The Jack Benny Program: Jack Is A Contestant (With Groucho Marx)

[@ITILII]

No comedian could use words, better than Groucho; no comedian could use silence, better than Jack ....2 absolute Legends

[@bobbywimsy6741]

ITILII True. And Groucho was very intelligent; so much so that his very literate letters to Dick Cavett and visa versa, are now in the Smithsonian institution.

[@petertaylor3600]

That look, arms folded, exasperated face!

[@denniskwahl]

Absolutely, I grew up on their comedy, we were so blessed. I'm now 69

[@garykellam5596]

And nobody could rasp out a funny line like Rochester.

[@danwaldis4553]

Good one! And definitely two legends!

[@PRR5406]

Two geniuses at their pinnacle. Possibly the funniest sketch ever on television.

[@Hypatia4242]

"Not only is your face familiar, so is your philosophy" BRILLIANT line.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Hypatia4242 Bob Hope to two Berbers in Morocco: I don't know your name, but your fez is familiar.

[@StaciArdmore]

That entire concept of having Benny as a contestant on Groucho's show was absolutely brilliant!

[@MarkStevens-fh3wb]

The look on Groucho's face when he knows he has Jack in the hot seat about his age is priceless!

[@TheTsar1918]

The eyebrows 😆

[@voyaristika5673]

The shows of my childhood. They were so good. What happened?! Thank you for posting!

[@gtc1961]

I'm much too young to have seen this when it first ran....but...damn...TV was SO MUCH BETTER back then!

[@davidbspamboy]

Back in Vaudeville, the Marx brothers wanted Jack (Ben Kubelsky) to join their act as violinist and to lead the orchestra. His mom said no. How cool would that have been? Either way, both flourished and gave us so much entertainment. Thanks Jack and Groucho.

[@cvb6957]

This is priceless ❤️😄😄😄 No US comedy today (or other) can compare to this. Style, manners, wit, sophistication. Jack Benny and Groucho... what a Gem.

[@patjohns1179]

I can think of two that are Laurel and hardy.

[@walterwheeler5465]

Groucho Marx and Jack Benny together adds up to a lot of fun. I liked both of them on radio and television.

[@fredwheeler7433]

Watched Benny on our Black & White tv set back in 51 when I was 8 years old. For a while, back then, we had the only TV set on our residential block. Memory LANE !

[@BAM-jc7uy]

👍

[@steveshay4096]

Two masters of comedy with mutual respect.

[@gregwatson8219]

Jack Groucho. Legends

[@bostonrailfan2427]

Rochester and Jack! oh, right…Jack and Groucho

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@bostonrailfan2427, all 3..

[@frankiebergeron5530]

Great original Comedy with no politics no swearing just good old family Tv

[@joshuarosen6242]

I have heard it said many times that the secret of good comedy is timing. Jack Benny is the best example of this I can think of. I've seen Groucho more often in movies so it's not quite as easy to judge but he and Jack were two of America's best ever comedians.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it’s due to vaudeville and radio, the vaudevillians had to learn quickly to include pauses because the audience reaction helped with the flow while the radio people had to be coherent through the radio at home

[@tomcon5607]

Jack Benny and Groucho Marx vey likable and wonderful Comedians, never get tired of them!!!

[@captainjay1034]

That is so wonerdfol to watch two of the great entertainers of the 20th century on the same show. Find myself watching more on my tablet then watching the boring shows on cable

[@sparks8934]

captain jay I agree.

[@michaelwald9864]

Yes, agreed. They had worked together as kids in vaudeville and their humor seemed effortless. They were incredible pros.

[@petertaylor3600]

I loved Rochester, one of the funniest around. Even his voice was marvellous.

[@petertaylor3600]

OMG that tie!

[@pjabrony8280]

I just turned 39 two days ago and I'm celebrating it with the greatest 39-year-old.

[@pennypiper7382]

😀😀😀👍

[@shenysys]

You are still 39 in 2020 ? :)

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@shenysys Benny was 39 for decades!

