Barbara Stanwyck Guest Stars on The Jack Benny Program
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2014
- In this clip, Barbara Stanwyck guest stars on The Jack Benny Program. Stanwyck and Benny perform a very funny parody of the film Gaslight, which they have named "Autolight." Missy is adorable in it, showing her aptitude for comedy. I've had this for a few years and decided to upload it in celebration of all the attention Missy is getting lately thanks to Victoria Wilson's new biography of the first 33 years of her life. My gift to Stanwyck fans everywhere. I hope you enjoy it.
Please excuse the small interruption in the video, it came to me already flawed. - Розваги
You gotta love this woman, she’s fantastic...
That was great. "Breakfast in bed, lunch in bed . . . I couldn't have dinner in bed, it was full of dirty dishes!"
Barbara Stanwyck, a true legend. Love her so much!!!
I'm very impressed by Benny in this role. He does an amazing job channeling Charles Boyer.
"I couldn't have dinner in bed it was full of dirty dishes" Omg I laughed out loud.
I bet Jack wished that it was his line!
@@bethelle9099 Jack Benny would routinely give the best lines to his costars. He didn't mind as long the series got laughs.
They don’t make them like this anymore. Barbara Stanwyck is such an amazing actress and Jack Benny is one of the best comedians of our time. I was definitely born in the wrong era.
Barbara S.......always completely convincing....brilliant.
I have a notion to second that emotion !!
I'll go for the third...if that's ok. :)>
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They were good friends and wonderful talents. Love them both.
Ruby Stevens (stanwyck) developed a very refined raspy and sultry voice from her younger years.
Almost eerie how Kathleen Turner’s voice used to be so similar.
Thank you a hundred times over. I saw this on tv 100 years ago and could not track it down. What a pleasure and a delight to see 2 of my favorites in the same show together. Thanks again! It truly is a wonderful gift.
This Benny episode was from 1959 and Babs was still beautiful....
I love how Benny evokes laughter just by appearing with that deadpan face.🤣 Could anybody else do that?
Bob Newhart had the deadpan face.
I was a month old when this aired, .
Barbara Stanwyck. Damn. Good. Actress.
Amen to that !!
Barbara never missed a line.
Why do people think putting periods after every word makes the statement better?
Stanwyck is actually laughing at herself here. Ingrid Bergman beat her to the Oscar for Gaslight.
Thank You! Thank You! I LOVE THIS, I saw the movie Gas light and I understand this more now !!! Barbara played it BEST !!!!!
Lisa Augustin ironic that she lost her best chance at winning an Oscar (for Double Indemnity) to Ingrid Bergman’s performance in Gaslight!
Great to see two seasoned veterans like Benny and Miss Stanwyck perform together. Check out the video from "The Jack Benny Program" that features Jack with Irene Dunne, circa 1953. Also very funny!
It took me a while to understand that it was a parody of Gaslight
For those who don't know, the girl who randomly cartwheels across the set near the middle of the sketch was a running gag from earlier in the show.
...and the horse in the closet? What is that?
What was the running gag from earlier in the show with the cartwheels?
Jack references the horse in the closet when he tells her last week you put the horse in the closet instead of the stable.
@brimichelle2189 was "one dimension" a gag from earlier as well?
Stanwyck was a funny lady! Thanks for posting this gem.
I totally agree !!
This was Stanwyck's first TV appearance, and she must have been very happy to be offered a good comedy script after years of lame ones. She had been on Jack's radio show 3 or 4 times before this.
This was her SECOND version of the "Autolight" sketch [she previously appeared in a "live" version on Jack's program in January 1952].
This is from the 2 seasons (1957-59) when Jack Benny & BACHELOR FATHER shared the post-LASSIE pre-Ed Sullivan time slot of 7:30 PM ET. Starting fall 1959 DENNIS THE MENACE took over the time period for 4 seasons.
I crack up when she says about the pineapple upside down cake the dhow is too funny.
