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    Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin...
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  • The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio...
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  • films featuring comedian Jack Benny. Benny's career lasted from the early 20th century until his death in 1974. In Jack Benny's first film he starred along...
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    comedienne and actress. She was the wife and radio partner of comedian Jack Benny. Enlisted casually to perform on her husband's program, she proved a talented...
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    Jones, usually known simply as Rochester, the valet of Jack Benny on the NBC radio show The Jack Benny Program. Anderson became the first African American...
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    Jack Binion (born 1937) is an American businessman and was chairman of Wynn Resorts (2006-2018). He is the son of casino magnate Benny Binion. Jack worked...
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    and Jack Benny. She often appeared on Benny's radio program, sometimes in a parody of her own movies, and made her television debut on The Jack Benny Program...
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  • The Jack Benny Program, as opposed to the radio program of the same name. Tied with Dr. Kildare Tied with I've Got a Secret and Lassie The Jack Benny Program...
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    first broadcast across America by Jack Benny on November 27, 1962, as the tough-talking, street-wise talent agent in "Jack Meets Japanese Agent". In 1964...
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    He made numerous guest appearances on television shows, including The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys, The Addams Family, Alice, and Sanford...
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    best-remembered gag was his long-running mock feud with friend and fellow comedian Jack Benny, but that was only part of his appeal. Radio historian John Dunning (in...
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  • mark in show business. He took the nickname of "Benny" in homage to his favourite comedian, Jack Benny. After the Second World War, Hill worked as a performer...
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  • Kitzel", first on the Al Pearce radio show in 1937 then as a regular on the Jack Benny radio show for 12 years, and on The Abbott and Costello radio show during...
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    orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny Program, then in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show in which he co-starred...
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    in The Gisele MacKenzie Show. He was also a regular cast member of The Jack Benny Program, on both radio and television, taking over the role of bandleader...
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  • on The Jack Benny Program (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, and the Sportsmen Quartet). Other possible name references to Jack Benny Program...
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  • Playhouse 90 (CBS) Maverick (ABC) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) Jack Benny The Jack Benny Program (CBS) Raymond Burr Perry Mason (CBS) Jane Wyatt Father Knows...
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  • fires Jack, but Benny does not realize that Jack is upset, and even tries to play with the very stressed-out Jack. Benny kidnaps Ron, and Jack sees this...
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    the hometown of comedian Jack Benny (1894–1974), one of the 20th century's most notable and enduring entertainers. Although Benny claimed for decades on...
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    Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959) 1960s George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960) Dave O'Brien...
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    Rodney Dangerfield (redirect from Jack Roy)
    Dangerfield from an episode by Jack Benny on his radio program in a 1941 broadcast. The name was referenced as an actor who Jack had invited to his upcoming...
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  • the eighth season (1957–58) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program. The Jack Benny Program at IMDb The Jack Benny Program at epguides.com...
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    and actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on radio's The Jack Benny Program during the 1930s. Before he became a star, Baker sang as a member...
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  • the sixth season (1955–56) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program. The Jack Benny Program at IMDb The Jack Benny Program at epguides.com...
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    Dennis Day's mother, Mrs. Day on both radio and television versions of The Jack Benny Program (1939–1962) and as Hilda Crocker on December Bride (1952–1959)...
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    and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova...
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    appearances on both the radio and television versions of The Jack Benny Program. A popular bit included Jack asking a series of questions that Rubin would answer...
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    host of Take It or Leave It, a show with a top prize of $64. In 1947, Jack Benny, who was impressed by Paar's U.S.O. performances, suggested that Paar...
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    comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny, and featuring Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges...
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    Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959) 1960s George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960) Dave O'Brien...
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