DRMATTH - Jack Benny was THE MASTER. I have been laughing at his comedy for my ENTIRE life. I have told these before BUT:
In one sketch, he was pushing his cart through the grocery store and passed a card table holding a cake. There were some slices on plates. A sign on the table said "Free." Jack took a slice of cake, went around the aisle and then put the cake in his cart. He went around the aisle again, then he picked up all the plates and silverware and put them in his cart. He did his look around, whipped off the tablecloth and folded it and put it in his cart. One more time around the aisle, then he folded up the card table and took it, too! LOL.....
AND MY BIGGEST JACK BENNY LIFE - I think it was The Steve Allen Show sometime in the late 50's. Steve stood there beside a large armchair that was turned away from the audience. He intoned solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we will reveal at last the identity of John Beresford Tipton, the man who gives away one million dollars tax free each week to a deserving person." Steve turned the chair around, and, yes there was Jack Benny!
He didn't say a word....he just did his hand gestures, and facial tics...and the audiences in the studio and at home laughed long and hard....and more than 40 years later - I still laugh!
