Jack Benny and Rochester

[@demef758]

Anderson was a riot. Benny made it clear that he reversed the role of Rochester from servant to master. It was Rochester who ruled the roost at Benny's TV home. Thanks to Benny's unfailing support, Anderson became very wealthy, owning a lot of LA real estate. No one cried harder at Benny's funeral than Eddie Anderson. What a guy!

[@michaelashcraft8569]

Rochester was another of a few Actors who were most beloved by his Fans, and, friends...As a kid I loved his method of acting because he was a Master at his craft as well as a good, decent man!

[@Wintermute0168]

Jack portrayed himself as a money-grubbing skinflint, but, in reality, he made "Rochester" a very wealthy man.

[@janinemicucci]

Rochester owned the house I live in today. It’s in LA where many black Hollywood celebs lived. He bought it from a man that was Nat King Coles limo driver. Rochester did not live there. His x-wife and family did.

[@FightFairLoseEasy]

Where has class gone? RIP Jack Benny

[@Gravydog316]

everyone loves jack ha ha

[@jackkircher1755]

Rochester sang on many episodes but I have been looking for This one for quite a while because I didn't remember whixh episode had it. He strained his voice selling newspapers yet he was a much loved character in the show. He was One of the main characters who was with Jack in his radio program due many years.

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

I'm old enough to remember listening to the Jack Benny show on my grandmothers HUGE radio . RIP Eddie Anderson --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22Rochester%22_Anderson Thanks for this video MrPrivateShow .

[@trollking99]

That's so cool. I currently listen to Jack Benny podcasts dating back to the 30s!

[@briant7265]

It's easy to look at this and see a dated stereotype. Look again though. Jack handed the stage over to Eddie Anderson (Rochester) and let him own it. Consider also, when a hotel wouldn't rent a room to Eddie, Jack took his entire group out of that hotel to one that would take him.

[@Gecko7291971]

The actor that portrayed Rochester is Eddie Anderson Anderson's vocal cords were ruptured when he was a youngster selling newspapers in San Francisco. The newsboys believed those who were able to shout the loudest sold the most papers. The permanent damage done to his vocal cords left him with the gravel voice familiar to both radio listeners and television viewers over a course of more than twenty years.

[@RavenRuled]

That's too bad but on the other hand I always liked his voice because it suited the lines well.

[@Gecko7291971]

RavenRuled Yeah, it really did..i honestly thought that he would talk that for the character, didn't realize that was a result of vocal cord damage

[@marthabutts1948]

Karl Smith oh wow i didn't either

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

Karl Smith - Thanks for the information . Here is Andersons Wikipedia biography --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22Rochester%22_Anderson

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

Tough thing to happen to a person at any age, much less so young. Having said that, it's hard to imagine Rochester sounding like anyone but Rochester.

[@fromthesidelines]

This is from a live episode that originally aired on April 19, 1953. If you're aware of the various running gags on Jack's radio and TV shows, you'll know that he often earned "extra money" by providing most of Los Angeles with laundry service, window cleaning services, and any money-making opportunities he could think of- usually involving Rochester in them. In this episode, we're led to believe Benny also operates a "lunch wagon", selling food to his hungry production crew at CBS.

[@wandapulley1588]

Would love to see the old shows today instead the language TV uses to day

[@dwlopez57]

The Don Wilson gag is great

[@CycolacFan]

Live show - they really worked performers hard back in the good old days!

[@jonathanclary3992]

Love Eddie Rochester

[@fromthesidelines]

His character's full name was "Rochester Van Jones"- but, as Jack fondly recalled in his autobiography, EVERYONE came to know Eddie Anderson as just "Rochester".

[@burtmurdoch]

love u jack! thanks for the upload. (:

[@fleeb]

Heh... look on KZbin for the What's My Line episode with Rochester. He tried to disguise his voice with limited results.

[@TylerMcNamer]

Rochester rocks!

[@kymarcin]

At 7:50 That's Hank Patterson aka Fred Ziffel coming up from the left to buy a sandwich.

[@maryladdis5032]

"Feet do your thing"

so kevin spacey as frank underwood is just cosplaying a jack-benny-as-president fanfiction.

[@GetSomeExpress]

Congratulations, youve just discovered the key to success in show business - Steal from the best!

[@stuartwatts1152]

Larry Grayson must have watched Jack Benney for some of his gestures....

[@kylorenkardashian79]

Rochester ❤️

[@bernhardwall6876]

Rochester didn't sing on the radio show, unless it was for comic purposes.

[@barontaylor7139]

I always thought Rochester was Hong Kong Phooey

[@999across]

even the voice is similar, I wouldn't be surprised if they were related.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Thanks for uploading, yes now that most of us know better it now looks appalling but the timing and performances are so good it still stands up as great comedy. It does make me uncomfortable though, I am glad we have grown

[@poetcomic1]

At first I thought it a little insulting that they call him 'Rochester' and not, at least Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, which is his name. But then I got to thinking how many years he did Rochester on radio and TV, his impeccable comic timing to match Benny line for line... he BECAME the part of Rochester as much as Harpo became Harpo.

[@popcur]

that crossed my mind, he does resemble kevin Spacey a bit

[@Fargoleafy]

nah he had vocal cord damge from when he was a paper boy he use to yell as loud as he could so he could sell alot papers

[@hANNAbONE]

...real tv here...

[@kilowag]

When did Kevin spacey do this movie?

[@Thatguyjack758]

really my dad brought me here

[@NoStreetBs]

Does that one dude look like Charlie Sheen or what?

[@JPLOWMAN2]

that rochester guy must've lost his voice a lot doing that stuff.

[@londubh2007]

Stephen Colbert owes a lot to Jack Benny.

[@KameraShy]

That idiot doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence as Jack Benny.

[@TheGrungeGamer2]

Rochester took Jack's golf clubs Family Guy brought me here

[@Owly1005]

Over reacting just a little?

[@lesg24]

You wouldn't even know he was Jewish because he actually was funny.

[@shysharon8383]

as opposed to you who isn't funny no matter what religion you are

[@ksteiger]

You wouldn't even know you were a human being...

[@shysharon8383]

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[@honorus999]

wow thats brave of you to move all the way from munich in 1933 into the present with great thought and brilliance ...like a cheap steak knife

[@MrSkeeja]

Les Ger The Marx Brothers were also Jewish and funny.. W.C.Fields was not and also funny. What their religious background to do with being funny? Perhaps you are a Nazi?

[@Rebecca_J_Bastian]

Dear redcomic619, How about learning some patience, common courtesy, and expanding your vocabulary before you try interacting with the human race again.

[@caseolaren3321]

Ha! Common courtesy on the internet?