Jack Benny - Mel Blanc Classic Routine
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Here's a classic Jack Benny and Mel Blanc routine from "The Jack Benny Program" that ran in the early 1960's. Jack loved to do this skit with Mel. Video remains the property of copyright holder, all rights reserved.
I'm forever amazed at how Mel Blanc can keep a straight face throughout the entire sketch while I'm rolling on the floor in convulsions - does it every time! Never gets stale!
Jack was only one step from rolling on the floor himself.
@@Dallas_K When Jackie Gleason did sketches as Joe the Bartender and Frank Fontaine was in character as Crazy Guugenheim, sometimes after an awful joke Joe would slam the counter and turn his head around. Gleason was good at facial expressions including Joe's sourpuss, but at those times he just couldn't contain himself -- he had to turn around and laugh!
Unlike Harvey Korman who was always cracking up and breaking character on the Carol Burnett Show.
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@@barronridge5613 Although to be fair, Tim Conway way deliberately trying to make him lose it.
Mel Blanc could never be replaced.
If something from the 50’s makes you laugh in 2021, and properly laugh hard, then you know they did it right then. I love this so much!😄
Timing
And the fact it proves your not woke
Or 2024🤣
Jack is doing everything to hold it together. Mel is playing it so straight which makes it even funnier.
classic :)
Benny almost broke on the first exchange, surprised he made it all the way through. Great stuff!
Yeah he about went off the deep end and completely broke down. In 73 or 74 Jackand Mel were on Johnny Carson and they redid this routine. Jack was destroyed again! I guess Mel Blanc just effected him like that. Kind of like Tim Conway would always destroy Harvey Korman.
@@michaelhungate7506Conway would not rest until Korman cracked.
It's the way that Mel is staring at him so intensely and almost stepping on Jack's lines that sends me. Look at him! He barely even blinks! His body language just screams "Just try not to laugh. I dare you." It takes a special kind of talent to get that many laughs one word at a time.
Seguro que si! .....Of course yes!
Si.
This program have discriminación, I want to see Them speaking good spanish, son I don't like it...
@@franciscomacias2097 I trust you're joking. It's Jack who's being made fun of in this skit, not the character portrayed by Mel Blanc.
Sigh.
That blank stare, the Mexican accent, and those monosyllabic responses are just hilarious.
Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices with very little words? And he still can make you laugh, that is I call classic? RIP in peace Mr Mel Blanc, si rest in peace?
The honest to god weirdest thing is, is IF Mel did not go to hospital for his broken hip, he wouldn't have fallen onto the floor and ended up dying.
Mel Blank is one of the best voiceover artist in the world.
Sí
Although you really barely ever saw Mel Blanc on film except for being on Jack Benny's show, a lot of people would not have seen him at all or knew what he looked like. His voice made him legendary. In addition to Cy, Mel Blanc was the voices of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd I think, he was the voice of Barney Rubble on the Flintstones. His voices will live on for generations and that makes Mel Blanc almost truly immortal.
How can he be so effective saying one word..... genius, absolutely brilliant comedic timing!
Because he can
You answered your own question; it's all in the timing.
Karth38..... Si! 😂
for the same reasons George Carlin can walk onstage and stand there looking at the audience and say absolutely NOTHING and wind up with one, two several and then the whole room laughing, and yet not having said a word.
Partially it’s Jack’s response
they must've done this routine about a million times...Mel is amazing never breaks out of character while Mr. Benny cracks here in there everytime...just two Gods of comedy.
This the third different version I have seen Mel and Jack done this routine, the other ones Mel is part of a band
@@craigofadelaide4960 I remember that version! In the middle of the song Mel twirls the bass around with a deadpan expression looking directly at Jack
@@dennman6 He did 😆😆
Benny always said, "it's not the joke, it's the pause that's funny."
And he was the KING of the pause. He could stand there with that look on his face and his arms crossed and milk one for a LONG time, getting more and more laughs the longer he waited. And then, it was usually the "WELL!", or something equally nothing, and brought the house down. I still laugh at those bits even though I've seen them dozens of times.
