Vintage SUNDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN: THE JACK BENNY STORY 1st Edition/1st Printing

Description: Vintage SUNDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN: THE JACK BENNY STORY 1st Edition/1st Printing BY JACK BENNY AND HIS DAUGHTER JOAN WITH A FOREWORD BY GEORGE BURNS Well preserved 1st Edition/1st Printing copy of this fantastic book, slight wear on the dust jacket. "Like spending one more evening with the most likable man I've ever known. This is the real Jack-warm, funny and surprisingly vulnerable." -Gregory Peck "Jack Benny is alive and well between the covers of this wonderful book.” -Alan King "To those of us who knew Jack, this makes it possible to spend a few days with him again." -Jack Paar — Reader Reviews: 5.0 out of 5 stars LSMFT Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco, I have heard Joan Benny on various radio programs over the years and she truly was blessed to have Mr. Benny as a father. Unlike many of the Mommy & Daddy dearest books written by the children of celebrities this books tells of an enchanted childhood growing up in Hollywood's golden age, Many of Mr. Benny's insights on his contemporaries like Fred Allen & George Burns as well as his defense that the Rochester character was NOT explotive of African Americans are insightful. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson was one of the highest paid comedians of his generation and owned a large house with servants, numerous automobiles, & large chunks of California real estate. Eddie and Jack were great friends for many years and Eddie was very broken up at Jack's funeral. The numerous radio interviews Joan Benny did on Larry King and several other stations are usually found on Jack Benny radio show collection CDs sold on Ebay & elsewhere and make for a wonderful companion for this book. — 5.0 out of 5 stars Good timeline of the electronic age I loved this book. It talked about the history of electronic entertainment (radio, television and finally the early moving pictures) that I was mostly unfamiliar with or had forgotten. As each form of entertainment became available to Americans, I liked thinking about how my great-grandparents, grandparents and parents responded to them. There was a lot of name-dropping about the stars of each entertainment form, which I enjoyed. These were names I had heard of at some point and of which I was vaguely familiar. It was good to learn how these people fit into the entertainment scene, what exactly they did, with whom they were friends, etc. Again, as a genealogist, I asked myself, “What did great-grandparents Emil and Selma think of him/her?” “Did my grandparents dance to that song?” “Did my parents play this song?” Having grown up in California and being familiar with Los Angeles and Hollywood, it was nice to read about how and why people lived there in the early days. For example, at Jack Benny’s homes in Hollywood, there was no security necessary. When buses of tourists drove around the neighborhood, Jack would often run out of the house to meet the bus and say “hi”. Jack’s family lived just next door to George Burns’ family for some years. The two families became quite close. My husband and I have found a place where we can rent the Jack Benny show, which was on “Sunday Nights at Seven”. We’ve found much of the humor still funny today. I look forward to renting the shows of the other people mentioned in the book!

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