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| | Jack Benny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Except for Day they appeared in a 1958 WB Robert McKimson short,"The Mouse That Jack built".For free,and with onscreen billing,one of the first times this happened to others besides Mel Blanc,the four did it for free,with just a print as requested for their services. |
 | | Jack was on TV just as succesful,which was a surprise given radio's obvious limitations (like Les Paul trying to replicate his sound and hits in public). |
 | | One of his sketches involved a violin,with Mel Blanc as one of his JB characters,"Professor leBlanc",singing various sarcastic,beleaugured tunes to the tune of the five finger exercise that goes,Da Da DA da da DA da da,,and so on,,the Jack Benny tune. |
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