@willmorrison1022 In this case his pauses were so he could compose himself and not break into laughter.
Am Mexican and I can't get enough of this skit he's my fav voice character of all time lol
Actually Mel was of Jewish heritage.
Si, Me too.
Orale
And then in his next breath, he could "voice" Jack's Maxwell.
Mel blank is dead
Mel is one of the all time greats ..... There will NEVER be another with that kind of talent....
si
This routine is right up there with Abbot and Costello’s “Who’s on First” sketch.Was waiting for Jack to ask, “And what does Sue do?” To hear Mel answer, “Sew!” but didn’t happen this time. Oh well!😁
They can't do every joke all the time. Maybe they didn't think of it then either and when they redid the joke, they came up with it.
So?
@@earllsimmins9373 Si.
@@earllsimmins9373 Si.
Absolutely!
On the Carson show Benny said he ad-libed the sister question to try to break up Blanc, but it backfired when Blanc immediately answered Sue, which was not in the script. As a result you can see Benny struggling to maintain composure.
+guyfihi They did this on radio before this, though. The part that WAS adlibbed on radio, was when Jack asked "What does your sister do?"
& Mel answered "Sew"
+Sarah Brandy Peters (Gravydog316) That was also done with his sister in the band. She said "Sew".
sha11235
oh yes! it was done so many times, but it still makes me cry with laughter lol
You knew it was funny when Jack came close to breaking.
Andrew Hinton
haha yup. I love when people break up on the air. I would do it sooo much haha
Mel would stare right into jack's eyes and dare him not to laugh. When Mel would do this jack was in trouble.
@9TheMajor And his timing is just as good as Benny's!
Yep, he would apparently try it all the time with Jack Benny in the skits and try to make Jack piss himself laughing like here.
What makes it hilarious for me is Mel's deadpan expression, and then Jack trying to hold it together right around "Sue"
The "trying to make the other guy laugh" reminds me of Tim Conway with Harvey Korman.
@@NoelSiksai Sue
Because of one event, when they were filming a scene for The Jack Benny show, Jack could never look at Mel straight in the face ever again. Mel reacted in a completely unscripted and unexpected way and Jack just cracked up. He never could look at Mel - ''the only man who could crack me up without saying a word' - ever again without being in fits of laughter
I understand that friend George Burns also could crack Benny up.
john dates Jack Benny thought that George Burns was the funniest man in the world.
@@johndates9827 According to George Burns, all Burns would have to do is say to Jack Benny "Don't laugh..." and Benny would be destroyed.
I love watching this routine. No matter how many times Jack and Mel did it, it was all Jack could do to keep from cracking up.
The genius is in the timing. Benny doesn't deliver the next line until the audience laughter stops, getting their full attention.
I’ve seen this skit countless times. Yet, here I am, in 2023, cracking up once again
2:11
This is a perfect example of the craftsmanship that went into Jack Benny's comedy; the "wordsmithing" one of his writers described as "making the punch line seven words, not nine" (in this case, one word!); and both Jack and Mel Blanc's timing was impeccable.
Benny was trying REALLY hard not to laugh.
It's almost funnier to watch him trying not to crack up than the joke is. Lmao
And then, at 1:12, he *did* laugh! This scene is proof that Mel Blanc was not only the Man Of 1000 Voices, but a top-notch comedian. Si.
But fails miserably.
When he bites his fingers and squirms around he was trying not to laugh but you can here in his voice he was laughing and trying his damdest to hide it. Mel Blanc also played Jack Benny's violin teacher, Mr. LeBlanc and was hilarious playing him. One and only original!!!.
You know what's coming and it's STILL funny, these many years later. Nobody past, present or future will ever have the vast depth of talent, timing, and comedic genius of Mel Blanc. Love the man.💘❤
Man, that is a classic.
Hilarious!!! Mel Blanc was a man with much talent!! Something sorely lacking today.... lighten up and LAUGH!!!
Not a sexual innuendo, or even a curse word, in this entire scene. I love it!
