Trumpeter Jack George tells another trumpeter Jack Benny (an angel on earth) when it's his turn to solo:
Jack George: "That's you man."
Jack Benny: "There's nothing there for 32 bars."
Naturally, Benny did his bemused hero shtick and the film was OK, pretty good in fact. And Franklin Pangborn rocks - in a mincey pooncey sort of way. Like the tuxed up, pencil moustache gayer in The Simpsons. "Yeeeee-oorrrce."
Other than that I've only seen To Be or Not to Be, which I loved and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, which is a lot better than it's reputation as a massive howler flop, but are there any other good Jack Benny films? It would appear from his IMDb list he's a lot bigger than he deserves to be? Or not to be. Boom. Tish.
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