Here is Liberace and Jack Benny performing on Liberace's 1969 television Series. The 3 DVD set will be released on September 18th. Titled Liberace Ultimate Entertainer.
The Nobel Prize for Peace should be awarded to people like these, those who put a smile on our faces and a song in our hearts...I'm sure that up there, wherever it is, everyone is having a ball...
Jack wasn't half bad when he really wanted to play, which wasn't often. His comic timing was legendary. He could crack you up with just the expression on his face followed by a few choice words.
No reason to lie about this, and if true that must have been an amazing experience. But anyone who’s name has the word fake in it, you might have to question. Lol
Everybody says he was the nicest most generous man in show business. Nobody has an unkind word to say ever. What a legacy for someone who had every justification to be arrogant.
Benny was speechless, many times..... Jack invented the "pregnant pause." The longer the pause, the bigger the laugh. And, Jack didn't mind if someone else got the laugh, as long as people were entertained. Liberace was great at piano, but Jack took his insecurity with the violin and turned it into a successful comic act. These are two great entertainers and they work well together! They are both missed!
So classic. Two of the best all time entertainers doing a clean comedy routine while incorporating their talents is something we just don't see today. Thanks for sharing this.
Benny had been doing that for looong time and that stare was one of his trademarks. People would laugh the second he stated it!! that’s really not courage, it’s showmanship and years of experience - and people knowing you’re going to do it! what does take courage sometimes is that some actors have terrible stage fright - even after years. once they’re on, they just do their job enjoying every minute of it :) 🎭
This was the funniest goddamn bit, I knew it would be. Jack Benny is funnier when he doesn't speak. Comes out looking uncomfortable in that gold lamme jacket and the laughs started right there. What other comic could do so much with so little? Pure comedy magic.
What a pianist Liberace such a class act and Jack Benny god bless him. Two great individuals who brought joy to so many people during there time on earth.
Love this film clip. They were both great! Saw Liberace in person many times. A fabulous entertainer, not to mention a very kind and sincere person. His shows were so entertaining, you never wanted them to end.
To say they don't make them like they used to is an understatement!!! Thank you for posting and grateful this was preserved because you'll never say entertainment or performers like this again
Jack was so delightful..what timing. Glad to hear him play his signature song..even with the "squeaky" notes. They made a great team. Sad shows like this are a thing of the past. Modern audiences don't know what they're missing. Thanks for posting.
These are two of history's greatest Master Artists and performers. I hope they are both performing for the Angels and Saint's in Heaven now. You said it well MrMagnusFogg!
You could never top Jack Benny even the Great Liberace was a standby on his own show. Jack always had that flare that none could top. Lovely on both of their parts. A great skit from two superb showman.
I miss these two so much. I was raised on the Liberace’s midday television program while living in Columbus Ohio in the early 50’s, and of course Jack Benny’s dead pan humor had us all in stitches.
I think most people think he played at the intermediate level, certainly better than he pretended on TV. His daughter Joan said he never became a virtuoso because he didn't have a good enough ear; his wife used to make him practice in the bathroom! Isaac Stern said he thought Jack would have rather have been a concert violinist than a comedian, but it was fortunate he never did. The world would have missed out on so much laughter.
Thank you for putting this on RU-vid. I was a little girl when Jack Benny had his show, my parents would watch because my Dad played violin and we loved his deadpan humor. Now that I'm old, I have to marvel at people who can keep a straight face when someone is actually funny. I kept waiting for Jack to tell Liberace "Now cut that out!"
I can only echo the comments already made about TV back in the day such as this video clip demonstrates. I am thankful to GOD that I was around to see these golden days of yesteryear where talent such as displayed by these two great performers was considered normal. The stuf you see everywhere today especially on TV is, for the most part, pure garbage.....but, I still have my memories..
@@stranraerwal Actually, though he might not have been the world's finest, as a young man, Liberaci's playing was highly praised even as a teenager. Again, while not the world's finest, no-one would omit him from the ranks of great performers.
@@stranraerwal Liberace was a classically trained concert pianist. He debuted in 1940 with the Chicago Symphony orchestra. People criticize him because of his commercial success. He was a master pianist, no doubt. He may not be Arthur Rubinstein to the snobby purists but that doesn't make him any less of a pianist.
In the words of Andrew Lloyd Weber for Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard: ...with one look! Jack Benny made a career out of that look like Hope said in one of their skits together. Talent in using brevity with timing is the mark of a superb comedian. Also notice how they never used blue but still made us laugh!
This was pure GOLD. Television performance and talent at its finest. Two of the greatest musicians who ever lived. What a treat for us all. Thank You so very much.
My father told me about listening to The Jack Benny show after school in the 30s. During the 60s and early 70s I recall watching him on TV. Not many performers can entertain two generations.
I'm 56 and grew up with this entertainment. I'm delighted to see old stuff from when i was growing up. Jack Benny was the best and so was Liberace - thanks to whoever posted these old clips. wow - fabulous to see again
Oh, I also remember these programs long before they entered the “archives of yesteryear”. It’s great, though, that they have been preserved for so many to enjoy today by young and old timers like me alike.
Well, my main language is Spanish but I can speak English with some fluency. I think if we put aside the dialogue in this video, the musical part alone would surely make someone who doesn't understand English laugh. Regardless of language, Jack Benny and Liberace are artistic heritage not only of the United States but of the entire world. Thanks for sharing! Greetings from Mexico City.
@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr No one can touch Jack Benny in comedy! Who could only take a glance (without ever opening his mouth) and have everyone crack up? Jack was PURE CLASS!
@Flaminggential They're playing Jack Benny's theme song, Love in Bloom. The tune was much better known to Benny fans than the lyrics, but here are the words to the first verse: "Can it be the trees that fill the breeze with rare and magic perfume? Oh no, it isn't the trees, it's love in bloom."
What an amazing duet. And you can really hear the quality of Benny's strad in this video when compared to his other videos. What a shame to be born so late and not have experienced Benny first hand.