This was from a time, when corrupt TV practices weren't even allowed on TV. It's just good, clean, wholesome fun!
See.
@@margaretjiantonio939 Si not See, Do you see what I'm saying?. LOL
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@@ithecastic Mayonnaise isn't inherently unhealthy in the quantities you'll find on a sandwich. It's the type of oil that matters. Back in the 1950s, they didn't make everything out of soybean oil.
> when corrupt TV practices weren't even allowed on TV
I hate to burst your bubble, but while it wasn't allowed on TV it was allowed off camera.
my mom and dad loved Jack Benny. I have no doubt they watched this skit. How I wish I could have been there with them to laugh and smile. I miss them so.
I love the part where Jack messes up his name and Mel corrects him.
Blanc created so many gut busting hilarious voice characters such that his legacy has lasted for over 60 years.
It doesn't get any better than this. The simplicity is both genious and hilarious!
I don't know how many times I've seen Jack Benny and Mel Blanc do this skit - dozens, I'm sure. And yet, I still laugh. I know exactly what's coming next, yet it still gets me laughing out loud.
Oh man, what a riot! Sheer comedic talent. And the perfect timing! 😄
"Sue?"
"Si."
"And what does she do for a living?"
"Sew."
Sew?
@@BootedIV Si.
@@BootedIV Si
Jack got so confused with the names that he forgot to ask that question here.
A classic TV comedy sketch! Thanks, Jack and Mel.
Best creative comedy comes with no swearing 😁👍🏻
When you rehearse it once it is hysterical. When you rehearse it 100 times it becomes routine.
But the minute you get it in front of the audience it's almost like you've never done it. Look at Jack Benny's face as he tries not to crack up. Mel Blanc was the master playing it straight
Oh my, I’ve not seen this since I was a child. Mel and Jack are comic geniuses. To make a comedy veteran like Jack to lose it by speaking a single word is comedy at its best!
One of the best comedy acts between straight faced Mel Blanc and Jack Benny. These two are a riot. Joe S
Jack's doing everything he can to not break out laughing.
So simple and so funny! Mel liked doing this character.
Brian Collins He was also the voice of many top cartoon characters!
yes
+Brian Collins This is also why he loved doing cartoon voices, like Bugs Bunny.
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So funny and deadpan from both. Great. 👏👏👏
Hilarious and nostalgic! No one can beat Mel Blanc at voice characterization and Jack Benny at humor! 🙏
Jack Benny and Mel Blanc, greatest comedy duo
These two were great together, timing was impeccable. Sometimes Benny could barely keep a straight face.
Am from México and I really enjoyed this 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 Siiii
I loved this routine!! Thanks for posting it. Too bad there isn't comedy like this anymore.
I read a book about Jack Benny and his best pal George Burns when I was a kid. The practical jokes they would play on each other were hilariously classic. Mel Blanc is by far one the funniest people of all time.
I can't even think about this bit without laughing. As for it being offensive - my good friend's kids love recreating this with me - and their last name is Sanchez.
Jack was a comic genius. With just a word or a look he had the audience laughing, as can be seen in this clip. And, unlike his miserly character, in real life he was a caring, giving individual.
Just watching JB on the screen is a class on being a comic straight man.
Mel does a great job in keeping a straight face.
Indeed. Stone faced.
Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices!
I once blew a chance to spend an evening playing cards with Mel Blanc. Been kicking myself ever since.
It's amazing how Mel always keeps a straightface whenever he and Jack do this skit! Truly classic!
I remember seeing this back then and never forgot it, but could not remember who did it. I had no memory at all that it was the great (and, as it turns out, inimitable) Mel Blanc (and the great Jack Benny whose show is still one of my favorites of all time). Thanks for the upload.
Benny is trying so hard to keep a straight face!
ilmsff7 Si!!!
and failing!
@@theworm6870 You should see that episode when Benny is on trial for "murdering a rooster." Raymond Burr plays Perry Mason, and totally screws up. Burr fought hard not to laugh his head off.
@@davidlafleche1142 i'll check it out!
They don't make comedians like this anymore. It's all in the timing and reactions. Benny was the absolute master.
