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ISBN: 038512497X

ISBN13: 9780385124973

Jack Benny

Name: Jack Benny, The Funniest Man In The World
Item: Jack Benny
Rating: 4
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By Hilliard Marks, Marcia Borie, Mary Livingstone Benny

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Book Overview

"When Benny Kubelsky was born, who in their wildest dreams would imagine that, eighty years later, at the event of his passing, every television program, every radio show would stop,...and that every magazine and newspaper would headline it on their front pages?" For Bob Hope, as for millions of Americans, the story of the tenth-grade dropout from Waukegan, Illinois, who left home to play the violin in a vaudeville act was little short of a miracle. When Benny Kubelsky changed his name, he could have not known it would become one the most famous in entertainment history--Jack Benny. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:038512497X

ISBN13:9780385124973

Release Date:January 1978

Publisher:Doubleday

Length:322 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

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Rated 4 stars
Jack Benny, The Funniest Man In The World

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 6, 2004

He was acclaimed as the funniest man in the world but because he died so long ago his fame has been eclipsed by such as Bob Hope, etc. His films are a mixed bag and many of them have never even been issued on VHS, much less DVD. I'm surprised that his movies have been so neglected, but he did have a famous flop which killed off his studio career with THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT. After that, no studio wanted to touch him...

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Jack Benny by those who really knew him

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 3, 2002

This loving biography is written by Jack Benny's widow, Mary Livingstone Benny, her brother and Macia Borie. Reading this biography takes you back to a much simpler time, when you could listen to the radio without hearing shock jocks and stupid promotions every 10 seconds. It's also a love story, one that is made sweeter by the lasting quality of it compared to the current crop of celebrities that are out now (Nicolas Cage...

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