The Mouse that Jack built - the Data Lounge
2024年1月28日 · I’ve been a fan of Jack Benny since I was a kid (and that was a long time ago), and I had no idea this cartoon existed. It’s a perfect takeoff of The Jack Benny TV show. Mel Blanc does the vault guard’s voice, so he was along for the ride, too. Dennis Day isn’t in …
After working with her, Richard Burton hated Lucille Ball
2012年8月11日 · At the peak of radio in the 40s George and Gracie along with Jack Benny were the highest paid performers, earning $10,000/week. (Benny did better as he got the entire $10,000, while George and Gracie split their $10,000) Jack Benny's wife was a real bitch and one of the few people Gracie Allen disliked in real life.
Closet Cases who successfully "fooled the world" - the Data Lounge
2020年5月11日 · You really do never know about these things.In the past 2 years,3 people very close to me have come out after living ostensibly heterosexual lives for decades..My brother-in-law,husband to my late sister(35 years of marriage,2 kids),his male best friend(38 years of marriage,4 kids),and a close female friend(30 years of marriage,1 kid).
Cher reveals Lucille Ball’s advice pushed her to leave Sonny Bono
2024年11月29日 · My favorite Lucy story is the one with her, Cher and Rosalind Russell at a party at Jack Benny's house when Nixon came on the television with a speech. Lucy, who was a democrat, started making obscene gestures and vulgar jokes throughout it …
Gracie Allen applies for a Drivers licence - the Data Lounge
2022年6月13日 · Fred Allen often sent Benny into hysterics on the radio show. If Allen's ad libs were pre-written, Benny did a good job laughing hysterically at them. The Jack Benny TV program was far less funny to me because after the first few live seasons it was filmed, and there was rarely any ad-libbing, pre-written or otherwise.
Was Bob Hope funny? - the Data Lounge
2020年10月15日 · Jack Benny was great at poking fun at himself (his violin playing, his 'thriftiness') and, you're right, his timing. He was laid back and took his time with a joke as did Newhart. Carson could do the same thing in his monologues. On the other hand, poor Robin Williams and his maniacal cackling was never funny to me.
Gracie Allen - 1000x funnier than Lucy - the Data Lounge
2019年7月24日 · In later years Burns admitted that following an argument over a pricey silver table centerpiece Allen wanted, he had a very brief affair with a Las Vegas showgirl. Stricken by guilt, he phoned Jack Benny and told him about the indiscretion. However, Allen overheard the conversation and Burns quietly bought the expensive centerpiece.
Bob Hope - the Data Lounge
2021年1月21日 · [quote]Jack Benny was/is 100x the legend that Bob Hope was. It seems like Hope's humor was secondhand from Jack. Jack Benny's stand up routines are still hilarious.
Why is Jackie Gleason largely forgotten? - the Data Lounge
2022年12月11日 · Many of us remember Burns, Benny, and Gleason -and I would bet that they will be remembered and talked about long after you (and I) are gone. Gleason was a major UFO enthusiast, and when he was near death he used his friendship with Nixon to get special permission to visit Area 51 and learn more about UFO files.
Lucie & Desi Arnaz Jr. - how much did they inheirit from the Desilu ...
2013年5月21日 · Yes , Jack Benny lived next door, Peter Falk, next to him, Rosie Clooney, Agnes Mooehead, Ira Gershwin, Polly Bergin, all in the same block, and down the street , in the next blocks, Oscar Levant, Maureen O'Sullivan (Mia Farrow grew up here - and got polio here), Nelson Eddy, Gilbert Roland.