Jack Benny Program "Jack Goes to the Gym" (1961)

[@WhatWouldLubitschDo]

Happy 130th birthday to Jack Benny! Imean 39th, of course!

[@Neal_R]

In a world which has mostly forgotten Jack Benny, let alone quality Jack Benny, I thank you very much!

[@paulyricca3881]

🚬👴🏻🥃 SOOO YOURE 900 OR WATT?

[@wellesradio]

@@paulyricca3881?

[@joshearhart6142]

I just found this show, the radio version anyway, I listen to a lot of OTR while I sleep, mostly horror shows lol, but then I found this show, and although alot of it is pop culture references we could never understand without really being there, but this show never ceases to make me laugh. I don't care who you are, these people had a formula that predated Seinfeld by 60 years at the earliest, the premise of everyday comedy, and it's timeless for the most part..

[@KG9551]

My father introduced me to Jack Benny a couple years ago… I saw the Liberace skit where he comes out with a candelabra on the violin and I about fell out of my seat laughing… been hooked ever since

[@fieryweasel]

It's interesting how the Frank Nelson character has been reintroduced via The Simpsons, but very few people know the reference.

[@Hiljack67]

Haven't seen this one before. Hilarious!😂 RIP Jack.

[@sakaridis]

The chemistry between Jack and Rochester is insane! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jaysmith1408]

Put on your glasses, you got the lightbulb -i fell out of bed Worth it

[@cyanidebutterfliesx]

rochester is such a good character

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

You said it!

[@LaRafa7]

This is probably the best quality i have ever seen this show.

[@plev10]

Such an amazing treat to see the legendary comic genius of Jack Benny in all his glory. Even with his pencil legs. 😀

[@davephillips1874]

Started binge watching a few years ago hilarious.jack benny a class act😂😂😂

[@royb2251]

I’ve just discovered him here .. I’m binge watching his programs 👍🏻

[@blodgettshouseofinsanity]

Also have a listen to his radio program. You won’t regret it :)

[@scott9050]

Great seeing Alan Hale before his Gilligan's Island days.

[@robinfiveash1440]

Like Bob Newhart, Benny never fails to make me lol 😅

[@qui_etes_vous]

yeah he is like Bob

[@cavebearstudio6517]

If I were Tom Papa I’d be pitching a Jack Benny biopic to every producer in Hollywood.

[@David-yw2lv]

After he died, I was hoping for one with Rich Little in the title role.

[@adamlam9600]

In the early 60's the average younger man was probably around as fit as those men in the gym. Thats getting closer to unthinkable today

[@tsc7800]

Allan Hale Jr. Desk man at gym was costar Gilligan's Island. ... His father, Allan Hale born late 1800s was a longtime famous film star in 1930s to 1950 died; Also an opera singer. Hale Jr. Had a career & great restaurant Lobster 🦞 Place on Las Cienega Blvd adjacent to Beverly Hills area where I lived. I ate at often AND he often there greeted customers.

[@StevenConstantine-fw2kn]

CLASSIC

[@hawkmaster381]

0:24 You can see the studio sign in the background of the set!

[@Tralala691]

The skipper!

[@luislaplume8261]

When Hollywood was another neighborhood in Los Angeles that we would not mind visiting..Today as us New Yorkers would say Foorrrrrgehd about it!

[@jackkircher1755]

The gym attendant was Alan Hale, Jr (The skipper from Gilligan's Island).

[@fromthesidelines]

9:12- Jeanette Eymann, Jack's script secretary, has another bit part as the gym's receptionist.

[@judynichols2904]

This first scene looks like the same set for Mr ,Drysdale's office in the Beverly Hillbillies !

[@marjorieburch931]

I just found Jacob Benny on iPad, he has becto Become a habit with me.

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

Alan Hale (the skipper ) was so neato watching on jack Benny show

[@fromthesidelines]

24:49- "....and I'll be seeing you next week for State Farm Insurance."

[@eddieburgos-oz8hn]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@David-yw2lv]

Very funny episode.

[@hawkmaster381]

Comedy GOLD!

[@donnarouse9432]

Alan hale

[@Ira88881]

Which season had him going below ground to his dungeon, where he kept his money?

[@remim6657]

@14:46 So the skipper used to work at a gym before hittin the seas with Gilligan huh

[@wallaceb9120]

Who's the beauty...

[@jessewolf7649]

The credits said Lisa Davis

[@smythharris2635]

​@@jessewolf7649Still with us aged 90.

[@Themichaelmonteclaire]

Skipper from Giligans island

[@stevenvencill5162]

I would not do that Jack. Retired Army

[@torgman]

Why do you need flour for an omelette?

[@RSEFX]

People often add milk or cream and/or a bit of flour to omelettes. Flour to give it "body".

[@NewWesternFront]

UNDER THE URN CHURL

[@GirGir183]

3:08 Yes....and he's gay, did you mention that?

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@jennyrodgers1213 Rock Hudson. He was also the first celebrity to announce that he had AIDS in mid-to-late 1980s which helped to bring the disease into conversation. Sadly he died of it, and his former friends, The Reagans, refused to allocate any money to AIDS research, or even mention the disease.

[@paulyricca3881]

@@WaterShowsProdWHY

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@paulyricca3881 It was considered a gay people's disease, and The Reagans were not interested in recognising or helping that community in any way as it went against their religious beliefs. Though, ironically they used a fortune teller which I believe is also meant to be against their religion, but anyway...

[@rcrawford42]

@@WaterShowsProd Who sold you that line of BS? The Reagan administration funded AIDS research massively -- but the easiest means of preventing its spread was unacceptable TO THE LEFT. The Reagan administration also sent a mailer out to ever home in the US with the facts about the disease -- a far, far distance from never making mention of it.

[@marywilliams9858]

Jack looks malnourished.

[@qui_etes_vous]

this show is so cute :) . I think he could have been a little more bad ass or shameless in his comedy if he weren't so conventional in his story line and so on :-/ . such a snoozer. It's a little edgier than Lucy though.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Explore Benny’s radio show. That was the good stuff.

[@qui_etes_vous]

@@Fool3SufferingFools oh cool :). I will

[@bryansimmons8008]

Only on radio you can't see his facial expressions.

[@qui_etes_vous]

@@bryansimmons8008 Ok, I'll check him out on radio.

[@jessewolf7649]

One of the best comics in TV history…

[@rossmartenak5517]

First of all, so-called "Jack Benny" was not his real name. There was absolutely nothing wrong with his birth name Benjamin Kubelsky. Most likely the name change was as the result of pressure from a greedy Business Manager or Studio, with the idea of perceived greater recognition and possible monetary gain?! The business of changing one's birth name is the ultimate insult towards your parents & heritage. The ONLY time a name change should happen is when a woman gets married. If a married women DOESN'T change her last name, then that's an insult to her husband.

[@rcrawford42]

It was a stage name. Jack was unlikely to have started with a manager -- he started in vaudeville, travelling.

[@KG9551]

What are you on about? Ffs, enjoy the classic comedy and laugh a bit. Sounds like you need it. Oh, and the women of the world don’t give a crap what you think of them deciding or not deciding to change their name. That is all. 👋🏼

[@1992marigold]

@rossmartenak5517 Go check his wikipedia entry. One (he not her as you wrote) was forced to change his name twice because other vaudeville performers had similar names and believed his name would cause confusion among the ticket buyers. Two, his wife changed her name when she went into show business herself!

[@marywilliams9858]

Could he have changed his name to make it easier to remember.

[@thestoryofo9636]

Oh boy! thank goodness I'm as skinny as a stick of maccaroni, and gals like me a lot!!!