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" A lonely child A fourth-generation German American, Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on Nov. 11, 1922. Although he had an older brother, Bernard, and a sister, Alice, Vonnegut was often lonely as a child. His mainstay growing up was a black woman named Ida Young, the family cook. He suggested that the "intolerable sentimentality" that some critics saw in his writing was owed to Young, who spent long hours reading to him from an anthology of poems about undying love, faithful dogs and humble,... (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Dead show walking Apr 3, 2007
Years ago, after he received the Jack Benny Memorial Award for Excellence in Entertainment voted on by the UCLA student body, I asked Belushi this: Why do young people like you so much. Said he, Because I relate to them. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rolling through history -- From bears to celebrities, Valley Center's lure revealed in planned bus tour Apr 1, 2007
Valley Center also was home to Martin Gang II, a lawyer whose Hollywood clients included Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Marilyn Monroe and Burt Lancaster. Gang testified on behalf of Bette Davis before the House Un-American Activities Committee, and she drove to his Valley Center home to thank him personally, Lerner said. (North County Times)
Don Newbury column: Imbedded music can result in a big headache 03-20-2007 Mar 21, 2007
I m talkin about the stations with signals bouncing off satellites before hitting receivers full blast in the deepest swamps and on tallest mountains. Brags include high definition whatever that is. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
Impressionist takes stage at Sunshine Opry Mar 19, 2007
Counterfit impersonates actors, musicians and politicians of past and present, including Willie Nelson, Jack Benny, Johnny Cash and others. The impressionist has been on TV's America's Funniest People and was a guest at the Grand Ole Opry. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Ex-NYPD cop pleads not guilty in ex-wife's death Mar 11, 2007
During the 1960s, the group performed on TV variety shows including the Ed Sullivan and Jack Benny programs. District Attorney Daniel Donovan Jr. said surveillance video was being used in preparing the case against Galtieri. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Tour the Tombs of the Movie Stars Mar 3, 2007
Here lie Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson, amongst others. 6001 Centinela Ave., Baldwin Hills; phone 800-576-1994. (Suite101.com)
Silverman's humor is offensively infantile Feb 11, 2007
Not only is she doing a narcissistic, nasty-girl version of what Larry David does now on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" but what Jerry Seinfeld did and, yes, Jack Benny did before her: that is, getting laughs out of an ugly fictionalization of her real self. We know that decent real people don't really act like "Sarah Silverman" does or say the things she says, just as America always knew that Jack Benny wasn't a selfish, small-minded, penny-pinching skinflint. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Reflections on a life onstage Feb 11, 2007
He got it almost 40 years ago from its master, Jack Benny. Rowe had a part in a skit in a Jack Benny TV special in which Benny played Benjamin, the Dustin Hoffman role in "The Graduate," and Phyllis Diller played Mrs. Robinson. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Ex-cop charged in ex-wife's death Feb 4, 2007
As a child in the 1960s, Kane performed regularly with her Brooklyn-born sisters on TV variety shows including the Ed Sullivan Show and the Jack Benny Program. Later, the triplets also recorded a vocalized version of the Mission Impossible theme song. (Newsday -- New York City)
blondes from the past Jan 24, 2007
Just get a glimpse of her playing off Jack Benny in "To Be or Not to Be" or with Cary Grant in "In Name Only." Alfred Hitchcock, a connoisseur of blondes, cast Lombard in one of his rare comedies: "Mr Smith." (No connection with the last version starring the brown-haired Angelina Jolie. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Prop-up Comics Jan 14, 2007
"In the old days, Milton Berle, Jack Benny and those guys used to talk about their writers, how they were the frontmen for this team," says Matt Harawitz, a Las Vegas-based comic who says he has written jokes used by Jeffrey Ross and Dane Cook. "But these days, I think people just want to believe the illusion that you're just hearing one person confess about his or her frailties.". (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
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