Jack Benny radio show 1/12/47 Burns and Allen 

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Dave K, the delivery is Jack's, and though he is ultimately responsible for it, the material was the product of his writers. One must give credit where it's due.

Clean, maybe, but funny? "All the numbers are red because the calendar fell in the ketchup"? The humor on these shows was stupid and cornball. Plus most of the jokes lean heavily on Gracie being an airhead. I don't know what anyone thinks is funny about humor from those days. I think modern humor is much funnier than 1940's and 1950's humor because it's based on real people and real situations, many of which would be too realistic to be considered "clean" to the old-tymers.

A Homeschooler Abroad, there is remarkable, astounding talent today. However, It isn't cultivated and advertisers can get viewers and listeners with cheaper stuff - like "reality" programs, shock jocks and right wing talk radio and "news" shows. If people wouldn't watch or listen it wouldn't exist, but as H.L. Mencken said, never underestimate the taste of the American public.

Mine was Jungle Book .. when I hear these old shows, I think of Baloo the Bear, as well as Looney Tunes.. I loved Mel Blanc.. huge Looney Tunes fan here

All very true. And every time, on radio and TV, it was a genuine treat. I've read and re-read all the books by and about them-did so from an early age-and I grew up watching and listening to them in the early `80s, starting when I was 11... I was born FAR too late, and have known that since I was even younger.

Barry I. Grauman, but neither George nor Gracie liked Mary Livingston Benny. George tolerated her because of his love for Jack and Gracie accepted her for the sake of George and Jack's friendship.

@@inkyguy .... Absolutely true. It's sad that Mary's personality flaws kind of lessened what could have been an even more enjoyable relationship and friendship between the two couples.

@@Tre404 as was I brother born in 93 and wishing I was born in 1908 lived through the depression served in the second world war started my dairy farm in the 50s and been gone by the mid 80s I'd have never had a complaint

Halilous?

Claudio de Rochefoucault thanks intriguingly this new technology can be used to access these classic programs

I first "ran into" Hersholt when I was a kid, and he was the grandfather in "Heidi" (Shirley Temple).

Yea. I remember, as a kid, the Lucky Strike auctioneer ads. We thought they were funny 'cause they sounded odd, like they were a part of the entertainment...

@@will5107 that was the intent I think. Sell those cancer sticks!

@@laurie4468 Yea! Get the kids to sing the jingles. I remember candy cigarettes, they had the names of real cigarette brands, they'd just change a letter. Like "Kamel' and "Cool". (They tasted like those valentine heart candies...)

I think it's Jack goes to the Doctor

YES.

women were busy having babies as all the men were back from the war. women stayed home back then.

rob slipsky, no, they didn't just "stay home." Often they did not leave by choice. Many women were forced from their jobs both because the war ended and because they would be let go to give the job to a man.

Sex and commercials. The 21st century.

Rochester was played by a great comedian named Eddie Anderson, a black man. That's him in the still picture you should be seeing when the show is playing.

Obviously you're new to this whole thing. lol.. watch the TV shows, too.

John Overman He was actually a black guy. Funny & talented

L.A. "Speed" Riggs and F.E. Boone WERE genuine tobacco auctioneers- that's the way they sounded.

That is a very strange complaint. Your life must be extremely boring. lol

@@Tre404 He's got a picture of Hank Hill, which should tell you how "boring" his life actually is. 😁

I disagree. Dennis has a great voice!

what a trio this made. they'll always be misaed.

Oh, my! Dennis Day had a fabulous tenor voice!