Benny and Baldy

Jack Benny had a reputation of being a tough editor of his radio scripts, and a gossip magazine gave a good indication of it in 1939.

Radio Mirror also mentioned two people heard frequently on his show at the time—Harry Baldwin and Blanche Stewart. Read about them here.

Gene Rodemich

One of the best things about the early sound cartoons made by the Van Beuren studio in New York City are the jumpy little scores put together by Gene Rodemich. There wasn’t much information about Rodemich on the internet at one time so I did some hunting and posted the findings on the Golden Age Cartoon forums a few years ago. I’m reposting a corrected and expanded version, along with links to a couple of Gene’s recordings.

Read more here.

Bob's Book Revue

Let’s honour Bob Clampett’s 100th birthday with an incredible scene from “Book Revue” (1946) where the action organically flows from Daffy Duck’s scat-singing.

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Carnegie Benny

He had a reputation as the cheapest guy in the world, but it’s impossible to say how much Jack Benny helped raise for charity through his numerous violin concerts all over North America.

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