At 1:28 Jack flubs his line TWICE and Mel in character corrects him. You can see Jack on the precipice of breaking up completely.
I’m pretty sure that was a joke 😂
This goes to show you that if you put some time and effort into developing your material, you can get uncontrolled laughter without relying purely on shock value.
This particular version of the bit's from the fall of 1962 -- they kept Mel seated throughout this because he was still recovering from the car crash he suffered about 18 months before this episode was filmed (Mel's first appearance back on Jack's show was for the Christmas 1961 episode when he was still in a wheelchair, and he and Jack still did the Sy-Si routine, right before Frank Nelson blows up the entire holiday bit by showing everyone the Christmas presents are all fake).
A CLASSIC!!! Thank you for posting it!!! Now that is REAL entertainment! David
Amazing. When Mel says his sister's name is Sue, Benny pauses for 13 seconds before responding. No one else would ever dream of doing that. This is why everyone says Benny had the greatest timing in comedy.
I agree he had superb timing. The only slight criticism of Benny's comedy technique I've ever heard was from Stan Laurel, who once said that, in his opinion, Benny overdid the long pauses, waiting excessively long for the laughter to peak before responding or proceeding, creating, I guess, an unnatural situation, and maybe a little too predictable or formulaic. I don't know. It's possible but not in every case. I'd say justified most of the time. It was intertwined with Benny's stage character, much beloved by audiences. Personally, I think I'd have to say that Bob Hope had the greatest timing of all, but both comedians had different styles and methods based on their well-known character-traits. Benny really was never a joke-telling monologist. His timing related to responding or reacting to funny statements or put-downs by others--at this he was a master. Hope, by contrast, was a superb joke-teller. Although the jokes themselves were always very funny, always topical, the way he flipped them out, gave surprise twists to punchlines, stared at the audience as if challenging them to "get it", was the technique of a true comedic master. Together, these 2 giants created more laughter than anyone in the history of the human race(along with Skelton and Gleason).
All these years and this still cracks me up! 😂
I remember watching this when I was a kid and just about pissed my pants laughing
I've loved the Si, Sy, Sue skit since I was a child. Jack Benny and Mel Blanc a terrific combination. It's comedy at its best. Great Clean Stuff here! I came across the Si, Sy, Sue skit on YT recently, but it was on Carson. What memories!! Thanks for posting!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Jack Benny break. You can see how hard he tries but he can’t hold it
Three of the funniest words....Si, Sy, Sue, Absolutely classic!!!
There's nothing racist about this skit. How is impersonating someone from mexico any different than impersonating someone from England or Ireland or Germany or any other country for that matter? People who are that sensitive should avoid all forms of entertainment for fear of being offended.
AMEN!!!!!
Si.
@@tomregan6979 Great response! I wish I had thought of it!
Even if it was Racisim is funny anyway thats the best part of racist people thier comidians and they dont know it. the best jokes are the racist jokes i like racist jokes better then dirty jokes i think that people who tell dirty jokes hide the truth that thier rapists and child molesters people who tell racist jokes are just observant i agree with you bro people are way too touchy now days
@@veshaw. That was his voice of Speedy Gonzales.
I love that the audience anticipates the classic routine.
Big gasp when Mel looked up! Hilarious!
what can one say,these two men were just great,no matter what era we live in,they will go on,ture immortality.
Of all the sketches Benny and Blanc did over the years, this was the one where Benny could NEVER keep a straight face, no matter how many times they did it.
Benny gets full mileage out of every laugh. Doesn't go to the next line until he has the audience's full attention. The all time comic master.
Yes, this probably grew out of Benny's early radio years. Don't rush the lines or responses. Give the folks at home time to absorb things. Bob Hope's direct pause and "stare" was akin to this, followed by a wry, widening smile while proceeding with the next set-up. Often a quick, seemingly unfunny toss-out like, "Global warming's getting really bad. It was so hot in Oz today the Wicked Witch of the West melted without water being tossed on her, but I wanna tell ya..." Or--"I won't say inflation's getting out of control but my savings bonds can only be redeemed at the Salvation Army. No, but I think..."
