tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post5239394047886815495..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: 80 Years of the Jack Benny ShowYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-28905668970660005182012-05-02T12:44:45.109-07:002012-05-02T12:44:45.109-07:00Any TV show over the last 50 years that features a...Any TV show over the last 50 years that features a relatively sane lead character with a few foibles basically being needled to death by the eccentrics he's surrounded with owes the format to what Benny and his writers created (Bob Newhart's sitcoms and "Frasier" being the ones for me that most immediately come to mind).<br /><br />As for the end of the article, Dean Martin as Jimmy Durante certainly would have been an interesting interpretation, to say the least. I have an easier time seeing Jerry Lewis in that role.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com