Thanks you dearly for shearing this video with us xxx
I want to add my thanks for the great posting Jack Benny is hilarious in his take off on the Charles Boyer character and Stanwyck could play comedy when she wanted to I did not realize they did a second version - the Museum of Broadcasting has the original with Ray Noble as the inspector and Rochester was not the butler That original caused Benny no end of trouble since MGM claimed although a parody it was a "remake"...This version has the advantage of your being able to see what is going on The original version seems to have faded
Darn if Jack dosen't look a little like Charles Boyer in this skit.
Love the spotlight bit at the end
6:58- a running gag during the episode, as Jack promised "an old friend from Waukegan" he'd put his daughter- an acrobatic dancer- on his show. This was the *second* time she tumbled across the stage.
Wonderful thanks
Jack usually riffed around the script, but he was on his best behavior with an actress of Stanwyck's stature. OTOH he or the writers parcel out the laugh lines less equitably than usual. But it is good to be reminded that Jack could stick to a character, as he had done so superbly in 'To Be or Not to Be' opposite another formidable lady, Carole Lombard. Indeed his parody of Charles Boyer is not unlike Joseph Tura.
This sketch was derived from an old movie titled Gaslight which can be seen on youtube also.
⭐⭐⭐⭐Jack Benny⭐⭐⭐⭐
Outstanding comedy!
I agree 100 per cent !!
From The Jack Benny Program, Season 9, Episode 9, first broadcast on 11 January, 1959.
Thanks for posting this. Stanwyck was wonderful with comedy, something her contemporaries Bette Davis & Joan Crawford had very little talent for.
That's true. Many actors could not do both comedy and drama .I could not imagine Davis or Crawford doing a skit with Jack Benny
As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !
True, she was great in Christmas in Connecticut
Even in a silly parody like this Ms Stanwyck shows her immense talent. Jack and Rochester weren't bad either.
Thanks so much! I never thought I'd see this.
It was filmed in June 1953, but initially kept off TV because of an injunction filed by MGM against Jack for filming his parody of "Gaslight" without their permission. The Supreme Court finally ruled in favor of MGM in 1958- but they allowed Jack to present the episode only once {with a token fee of $1000} on January 11, 1959.
Funny parody of Gaslight 😄
Rip Jack Benny
Jack Benny kind of looks like Charles Boyer.
Rochester is like the anti-Jeeves and is hilarious as the butler
tha ks for posting this.
YES! I ENJOYED THIS !!!!!
great to see this. it was not on the "lost episodes" dvd.
This episode was not included in future syndication "packages" for legal reasons. Jack originally did this sketch- a parody of "Gaslight"- on radio with Ingrid Bergman in 1945, and initially performed it on live TV with Barbara in 1952. During the 1953-'54 season, he wanted to do a filmed version (again, with Stanwyck)- and staged it before a live audience on the "Desilu" soundstage at General Service Studios [through George Burns' "McCadden Productions", who produced his 1953-'55 filmed episodes]. However, before it could be scheduled, MGM slapped a lawsuit on Benny, claiming he didn't have the right to film his parody because it was too close to the real "Gaslight" movie. The case dragged on for years, going all the way to the Supreme Court.....and Jack lost. Yet, MGM allowed Jack to present this episode ONLY ONCE {on January 11, 1959}, and he paid them $1000 for the rights to film it.
Barry I. Grauman thanks for the updated info. i knew about the radio version with ingrid but did not know this was a second taping of the tv version. his ability to act straight when doing parody (think the honeymooners takeoff with audrey meadows) puts shows like SNL to shame.
Jackie Gleason graciously allowed Jack permission to parody "The Honeymooners" in January 1958- right down to the way the "Kramden" apartment looked.
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Does anyone 'get' the gag about Little Rock ?? I assume it's a topical reference whose relevance has been lost in time. On its own it doesn't make any sense, but it gets a laugh - - - must have made sense to the audience at the time (uhhh... 60 years ago!!).
Little Rock Central High School integration show down had taken place in 1957 or 1958.
ANNNNNNSSSSSSWER ME!!!