Jack, I love that modern update on what Bob Hope would say in a skit today; great work.
Jack Benny is having such a difficult time keeping a straight face - it's hysterical. I adore Mel Blanc =)
Thanks for uploading this hilarious skit.
"The Jack Benny Look-Away." I have always loved that. When I was a teenager I would do that with the many girls I dated just to get a reaction.
Remember Kelsey Grammer on Frasier? He used to do that all the time!
Bob Hope too.
Carson admittedly modeled himself after Benny including the look away.
Carson used to work for Jack (and Red Skelton) as a writer when he was at CBS before he got the Tonight Show; flat stole that long take Jack used to milk the audience for laughs.
i saw this once in my life, when i was little.. i will never forget it, it was hilarious. what fun, thanks...
ahh...back in the days when comedy was funny...and the laugh track was real..
ever notice? the shows they call comedies aren't funny?
and if by chance a show IS funny, it's ruined with laugh tracks
Mel never broke his deadpan delivery...The MASTER!
I love Jack and Mel. When comedy was the best!
1977?
When I was growing up The Jack Benny program was compulsory at my parents house, first on the radio, and later the Television when we could only get one snowy, staticky channel.
Jack and Mel Blanc did this routine countless times on radio and TV, whenever the scene was in a train station. And he still would crack up!
Train now leaving for Anaheim, Azuza, and Cucamonga...
I believe the last time was on Carson in 73 or 74. Of course, Mel destroyed Jack again!
These are two of the greatest entertainers ever . Jack Benny and the man with 1000 voices from buggy bunny to all the great cartoon characters ; Mr . Mel Blanc
Jack Benny could never keep a straight face when Mel did this routine. How Mel kept HIS poker face, we will never know.
+Christopher Eckart lol I know omg. Your pic I have seen from the www.BuckBenny.com podcasts lol
+Christopher Eckart He was a talent, Mel.
at 1:20 Mel nearly bursts into laughter when he sees Jack laugh a bit.
On an old Letterman interview I just saw today, Mel Blanc said Jack Benny's character in this skit asked MB's character what his sister "Sue" did for a living; and, MB's character said, "Sew." But, for whatever reason that wasn't in this skit.
This will ALWAYS be hilarious!
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@@fremlinmartel8223 fine, thanks 😊.
@@cynthiapickett7403 Good to know, So tell me where are you from?
Well, Mel may be remembered as the greatest voice man of all time, but having watched this and a few other of his appearances with Jack Benny his comedic timing needs to be honoured as well.
This sometimes-repeated skit is indeed utterly hilarious, and gets me into almost hysterical laughter. However, I'm afraid that today, in some quarters, Jack and Mel would get raked over the coals for racism by certain forces of political correctness. Sad but true.
Sad but true. Because some people can't let go of grudges over things that happened to their ancestors over 100 years ago. It's stupid.
Saul alvarez is more funny that this.
The only way this sketch would work today would be if Antonio Banderas played Sy.
Blasted self-righteous liberals, trying to bring racism into everything. They even say that the scene where the crows teach Dumbo how to fly is racist. They should have been laughed out of the public square in the early 1960s.
I had a friend who would call his parents on his phone and almost always only said "K" (as in O.K) over and over again.
I liked to imagine he was standing there saying "what?" in Spanish over and over again. 😂 Always thought of Mel Blanc.
noone esle could have even made this funny, but with Mel Blanc i crack up everytime!
the best skit of all times.....bar none, brother....a big fat Si from Sy and his sister, Sue.
Ha, good one!
Mel Blanc never even cracked a smile! 😂
Jack tried to hold it together as long as he could but right there at the end a little laugh came out!
