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SpeedyTase (Friday 14th of November 2008 10:47:26 AM)

At 00:24, you could easily tell that Rochester did not like saying "color boy".

Hevynly1 (Saturday 11th of October 2008 12:03:15 AM)

I love Jack Benny! I've been listening to OTR for a few years (I'm 28) and prefer it over the bulk of today's television. JB and crew are always good for a laugh... or several! It's great to see them "live" in this clip. Thanks for the upload!

JustADoof (Sunday 5th of October 2008 11:00:00 AM)

speaking of Texaco... XXXIX forever

pegcage (Friday 11th of July 2008 08:58:14 PM)

I remember the Jack Benny radio program. I am old. Still great entertainment. Do a search for OTR (old time radio) They have 600 + of Jack Benny's radio shows! BTW, you may not know, but Dennis Day could imitate ANYBODY!

ClassicFilmFan (Sunday 13th of July 2008 02:43:31 PM)

Oh yes, you're right! I once listened to a show, and a few minutes after a new character was introduced [Jack Benny&the cast played their version of 'treasure of the sierra madre'] I realised; 'wait..that's Dennis Day playing the mexican bandit!' But they were all so funny! I'm only 18, and Dutch - but I love listening to the Jack Benny radio show. It's so much better than the comedyshows they broadcast nowadays.

codykins16 (Saturday 28th of June 2008 05:16:18 PM)

I like it it nice to finely put faces to the voices

Padiwan2 (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 10:12:06 AM)

How do I get a copy of this [both parts]?

Padiwan2 (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 09:23:12 AM)

They shoulda added Phil Harris conducting songs with the orchestra and the skits and Dennis Day singing a song. In spite of that, I love this clip as well.

calvinnme2 (Sunday 15th of June 2008 02:18:42 PM)

Phil Harris and his entire orchestra joined the military right after Pearl Harbor, so they were unavailable at this time. Dennis Day didn't go into the service until 1944, so I'm not sure where he was.

bronxperson1966 (Sunday 13th of April 2008 03:06:01 PM)

Benny, with his writers, helped Rochester to be that way as it was part of Benny's style of self-deprecating humor that his character was always under attack by the world. Rochester was about first black to be able to snap on a white person in public, and was also the first black person to be a regular on a radio show, beginning in 1937. Jack Benny loved, respected, supported and protected Eddie "Rochester" Anderson very much in real life.