Happy #JackBenny's Birthday! He was born Benny Kubelsky on Valentine's Day, 1894. Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley says, in her book about Benny's radio career, that Benny's humor
"...stemmed from character, embedded in a narrative, in countless stories of a foolish man’s humiliation, enriched by the actors’ voices, tone, and timing, with radio comedy’s richness captivating the ears and imaginations of its listeners."
https://academic.oup.com/california-scholarship-online/book/19562

Hear episodes here:
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Jack_Benny

#radio #otr

#BOTD #classicfilm #comedycharacter #actors:

#JackBenny - check out BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936, TO BE OR NOT TO BE

#ThelmaRitter - ALL ABOUT EVE, MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, REAR WINDOW, PILLOW TALK

#EdwardPlatt - NORTH BY NORTHWEST, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, & #ClassicTV 's GET SMART

#FilmMastodon
#Cinemastodon
#OldHollywood
#ClassicMovies
#screwballcomedy

Celebrate #NewYearsEve in the 1940s with #OldTimeRadio shows featuring #JackBenny, #FibberMcGee and #TheGreatGildersleeve on Archive.Org!

https://archive.org/details/JackBennyProgram370103239MarysNewYearPoem #OTR #OldHollywood #TCMParty

I repurposed a Windows phone as a media player and put thirty-five episodes of the Jack Benny radio show on it for my mom, who doesn't have internet access, a computer, tablet, or mobile phone. She seems to be navigating it easily and has been giving me daily recaps of her favorite episodes.

#InternetArchive #repurpose #lumia #JackBenny

I repurposed a Windows phone as a media player and put thirty-five episodes of the Jack Benny radio show on it for my mom, who doesn't have internet access, a computer, tablet, or mobile phone. She seems to be navigating it easily and has been giving me daily recaps of her favorite episodes.

#InternetArchive #repurpose #lumia #JackBenny

I have a 45-minute commute to work, and for many years now I've spent a lot of that time listening to old-time #radio (#OTR) shows, from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. The @internetarchive has a huge collection of these. I've recently started re-listening to one of my favorites: The #JackBenny show:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=jack+benny&sin=&and[]=collection%3A%22oldtimeradio%22