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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DIGITAL1STOP
EAN: 0683904505927
Format: DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Mill Creek Entertainment
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 1260 minutes
Sales Rank: 11348
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
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Product Description:
BEST OF JACK BENNY ()
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Jack Benny is appealing as always
I was/am a fan of Jack Benny. But I didn't find these shows as compelling as I anticipated. Humor back then was much more casual than today; it was interesting to see the various guest stars, but the skits lack the boffo laughs I was expecting. It's a pleasant trip down memory lane, but not much more than that...I smiled and chuckled occasionally, but don't expect humor on the scale of "Cheers", "Will & Grace", etc.
Rating:  - Excellent Selection of the Best Comedy Show of the 1950's
There were funnier shows in the 1950's, "Abbott and Costello," "I Love Lucy" (from 1952-1955), "Milton Berle," "Honeymooners" and "I Married Joan," but these only lasted, or were funny, for two or three years, "The Jack Benny Show" lasted amazingly from 1950 till 1965. From this collection, a good selection from many of these years, it is clear that the Jack Benny show was consistently funny for all those years.
This is the best collection on the market. Even the ones that are no longer ... Read More
Rating: - A great collection of complete Jack Benny Program episodes
This is the most entertainment I have gotten for under ten dollars in a long time - four discs of complete episodes of The Jack Benny Program and various other shows in which Jack appeared, including that of George Burns and Gracie Allen. Just about every star of the 50's and 60's shows up on Jack's show, and the show is presented complete with commercials in most cases. This is most interesting since Lucky Strike cigarettes sponsored Benny's show for much of its tenure. How ironic to see Humphrey Bogart ... Read More
Rating: - "Oh, Don...Don Wilson..."
Granted, the quality of the prints in this release aren't stellar and in fact, the final frames of a few shows are missing. But they're not all that bad either, and given that we're provided with a whopping 1,260 minutes of entertainment on four disks for <$10, I think some perspective is in order. We're treated to some of the earliest shows--from the short-lived days of the single sponsor--which include Lucky Strike commercials that are actually incorporated into the episodes themselves (earlier than I remember, ... Read More
Rating: - Classic, if Scratchy, Television
Jack Benny, America's greatest radio comedian, dipped his toes into the television waters in 1949 for his new bosses at CBS. He must have liked the medium because he stayed until 1965. While never the top television comic, his legendary status as both a performer and a human being helped CBS to gain stature as the top network in TV's early days.
Unlike his friend Lucille Ball, his television shows were only sporadically recorded and not always in the best quality. They tend to be similar to the "Honeymooners' ... Read More
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