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Emi Comedy Classics
Jack Benny
Emi Comedy Classics
Genres: Special Interest, Pop
 
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2008 release that features some of the best sketches from The Jack Benny Show which ran from 1932 to 1955, and for most of those years was the top-rated U.S. radio program. Jack Benny was a great many things to many people...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jack Benny
Title: Emi Comedy Classics
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Emd Int'l
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 7/8/2008
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Comedy & Spoken Word, Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews, Radio Shows
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5099921688027

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2008 release that features some of the best sketches from The Jack Benny Show which ran from 1932 to 1955, and for most of those years was the top-rated U.S. radio program. Jack Benny was a great many things to many people. To millions of radio listeners, his character was simply the cheapest man in America, an image so ingrained into the national consciousness that on opening day of baseball season, instead of throwing out the first ball, he merely glanced at it and put it in his pocket, bringing the house down. To others, he was the world's lousiest violinist, whose ego told him he was one of the all-time greats, an opinion he shared with no one. To many of those same people, he was a man so vain that he claimed to be 39 for almost 40 years. However, for industry insiders and fellow comedians, he was the creator of what is now universally known as the sitcom and the absolute master of comedic timing. Benny was one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century. EMI Gold.

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CD Reviews

LIMITED JACK BENNY MATERIAL
Frequent Customer | Northern California | 10/28/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)

"An uninspiring interview with cuts to

JBs most famous bits, the violin, the

holdup. Probably not worth the price if

you want more than the familiar Benny

material"