When America Had Talent S01E09

Jack Benny and George Burns

[@Phillyfan45]

Phil on Benny’s radio show “HEY JACKSON!” I could just imagine Jack’s face every time Phil called him that. 😆😆😆 But seriously, Burns, Benny and Harris will never be forgotten.

[@constantreader7944]

Phil Harris was a legend. The Jungle Book, mid 60s Disney!!!

[@paulhammons7077]

Was like man I know that voice

[@michaelmcclellan6944]

Jack Benny had a magical voice and could tell jokes....a wonderful mix

[@bryangadow1459]

Phil had been part of Jack's show since the 30s, and had his own radio program for years. Very talented.

[@BadWebDiver]

Best known as the voice of Walt Disney's Baloo.

[@XanBos]

Jack Benny and George Burns to me were two of the the funniest comedians on stage and film. Separately they could hold an audience with their jokes, but together they would keep the audience rolling in the isles. George wrote in one of his books about having dinner with Jack... Where Jack wanted a biscuit, or toast, with butter. George said so have the bread and butter. Jack explained that he couldn't because Mary, his wife, says it's not good for him. George, replied that Mary wasn't there, so have the bread and butter. Jack orders the bread and the butter, consuming it happily. Upon the conclusion of the meal, the check was brought to the table... George intently shoves the check over to Jack to pay... Jack inquires why should he pay for the check? To which George remarks that if Jack didn't pay the check George would tell Mary about the bread and butter.... Jack paid the check. These and other stories of the two are what made comedy what it was. Oh we have comedians today, and some are quite funny. But Jack and George were more than that, and we got to eaves drop into parts of their lives, because they constantly talked about it. Those of you who want to be funny, should learn from the old masters. Thanks so much for giving me a good laugh.

[@nitrain32]

Phil was actually the longtime bandleader of the Jack Benny Radio show. His reputation as a hard-drinking womanizer was just part of the act, he was the opposite in real life, married to Alice Faye for 54 years until his death. Oh, he was actually a pretty good golfer too, winning some of those pro-am tournaments

[@jasonodom7396]

They actually had their own show also.

[@glorifiedng]

@@jasonodom7396 I find them on SiriusXM Classic Radio channel.

[@knighth2452]

Phil Harris was a regular on the Jack Benny Program on radio along with Jack's real life wife Mary Livingston.

[@arip9234]

Wonderful clean talented entertainment....looks easy but to sing like that...always in tune and tempo....

[@briansf7012]

This is great. These were the good year's

[@minervagalvez4748]

HILARIOUS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOVE CLASSIC HUMOR 💋💋💋!!!

[@willycarr4957]

any of us would be honored to have a true friend like either one of these guys

[@authorlydiagreen1862]

I stumbled across The Burns and Allen show a few years ago and I was hooked very entertaining.

[@canuck_gamer3359]

Two things strike me as I watch these old shows and routines and I am watching from Canada btw, so no one can accuse me of being red or blue. I am always so impressed by the fact that any time they referred to the President, whether by name or not they did so with respect for the office. And secondly, the humor had a simplicity and innocence which was the entire point. These programs were supposed to be a distraction, a diversion from daily life and daily worries. Now our 'entertainment' just rehashes the same issues and stresses people have but with an even more mean spiritedness than the news media! Instead of diversions for people, it's piling on and making things worse! It's incredible to me how bad things have become and no one seems to either notice or care where it all came from. These videos are treasures to me, I enjoy watching a few minutes every day and without fail I leave the screen smiling and sometimes even chuckling under my breath. Great stuff!!

[@MaskedMan66]

Jack and Phil's arguments about "That's What I Like About the South" go back to the 1940's.

[@Rawk4Life]

Jack Benny and George Burns were the original Bromance.

[@markschildberg1667]

Poor George was devastated when Jack passed away. He was to have spoken at Jack’s funeral but could only get a few words out.

[@marciadiehl5733]

At 10:00 that is Phil Harris. He was a very popular singer and entertainer back in the 1950's and 1960's. The first time I ever heard about him was when he sang some of the tunes on the Walt Disney Jungle Book movie that was made way back in the 1960's.