[@shenysys]

@@-oiiio-3993 As someone said, Him and Mary just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and he is still only 39 :)

[@dwsan1tx]

When Jack Benny passed, Johnny Carson cried on TV. George Burns was one of Jack's closest friends.

[@SaxonC]

“It was Rodney, during rehearsal” lol I spit my coffee out when Groucho cracked that line!

[@paulmayer6715]

Jack almost lost his "moustache" when Groucho cracked that line.

[@jjosport]

This is maybe my favorite line ever uttered on television. My guess is it was written, but my hope is that it was not.

[@jjosport]

I just noticed that Groucho starts calling him Rodney about halfway through.

[@jimp.7286]

Timeless. Sho-nuff! LOL. The two of them together in this skit are beyond perfect. I've watched it at least a couple dozen times and it still makes me laugh.

[@vestibulate]

Irene Tedrow as Jack's partner was very good. Audiences will remember her from many dramatic appearances, but she handles the comedy here with considerable skill.

[@molarguy]

Excellent in every role.

[@mdeange3]

She's a natural.

[@NickWeissMusic]

Classic pro. Made casting directors' jobs easy for decades.

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Two of the half dozen or so true comic geniuses that ever lived. Benny & Groucho were both one of a kind.

[@Lampshade51]

Hilarious to watch Groucho ad-lib and try to crack up Benny ("Ronald, huh? It was Rodney during rehearsal"). They were both the absolute cream of the crop and great to see them working off of each other.

[@terrymcgowan1680]

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[@terrymcgowan1680]

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[@-danR]

Only George Burns could crack Benny up.

[@ITILII]

Watch the episode with Ernie Kovacs....one of the very, very few who could even try to keep up with Groucho

[@mrkeno1000]

Rickles did a pretty good job of cracking Benny up during a roast of Ronald Reagan

[@melvintheboxerdog2263]

an absolute gem of a classic!

[@mipppsdame8190]

whats my line 0:22 0:22

[@lorenwalters7519]

I have seen this sketch before, but it was edited, so I really enjoyed seeing the whole show.

[@maya8443]

Awesome! This is comedy at it's finest. Jack Benny and Graucho Marx can't get any better than that. Thanks for sharing!

[@fflambeauutube]

Love Rochester. What a voice! And they do so well with the standing jokes (Benny being cheap etc.). Great stuff.

[@fredrickagens6189]

Grace Barbie videos Dutch Ronnie Moore Dutch

[@sandralee9155]

Ronnie Moore I love Rochester and his cool voice!

[@haggismuncher]

The voice of Hong Kong Phooey😉

[@markv2798]

@@haggismuncher that was Scatman Crothers

[@haggismuncher]

Mark V that’s the fella 😉

[@pianoplayrpiano99]

The sketch with Jack and Groucho is still hilarious after all these years!

[@markcarbonaro6524]

I love the old Lucky Strike commercials. Very clever and well produced - and it's funny I can watch the commercials as entertainment and I have no desire to smoke at all.

[@thedealer777]

Not many can hold their own with a comedy legend like Groucho, except another comedy legend like Benny of course it also helps to have your own show and writers).

[@robertholman8730]

No writer for groucho!

[@TheInvincibleViolet]

I love that he threw the kiss at the end of the show, he didnt do that with too many.. RIP Jack :) xxxxxxx and respects to Groucho !!

[@dwsan1tx]

This was wonderful to hear and enjoy comedy that was not vulgar, political or woke. These men were comedic geniuses in their timing and dialogue.

[@razorback9926]

Nice try, but Benny didn’t hate black people like you do. Nobody uses “woke” except Trumptards.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Absolutely..

[@basba_qal]

The most accurate words Jack ever said about the "Media" and it is still valid today, and on a larger scale. "Why DON'T they print the NEWS instead of opinions"

[@coldwinter5710]

@Corno di Bassetto Brilliant

[@razorback9926]

He never said that. The news prints the news, but op-eds print opinions. It has been that way forever.

[@marcschneider4845]

You mean why don't they print the RIGHT opinions, meaning yours.

