a classic moment to highlight the crazy humor that Dennis Day brought to the Jack Benny show, a bit about some false…
George begins his informal discussion on Jack Benny with a show that has special meaning to him. It's one from February 11, 1951 From Palm Springs, and features some classic…
An interview from the Golden Boys Awards in Long Beach. The original had a lot of background conversation. Not sure if I have the interviewer's name correct. I filtered the…
OK, so it's only loosely connected to Jack Benny, but it was in my folder of extras relating to him. Movie producer Fred DeCordova talks about his film career, and…
Heeerrre's Johnny! Enjoy a classic monolog where Johnny talks about the cool weather, news about the cost of living, new business ideas, dating, the president, and plenty of adlibs as…
Audio is a little funky, but OK. Joan Benny talks about circles of friends. and the closeness, or distance of some of the cast members to her, Mary, and Jack.…
After a quick intro, and a classic clip of kjack's famous line to the demand, 'your money or your life,' Joan Benny talks about her book, and how she first…
Including Frank Nelson along with the writers, they talk about the work flow of how the script writing for the show progressed. Monday: off, Tuseday: Develop a first draft over…
Audio is buzzy in spots, and intrudes on the interview. Joan begins by telling how her mom, Mary Livingston got her stage name, and remembering being told, 'Goodnight Joanie' at…