[@HandwhistlerBen]

Phil Harris is the man singing, "That's what I like about the South".

[@russbissett]

He was the voice of Baloo in the original Disney's Jungle book

[@wlddg1962]

Jack Benny radio show had Phil Harris conducting the band. He was married to Alice Faye. they had own radio show.

[@nville8795]

Great video

[@traceya9615]

Yes, Phil Harris had a wonderful voice - speaking and laughing. Real warmth and magic. If you can, listen to "The Bare Necessities" and " I Wanna Be Like You" again. His improvisation on the latter is so great: "Getting MAD, baby!" made all the recording studio crack up. It's fantastic to see Jack, George, Bob and Phil like this.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Phil Harris and Alice Faye were a legendary Hollywood couple

[@magicbypete1]

Phil Harris was well known star of his day and also known for his "drinking" in the same manner as Dean Martin or Ed McMahon.

[@CathyChester]

You have no idea who "the guy" is at the end. Hmm. It's PHIL HARRIS! Google him and learn what a great entertainer he was.

[@StevenTorrey]

You are posting videos pretending to claim there was a time when America had talent and yet you have no idea who Phil Harris is? Bandleader from 30 and 40s, actor, singer, married to Alice Fay, etc.

[@docdurdin]

He's a kid.. Give em a break..

[@OldTelivisionRocks]

docdurdin I know who Phil Harris is and I'm a kid. Also if you know who Jack Benny is.....you sure as hell should know who Phil Harris is.

[@gregganderson5458]

No excuse.

[@mejess1964]

Phil Harris was O'Malley the Alley Cat, Little John, and Balu!

[@millerforester6237]

I have read all of George Burns' (Nathan Burnbaum) books. He is the wittiest person I have ever know. Every paragraph is a gem.

[@Thursdaym2]

Beat me to it. Remember Dark Town Poker Club and Woodman Spare that Tree from his early years. As a kid used to listen to them on Dad's 78s. Much later of course came Bare Nececcities.

[@rebeccacahill1000]

That's ecactly how i found Phil... Lover ever since- wore those records out

[@shmikeymo]

I just watched "An American in Paris " at The Palace Theatre on Broadway. What a beautiful place

[@richardfawkes7085]

Phil Was the voice of Balu in Disney's "Jungle Book" and sang "The Bear Nessisities"

[@minervagalvez4748]

I love you when you get mad!!! LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!

[@fredferd965]

They were Giants!!!!!

[@jimhanold9026]

A fun clip from one of the Dean Martin celebrity "roasts"!

[@sammymarks1666]

What I like about the south Phil Harris 100%

[@johnswackyworld]

when people laughed without the F word !! now people dont laugh it seems without bad language

[@NellsStuff]

The bit with Phil is the same as one used on the radio show years earlier, with a few updates.

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

Yes. America HAD ( past tense) talent. In all venues it had talent.....real talent. Sadly now gone from our landscape. Replaced by vulgar, obscene nobodies who hate their country. It's so sad that today's youth will never know the likes of Hope, Benny, Burns and Allan, Skelton.....only to mention a few. One more thing worth noting....... People used to have the capacity and willingness to laugh at themselves. A very healthy thing. Gone!! And that is a very, very bad sign. The youth of today are in for a very bleak future in so many ways. God help them.

[@karinday6128]

Love Phil Harris in the ensemble. He also was on the dean martin show and voice of Thomas O’Malley on the Aristocats.

[@jameswheatley3808]

Phil Harris was O'Malley the Ally cat from the Aristocats

[@eugenesaint1231]

Phil Harris was the bear (Baloo) in The Jungle Book. Just sane... :^) Saint

[@patchreefs]

Phil Harris is the singer.I think he was a voice in the jungle book.

[@melodysledgister2468]

He was the voice of Balloo the Bear! He and Mowgli sang The Bare Necessities!

[@Pashasmom1]

@@melodysledgister2468 He also sang with Louis Prima - I Wanna Be Like You from the Jungle Book.

