Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Jack Bennywas an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth14 February 1894
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I practice three hours daily on my violin so I won't get worse.
When I give concerts, the tickets sell for five dollars to one hundred dollars, but for my concerts the five-dollar seats are down in front... the further back you go, the more you have to pay. The hundred dollar seats are the last two rows, and those tickets go like hotcakes! In fact, if you pay two hundred dollars you don't have to come at all.
Everything good that happened to me happened by accident.
Modesty is my best quality.
I took my girl to dinner, and she laughed so hard at one of my jokes that she dropped her tray.
A rich man is one who isn't afraid to ask the salesperson to show him something cheaper.
When you talk about the world's greatest entertainer you have to say Al Jolson because there was no one like him. Only Judy Garland and perhaps Frank Sinatra got anywhere near him!
I feel responsible for Johnny Ray's success. See many years ago I asked him to be on my show and he asked for a lot of money and I cried. And he stole that from me.
Comedy itself is based upon very old principles of which I can readily name seven. They are, in short: the joke, exaggeration, ridicule, ignorance, surprise, the pun, and finally, the comic situation.
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.
My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.