Description:A warm and intimate
portrait of the quintessential humorist of an age – Jack Benny – by
Irving A. Fein, Jack’s personal manager, and with an introduction by
George Burns.
When Americans heard the rasping strains of “Love
in Bloom” and the first long-drawn-out, perfectly timed “Well!” they sat
back and prepared to laugh at that dean of comedians Jack Benny. Now
Irving Fein, Jack’s friend for twenty-eight years, reaches behind the
persona of “the world’s worst violin player” and “the stingiest man in
in show business” to write about Jack Benny the man: a gentle, generous,
yet serious person who loved to make people laugh and who loved to
laugh himself.
It’s all here – the best anecdotes of a half
century in show business, the enduring friendships with stars as well as
everyday people, his long and happy marriage to Mary Livingstone.
Anyone who ever laughed at or with Jack Benny will treasure this
perspective, revealing tribute to a man who represented humor itself, a
man whose voice characterized the laughter of an age – Mr. Jack Benny.