Frank Nelson torments Jack Benny

There wasn't a single Frank Nelson clip on youtube, which stunned me since he's one of the most recognizable voices of all time. What is it he's famous for? You'll pick it out pretty quick.

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[mikethesmooth]

I HAD A STRROOOOOKE

[BlueKewne]

I had a STROOOOKE.

[bloggerccc]

I'm 70 and a retired engineer. I have a good recollection of the progress of color TV. From 1954 until the mid-1960s, NBC was the only network doing a lot of colorcasting because their parent company RCA, held a lot of patents for color TV receivers and wanted to promote color. Jack Benny was on CBS until 1965 and even his last shows were in B&W, as far as I can tell.

[Oldiesmann]

According to TV.com, this episode originally aired on December 18th, 1960. This is from the "Jack Goes Christmas Shopping" episode. I believe the full episode is also here on YT.

[cleidi orenzo]

Yeeeessssssss we realize what he's really famous for!!!!



[The23rdPrototype]

I love frank nelson

[R T]

I was thinking more of early 50s, but you could right that it's from a show in 1960 or sometime from that era.

Color TV was something that not everyone in the early 60s had as the sets were very expensive and not all stations broadcast in color. I won't say the Rose Parade wasn't nationally known, but I'm sure there were many with their first sets who hadn't ever heard of it.

BTW, the Rose Parade was broadcast on radio before TV.

[Mike Newton]

Everyone in America knew about the Rose Bowl parade as it was on television New Years Day. There was color television at the time of this program.....the early Sixties.

[DocRunaway]

oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzz­zz

[Torstein C]

The two top comments are the same.. oh noez

[R T]

He says a joke about the rose parade when likely that was a local joke.

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Mr. Nelson, yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­sssssss, which level is left to to the sone-what--not out of your mind?  Third floor, tirn left at your firs right.

[tetrisclock]

It feels like there was a character on Simpsons who sounded exactly like Jack Benny.