For radio comedy, one of the best-remembered sound effects was The Jack Benny Program‘s Maxwell, a decrepit old car whose ...

In Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy, UT Austin professor Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley provides the most detailed analysis and history of Jack Benny’s radio program available.

The best of old time radio. Starring Jack Benny [sound recording] Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Tollin, Anthony Benny, Jack 1894-1974 Livingstone, Mary Harris, Phil ...

Jack Benny will always be “the nicest person” his daughter Joan Benny has ever known. ... Jack Benny on a radio show at CBS, circa 1933. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images) ...

On radio, The Jack Benny Program revolutionized comedy. It introduced running gags, self-referential humor, and a unique structure where the star of the show was often the butt of the jokes.

To prepare U.S. radio listeners for a week during which it became difficult to tune in without hearing Benny hailed or Jell-O joshed, Variety had published a Benny issue, complete with impressive ...

George Balzer, 91, an Emmy-winning comedy writer, died of natural causes Thursday at his home in Van Nuys, according to his son, Tim Balzer.

Along the way he added jokes to his act, and adopted the stage name Jack Benny. He got his own radio show in 1932, and made it a hit with his portrayal of a comically petty miser.

The onetime home of late comedian Jack Benny is on the market with a contemporary new look for $1.998 million. ... the Jack Benny Program, ran on the radio and TV from the ’20s into the ’60s.