[@basba_qal]

@@marcschneider4845 Definitely NOT yours. LOL

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@marcschneider4845, no, why don't they print, outside of editorial opinion pieces, facts IN HARD NEWS STORIES? They are mostly dem party apparatchiks. That is why. YOUR MOVE..

[@josephwalther5979]

The more I watch him I realize how much of an incredible genius Groucho was.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Two American comedian icons.

[@fredwheeler7433]

A TV set in 1951 when I was an 8 year old Howdy Doody fan...was a 'Big Deal.'

[@franklamagna3889]

Jack Benny and Grouch Marx!!! Two comedy Giants!!

[@robertsprouse9282]

Grouch was a friend of yours, since you shortened his stage nickname?

[@windstorm1000]

Benny's character in his radio/tv shows is self absorbed/cheap that it creates instant fun! We all have somebody like this is our lives!

[@joanneswartzberg8851]

So there's this wonderful connection between Groucho and Jack Benny. Groucho's mother, MinnieMarx (who developed the act of her sons) saw Jack Benny perform and helped him improve and get better bookings.

[@nm202]

Wow I never knew that thanks for the information

[@toddledin3339]

That's interesting to know

[@gphell33]

I thought Mary Livingstone (Benny) was a cousin of the Marx Brothers but apparently not. However they did first meet when Zeppo Marx brought Jack to a Seder dinner at her parents home.

[@dovbarleib3256]

I believe that Mary Livingstone's real name was Sadie Marx, and Jack Benny really did meet his wife of 47 years at a Passover Seder hosted by the parents of the Marx Bros..... Amazing. Wait a second, Sorry. Zeppo Marx brought Jack Benny to the home of Sadie Marx for Passover? Still Amazing!

[@richardmcleod5967]

Worth repeating...................."this is pure GOLD!"

[@forestsoceansmusic]

Used to watch that as a kid. Haven't seen it since, but now getting so much more of his humour.

[@TheMonyarm]

Love it, especially the song with the music of the Captain Spaulding song.

[@Susquehanna80]

Benny is soo wonderful

[@damianraffile3355]

I was honored to be around for Mr. Benny’s last years. He was the funniest comedian ever

[@mdeange3]

Are you willing to share about you friendship with Jack?

[@Concetta20]

"Why don't they print news instead of opinions?" Ha! Some things never change.

[@ZSmith-em1nz]

"telephoney" :D what a great episode!

[@oregonmike4042]

Even the musical quartet/pitchmen were especially good on this one!

[@TheBee87bee]

Lovely performers ,brings many memories back,when I was a kid!

[@chrisozzy56]

Two absolute comedy legends . Still funny after all these years .

[@jon-francis9289]

Such a classic. Jack at his best.

[@mdeange3]

And live TV too.

[@supersportus]

Starting with the radio programs, it is such a great level of character development with the cast that made such wonderful comedy. Note the callback to Ronald Coleman in Groucho's ad libbed line.

[@dakert40]

I will be sure to watch next sunday for The Jack Benny Program

[@canadianscratcher7834]

The lady with Jack Benny is actress Irene Tedrow. Such a classy lady and refined performer.

[@Concetta20]

Jack's reactions always crack me up as do Rochester's fond digs.

[@sandralee9155]

Anna Ferrara Yes their both dolls

[@AliasJimWirth]

Just wonderful. Very special. Thank you for posting this.

[@claymarston8764]

ALL OF THESE VARIOUS OLDER CLASSIC TV EPISODES ARE REALLY GREAT TO SEE ONCE AGAIN SO MANY YEARS AFTER THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH WITH MANY NOW VERY WELL KNOWN ACTORS BEFORE THEY REACHED THEIR ULTIMATE FAME - THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FINDING AND POSTING THEM HERE.

[@catholicpriest1]

Jack did his show in Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood (the Bob Barker Studio). I've been in this studio four times.

[@zapkvr]

+Bob Sewvello You are indeed privileged Sir. So much history

[@earlegavin5931]

Match game was also in that studio.