[@gregganderson5458]

Phil Harris! PHIL HARRIS!! PHIL HARRIS!!! Come on! There was no excuse for you to not know who this was. (Look it up on Wikipedia) Wow! If you truly didn't know you needed to look it up. That was an offense to Phil Harris, Jack Benny and all of us older folks who know exactly who Phil Harris was. Really?!! Phil was Jack's bandleader during the radio years and was constantly bantering with Jack as you see in this clip. He also had many TV appearances and he appeared and starred in Movies including a few with Jack, did voice work for several Disney animated films.... etc. Maybe you have seen the Disney 1967 "Jungle Book" in which you will hear a lot of Phil Harris as the voice of Baloo.

[@r.thompson2190]

Very classy guy

[@Bapulas]

That's Phil Harris :)

[@CusterFlux]

Jack's voice is awesome - my guess is the clarity & pacing came from years of projecting on a live stage in Vaudeville: before amplification, where to deliver a joke properly, you had to be certain everyone in the room could make it out: I keep falling into Jimmy Stewart when I try to imitate him though ... gotta work on this one.

[@gregganderson5458]

Yes, Vaudeville was a great institution; was the training ground for some of the finest well rounded and polished entertainers we have ever known.

[@rebeccacahill1000]

How do these ever get thumbs down?? Love this

[@LadyNolaJ]

Didn’t Phil Harris do the voice of the Big ‘ol Bear in the original Disney’s “Jungle Book”?

[@thewkovacs316]

baloo

[@mikepatrick9685]

Balou

[@James7796ify]

He died in 1973. So 1973 the absolute latest minus 55 years from the phone call is 1918? Jesus

[@JakeMabe1]

He died in December 1974.

[@James7796ify]

+Jake Mabe my point is the phone call was about 100 years ago now

[@mrjohnk39]

"I don't know who this guy is"? And you keep say George goBELL, despite the fact they say his name in the clip? I really DO enjoy the clips you post (S01E05 was AWESOME!) But one doubts you really know what you are talking about! If you really appreciate "vintage TV" it should be easy to find out that's Phil Harris.

[@vicmclaglen1631]

Those questions from the audience were obviously scripted though

[@minervagalvez4748]

Yes!!! And they are STILL HILARIOUS 🤣🤣🤣!!!

[@scottcarter1113]

Well, looks like Mr. Evans heard from enough folks as to who Phil Harris is----so let's move on, (but first, Iet me add Hey ! -- it's NICE to see a younger person acknowledge the abundance of talent that existed in days gone by.) Eventually you'll be more familiar with the names. I'd suggest listening to Benny's classic radio program, particularly in the Forties....there are countless bits (many featuring Phil Harris). The true greats relied on their abilities---not teleprompters, lip-syncing, or habitually resorting to sex jokes and vulgarity to get a laugh. Thanks for your KZbin vids, Mr. Evans.

[@vincentconti3633]

I remember

[@chrislawrence8236]

Phill Harris yes

[@Flint3162]

Yep...Phil Harris! But the first version I knew of "About the South" was Bob Wills...still my favorite! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHzboH2BqdR7hpo

[@nealsausen4651]

What do you mean you don’t know who the singer is?! It’s Phil Harris he was famous! Who are the comedian and singer! Boy you must be really young, narrator!

[@bangersmash1566]

hmm! now I know.

[@larryharbin6802]

Bill Wills is the guy you didnt know.

[@vincentconti3633]

He worked because he liked the juice. He did not have money problems...that is a myth.

[@Gerlad970]

To bad you care more about being seen, than showing the content first.

[@aljones3151]

Phil harris Jacks band lader

[@majorharris8194]

#Metoo file suit against Jack for sexual harassment.

[@teresalynn8717]

Different time hon

[@gmscurto]

can't believe you know who Jack Benny is but not Phil Harris, WOW! I agree that you should Google his name and then apologize to the internet for your ignorance. :D

[@CusterFlux]

Jack's voice is awesome - my guess is the clarity & pacing came from years of projecting on a live stage in Vaudeville: before amplification, where to deliver a joke properly, you had to be certain everyone in the room could make it out: I keep falling into Jimmy Stewart when I try to imitate him though ... gotta work on this one.