Jack Benny-Mel Blanc

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Comedy

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• comedy

[vince065us]

This may have been originally broadcast between 1966-68.

[DanielSimpsonDayye]

@vince065us Yes,this was a special aired in 1980 after Jack had passed away,showing high lights of his past shows.

[vince065us]

What year was this recorded?

[DanielSimpsonDayye]

@vince065us 1980

[beasst94]

whoever disliked this was in the tijuana brass

[logancody05]

Jack Benny's not saying anything and just giving that deadpan expression is funnier that a thousand Eddie Murphy's and his filthy mouth.

[CarGuyZM10]

What are the names of the songs played?

[bailinnumberguy]

Even all these years later you just watch Benny and marvel at his timing and pitch perfect dead pan reactions. The master.

[wilfredius1304]

Fantastic funny - GREAT!

[RawChristianSuperman]

Man this would be so politically incorrect these days.

[dharmaseed]

Part of the reason for Jack's deadpan expression in this sketch was to prevent him from laughing uncontrollably. You could see it on his face every time he and Mel did this routine, or a variation.

[keysersoze78]

What are the name of the song that mel played? its quite catchy i must say

[67nairb]

@flojogrande "LOL!"

[flojogrande]

@flojogrande as an additional note the Sousaphone is the type used in Marching bands and supported by the left shoulder. I believed it was named after the Marching band composer John Phillips Sousa.

[flojogrande]

@67nairb - "Si!"

[67nairb]

@vince065us By this time comedy and satire were dramatically changing.The clean gentle comedy of Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, Milton Berle and others were being eclipsed by dirty humor of Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and others. The former though had died in 1966.