Jb1933-01-01OutstandingAchievementsOf1932Review

The Jack Benny Program, starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jack Benny</a>, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1959</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">1961 Emmy Awards</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Best Comedy Series</a>, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program#cite_note-dun-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[1]</a>Throughout his career, Jack Benny played the same character: A pompous, vain, and stingy man who played the violin badly but was convinced of his own talent. Although technically the star of his show, Benny was constantly the butt of jokes from his cast members, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Livingstone" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mary Livingstone</a> (Sayde Marks Benny, his real-life wife); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Harris" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Phil Harris</a>, his band leader; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Baker_(American_performer)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kenny Baker</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Day" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dennis Day</a>, his tenors; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilson_(announcer)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Don Wilson</a>, his portly announcer; and Rochester Van Jones (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22Rochester%22_Anderson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Eddie Anderson</a>), his African American valet.

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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, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 1961 Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.[1]Throughout his career, Jack Benny played the same character: A pompous, vain, and stingy man who played the violin badly but was convinced of his own talent. Although technically the star of his show, Benny was constantly the butt of jokes from his cast members, including Mary Livingstone (Sayde Marks Benny, his real-life wife); Phil Harris, his band leader; Kenny Baker or Dennis Day, his tenors; Don Wilson, his portly announcer; and Rochester Van Jones (Eddie Anderson), his African American valet.

The Jack Benny Program, starring&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jack Benny</a>, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer">1959</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer">1961 Emmy Awards</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Comedy_Series" rel="noopener noreferrer">Best Comedy Series</a>, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jack_Benny_Program#cite_note-dun-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">[1]</a>Throughout his career, Jack Benny played the same character: A pompous, vain, and stingy man who played the violin badly but was convinced of his own talent. Although technically the star of his show, Benny was constantly the butt of jokes from his cast members, including&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Livingstone" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mary Livingstone</a>&nbsp;(Sayde Marks Benny, his real-life wife);&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Harris" rel="noopener noreferrer">Phil Harris</a>, his band leader;&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Baker_(American_performer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kenny Baker</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dennis Day</a>, his tenors;&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilson_(announcer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Don Wilson</a>, his portly announcer; and Rochester Van Jones (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22Rochester%22_Anderson" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eddie Anderson</a>), his African American valet.

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