Every Sunday afternoon in the mid to late 1940's, almost every radio in our neighborhood was tuned to the Jack Benny Show. Jack, his announcer Don Wilson, his wife Mary Livingston, Mel Blanc, Phil Harris, the singer Dennis Day and others were an institution unto themselves. This was just before TV really got going in L.A, around 1949. The one hour radio comedy show remained popular through the early to mid 1950's. Jack made it onto TV with a regular show in the 50's & 60's. His sponsor, all those years was the now politically incorrect "Lucky Strike Cigarettes", "LSMFT"
+Gary Hart I love that I can listen to these shows whenever I want with these modern times, but i wish I could have been around then. & in the studio audience & stuff
Best radio show of all time. Real ensemble. Jack spread the comedic wealth!
@@windstorm1000 A unique application of Huey Long's concept.
Those skits are just classic! And funny as heck! Back when comedy was funny and people didn't get offended by things.
While Jack is about to crack up in this vid, go to the one called
"Jack does his Christmas shopping" This is one of my favorite &
I think one of the funniest shows that they did. Mel is a clerk at
a dept. store & Jack drives him nuts by always changing the card
etc. Starting at 21:00 Mel goes into a routine where he gets Jack
to shaking in his boots while he is trying to keep from busting up.
Jack literally has to look down at the floor to try & help himself.
Hilarious.
I like the one where Jack plays the violin badly then reveals that he plays it well but only badly for comedic routine.
Oh clerk...
@@GenGamesUniverse Remember Professor LeBlanc, Jack's violin teacher on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
The timing of these two geniuses is a lesson in how it's done for budding comedians. To this day no single person has made me laugh more often than Jack Benny... but Mel Blanc comes close.
Brilliant, classic comedy and if you can't laugh at this, you need help..
That IS classic. Thank you. I listen to Spirit Radio Classics channel on Sirius XM. I highly recommend it.
The ultimate in comedy is when you know what's coming, but you still laugh. This bit fits the bill.
I must have watched this bit 20 times and it still makes me laugh.
The audience gasped when Mel looked up, knowing what was coming. Anticipation was often the key to comic effect on the Jack Benny Show, as with Frank Nelson (Yesssss!).
@@Dallas_K also the radio episodes where he meets Sheldon Leonard as the race track Tout. And he doesn't always meet him near the racetrack sometimes it's in a department store or at a hamburger counter at a Woolworths or something. "Hey bud, come here a minute", "Who, me?" Etc.
One of my favorite sketches of all time.
Another good one: What section are you sitting in on the flight?
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The 76 people that gave this skit a thumbs down? Why?!! Jack Benny and Mel Blanc were great, weren't they? Si. 😉😀☺
Truly one of the all-time classics. I laugh no matter how many times I've seen it. Not a dirty word in the whole routine. As far as the idiot who spoke of "racism" here, he should go play in traffic.
Yeah, our current President.
~ He won the election; *get* *over* *it.*
@@5jerry1 then he was impeached twice, lost the house, senate and the presidency and morons like you committed treason and ransacked the capitol. Such pussies.
@@mattdepinto7959 ~ I can still see the TDS anger in your post. The sha post above was crying and wound-licking at the time of posting.
"...morons like you..." I did no such thing. It wouldn't surprise to hear it was people on the left posing as Trump supporters who did that. I don't condone it either way, it was wrong. But making ASSumptions about me really shows your true character.
The above video is a classic comedy bit, and losers like the post I originally responded to and you are the problem. Jack Benny and Mel Blanc have nothing to do with what happened in January. The entire political left is a cancer and is exactly what's wrong in this country. I live a somewhat peaceful life, earn a paycheck, pay for my home, buy my own food, and leave people alone, literally _EVERYTHING_ the left isn't and doesn't do.
Now, with Sleepy Joe in the White House, from a stolen election, by the way, building protection around the White House while ceasing progress on the border wall, is somewhat hypocritical, wouldn't you say? Do you have a lock on your door?
The left is for literally _everything_ that is wrong, and I am proven correct every day.
And, as you can see, the original post is over 2 years old, and has nothing to do with the video. I guess you just want to dig up old bones (not as old as Sleepy Joe though).
Flame wars aside, I believe this administration's policies are very dangerous to this country. And I also believe this administration will go down in history as being even more catastrophic than Carter, W. Bush, and Obama combined.