[@tagoldich]

Pure genius all around---performers and writers.

[@suzyflorida1193]

Here we are 64 years later and it's just as funny as it was then!

[@CynthiaHeimsoth]

There was an episode of Jack's radio show where he appeared as Myron Proudfoot on Fred Allen's King for a Day. An unforgettable ending! 😜

[@baldilocks1914]

Tell what we have today that even compares to this? These guys were giants.

[@zacredman9137]

Absolutely Nothing!!!!🤬🙄👎🏻

[@carroyo911]

This has to be the funniest episode...

[@EverydayIsNow]

"Why don't they print news instead of opinions." Good one lol 3:54

[@jamesvolstad6008]

Love the singing sportsmen and the Lucky Strike commercials.

[@hockeyrd99]

"Ronald, huh? It was Rodney during rehearsal"! lol

[@jjosport]

That is such a great line and the fact that it likely wasn't scripted makes it even better

[@fromthesidelines]

That was an ad-lib (including the part about "sucking up to Colman").

[@Dobie_Gillis]

What an outstanding show!

[@billd.iniowa2263]

"What is Jack Benny's real age?" That was priceless! Back then they actually WROTE dialog.

[@sandralee9155]

Bill D. in Iowa Look at his eyes and head movement towards the camera when he shows hes upset etc

[@Tmanaz480]

Making Jack choose between $3000 and revealing his age reminds me of the one where Jack is held up. The mugger says "your money or your life"...long pause...Jack says "i'm thinking!"

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Tmanaz480 Check out Jack going into his underground vault on radio, with the chains clanking- and Mel Blanc as the security guard.

[@alfredoprime5495]

Did you notice he revealed his actual age (22 + 39) at the end?

[@degsbabe]

@@alfredoprime5495 wow. He certainly didn't look 49 !!... Somewhere in heaven Jack is smiling.😍

[@donaldbarrett4454]

Vaudeville and Burlesque nurtured a retinue of talented entertainers. There was only one Jack Benny and Groucho was an original. BTW: He brought the house in which I was born; I hope he liked the neighborhood.

[@jjosport]

I wouldn't live in any neighborhood that would allow me to buy a house in it (sorry, I couldn't resist)

[@mdeange3]

The live TV shows are the best in the series. And the live cigarette commercial is an added tip of the hat of early TV.

[@ifbpeanut]

Two comedic geniuses

[@raymondst.pierre4372]

Thank you for making these shows available!

[@oldgoober1]

It goes a show that if you have true talent, you don't have to use the f word every other word, and these were two of the most talented comedians that ever lived

[@nehemiahpersoff9534]

Jack and Groucho great fun

[@dennismatthews5845]

Always the BEST

[@luvsylee]

Loved Rochesters voice!!!

[@frankprovasek5394]

2:45 Jello last sponsored the Jack Benny Program in 1942, 13 years earlier

[@jeffreyjeziorski341]

Jello again, I'm Jack Benny.

[@meandmymouth]

Groucho the greatest comic in history.

[@zapkvr]

+meandmymouth I know. The funniest man to ever live.

[@WilliamHarrison88]

No doubt. The quickest, funniest replies in history. Always a treat to watch Groucho.

[@johneaton9457]

meandmymouth No, Jack was the greatest of all time.

[@raydevries8278]

Except when confronted by his brother Chico.

[@mdeange3]

@@johneaton9457 Jack was also a great actor.

[@jameswoodend6029]

That was a major classic/2 of the greatest comedians of any era both masters of radio and tv and never miss a beat/

[@SkittleKicksPlays]

"What's wrong with my check?" "Well I can telephony too!" One of the best come backs from the great Groucho Marx.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Tell a phony..

[@petertroyan1241]

Classic at it's best.

[@victorbeaumont443]

Peter Troyan dinning sisters

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@victorbeaumont443, ?

