With the U.S. spending billions for defense, radio last week dedicated a great deal of time and money for tribute. The occasion was the start of the tenth year of big-time broadcasting for ...

The Jack Benny Program (1950) is a popular radio and television comedy series. The program originally aired on radio from 1932 to 1955 and on television from 1950 to 1965, spanning more than thirty ...

Originally broadcast on radio, 1938-1957. Compact discs. "Digitally restored & remastered." Program notes by Anthony Tollin, with foreword by Irving A. Fein, and bibliography (50 p. : ill. ; 13 x 14 ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Jack Benny became one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century--by being the top radio comedian, when the comics ruled radio, and ...

MERCED, Calif. — A generation separated Jack Benny and Johnny Carson: When Benny first signed on to his radio program in 1932, Carson was just 7 years old. So when Benny gave Carson a stage on his ...

Aside from Franklin Roosevelt—who is rated an amateur—smooth-tongued, silver-haired, 46-year-old Funnyman Jack Benny is the biggest voice in radio. With a Crossley (Cooperative Analysis of ...

KENOSHA - "The New Jack Benny Show: Celebrating Jack's 39th Birthday (Again)" is the title of the next WGTD Radio Theatre at 11:15 a.m. Saturday before a studio audience in the atrium of the BioCATT ...

Listening to radio comedy shows both while driving and while at home was a tradition passed down from previous generations. Radio comedy shows have made a comeback thanks to the podcast format.

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Jack Benny (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of ...