![]() ![]() ![]() In January 1927 he wed the former Sadie Marks (who adopted the stage name of Mary Livingstone), in a marriage that would last nearly fifty years. ![]() He called him-self Ben Benny, until confusion with bandleader Ben Bernie led to him changing his first name to Jack. Born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago in 1894, his first taste of per-forming came during his stint in the navy during World War 1 when the then violin player was asked to offer a few words of repartee as part of a concert for his fellow sailors.Īfter the war he worked up a comedy music act and toured the vaudeville circuits throughout the 1920s. ![]() Jack Benny himself wasn’t that special a comedian. Between the years 19 it was the medium’s top rated show three times, and only out of the top five once (and then, only falling to number six). The antics of Jack and his castmates became must-hear listening for millions of Americans for a generation. For twenty years, Sunday nights at 7:00pm meant one thing. It’s probably the most fondly remembered show of the era affectionately known as the golden days of radio. By Peter Tatchell (reprinted from LAUGH MAGAZINE #18, 1998) ![]()
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