No comedian could use words, better than Groucho; no comedian could use silence, better than Jack ....2 absolute Legends

The look on Groucho's face when he knows he has Jack in the hot seat about his age is priceless!

Two geniuses at their pinnacle. Possibly the funniest sketch ever on television.

That entire concept of having Benny as a contestant on Groucho's show was absolutely brilliant!

"Not only is your face familiar, so is your philosophy" BRILLIANT line.

I'm much too young to have seen this when it first ran....but...damn...TV was SO MUCH BETTER back then!

Back in Vaudeville, the Marx brothers wanted Jack (Ben Kubelsky) to join their act as violinist and to lead the orchestra. His mom said no. How cool would that have been? Either way, both flourished and gave us so much entertainment. Thanks Jack and Groucho.

The lady with Jack Benny is actress Irene Tedrow. Such a classy lady and refined performer.

Great original Comedy with no politics no swearing just good old family Tv

Watched Benny on our Black & White tv set back in 51 when I was 8 years old. For a while, back then, we had the only TV set on our residential block. Memory LANE !

Groucho Marx and Jack Benny together adds up to a lot of fun. I liked both of them on radio and television.

This is priceless ❤️😄😄😄 No US comedy today (or other) can compare to this. Style, manners, wit, sophistication. Jack Benny and Groucho... what a Gem.

I loved Rochester, one of the funniest around. Even his voice was marvellous.

I just turned 39 two days ago and I'm celebrating it with the greatest 39-year-old.

I love that he threw the kiss at the end of the show, he didnt do that with too many.. RIP Jack :) xxxxxxx and respects to Groucho !!

“It was Rodney, during rehearsal” lol I spit my coffee out when Groucho cracked that line!

Two masters of comedy with mutual respect.

A TV set in 1951 when I was an 8 year old Howdy Doody fan...was a 'Big Deal.'

Irene Tedrow as Jack's partner was very good. Audiences will remember her from many dramatic appearances, but she handles the comedy here with considerable skill.

I have seen this sketch before, but it was edited, so I really enjoyed seeing the whole show.

Jack Benny and Grouch Marx!!! Two comedy Giants!!

The more I watch him I realize how much of an incredible genius Groucho was.

Even the musical quartet/pitchmen were especially good on this one!

Benny is soo wonderful

I have heard it said many times that the secret of good comedy is timing. Jack Benny is the best example of this I can think of. I've seen Groucho more often in movies so it's not quite as easy to judge but he and Jack were two of America's best ever comedians.

Two American comedian icons.

So there's this wonderful connection between Groucho and Jack Benny. Groucho's mother, MinnieMarx (who developed the act of her sons) saw Jack Benny perform and helped him improve and get better bookings.

"What's wrong with my check?" "Well I can telephony too!" One of the best come backs from the great Groucho Marx.

Two comedic geniuses

Such a classic. Jack at his best.

2:45 Jello last sponsored the Jack Benny Program in 1942, 13 years earlier

This has to be the funniest episode...

Two of the half dozen or so true comic geniuses that ever lived. Benny & Groucho were both one of a kind.

Jack and Groucho great fun

"telephoney" :D what a great episode!

Not many can hold their own with a comedy legend like Groucho, except another comedy legend like Benny of course it also helps to have your own show and writers).

Benny's character in his radio/tv shows is self absorbed/cheap that it creates instant fun! We all have somebody like this is our lives!

The sketch with Jack and Groucho is still hilarious after all these years!

Awesome! This is comedy at it's finest. Jack Benny and Graucho Marx can't get any better than that. Thanks for sharing!

Hilarious to watch Groucho ad-lib and try to crack up Benny ("Ronald, huh? It was Rodney during rehearsal"). They were both the absolute cream of the crop and great to see them working off of each other.

That is so wonerdfol to watch two of the great entertainers of the 20th century on the same show. Find myself watching more on my tablet then watching the boring shows on cable

Used to watch that as a kid. Haven't seen it since, but now getting so much more of his humour.

It goes a show that if you have true talent, you don't have to use the f word every other word, and these were two of the most talented comedians that ever lived

There was an episode of Jack's radio show where he appeared as Myron Proudfoot on Fred Allen's King for a Day. An unforgettable ending! 😜

Loved Rochesters voice!!!

an absolute gem of a classic!

Worth repeating...................."this is pure GOLD!"

Starting with the radio programs, it is such a great level of character development with the cast that made such wonderful comedy. Note the callback to Ronald Coleman in Groucho's ad libbed line.

