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  1. Wayne Newton Wins Restraining Order Against Landlord, Stalling His Museum

    Fri, 1 Jun 2012

    trove of keepsakes and collectibles intended for exhibit. They include, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jack Benny 's violin. Newton also has failed, says Kennedy, to reduce the property's herd of horses, which includes Arabians

  2. Wayne Newton Battles Ugly Lawsuit Over 'Graceland West'

    Wed, 23 May 2012

    trove of keepsakes and collectibles intended for exhibit. They include, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jack Benny 's violin. Newton also has failed, says Kennedy, to reduce the property's herd of horses, which includes Arabians

  3. Friars Club Classics Now Online

    Sun, 10 Oct 2010

    have made available online "The Classic Friars Club Roasts ," a DVD box set featuring roasts of legendary comedians Jack Benny , Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis , Don Rickles and Johnny Carson . Video of the roasts is accompanied by a DVD of previously

  4. EXCERPT: 'When Everything Changed,' by Gail Collins

    Fri, 9 Oct 2009

    In 1960, the nominees for the Emmy for best comedy show were The Bob Cummings Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Jack Benny Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Phil Silvers Show and Father Knows Best.) When a script did turn its attention to

  5. Excerpt: 'The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe,' by J. Randy Taraborrelli

    Mon, 24 Aug 2009

    assembled to celebrate the birthday of President John F. Kennedy. Frank Sinatra was present, as were Diahann Carroll, Jack Benny , Henry Fonda, Leontyne Price, and many other luminaries. Each of them took to the stage to perform after being introduced

  6. Excerpt: 'Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon'

    Mon, 29 Jun 2009

    on a nearby golf course; in time, they were joined by Spiro Agnew, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, Sargent Shriver, Jack Benny , Cardinal Cooke, Daniel Patrick Monynihan, Barry Goldwater, Johnny Carson, Gianni Agnelli, Prince Napoleon of Paris

News

  1. Exit Brain, Enter Computer

    Thu, 11 Sep 2008

    all change tomorrow if one of our big radio telescope were to pick up, say, the Alpha Centauri equivalent of the " Jack Benny Show." But for now you can help but sense a growing unease among researchers that just maybe the Drake equation is

  2. Entertainer Merv Griffin Dead at 82

    Sun, 12 Aug 2007

    Griffin didn't so much interview his guests as hang out with him. He joked around with such stars as Don Rickles and Jack Benny . And he sat down with political figures Bobby Kennedy, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and Richard Nixon. He had

  3. ABC News' The Note: First Source for Political News

    Wed, 8 Sep 2004

    his father was President, which is as credible as her story that then Governor and Nancy Reagan smoked marijuana with Jack Benny and George and Gracie Burns." Mrrrrrow! "And tonight on CBS, longtime Democratic operative Ben Barnes -- a friend

  4. ABC News' The Note: First Source for Political News

    Wed, 8 Sep 2004

    his father was President, which is as credible as her story that then Governor and Nancy Reagan smoked marijuana with Jack Benny and George and Gracie Burns." Mrrrrrow! "And tonight on CBS, longtime Democratic operative Ben Barnes-a friend

  5. What Happens to Movies After the Star Dies?

    Wed, 29 Aug 2001

    a soldier aimed at a gun at the actor's head, was deleted prior to release. A line in To Be or Not to Be in which Jack Benny asks, "What can happen in a plane?" was cut after the film's wisecracking beauty Carole Lombard died in a 1942

Videos

  1. March 9, 1996: Remembering George Burns

    Mon, 21 Feb 2011

    death in 1964 devastated burns and his career faded but ten years later another loss brought him back. His best friend Jack Benny died and burns grieving again took over role in the sunshine boys. If you're probably living our defeat pro. Do you

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    but ten years later another loss brought him back. His best friend Jack Benny died and burns grieving again took over -- role in the sunshine boys. If you're probably living our defeat pro. Do you
  2. 'View': Is Using a Speechwriter Cheating?

    Fri, 19 Sep 2008

    don't want to lot of Canadians in the old as I was tightness in the fifties and sixties they had Bob Hope and judge Jack Benny . And Milton people like that and they all used to joke right it's probably a 100% of the time right. But they have

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    tightness in the fifties and sixties they had Bob Hope and judge Jack Benny . And Milton -- people like that and they all used to joke right it's probably a 100% of the time right. But
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