SpeedyTase (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

At 00:24, you could easily tell that Rochester did not like saying "color boy".

Hevynly1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love Jack Benny! I've been listening to OTR for a few years (I'm 28) and prefer it over the bulk of today's television. JB and crew are always good for a laugh... or several! It's great to see them "live" in this clip. Thanks for the upload!

JustADoof (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

speaking of Texaco... XXXIX forever

ClassicFilmFan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Oh yes, you're right! I once listened to a show, and a few minutes after a new character was introduced [Jack Benny&the cast played their version of 'treasure of the sierra madre'] I realised; 'wait..that's Dennis Day playing the mexican bandit!' But they were all so funny!I'm only 18, and Dutch - but I love listening to the Jack Benny radio show. It's so much better than the comedyshows they broadcast nowadays.

pegcage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I remember the Jack Benny radio program. I am old. Still great entertainment. Do a search for OTR (old time radio) They have 600 + of Jack Benny's radio shows! BTW, you may not know, but Dennis Day could imitate ANYBODY!

codykins16 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I like it it nice to finely put faces to the voices

calvinnme2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Phil Harris and his entire orchestra joined the military right after Pearl Harbor, so they were unavailable at this time. Dennis Day didn't go into the service until 1944, so I'm not sure where he was.

Padiwan2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How do I get a copy of this [both parts]?

Padiwan2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

They shoulda added Phil Harris conducting songs with the orchestra and the skits and Dennis Day singing a song. In spite of that, I love this clip as well.

bronxperson1966 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Benny, with his writers, helped Rochester to be that way as it was part of Benny's style of self-deprecating humor that his character was always under attack by the world. Rochester was about first black to be able to snap on a white person in public, and was also the first black person to be a regular on a radio show, beginning in 1937. Jack Benny loved, respected, supported and protected Eddie "Rochester" Anderson very much in real life.