![]() Jack’s pauses and glares at the camera almost lasted that long! But I think because of his different and original style, it still holds up. ![]() I’ve heard sitcom creator Chuck Lorre’s rule is to get a joke/laugh in about every 20 seconds. I don’t think a comedian today on TV could get away with Jack’s long comedic pauses and survive in our short-attention-span world. He came across as being a really nice person.” THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, Jack Benny, 1950-1965Įlaborating on that, Tom Vodick, creative director at AntennaTV, emphasizes, “There is only one Jack. People knew that he was a nice man under whatever it was he was playing. People identified with that and they also knew in spite of his character, he only played being cheap. ![]() The miser, the somewhat pompous, somewhat put upon guy - all the things that he was on that show, he said was a reflection of the population in general. He said in an interview that he had all the foibles that normal people have and they identified with him. Jack Benny, Eddie Anderson as Rochester on CBS Radio Network, 1951 ![]()
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