And other thoughts on old-time radio
Favorite jack benny on radio:
Gunman: Your money or your life.
Benny: (silence)
Gunman: Well?!
Benny: I’m thinking it over.
That is a classic! He did so much with that skinflint shtick--yet never came off mean.
Yes- a self-effacing tightwad, probably a nonexistent character in our life, and likeable .
Favorite jack benny on radio:
Gunman: Your money or your life.
Benny: (silence)
Gunman: Well?!
Benny: I’m thinking it over.
That is a classic! He did so much with that skinflint shtick--yet never came off mean.
Yes- a self-effacing tightwad, probably a nonexistent character in our life, and likeable .