#jack benny

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story. ↗

— Bob Newhart

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I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice. ↗

— Phil Hartman

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When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in. ↗

— Bob Hope

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I was not influenced by Jack Benny, and people have remarked on my timing and Jack's timing, but I don't think you can teach timing. It's something you hear in your head. ↗

— Bob Newhart

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My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing. ↗

— Don Knotts

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I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings. ↗

— Dwayne Hickman

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I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny. ↗

— Joan Collins

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