Mugger to Jack Benny: ”This is a stick-up. Your money or your life.”(Pause) ”Hey bud, I said your money or your life.”Benny: ”Not so fast. I`m thinking it over!”–from The Jack Benny ...

Carole Lombard and Jack Benny in a promo photo for ‘To Be or Not to Be.’ Photo by American Stock/Courtesy of Getty Images. By Jackson Arn July 1, 2022.

When the U.S. Postal Service announced this month that a first-class stamp would jump from 37 to 39 cents, Laura Leff rejoiced. Leff, president of the International Jack Benny Fan Club, has been wa… ...

Jack Benny will always be “the nicest person” his daughter Joan Benny has ever known. The celebrated comic who brought laughter to America for 40 years passed away in 1974 at age 80 from ...

Taffel, like many others, pointed out that Benny usually drew laughs not because of what he said, but because of what the audience expected him to say. When a reporter asked Taffel his age, he ...

Classic Hollywood: Shout! Factory's new DVD set 'The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes' features 18 restored episodes of his old show.

So, being the old soul that I am, the late comedian Jack Benny came to mind. First off the bat, Benny was actually born on Valentine's Day 1894 in Waukegan, Illinois.

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 ...

Jack Benny right here in Palm Springs with his grand JELL-O BROADCAST, Sunday night February 23, Plaza Theatre.” The logistics of what unusual payment one might accept for a house wasn’t ...