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Jack Benny 1 10.00%
Mary Livingston 1 10.00%
Rochester 1 10.00%
Don Wilson 0 0%
Phil Harris 0 0%
Dennis Day 0 0%
That 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEYESSSSSSS?' Guy 3 30.00%
The Phone Operators 0 0%
Mel Blanc 4 40.00%
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Old 7th May 2025, 08:56 AM
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Which Jack Benny Show Character Do You Identify With?
Yes, I know you don't have a clue who these people are. That's the fun part.
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Old 7th May 2025, 09:33 AM
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The only one I don't immediately know is Phil Harris. Was he just a radio show guy?

In the Giraffe Boards President poll, I voted for Rochester but he's not the one I identify with in this poll. He would often say 'okay boss' and keep calm when I probably would not.
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Old 7th May 2025, 10:19 AM
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Scary that I remember that Jack Benny's theme song was Love In Bloom.
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Old 7th May 2025, 10:38 AM
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I had to go with Jack, because he usually didn't know what was going on, and was clueless [of course, he was faking that for comedy purposes], as everyone made him look like a fool. Story of my life...
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The only one I don't immediately know is Phil Harris. Was he just a radio show guy
Pretty much, yes. He was the bandleader and his character was sort of an egotistical hepcat. If I understand correctly, he couldn't do the TV show because he was signed to an exclusive contract with another network.
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Old 7th May 2025, 11:28 AM
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I barely know anything about the show, so I voted for the voice of Bugs Bunny.

He was the car or something?

Did he do anything else on the show?
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Old 7th May 2025, 11:36 AM
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Ah, I remember Jack. He had two boys, David and Ricky and a wife named Lucy. Great show.
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Old 7th May 2025, 01:41 PM
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The only stuff I know about Jack Benny is from when Radar did his Jack Benny impression on MASH.
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If I reveal my identity then you'll all know that I'm a secret agent deep under cover.
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I barely know anything about the show, so I voted for the voice of Bugs Bunny.

He was the car or something?

Did he do anything else on the show?
He was sort of the utility infielder; he did the parrot ("WAUGH! Benny's a cheapskate, Benny's a cheapskate! SQUAWK!"), Jack's tortured music teacher Professor LeBlanc, Sy ("Sy?" "Si.") and extra characters as needed.
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Who is Jack Benny?
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Who is Jack Benny?!?? Only the biggest benzedrine dealer on the west coast, thats all!
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Wikipedia to the rescue!... well, err... sorta...
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Who is Jack Benny?
He was the musician behind the most famous rendition of the song When You Say "I Beg Your Pardon", Then I'll Come Back to You
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Jack Benny didn't make a lot of movies. The Horn Blows At Midnight became a running gag on his show as an example of his lack of success on the silver screen. But he did make one very funny movie, To Be Or Not To Be with Carole Lombard and a very young Robert Stack.
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Should've tossed in Fred Allen to completely confuse people...
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Should've tossed in Fred Allen to completely confuse people...
I know Fred Allen from What's My Line.
My wife enjoyed watching those on the old game show network and YouTube.
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Toss in Gracie Allen and Fred Astaire, if you really want to blow some {MJ-infused} minds.
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Fred Allen had a long-running (fake) feud with Jack Benny is the connection.

Some of you (Any of you?) may also remember the recurring character of Senator Cleghorn on Allen's radio show who was the inspiration for Foghorn Leghorn.
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Fred Allen had a long-running (fake) feud with Jack Benny is the connection.

Some of you (Any of you?) may also remember the recurring character of Senator Cleghorn on Allen's radio show who was the inspiration for Foghorn Leghorn.
And the Senator was inspired by an actual Politician, now forgotten in the depth of time.
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The only one I don't immediately know is Phil Harris. Was he just a radio show guy
Pretty much, yes. He was the bandleader and his character was sort of an egotistical hepcat. If I understand correctly, he couldn't do the TV show because he was signed to an exclusive contract with another network.
Forgot to mention, nowadays he's best remembered as Baloo the Bear in Disney's The Jungle Book.
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