Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Jack Benny Program
Episode: Back from Vacation in Hawaii (9/13/1953)

Today's fun fact about Jack Benny:

In 1922 he went to a Passover Seder with a friend, and met that friend's female cousin there. Jack fell for her and married her later. What was her name?

Sadye Marks. Sadye Marks is correct. She was Zeppo Marks' (Later Marx) cousin. She and Jack married. She was often on his show and used the name Mary Livingston. On the show, she was his neighbor, not quite a girlfriend. She was nice and very classy, but often delivered mildly cutting lines about how cheap Jack was, getting big laughs. Mary was a big favorite on the show. Jack never cared who got the laughs as long as the show was funny.


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