⭐⭐⭐⭐Eddie Anderson⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is based on "Gaslight"
haha Barbara Stanwyck was parodying a dramatic role... = ) while Jack was parodying a villainous role.
What did the joke mean about the one dimension kiss?
This is just a guess on my part, but that may have been a reference to something mentioned earlier in the show, perhaps a critique of Jack's acting being too one-dimensional or something.
gerry wilson thank you florence misunderstood title at first did dr kildare project and missy as you call her was the first to appear in a dr kildare movie
Should I pour the sour cream...
Have you seen the one with the dilettante and the actress- well, this is it.
anyone know what year this was broadcast?
1959
Jack Benny was doing Saturday night live long long long ago....
1952.
It's a shame about the bad section.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT YEAR THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN? THANKS IF ANYONE KNOWS THIS.
This was originally produced in the 1953-'54 season (an earlier live version with Barbara was telecast on January 7, 1952). However, MGM filed an injunction against telecasting this filmed episode at the time, because they claimed the sketch was too close to the original "Gaslight", and that it was a "remake". The lawsuit went on for almost five years- and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of Metro. Then, MGM allowed Jack to present the episode [for a token fee of $1000], and it was shown ONLY ONCE [on January 11, 1959].
When this was filmed, Bob Crosby (as the "Inspector") was a regular cast member, and two of Jack's writers were Milt Josefsberg and John Tackaberry [they were eventually "replaced" by Al Gordon and Hal Goldman].
It was filmed in June 1953.....but wasn't telecast until January 11, 1959!
Why the delay?
And interestingly, the Epilogue which has the line "you have one of the finest radio programs on the air today" would have been anachronistic in 1959 as it had been off the air for years in first run (and even for many months in its "Best of Benny" rerun incarnation) by the airing of this. Also, because of the delay in airing (while she does not appear), the mention of Mary Livingstone would have been quite unusual as she had retired almost a year prior and was no longer referenced.
I suppose this is the parody of the film named "Gaslight" played by Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. However Barbara is quite natural in her role in imitating Ingrid. But Jack Benny is not of the similar qualities of Charles Boyer. I watched and adored the film.
The movie gaslight feature Ingrid Bergman with Charles Boyer, Boyer starred in Algiers which is what the movie Casablanca was modeled after that Bergman also starred in
Funny. The battle of the over-actors.
Barbara and ex husband Robert Taylor were good friends with the Benny’s. I didn’t particularly care for Barbara’s parody portrayal of the character. Barbara had a tendency to yell yell rush rush through a scene that calls for subtly. Subtle can be funny too. It would have been hilarious if Barbara would have shown the audience that her character was slowly being driven crazy. She acted hysterical , hysterical isn’t funny . I caught on what the story was about parodying Gaslight when Jack Benny walked in looking like Charles Boyer. (I missed Dons Wilson’s introduction) Barbara’s shown can be funny the lady Eve, for example. Yes, it’s television a half hour show but that’s no excuse. I adore BS, but she definitely was off her game and the overacting. It was like watching rehearsals for a school play. Quite disappointing. My only criticism of BS acting ever. It was a treat watching BS and JB together on screen!!
Barbara was deliberately overplaying her reactions. It wouldn't have been out of character if she'd said-
"And do you know WHY I'm upset with you?"
"No.....why?"
"Because you still owe me $3000 from the *last* time I did your show!"
"I TOLD you, we'll discuss that later!!!!"
"WHEN? *1965????????????"*
**slight pause, while Jack tries not to laugh**
"I was thinking, about 1961."
Odd sketch, although funny at moments. Stanwyck played comedy brilliantly in films, but here she overplays things a bit. I don't think she and Benny had much chemistry. Again, an oddity, but fun to watch.
Maybe no chemistry on screen but the two were very good friends.
She's meant to overplay it here. She was parodying Ingrid Bergman from the film.
It’s intentionally overplayed. How do you not understand this?
I disagree totally. She was brilliant in this.
Parody, it was played over the top...
I actually didn’t like this one.