Jack Benny’s Monologue
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Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading 20th-century American entertainer, Benny often portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly, and claiming to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
Benny was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated “Well!” His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny
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The Jack Benny Program – Jack Gets Robbed (November 30, 1952)
Hint: It helps to know that:
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Prologue
The words “JANUARY 20, 1960:” are repeated frequently in several comedy scenes.
The real Margaret Truman Wikipedia
Margaret Truman
was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. The only child of President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman, she was “a witty, hard-working Midwestern girl with singing talent who was neither particularly pretty nor terribly plain.”