When people remember Jack Benny today, they usually think of the comic persona that made him one of the biggest stars of American entertainment: the eternally 39-year-old skinflint whose violin ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Jack Benny became one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century--by being the top radio comedian, when the comics ruled radio, and ...

Jack Benny was a regular on his own radio program since 1932. He brought the program, with his underplayed humor, to television along with his radio regulars. Jack, who remained thirty-nine-years-old, ...

To understand how he pulled off this quiet revolution, here is the story of how Jack Benny changed entertainment forever—told in the words of his daughter and the historians who knew his legacy best.