Jack Benny, Fred Allen, &... Eddie Cantor :) 1953

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16 жыл бұрын

Jack Benny is about to be canned by his sponsor, and Fred Allen is lining himself up to take the job, as well as a surprise visitor- Eddie Cantor.

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@CarlDuke 10 жыл бұрын

Seeing Cantor with Benny makes me think how sad it was that Jolson died just as TV was coming into its own.

@OrganCat 13 жыл бұрын

Jack Benny's secret was to always make himself the victim of circumstances and the butt of all jokes. Ha always gave the best lines to the other cast members.

@pgh45rpms 11 жыл бұрын

Such classic comedy here, watching Jack, Fred & Eddie onstage together. The Benny/Allen "fued" on radio was just a ruse; they were actually best friends. Loved all the adlibbing after the sketch -- Eddie, "You're covering me, you're covering me."

@CarlDuke 10 жыл бұрын

I love it when Eddie says you're covering me. A true show business pro.

@fromthesidelines 16 жыл бұрын

This was also a special episode for another reason- this was Eddie Cantor's first TV appearance since his near-fatal heart attack the previous September; he decided to make his "comeback" on Jack's program, before resuming his "COLGATE COMEDY HOUR" appearances on NBC the following September. Jack's radio and TV sponsor, American Tobacco, also sponsored "YOUR HIT PARADE", "PRIVATE SECRETARY" starring Ann Sothern, and "ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS" at the time. They sponsored Jack until 1959...

@Fibonaccisghost 2 жыл бұрын

These guys radiate talent and entertainment

@MySpace662 15 жыл бұрын

Jack was greaaaaaaaaat, this was a nice clip.

@manofmanyinterests 16 жыл бұрын

This episode aired on Sunday, April 19, 1953 at 7:30 p.m., E.S.T. Interestingly enough, Fred Allen appeared on the April 26, 1953 Jack Benny's radio program.

@NellsStuff 15 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is a threesome! And the ad-libbing ran them overtime. But it was worth it. I love seeing Jack and Fred together...

@MerleOberon 14 жыл бұрын

The cigarette coughs in the audience

@joshscobey 13 жыл бұрын

Albert Brook's father was a part of Eddie Cantor's show, and he always talked about Jack Benny being the genesis of his comedy. I wonder if his father ever worked with Jack Benny?

@METALITHrevetments 2 жыл бұрын

Parkyakarkus

@cresentltd 14 жыл бұрын

Actually, Fred and Jack were very good friends and respected each others comedy timing.

@LStrachey 16 жыл бұрын

thanks

@chumshot1 13 жыл бұрын

omg Fred Allen is a total spax XD!!

@LStrachey 16 жыл бұрын

Are you able to tell me the year this was made, please?

@marshallbowen8693 4 жыл бұрын

LStrachey 1953

@SpazzyMcGee1337 11 жыл бұрын

I don't have the context of these jokes. :\

@coolshemp 6 жыл бұрын

SpazzyMcGee1337 really? Not that hard...

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

"No loose ends", at 1:32, was a reference to Lucky Strike's advertising claim at the time that the tobacco in their cigarettes was more tightly packed- and if you tore the seam on the cigarette paper and lifted out the tobacco "cylinder", you could see it "held together without crumbling- without loose ends to get in your mouth and spoil the taste" (as a magazine ad described it). On 'YOU BET YOUR LIFE", Groucho Marx had a stuffed duck that would drop from above him and his contestants should one of them say the "secret word"- which entitled both contestants to split an extra $100.

@frankiebowie6174 3 жыл бұрын

I can understand that. Many of the jokes are topical, and depended on the public to know the names and circumstances of the subject. I was born in 1956, so I know who they’re talking about and get most of the broader jokes, but some of the minutia escapes me. It’s like any comedy show. If you have your kids watch Saturday night live from 1972, they won’t get half the jokes.

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

You mean 1975. 😉

@frankiebowie6174 3 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines Was it that long ago?