Jack Benny hosts Hollywood Palace (5 of 5)

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Jack Benny hosts Hollywood Palace (5 of 5)

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  • @jenny1340 Because she sang the song in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, Kitty Carlisle expected "Love in Bloom" to be HER signature...only to be there when an orchestra struck up the tune as a joke when Jack Benny entered.

  • @jenny1340 I imagine the footage exists .. currently CBS refuses to restore its library of Jack Benny Shows, I guess they figure they won't make any money off the effort.

  • Jack actually did this only once on his television series, in 1953. The sketch was the "60 Piece Orchestra Skit" and was the only time he performed seriously on his own show (he played Love in Bloom and spent $6000 to hire the orchestra, and rehearsed the performance over 20 times). I think that episode has been lost to time (I'm still trying to find at least a kinnie), but there are news clippings about it. In benefit concerts he gave in the late 50s to 70s, he always played the best he could.

  • So Jack could play the violin after all! I suppose it got more laughs to be a pretentious and terrible violinist as opposed to a half-assed and serious one. This is a real treasure! I think this is the only time he has ever performed in this fashion.

  • Mamma mia. Grazie.

  • INCREDIBLE!!!!

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