Directory of Benny, Jack Resources

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Born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894, Jack Benny went through a number of name changes until finally becoming Jack Benny circa 1920. His career spanned vaudeville, radio, television and movies. Jack appeared in more than 30 movies but was best known for The Jack Benny Show which began in 1934 and ran for 33 years on radio then television, finally going off the air in 1965 when Jack was 71. Jack continued to host specials and make personal appearances until his death in 1974.

Resources in This Category

• Comedy-O-Rama: Jack Benny

  http://www.comedyorama.com/great/jack/benny.htm
  1947 Newsweek article.

• International Jack Benny Fan Club

  http://www.jackbenny.org/
  Home page of the International Jack Benny Fan Club. Free membership. Publisher of the Jack Benny Times newsletter. Information about tape trading, IJBFC show library, sources for obtaining programs, classified ads for collectors and discussion forum.

• Internet Movie Database: Jack Benny

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000912/
  Contains filmography, trivia and image gallery.

• Jack Benny Mp3s of the Week

  http://jackbennymp3s.tripod.com/
  Radio show broadcasts in MP3 format.

• Jack Benny's footprints in cement

  http://seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/ChineseForecourtPhoto(JackBenny).shtml
  Photo of Jack Benny's handprints and footprints in cement at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

• Jack Benny's grave

  http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/JackBennysGravePhoto.shtml
  A photo of Jack Benny's grave, and related links.

• Jack Benny's Hollywood

  http://www.seeing-stars.com/StarIndexes/JackBenny.shtml
  Los Angeles locales related to Jack Benny's life and death.

• The Jack Benny Program

  http://jtec.freeservers.com/entertainment/radio/benny.htm
  Introductory guide to "The Jack Benny Program" features photos and a look at the show's simple premise and some of its characters.

• The Jack Benny Show

  http://www.crazyabouttv.com/jackbennytv.html
  Trivia, description, episode and cast member information for the 1950s Jack Benny television show.

• Well! The Jack Benny Page

  http://petrafan.tripod.com/default.htm
  News, merchandise reviews, biographies and memorabilia related to Jacks' radio show.

• Yahoo! Movies: Jack Benny

  http://movies.yahoo.com/person/jack-benny/
  Contains biography and filmography.

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