Jack Benny was born in 1894 so when this episode aired he was almost 61

"What is Jack Benny's real age?" That was priceless! Back then they actually WROTE dialog.

"Why don't they print news instead of opinions?" Ha! Some things never change.

I was honored to be around for Mr. Benny’s last years. He was the funniest comedian ever

Here we are 64 years later and it's just as funny as it was then!

Mr. Benny was actually 61 years old when this episode aired.

Love it, especially the song with the music of the Captain Spaulding song.

Two absolute comedy legends . Still funny after all these years .

The algorithm must know I am depressed and missing my dad. Dad loved Groucho, Benny, Bogart, Cagney, Wayne etc. We are dust.

The most accurate words Jack ever said about the "Media" and it is still valid today, and on a larger scale. "Why DON'T they print the NEWS instead of opinions"

The live TV shows are the best in the series. And the live cigarette commercial is an added tip of the hat of early TV.

I will be sure to watch next sunday for The Jack Benny Program

Vaudeville and Burlesque nurtured a retinue of talented entertainers. There was only one Jack Benny and Groucho was an original. BTW: He brought the house in which I was born; I hope he liked the neighborhood.

that jackpot question was brilliant

It was Rodney in rehearsal. Benny almost broke character. Only Groucho could do that.

Groucho was 65 years old and both were still sharp👌🏻 Comedy at its finest 👍🏻

He told me to divide it, he didn’t say how🤣💀

Classic at it's best.

Lovely performers ,brings many memories back,when I was a kid!

Jack did his show in Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood (the Bob Barker Studio). I've been in this studio four times.

Always the BEST

Love the singing sportsmen and the Lucky Strike commercials.

"Why don't they print news instead of opinions." Good one lol 3:54

I love the old Lucky Strike commercials. Very clever and well produced - and it's funny I can watch the commercials as entertainment and I have no desire to smoke at all.

Love Rochester. What a voice! And they do so well with the standing jokes (Benny being cheap etc.). Great stuff.

Pure genius all around---performers and writers.

I love Jack Benny!

Jack's reactions always crack me up as do Rochester's fond digs.

Just wonderful. Very special. Thank you for posting this.

"Ronald, huh? It was Rodney during rehearsal"! lol

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson was always fantastic in this role.

What an outstanding show!

Groucho, Benny, Berles, Winters, Sid Caesar, Hackett, Silvers, Durante and more, those were the real masters of comedy!

This was wonderful to hear and enjoy comedy that was not vulgar, political or woke. These men were comedic geniuses in their timing and dialogue.

ALL OF THESE VARIOUS OLDER CLASSIC TV EPISODES ARE REALLY GREAT TO SEE ONCE AGAIN SO MANY YEARS AFTER THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH WITH MANY NOW VERY WELL KNOWN ACTORS BEFORE THEY REACHED THEIR ULTIMATE FAME - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING AND POSTING THEM HERE.

The shows of my childhood. They were so good. What happened?! Thank you for posting!

Jack looked really good in that disguise.

Groucho was my favorite comedian!

Groucho was ahead of my time but I did get to see his shows on reruns. Without a doubt the two BIGGEST comedy greats were Jack Benny and Groucho. Didnt need adult cross the line humor because they were that good. Comedians of today cant touch the bottomof the shoes of these two! Even the cars were better looking and the women had real beauty and class! It was horrible what happened to Groucho in his last years. That woman he was with should have been put into stocks out in the town square and everyone given rotten eggs to throw! She was indeed the belly of the snake! Thankyou for posting this, it was wonderful to see again!

Tell what we have today that even compares to this? These guys were giants.

These guys are cracking me up.

So he was 61....39 + 22 = 61 BTW, I'm 76 and saw this and every other Jack Benny show as a kid in the 50's.

when humor was simple and simply funny

Thank you for making these shows available!

Brilliant. Utter genius.

Groucho the greatest comic in history.

Groucho and Jack Benny are the best😂

Jack Benny was really 61 in 1955.

However, a very clever "integrated" commercial where Jack's vocal group, The Sportsmen Quartet, do impressions of Groucho, singing "Hooray For Captain Spaulding" (while plugging the sponsor's product), IS included...

Groucho's famous leering, 'crouching walk'', came about when he saw Lon Chaney as the "Hunchback of Notre Dame", in 1923. He simply copied it.

Great Skit

Love them both