Thursday, August 09, 2007

The Glance that Kills

Over the course of his career, Jack Benny developed such a relationship with his audience that he could cause eruptions of laughter, merely by looking at the audience.

I think I might go get some DVDs of the old Jack Benny Show. Though the radio show was also excellent. He and Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny, half the characters of old Hanna Barbera cartoons, etc.) must have done this bit a zillion times. And Jack would lose it almost every time.

Though I’m not sure in this day and age how a character like “Rochester” would fly.

And, because I’m on an “old-time” comedy jag right now, watch and learn from the masters. Though the set-up in this bit is weird, once they get rolling, it’s astonishing.

Posted by Jon on 08/09/07 at 12:03 AM

  1. I miss Mel Blanc.

    Posted by Radioactive Jam  on  08/09/07  at  06:17 AM

  2. Hey! I REMEMBER those Jack Benny skits. Boy, am I old.

    Posted by Katherine  on  08/09/07  at  08:09 PM

  3. Both of them were great at their craft. I’d almost consider some of Jack Benny’s stuff a true art form.

    Though he really was not a great actor IMO, his normal comedy routines were genius.

    Posted by jon  on  08/09/07  at  08:19 PM
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