Eddie Rochester Anderson and The Sportsmen Quartet

[blkchk]

The Jack Benny radio shows are available at archives.org. You can actually track the evolution of his character and relationship with Jack Benny by listening to those. He was wildly popular often getting louder applause than Jack Benny. It also shows just how talented Jack Benny was. Worth listening to.

[yaya4now2]

Singing and dancing with a mop after his first run through -- what a talent! RIP Mr. Anderson. A role model for the generation who thinks they are the S***!

[Okpolosi]

A national treasure :)

[parisel313]

i like Mr. Anderson and hate that aryan quartet!

[Blackjesus3]

eddie sure was and still is a legend

[blkchk]

He died an extremely wealthy man and the Eddie Rochester Anderson Foundation still provides services today in California.

[BCoriginal1]

Such a gifted entertainer. It's milestone actors like him,Stepin Fetchit,and countless others are an inspirational to me especially as a Black actor.

[gregwi562]

@BCoriginal1 I couldn't agree with you more on Rochester. But I can't disagree with you more on Stepin Fetchit. I love watch Rochester because he makes you laugh with him. I never could stand Stepin Fetchin because he can only laugh at him.

[Bradwillrockyou]

Eddie Anderson! What a great talent he was. Fantastic dancer as well as a genius comic.

[fromthesidelines]

This was actually an "integrated commercial" from the mid-'50s {a specialty The Sportsmen usually delivered in the middle of the Benny program}. Note the pack of Lucky Strike on the ashtray on top of the piano- an additional chorus [originally at 1:34] was omitted from this reissue print where they (and Rochester) sang the praises of Luckies, incorporating the cigarette's slogans of the time, "Be Happy- Go Lucky" and "Better Tasting Lucky Strike"...

[ellington56]

I loved Rochester.

[cannibaljuice]

He is so cute