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Conan O'Brien and Fox Talk Real Deal

Indie Wire (blog) - Mar 17, 2010
NBC paid $50 million to refurbish the old Jack Benny stage on the Universal lot, and is willing to lease it back to O'Brien for his new late night show, ...

How Time Flies 03/19/10
Bloomington Pantagraph - Mar 19, 2010
March 19, 1960: From the TV section: Jack Benny, the star from Waukegan, says his image as a cheapskate happened by accident. "Years ago, I did a couple of ...

Shales on TV Live: 'Southland,' return to latenight of Jay Leno, more
Washington Post - Mar 2, 2010
I'm (mis)quoting what a train conductor would call out on the old Jack Benny Show. Hilarious at the time -- honest! Oh gee, what was the question. ...

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Jack Benny DVD

Best of Jack Benny

Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day, Mary Livingston
Here is a compilation of shows either starring or featuring Jack Benny, covering many years, 1940s to 1960s.
This package cannot boast of exceptional audio-video quality, but the price for content is excellent.
Benny's regular TV series was interesting - a combination of variety show and sitcom. Jack would casually walk to centerstage and sound very relaxed and extemporaneous. Usually, he'd get interrupted by Don Wilson, who had to discuss some facet of production or express his discontent with Benny's quirks.
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The Legendary Crooners - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Perry Como

Bing Crosby, Joseph V. Varsalona, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como
WOW...I JUST LOVE ALL OF THESE CROONERS AND THIS FILM IS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION. I BOUGHT THIS DVD BECAUSE I HAVE ENJOYED FILMS BY THE SAME WRITER. GLAD I DID....

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To Be or Not to Be

Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill
A decent little film shot in 1942. Could we say it was shot dead? Or is that too Jewish a piece of humor? The plot is absurd and that is why it is funny, but not a deep intellectual funny, nor a deep artistic and esthetic funny, nor even a deep emotional funny. Just funny for war time, funny for when everyone is crying, weeping or plain dying. We think of the other Jewish actor who did a similar impersonation of Hitler, Charlie Chaplin. But Charlie Chaplin played the real Hitler, whereas here it is always a false Hitler, tricking the real one in his back.
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Bob Hope - Hope for the Holidays

Bob Hope, Dolores Hope, John Harlan, Loni Anderson, Lucille Ball
It was great seeing these classic performances. Just wish the complete shows were available and not just snippets. I have always loved Bob Hope and what he did for our servicemen and women overseas during wartime broght them a litle piece of home and for the moment took their minds off what was going on around them.
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