[@alliecat1941]

Jack Benny was born in 1894 so when this episode aired he was almost 61

[@quasidiem99]

Which is what he said to Groucho: "Where else can you buy 22 years for $3000?". 39+22=61

[@SuperIliad]

The psychiatrist is played by veteran actress Irene Tedrow, who had 202 TV and Film roles. The sailor was actor (Johnny Ringo), singer and songwriter Don Durant. Female contestant: actress/dancer Jean Mahoney.

[@rexlex1736]

Groucho was my favorite comedian!

[@seamuswarren]

The algorithm must know I am depressed and missing my dad. Dad loved Groucho, Benny, Bogart, Cagney, Wayne etc. We are dust.

[@danielernette3365]

It was Rodney in rehearsal. Benny almost broke character. Only Groucho could do that.

[@williambaxter4628]

Don't forget Bob Hope as well.

[@toyman81]

Mr. Benny was actually 61 years old when this episode aired.

[@thewkovacs316]

he looked great for 61

[@rmhartman]

that jackpot question was brilliant

[@billsmith5985]

Groucho's famous leering, 'crouching walk'', came about when he saw Lon Chaney as the "Hunchback of Notre Dame", in 1923. He simply copied it.

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

Bill Smith Cool!

[@bubgum00]

These guys are cracking me up.

[@jhbluestar]

Groucho was ahead of my time but I did get to see his shows on reruns. Without a doubt the two BIGGEST comedy greats were Jack Benny and Groucho. Didnt need adult cross the line humor because they were that good. Comedians of today cant touch the bottomof the shoes of these two! Even the cars were better looking and the women had real beauty and class! It was horrible what happened to Groucho in his last years. That woman he was with should have been put into stocks out in the town square and everyone given rotten eggs to throw! She was indeed the belly of the snake! Thankyou for posting this, it was wonderful to see again!

[@loudredflipflops]

I love Jack Benny!

[@royb2251]

Groucho was 65 years old and both were still sharp👌🏻 Comedy at its finest 👍🏻

[@howdyradio934]

"Thank you for the upload.💘 Watching from NSW Australia."

[@algoritmosalfredohipicasig7116]

Five years later, Irene Tedrow appeared in an episode of Mr. Lucky and I'm not just blowing smoke.

[@echoecho3108]

Oh, dude, that was bad. (Gigglegigglegiggle) Go stand in the corner. 🙄😊

[@fredericmartin7148]

How nice to discover so many Jack Benny fans in the comments. I also notice a high level of literacy in the commenters, especially when compared to the poor spelling, bad grammar, and outright gibberish of commenters on most other KZbin videos. We have raised 3 generations of dunces now thanks to our failed public schools ... and colleges.

[@kurtdriver]

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson was always fantastic in this role.

[@lyndapierson6338]

when humor was simple and simply funny

[@maya8443]

You're absolutely right, now we're stuck with dane cook and Amy Schumer... Trashy comedy. 😞

[@perrywhite2856]

There wasn't a foul word or sexual reference, yet the humor was fast moving and hilarious!

[@surrealfarm]

One of the finest things about Jack Benny was his loyalty to his friends, particularly Eddie Anderson. Jack was color blind to race. Once, when they had their show on the road, a hotel refused to let Eddie stay there because of his color. Jack had booked most of the hotel for his cast and crew. He told the hotel management if Eddie didn't get to stay there, NONE of them would stay there. And he meant it. Eddie stayed there and was treated well. Eddie had a gambling problem, so Jack managed his money for him all of his life, and kept him on an allowance, so he wouldn't get in serious trouble from it.

[@coleslow5519]

The part of the hotel story is right, but the gambling and the money problems of Rochester are unheard. That's not the story of Rochester. Check the wikipedia.

[@chrischeshire6528]

Eddie Anderson never had a gambling problem. He owned a home and his parents lived on one side and his wife's parents lived on the other side. Jack's only complaint about Eddie was his showing up late for Saturday rehearsals.

[@stevewerris3862]

I in

[@mikelebouef1023]

He told me to divide it, he didn’t say how🤣💀

[@sandralee9155]

love u I just subscribed! I'd have loved to have been married to Jack! way fun!

[@RonnyFakename]

that lady holding it together between two giants of comedy is amazing