Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.
Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.
When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in.
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter.
Believe it or not, Benny wasn't nearly as sharp as his last start. He's back healthy again - we don't even think about that anymore - and doing what he does best. He was on the attack.
Everybody was happy for him because he got rewarded for his hard work, ... Sometimes it's very difficult for these guys like Benny and Brian to get the recognition. Benny's ability brings the level of play a little higher, he has the fitness, the ability to read the game, and he can make corrections on the field.
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.
Jack Benny played Mendelsson last night. Mendelsson lost.
You gotta let a guy be himself, because that's what makes him. Leonard, Robinson, Ali, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, all of them had the same attitude. If they don't have that ego kinda temperament they're not going to make it. You gotta be a selfish guy. Most people take selfishness as something bad, but it's really something good. If a guy don't help himself and think about himself first he won't make itnowhere in life doing nothing.
Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneaker and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia.
I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.
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.
I have often been told that I have many of the same mannerisms as Jack Benny and certainly Bob Cummings.
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.
My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989?
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